rental service founded 1920 headquarters london uk key people iain ferguson chairman peter ventress ceo revenue 1 006.0 million 2015 1 operating income 132.1 million 2015 1 net income 88.9 million 2015 1 website www.berendsen.com berendsen plc formerly the davis service group plc is a leading british based provider of textile maintenance services . it is headquartered in london and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the business was formed in 1920 as godfrey davis renting out automobiles . it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1959 . in 1987 it acquired sunlight services a leading laundry business founded in 1900 . in 1991 it sold most of its car dealerships having already sold the car rental business and the name was changed to davis service group . in 1996 it acquired spring grove services another leading laundry business . 2 in 2002 it bought sophus berendsen a leading danish laundry business for 426m . 3 then in 2007 it bought the textile service business of germany s permaclean . 4 on 31 july 2009 the company appointed peter ventress chief executive officer of davis service group . 5 the business was renamed as berendsen plc with effect from 4 january 2011 . 6 operations edit berendsen s head office at grosvenor place london the berendsen group is divided into three business lines workwear facility mats washroom and cleanroom flat linen hotels and healthcare berendsen is present in 15 countries throughout europe austria czech republic denmark estonia finland germany ireland latvia lithuania netherlands norway poland russia slovakia sweden and united kingdom . references edit a b c annual report 2015 . berendsen . retrieved 28 march 2016 . granada group completes sale of spring grove services to davis . 25 october 1996 . retrieved 8 april 2012 . dunne helen 23 march 2002 . davis agrees 426m bid for rentokil founder berendsen . the daily telegraph . london . retrieved 8 april 2012 . moulds josephine 21 december 2006 . commodities drag down ftse100 . london the telegraph . retrieved 8 april 2012 . davis service group appoints peter ventress as ceo . rtt . 31 july 2009 . retrieved 8 april 2012 . change of name . telegraph wire . 4 january 2011 . retrieved 8 april 2012 . external links edit official site v t e ftse 100 ftse 250 companies of the united kingdom 3i infrastructure aa aberdeen asset management aberforth smaller companies trust acacia mining aggreko aldermore group alliance trust allied minds amec foster wheeler ao world ascential ashmore group assura atkins auto trader group aveva balfour beatty bankers investment trust barr a.g. bba aviation beazley group bellway berendsen berkeley group holdings bank of georgia bh macro big yellow group b & m european retail value bodycote booker group bovis homes group brewin dolphin holdings british empire trust britvic brown n. btg plc cairn energy caledonia investments capital & counties 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