Beter Bed

Beter Bed Holding N.V.
Company typePublic (Euronext: BBED)
IndustryRetail
Founded1983
FounderMark Diks
Pieter Diks
Headquarters
Uden
,
Netherlands
Number of locations
161 (2019) [1]
Area served
Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden
Key people
John Kruijssen (CEO)
Gabrielle Reijnen (CFO)
Bart Karis (Chairman of the supervisory board)
ProductsBedroom furniture
RevenueDecrease €185.805 million (2019)[1]
Increase €21.244 million (2019)[1]
Increase €4.166 million (2019)[1]
Total assets€99.404 million (2019)[2]
Total equity€3.035 million (2019)[2]
Number of employees
915 (2019)[1]
WebsiteBeter Bed Holding
Corporate headquarters of Beter Bed Holding in Uden

Beter Bed N.V. is a Dutch holding company. Through its subsidiaries Beter Bed Holding N.V. trades in bedroom furniture, mattresses and related products. In this line of business Beter Bed N.V is market leader in the Netherlands and was, until the sale of its subsidiary "Matratzen Concord", also market leader in Germany.[3] Since 5 December 1996 Beter Bed N.V.'s shares have been being traded on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.[4] However, Beter Bed N.V. did not belong to the group of companies that compose the AEX index but was part of the group that compose the Amsterdam Small Cap Index. On 24 September 2018 it was reported that Beter Bed N.V. had been removed from the Amsterdam Small Cap Index.[5]

The corporate headquarters is in Uden, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. Beter Bed Holding N.V. is the mother company of several different brands of chain stores, totalling 161 stores in a number of European countries. These companies operate in various market segments, from cash and carry products to exclusive bedroom furniture, each chain maintaining a unique retail concept. The development and production of, amongst others, orthopaedic mattresses is directed by the subsidiary DBC.

As of 31 December 2019 Beter Bed N.V. employs 915 full-time employees in three European countries.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Annual Report Beter Bed 2019 - Key figures of continuing operations". Beter Bed Holding. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Report 2019 - Consolidated Balance Sheet". Beter Bed Holding. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Analyse Beter Bed". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  4. ^ "Beter Bed haalt met beursgang 125 miljoen op". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 1996-11-26. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  5. ^ "Company Overview of Beter Bed Holding N.V." bloomberg.com. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2018-11-10.