Nilfisk was founded in 1906 by a young Danish engineer, Peder Anderson Fisker. In 1910 Fisker patented his first vacuum cleaner, the Nilfisk C1, which, at a time when vacuum cleaners had to be operated by multiple people, weighed only 17.5kg.

Looking to the future in 2015 the Nilfisk Group launched an ambitious 3 year growth strategy focusing on growing market share with a number of new initiatives.