Stocklear

What Stocklear does

Stocklear, operated by the French legal entity SO INVEST SAS, runs a B2B online marketplace dedicated to the liquidation of overstocks, customer returns, and unsold inventory. Founded in 2017 in Roubaix, France, the platform connects large retailers and brands (sellers) with qualified professional buyers (resellers, refurbishers, discount and clearance stores, wholesalers) through online liquidation auctions. Stocklear operates localized country sites for the United Kingdom, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Germany, and serves notable enterprise sellers including Carrefour, Amazon Europe, Leroy Merlin, Cdiscount, Fnac Darty, Coolblue, Bol.com, Adeo Group, and Krëfel, alongside a registered base of 12,500+ professional buyers.

The platform is built around a core auction system supporting three bidding modes (Quick Bid, Regular Bid, and Automatic Bid) and offers downloadable Excel manifests with SKU, brand, condition, and quantity detail. Sellers onboard through a dedicated seller platform with reserve-price controls; buyers operate through an authenticated dashboard for order, shipment, and bidding management. Auxiliary modules include integrated transport and logistics services with automated quote calculation at auction close, condition grading (New, Refurbished A, Functional, Non-functional, Not tested), and a multilingual customer support operation. Notable product formats include blind-box and mixed-pallet listings for untested or mixed-condition lots.

Stocklear earns revenue primarily through transaction fees and commissions on marketplace activity, with a pay-as-you-go pricing model and standardized bid increments (€50 up to €300, €100 from €301-€2,000, €200 above €2,000). The company has received institutional support from BPI France, Nord Actif, Finorpa Gestion, and La French Tech, and a Seeder Fund financing event was registered in September 2022. Stocklear has earned French press visibility through TF1 20H, M6 Capital, Maddyness top-100 startups ranking in 2020, and maintains a 4.7/5 Google rating.

Name

Stocklear

Legal name

SO INVEST SAS

Website

https://stocklear.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stocklear operates a B2B online auction marketplace connecting European retailers and brands with qualified professional buyers for overstock and customer-return liquidation. Founded in 2017 in Roubaix, France, the platform serves 12,500+ buyers across five European country sites.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

B2B Overstock Liquidation Marketplace

NAICS

Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers (4244)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B Liquidation Auctions & Asset Disposition Retail (CRAEAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pallet, Case-Lot & Bin-Store Retail (CRAEAFAE)

Keywords

• B2B liquidation marketplace
• Overstock auction platform
• Wholesale clearance auctions
• Customer returns resale
• Excess inventory marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Roubaix

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transaction Fees / Commission: Stocklear charges fees on transactions conducted through its marketplace platform. Sellers pay to list their overstock inventory while buyers participate in auctions. The platform facilitates payment processing with sellers paid once buyers validate receipt of orders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stocklear operates a B2B online marketplace where retailers and brands list pallets of excess inventory, customer returns, and unsold goods as stocklots, which qualified professional buyers can purchase through timed auctions (Quick Bid, Regular Bid, Automatic Bid) or immediate purchase. Sellers control distribution and set reserve prices, while buyers access detailed lot manifests with standardized condition grades, and the platform coordinates secure payment (escrow-style) and logistics.

Product overview

Stocklear is a B2B marketplace platform for overstocks and liquidation auctions, connecting major retailers and brands with professional buyers. The core offering consists of the Stocklear marketplace itself, where sellers list stocklots (pallets of overstock, customer returns, and unsold goods) for purchase via timed auctions or immediate buyout. The platform includes three integrated product layers: the Auction System (supporting Quick Bid, Regular Bid, and Automatic Bid modes), the Stocklear Buyer Dashboard (for order management, shipment tracking, and bidding activity), and the Stocklear Seller Platform (for inventory listing and sales management). Transport & Logistics Services and Customer Support function as add-on modules enhancing the core marketplace transaction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Joblot: B2B marketplace platform for buying and selling overstock, customer returns, and liquidation lots
• Stocklear Europe
• Stocklear.co.uk

