# GDI Integrated Facility Services

> GDI Integrated Facility Services, now operating under the unified GDI Ainsworth name, is a Montreal-area building-services operator that combines commercial cleaning with HVAC, electrical, automation, energy management, engineering and outsourced facility operations across Canada and the United States. Its advantage is not a glamorous product; it is the ability to self-perform more than 60% of hard and soft services, put them under one contract and make a sprawling portfolio easier to run.

- **Founded:** 1926
- **Headquarters:** LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
- **Team size:** More than 30,000 employees across North America as of 2026
- **Products:** Integrated Facility Services, Commercial Janitorial Services, Mechanical and HVAC-R, Electrical and Motor Services, Building Automation and Data Intelligence
- **Notable:** Grew from a regional janitorial business founded in 1926 into a North American integrated-services operator with more than 30,000 employees., Completed 53 acquisitions since 2008, according to the company's 2026 acquisition page., Reached C$2.555 billion in 2024 revenue, up 5% year over year.

## Products & services

- **Integrated Facility Services** — A single managed program combining hard services, soft services, procurement, reporting, capital planning and 24/7 operational support.
- **Commercial Janitorial Services** — Recurring cleaning, disinfection, floor and carpet care, exterior upkeep, food-plant sanitation and specialized critical-environment cleaning.
- **Mechanical and HVAC-R** — Design, installation, preventative maintenance, repair and emergency support for heating, cooling, refrigeration and mechanical systems.
- **Electrical and Motor Services** — Licensed electrical work, high-voltage services, power restoration and rebuilding of motors, pumps and generators.
- **Building Automation and Data Intelligence** — Controls, systems integration, fault detection, network infrastructure, smart-building analytics and portfolio reporting.
- **Energy Management** — Energy audits, system optimization, performance contracts and turnkey greenhouse-gas reduction programs.
- **Design, Build and Engineering** — Outcome-led design, prefabrication, construction, commissioning and lifecycle support for complex building systems.
- **Cleaning Products Manufacturing** — Chemical and environmentally oriented cleaning-product manufacturing through the retained manufacturing operation now presented as Greenlabs.

## Achievements

- Grew from a regional janitorial business founded in 1926 into a North American integrated-services operator with more than 30,000 employees.
- Completed 53 acquisitions since 2008, according to the company's 2026 acquisition page.
- Reached C$2.555 billion in 2024 revenue, up 5% year over year.
- Built a technical-services segment that generated C$1.032 billion of 2024 revenue.
- Won BOMA Manitoba's 2025 Pinnacle Award for Innovation for applying SkySpark fault detection to building automation.
- Documented a Montreal federal-building retrofit designed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 92.9%, or 2,582 metric tons of CO2 annually.
- Completed a C$36.60-per-share take-private transaction in March 2026 and maintained its Quebec headquarters commitment.
- Unified the operating identity as GDI Ainsworth during its centennial year.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published a case study on the Guy-Favreau Complex and Dominique-Ducharme Building energy project, reporting a C$8.84 million project cost, C$286,178 in annual energy savings and a 92.9% emissions reduction.
- **2026-06** — Detailed how RYCOM extends GDI Ainsworth into telecom riser management, managed networks, smart-building integration and data intelligence.
- **2026-04** — Published a biotech GMP-readiness case study focused on strategic cleaning under schedule pressure.
- **2026-03** — Completed the Birch Hill and Claude Bigras take-private at C$36.60 per subordinate voting share and left the Toronto Stock Exchange.
- **2026-03** — Transitioned to the unified GDI Ainsworth operating name during the company's centennial year.
- **2025-12** — Acquired Performance Environmental Services, Northeast Services and Go To Services to expand U.S. Northeast janitorial coverage.
- **2025-11** — Reported Q3 revenue of C$615 million, down 4% year over year, with a 6% adjusted EBITDA margin and a U.S. client realignment still underway.
- **2025-04** — Ainsworth acquired OME Bâtiments Intelligents, adding intelligent-building capability in Montreal and Quebec.

## Links

- Website: https://gdi.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gdi-integrated-facility-services/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/GDIServices
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GDIFacilityServices/

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Last updated: 2026-08-23