Koninklijke Dekker

What Koninklijke Dekker does

Koninklijke Dekker is a Dutch wood wholesaler and importer founded in 1885, operating primarily through its trading brand Dekker Hout. The company runs a vertically integrated supply chain spanning FSC-certified forest concessions in Bolivia (nearly 470,000 hectares managed via subsidiary Dekma Bolivia), two sawmills, an automated production facility in Vianen (partially robotic, partly electrically powered, with biomass heating from wood offcuts), and a distribution operation centered on The Hague and Vianen. It offers approximately 15,000 wood products deliverable from stock, organized into six categories — doors (interior and exterior under Austria Deuren), door hardware (Forza Deurbeslag), frames, facade cladding (Elephant), garden wood (Elephant), and construction timber — with sister brands including Accoya, Eva-Last composite decking, and FINTI. The proprietary Elephant Colourwood Garant coating system was co-developed with AkzoNobel and Anker Stuy, applying machine-applied two-coat finishes with a 10-year opaque and 5-year semi-transparent warranty.

The company's customer base is split across four B2B segments: construction professionals and contractors, building-material retailers (bouwmarkten), door and window manufacturers (timmerfabrikanten), and DIY/specialty timber traders. Customers apply for a web shop account, undergo credit checks, and transact through the authenticated Dekker Hout web shop, full EDI/EDIFACT connectivity (AS2, (S)FTP) for enterprise ERP integration, the Troublefree procurement tool (integrated with Exact Online and Twinfield accounting), or via direct key-account management with inside sales support. Sustainability credentials span FSC, PEFC, GRS, KOMO, CE marking (NEN-EN 14915), Cradle-to-Cradle, Keurhout, and MTCC certifications, positioning the company as an early-mover for EUDR compliance effective January 2025. Energy infrastructure includes 40,000 solar panels (10.4 MW peak) across 26 rooftops with 12 battery containers (6 MW) and a fully electric fleet since 2019.

Koninklijke Dekker is a privately held family business with no public listing, disclosed investors, or funding rounds in the source material. The legal entity is Koninklijke Dekker Hout Groep B.V., incorporated in the Netherlands. Revenue is generated entirely through B2B wholesale with personalized account-based pricing; no revenue figure is disclosed.

Name

Koninklijke Dekker

Legal name

Koninklijke Dekker Hout Groep B.V.

Website

https://dekkerhout.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1885

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Koninklijke Dekker (Dekker Hout) is a Dutch, vertically integrated wood wholesaler and importer founded in 1885, serving Dutch construction professionals, building-material retailers, and manufacturers with ~15,000 certified wood products sourced from its own FSC-certified Bolivian forests.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Timber and Wood Products Wholesale

NAICS

Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers (42331), Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers (423310), All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing (321999)

SIC

Wholesale-Lumber, Plywood, Millwork & Wood Panels (5031), Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials (5030), Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) (2400)

akta.pro primary industry

Forest Products Import/Export & Commodity Merchants (IMAMAIAM)

Keywords

• Timber wholesale
• Wood import distribution
• Facade cladding
• Interior exterior doors
• FSC certified hardwood

Headquarters

HQ city

The Hague

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Groothandel houtimport en -handel: Koninklijke Dekker operates as a wood wholesaler and importer, selling an extensive range of wood products to B2B customers including building material retailers (bouwmarkten), specialized timber traders, DIY stores, timber manufacturers, and construction professionals. Revenue is generated through the sale of wood products at wholesale prices, with personalized pricing per approved customer account. Products include doors, door hardware, frames, facade cladding, garden wood, and construction lumber.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Koninklijke Dekker (operating as Dekker Hout) is a vertically integrated Dutch timber wholesaler and importer that sources, processes, and distributes approximately 15,000 wood and wood-composite products from its own FSC-certified forest concessions in Bolivia through sawmills, manufacturing facilities in Vianen, and distribution to construction professionals, building material retailers, and timber manufacturers across the Netherlands. The company offers interior and exterior doors, door-frame combinations, door hardware, frames, facade cladding, garden wood, and construction lumber under proprietary brands Elephant, Austria Deuren, and Forza Deurbeslag.

Product overview

Koninklijke Dekker (operating as Dekker Hout) is a Dutch wood wholesale and import company founded in 1885, offering approximately 15,000 wood and wood-composite products from stock. The portfolio spans six core product categories: Deuren (interior and exterior doors under Austria Deuren brand), Deurbeslag (door hardware under Forza Deurbeslag), Kozijnen (frames), Gevelbekleding (facade cladding under Elephant brand), Tuinhout (garden wood under Elephant), and Hout & Bouwproducten (construction wood). The company operates its own FSC-certified forests in Bolivia, two sawmills, and a wood industry facility (drying, planing, finger-jointing, laminating, painting) in Vianen, enabling production of finished and coated products under proprietary brands Elephant, Austria Deuren, and Forza Deurbeslag. Dekker Hout serves construction professionals, retailers, and DIY markets through both physical locations and a digital ordering platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Elephant: Wood and construction products brand of Dekker Hout, including Elephant gevelbekleding (facade cladding) with coating treatments developed in partnership with AkzoNobel and Anker Stuy.
• Austria Deuren
• Forza Deurbeslag
• Colourwood Garant
• Dekma Bolivia