Products and services

• Stocklear B2B Overstock Marketplace B2B online marketplace platform where retailers and brands list pallets of overstock, customer returns, and unsold goods as stocklots that qualified professional buyers purchase via timed auctions or immediate buyout. Available across localized subdomains for UK, France, Spain, Netherlands, and Germany.
• Stocklots / Job Lots Palletized lots of overstock merchandise, customer returns, and unsold goods from major European brands and retailers, sold through the Stocklear marketplace via auction or immediate purchase to qualified professional buyers.
• Transport & Logistics Services Integrated logistics coordination service for purchased pallets, with automatic quote calculation at auction close and optional buyer-arranged carrier selection to handle shipment of palletized lots.
• Multilingual Customer Support Customer support service provided in French, English, and Spanish via live chat and account messaging, with operations Monday to Friday 09:00–18:00, offering pre- and post-auction assistance to buyers and sellers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.7 million+ products given second life
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Amazon EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmazon Europe partners with Stocklear to offer professionals direct access to overstock and customer returns from Amazon's European distribution centers. Lots include IT, toys, beauty, and home categories.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Liquidity Services: Liquidity Services operates multiple B2B surplus marketplaces (Liquidation.com, GovDeals, GovPlanet, NetworkIntl) and is publicly traded. Overlap with Stocklear is direct in commercial surplus/liquidation, but Liquidity is far broader (government, industrial, capital assets) and operates at materially larger scale.

Regional players

• ReBuy: ReBuy is a German recommerce platform that buys and sells refurbished consumer electronics and media, competing for a slice of the same end-buyer pool Stocklear serves. While not a pallet-auction marketplace, ReBuy is a meaningful adjacent competitor for the European returns/refurbished value chain.
• Troostwijk Auctions: Troostwijk is one of Europe's largest B2B auction houses (Benelux and broader EU), running online auctions for industrial surplus, retail liquidation, and company closures. Comparable in auction format and EU focus, though broader in asset classes than Stocklear's retail-overstock specialization.

Direct peers

• BULQ: BULQ (by Optoro) sells pallets and truckloads of returns and overstock from major US retailers through an online marketplace with fixed-price and auction formats. Highly comparable business model serving professional resellers, though US-focused.
• Quicklotz: Quicklotz is a UK-based B2B liquidation marketplace selling pallets of customer returns and overstock (including Amazon UK supply) via auction and direct purchase. Direct European competitor with overlapping seller roster.
• BoxFox: BoxFox is a B2B marketplace where retailers liquidate excess inventory through timed sales to vetted business buyers (a model often called "flash wholesale"). Direct comparison with Stocklear on the inventory-clearing, auction-style B2B marketplace mechanic.
• B-Stock Solutions: B-Stock operates private B2B liquidation marketplaces for the world's largest retailers (Amazon, Walmart, Target, IKEA, etc.), matching enterprise overstock and customer return inventory with a network of vetted business buyers via auction — a directly comparable model to Stocklear, with greater scale and US/UK presence.
• 888Lots: 888Lots is a B2B marketplace specializing in liquidation pallets of customer returns and overstock from major retailers, sold via auction to resellers. Direct product overlap with Stocklear's pallet-auction format.
• Direct Liquidation: Direct Liquidation is a North-American B2B marketplace selling pallets and truckloads of overstock and customer returns (notably from Amazon) to professional buyers via auction. Closely comparable model and customer overlap (Amazon sellers, pallet-format liquidation).

Emerging players

• Back Market: Back Market is a leading European B2C/B2B refurbished electronics marketplace, sourcing returned and overstocked devices from retailers and manufacturers. Tangentially comparable — overlaps on the supply side (enterprise returns) and demand side (European professional buyers), though Back Market is a consumer-facing brand marketplace rather than a pallet-auction platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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