- CEO
- Linda Jane McCurdy
- Full Time Employees
- 3,240
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Address
- 14903-137 Avenue NW Edmonton AB Canada T5V 1R9
- IPO Date
- Apr 2, 2013
- Business
- K-Bro Linen Inc. (TSX: KBL; OTC: KBRLF), founded in 1954 and headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is the largest owner and operator of laundry and linen processing facilities in Canada, providing comprehensive laundry, linen processing, management, and distribution services to healthcare institutions, hotels, and other commercial accounts across Canada, Scotland, and the North of England; core offerings include processing and distribution of general linens such as sheets, blankets, towels, and tablecloths, as well as operating room linens including surgical gowns and drapes, alongside textile services, linen rental, workwear hire, cleanroom garment services, and operating room sterilization tailored to hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical sectors, with operations conducted through ten processing facilities and two distribution centers in Canadian cities including Québec City, Montréal, Toronto, Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, and Victoria under brands K-Bro Linen Systems Inc. and Buanderie HMR, complemented by UK subsidiaries Fishers (acquired 2017), Shortridge (acquired 2024), and the transformative 2025 acquisition of Star Mayan Limited for £107.2 million completed in June 2025, which establishes a top-three national platform in the UK's £1.6 billion commercial laundry and textile rental market with coast-to-coast coverage serving both healthcare and hospitality customers.