BelCompany was a Dutch store-chain that specialises in
mobile phone
A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area, unlike fixed-location phones ( landline phones). This rad ...
s. It was founded in 1995 by
Macintosh Retail Group and
Pon Holdings
Pon Holdings BV is a Dutch conglomerate in the transportation sector. It is one of the five largest bicycle manufacturers in the world, and owns bicycle brands Caloi, Cannondale, Cervélo, Derby Cycle (owner of Focus), GT, Gazelle, IronHo ...
, and is currently part of
Vodafone Netherlands.
In 2011, BelCompany had 176 stores in the Netherlands, and daughter-chain Telefoonkopen.nl had 34 stores. In 2010 the company had a
revenue
In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of product (business), goods and services related to the primary operations of a business.
Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some compan ...
of 181.3 million euro.
The chain was headquartered in
Veenendaal
Veenendaal () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in central Netherlands, located in the province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. Veenendaal is the only population centre within its administrative borders. The municipal ...
.
History
In 1995 the first store was opened in
Zaandam
Zaandam () is a city in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad and received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1811. It is located on the river Zaan ...
. In 1997 it opened a business branch named ''BelCompany Business Solutions''. Macintosh Retail Group became sole owner of BelCompany in 1998.
In 2008 BelCompany and Macintosh founded the chain Telefoonkopen.nl. In 2011 this chain had 34 stores.
In 2009 Macintosh Retail Group sold the Belgian stores of BelCompany to
Telenet
Telenet was an American commercial packet-switched network which went into service in 1975. It was the first FCC-licensed public data network in the United States. Various commercial and government interests paid monthly fees for dedicated lin ...
. The Belgian stores still work under the commercial name BelCompany but are officially named Telenet Mobile NV. In 2011 Macintosh Retail Group sold BelCompany and Telefoonkopen.nl to
Vodafone Netherlands for 120 million euro.
Vodafone since rebranded some of the BelCompany stores to Vodafone stores, and closed the remaining ones by 2016.
References
External links
* {{web archive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204233410/http://www.belcompany.nl/NL/Home.htm, title=Official website
Companies based in Utrecht (province)
Defunct companies of the Netherlands
Veenendaal