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- GPS Participações e Empreendimentos S.A. (GGPS3.SA) is a Brazil-based holding company that, through its subsidiaries, provides a comprehensive range of outsourced business support services, including facilities management, security, indoor logistics, utility engineering, industrial services, catering, temporary staffing, field marketing, and infrastructure solutions across Brazil. The company operates in four primary segments: Facilities, which encompasses janitorial services, building management, administrative support, firefighting, garden maintenance, and indoor waste management; Security Services, offering property protection, firefighting and prevention, personal security, monitoring center operations, armed escorts, event security, integrated security solutions, and civil aviation security; Indoor Logistics, providing operational mapping and customizable solutions; and Maintenance and Industrial Services, including conveyor belts, electric substations, industrial cleaning, HVAC systems, railway and motorway maintenance, port and airport maintenance, and sewage services. Additional offerings cover hospital cleaning and sanitizing, technical cleaning at heights, reception and gatehouse services, landscaping, plant maintenance, caterers and servers, and specialized operational support, serving diverse sectors such as healthcare, industrials, logistics, commercial real estate, and aviation with approximately 184,000 to 187,000 employees nationwide.
Founded in 1962 and headquartered in Brazil, GPS Participações e Empreendimentos S.A. maintains a national presence as a market leader in integrated outsourced services, emphasizing technology-driven efficiency, organic growth through client expansion, and diversification via strategic acquisitions. The company targets corporate clients requiring essential outsourced operations, delivering tailored solutions that enhance productivity and support business scalability in a consolidating Brazilian outsourcing market.
In recent developments, the company completed acquisitions of RHMED and Nutricar in 2025, alongside finalizing the full integration of GRSA to capture synergies and broaden its service portfolio in healthcare staffing and catering; it continues an active M&A pipeline targeting leverage below 1.5x, reorganized its macro structure by appointing regional directors and a dedicated executive for temporary labor to drive organic growth and proximity to clients, and reported Q3 2025 revenue growth of 8% amid ongoing expansion, with adjusted EBITDA up 3% year-over-year and trailing twelve-month revenue reaching R$16.96 billion. These initiatives underscore a strategic shift toward greater diversification, margin improvement through synergies, and robust operational scaling, positioning the firm for sustained growth in Brazil's outsourcing and digital transformation landscape.