Products and services

• Interior Doors (Binnendeuren) Interior doors including honeycomb and solid-core variants in industrial, modern, rustic, timeless, classic, flat, and fire-resistant styles. Sold under the Austria Deuren brand with KOMO certification for compliance with the Dutch Building Decree (Bouwbesluit). Targeted at construction professionals, building material retailers, and door manufacturers.
• Exterior Doors (Buitendeuren) Exterior doors for front, back, and balcony applications in industrial, modern, oak, timeless, and classic styles. Sold under the Austria Deuren brand. Targeted at construction professionals, building material retailers, and timber manufacturers for residential and commercial building projects.
• Door-Frame Combinations (DKC) Pre-assembled door and frame combinations in industrial, modern, flat, and fire-resistant variants. Featured products include 30- and 60-minute fire and smoke-resistant board doors. Targeted at construction professionals and building material retailers for residential and commercial installations.
• Door Hardware (Deurbeslag) Complete door hardware range sold under the Forza Deurbeslag brand, including locks, handles, hinges, key rosettes, door stops, sliding door systems for interior doors, and security sets, multipoint locks, security rosettes, door knobs, bell pushes, letter plates, and interior flaps for exterior doors. Targeted at construction professionals, building material retailers, and door manufacturers.
• Frames (Kozijnen) Door and window frames including installation frames (Montagekozijnen) for interior and exterior doors, renovation frames (Renovatiekozijnen under Renov8 and FlexiKozijnen lines), and frame timber (Raam- en kozijnhout). Targeted at construction professionals, building material retailers, and window/door manufacturers.
• Facade Cladding (Gevelbekleding) Wood, wood-composite, and fiber cement facade cladding including profiles such as Fins Rabat, Hollands Rabat, Deens Rabat, Zweeds Rabat, Stripes, and Open cladding systems. Offered under the Elephant brand with industrial fire-resistant treatments (class B and D) and the proprietary Colourwood Garant coating system. Targeted at construction professionals, building material retailers, and timber manufacturers.
• Garden Wood (Tuinhout) Garden wood products including decking planks and tiles, fencing and screens, gates and barriers, trellis, and garden furniture components. Includes Eva-Last composite decking (Pioneer Digital Print range) and Modular and Mix & Match series, sold under the Elephant brand. Targeted at garden/landscape trade customers, building material retailers, and construction professionals.
• Wood and Construction Products (Hout & Bouwproducten) Construction wood including skirting boards (straight, decorative, floor), slats (glass, corner, hollow, round, staircase), moldings (door frames, decorative, cover, paneling), profiles, interior cladding, and timber (beams, planks, posts). All sourced from FSC or PEFC certified forests. Targeted at construction professionals, building material retailers, and timber manufacturers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 470,000 hectares of FSC-certified forest managed by subsidiary Dekma Bolivia in Bolivia, representing 11% of the Netherlands' area
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AkzoNobelcoreTechnology or IntegrationAkzoNobel partnered with Dekker Hout and Anker Stuy to develop the Elephant Colourwood Garant coating system. AkzoNobel supplies the specialized paints and coatings (Sikkens WV 801 and WV 802) used in Dekker Hout's industrial coating lines for facade cladding and other wood products.
• Anker StuycoreTechnology or IntegrationAnker Stuy co-developed the Elephant Colourwood Garant coating system alongside AkzoNobel and Dekker Hout, contributing expertise in industrial wood coating formulations for facade cladding applications.
• TroublefreecoreTechnology or IntegrationTroublefree Smart Trade is a digital procurement tool used by Dekker Hout to offer its garden wood assortment. The platform supports ordering, price agreement management, and integration with accounting software. Dekker Hout is a featured partner/supplier on the Troublefree platform.
• CookieFirst (Digital Data Solutions BV)minorOthersCookieFirst (Digital Data Solutions BV, Amsterdam) provides the cookie consent management platform used on Dekker Hout's website to comply with GDPR/AVG requirements. A Data Processing Agreement is in place.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Stiho: Dutch building materials wholesaler (part of the Grafton Group) serving professional contractors with timber, panels, doors, and related products, comparable in customer base, product breadth, and B2B distribution model.
• Wijma: Long-standing Dutch hardwood importer and sawmill operator with FSC-certified sourcing and own production, closely mirroring Koninklijke Dekker's model of importing tropical hardwood, operating sawmills, and serving European B2B customers.
• PontMeyer: One of the largest Dutch building materials and timber wholesalers, serving construction professionals, contractors, and retailers with a multi-category assortment that overlaps significantly with Dekker Hout's core range of lumber, panels, doors, and construction wood.
• Houtwerf: Dutch timber and panel merchant wholesaler supplying construction and joinery customers, comparable in lumber, plywood, and panel product breadth serving professional buyers.
• Van den Berg Hardhout: Dutch hardwood specialist with sourcing, sawing, and distribution of tropical and European hardwoods, comparable in upstream FSC supply chain, sawn timber processing, and B2B customer mix.
• Jongeneel: Established Dutch timber merchant wholesaler specializing in sawn timber, panels, doors, and garden wood, with comparable B2B customer segments (aannemers, bouwmarkten, timmerfabrikanten) and a similar national distribution footprint.

Emerging players

• Accsys Technologies: Producer of Accoya modified wood, which is already distributed by Dekker Hout under its partner-brand portfolio; comparable in the high-performance, sustainable wood segment and an emerging alternative to tropical hardwoods.
• Eva-Last: Composite decking and building products brand already in Dekker Hout's range (Eva-Last Pioneer Digital Print vlonderplanken); competes in the garden and exterior wood segment with composite alternatives to traditional hardwood.

Broad incumbents

• Saint-Gobain Distribution: European building materials distribution arm of Saint-Gobain, supplying timber, panels, and construction products to professionals; overlaps in product categories and B2B construction channel but operates as a broad multi-category incumbent.
• Raab Karcher: Large European (primarily German, with Dutch activity) building materials distributor offering timber, panels, doors, and construction products as part of a broader portfolio; comparable assortment but much larger geographic and category footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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