From 1 cleaning helper to 15,000 in just 16 years: couple behind Het Poetsbureau is now the largest employer in Flanders | News

The success story of Jo Mellemans (48) and Elly Huysmans (47) literally started at the kitchen table, with their unhappy cleaning lady as a eureka moment and very first employee. And look: 16 years later, the couple behind Het Poetsbureau and umbrella company Glowi can call themselves the largest employer in Flanders after the takeover of a competitor. “The fact that the very first cleaning lady still works here makes us most proud.”