Merged with Homely to expand internationally and combine Colombian and Mexican cleaning operations; press coverage described the combined business as roughly 1,000 cleaning professionals plus 110 administrative staff.
SourceHogaru is a tech-enabled home services platform in Latin America.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Hogaru (Hogarú) is a Colombian tech-enabled home and office cleaning company that directly employs cleaners and formalizes domestic work for households, offices, micro businesses, and companies; it also offers a formal-employment product (Apporta) for household employers.
Primary product
On-demand professional cleaning services for homes and offices
Founded
2014
Headquarters
Bogotá, Colombia
Team size
40-50
Industry
Janitorial Services
Sub-industry
Tech-enabled home, office, and domestic-work formalization platform
Offices
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Business model
Stage
seed
Total raised
$1.4M
Latest round
Merger with Homely · Jan 2023
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
President; Co-founder
Pablo Felipe Jaramillo Cuellar
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Growth and Technology Officer
Member Board Of Directors
Member Board Of Directors
Investors
Mission-driven and impact-oriented, with a strong emphasis on worker formalization, training, quality control, legal compliance, and tech-enabled operational rigor; hiring pages stress autonomy and high-impact work.
Compensation
Public sources indicate cleaners are formally employed, paid at least around 1.3x minimum wage in some coverage, receive paid leave, pension/health coverage, bonuses, emergency loans, and other benefits; a 2026 Bogotá hiring ad also advertised an indefinite contract, hybrid work, and COP 1.45M monthly pay for an administrative collections role.
Benefits
Pricing
Monthly subscriptions and tailored service-fee packages for home and business cleaning; Apporta is positioned as a formal-employment/administration product for employers.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
US$3.3M–US$7.1M (2021 actual to 2025 estimate)
Estimated monthly visits
33.6K
Traffic estimate as of May 2026
Merged with Homely to expand internationally and combine Colombian and Mexican cleaning operations; press coverage described the combined business as roughly 1,000 cleaning professionals plus 110 administrative staff.
SourceAsuntos Legales · Mar 2025
Recent coverage on Hogaru's 'Aporta' model, algorithmic management, and formalization of 8,000 domestic workers.
Comfenalco Valle · Feb 2025
Profiles Hogaru's 2014 founding, 600+ formalized professionals, wages above minimum, and impact on housing and education.
Hogaru blog · Oct 2024
Official blog post describing formal contracts, social security, paid leave, bonuses, severance, and training for 600+ women workers.
WageIndicator · Apr 2024
Podcast/blog interview with CEO Juan Sebastián Cadavid on formalization, stable work, and cleaner welfare.
Bloomberg Línea · Jan 2023
Reports the merger with Homely and the plan to accelerate expansion across Colombia and Mexico.