Holiday Sport

What Holiday Sport does

Holiday Sport is a privately held Dutch retail and service company operating from a single showroom at Vordenseweg 1 in Lochem, Netherlands, founded in 1984 and structured as Holiday Sport B.V. The company is an authorized dealer of three premium European caravan brands — Dethleffs, Hobby, and Fendt — and sells new and used caravans and campers (including the Roadcar brand) to individual consumers in the Netherlands, with additional export services to buyers in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Romania. Revenue is generated through one-time sales of high-ticket vehicles, retail sales of outdoor apparel, footwear, camping equipment, and accessories (sold both in-store and via the webshop.holidaysport.nl e-commerce platform), recurring caravan and camper rentals, and a set of after-sales professional services including workshop maintenance, repair, damage restoration, winterization, pre-purchase inspection, and winter storage.

Beyond vehicle sales, Holiday Sport operates a sizable outdoor and walking retail concept — reportedly carrying more than 6,000 travel books and maps — that functions as an adjacent consumer destination. The business model is a hybrid of direct-to-consumer physical retail and e-commerce, supported by a small loyalty programme (3% value cheque on annual spend ≥ €150) and digital marketing via blog, newsletter, and social channels (Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube). Ancillary revenue streams include brokerage (bemiddeling), customer financing, and export documentation handled in-house.

The company is family-scale with 11–50 employees, operates from a single location, and shows no external ownership, funding rounds, or M&A activity. Distribution is omnichannel but anchored to one showroom; export is the principal geographic expansion vector. There is no proprietary technology platform, no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, and no app or API product; the underlying systems are a standard WordPress-based webshop, POSTNL/UPS shipping integrations, and Klantenvertellen for review collection. The competitive position rests on multi-brand dealership authorization, the breadth of the caravan/camper/outdoor one-stop offering, and 40+ years of local operating history rather than technology differentiation.

Name

Holiday Sport

Legal name

Holiday Sport B.V.

Website

https://holidaysport.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Holiday Sport is a Dutch caravan and outdoor retailer in Lochem selling Dethleffs, Hobby, and Fendt caravans, campers, and outdoor gear, plus rental, workshop, storage, and export services to individual consumers in the Netherlands and select EU markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recreational Vehicle Dealership

NAICS

Recreational Vehicle Dealers (44121), Sporting Goods Retailers (45911), Recreational Goods Rental (532284)

SIC

Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949), Retail-Shoe Stores (5661), Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores (5600)

akta.pro primary industry

Recreation Vehicles & Powersports Accessories Distribution (ATV/UTV, Moto, Snowmobile) (CRAOAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hiking & Trail Accessories Retail (CRAMAAAD)

Keywords

• Caravan dealership
• Motorhome sales
• Outdoor equipment retail
• Caravan workshop services
• Camper rental

Headquarters

HQ city

Lochem

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Caravan Sales: Sale of new and used caravans, including Dethleffs, Hobby, and Fendt brands, as a certified dealer.
2. Camper Sales: Sale of new and used campers, including Roadcar brand, and camper rentals.
3. Outdoor & Camping Products: Retail sale of outdoor clothing, walking/hiking footwear, sleeping gear, tents, awnings, and camping accessories through both physical store and webshop.
4. Rental Services: Caravan and camper rental services for holidays, providing recurring rental income.
5. Workshop Services: Maintenance, repair, damage restoration, winter preparation, and pre-purchase inspection services for caravans.
6. Storage Services: Winter storage (stalling) services for caravans.
7. Export Services: Export documentation services (RDW export, deregistration, homologation, transfer plates) for international customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Holiday Sport is a Dutch retail dealership that sells new and used caravans and motorhomes as an authorized dealer for three premium European brands (Dethleffs, Hobby, and Fendt), complemented by a Roadcar camper line, an outdoor and hiking retail store, and an e-commerce webshop. The company also offers related services including caravan/camper rental, brokerage/mediation, financing, workshop maintenance and repair, damage restoration, winter storage, and export documentation for international buyers.

Product overview

Holiday Sport is a Dutch dealer and service provider offering caravans, campers, and outdoor equipment. Their core product offering centers on three premium caravan brands (Dethleffs, Hobby, and Fendt) available for purchase, trade-in, rental, or brokerage. They complement this with new and used campers (including Roadcar brand), awnings from multiple brands (Isabella, Unico, Campooz, Dometic, Dorema), and a comprehensive outdoor/hiking retail store. Their business model integrates physical showroom sales with an e-commerce webshop for outdoor equipment, camping gear, clothing, and accessories. Additional services include workshop maintenance and repair, winter storage, financing, and caravan/camper rental.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dethleffs Caravans

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• De Bevers (Scouts Netherlands)minorOthersHoliday Sport sponsors De Bevers, a youth scouting organisation in the Netherlands, by providing a branded/sticker-decorated camper for their touring activities. This sponsorship supports the brand's visibility in the family and youth outdoor segment.
• DethleffscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHoliday Sport is an authorised dealer of Dethleffs caravans, one of the three premium top brands represented in their portfolio.
• HobbycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHoliday Sport is an authorised dealer of Hobby caravans, one of the three premium top brands represented in their portfolio.
• FendtcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHoliday Sport is an authorised dealer of Fendt caravans, one of the three premium top brands represented in their portfolio.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bever Zwerfsport: Largest Dutch outdoor and hiking specialist chain with stores across the Netherlands. Comparable to Holiday Sport's outdoor & walking department in target customer (Dutch hiking/camping consumers), merchandising (outdoor apparel, footwear, camping gear), and retail model.
• Obelink: Netherlands-based mega camping and outdoor superstore headquartered in Winterswijk. Directly comparable to Holiday Sport as a Dutch retailer of caravans, awnings, camping equipment, and outdoor gear, but operating at significantly larger scale and assortment depth.

Broad incumbents

• Trigano: Major European group of caravan, motorhome, and outdoor-equipment brands and retailers. Broad incumbent covering RV manufacturing, accessories, and distribution across Europe — comparable to Holiday Sport at the caravan/camper category level though operating much higher in the value chain.
• Knaus Tabbert: German premium caravan and motorhome manufacturer with own-brand and dealer network across Europe. Comparable to Holiday Sport via the Dethleffs/Hobby/Fendt-style premium caravan brand portfolio model and dealer-distribution structure.
• Erwin Hymer Group: One of Europe's largest RV manufacturer and dealer conglomerates, owned by Thor Industries. Comparable as a broad incumbent across premium caravan brands, dealer operations, and after-sales service — much larger scale and vertical integration than Holiday Sport.
• Camping World Holdings: Largest US RV and outdoor recreation retailer with national dealer and parts/service footprint. Not a direct geographic competitor to Holiday Sport, but the closest functional analogue for a multi-brand RV dealership with integrated service, parts, and accessories across outdoor recreation.
• Decathlon: Global sporting goods retailer with extensive outdoor, camping, and hiking assortment. Comparable to Holiday Sport's outdoor & walking shop at the sporting-goods retail layer but as a broad mass-market incumbent rather than a niche dealer.

Emerging players

• Goboony: Dutch peer-to-peer campervan rental platform headquartered in Rotterdam. Comparable to Holiday Sport's newly added camper-rental offering from a digital-first, asset-light angle — focuses exclusively on the rental layer Holiday Sport is extending into.
• McRent: Europe's largest motorhome rental company operating across multiple countries. Comparable to Holiday Sport in the campervan rental service line but at multi-country scale — represents what a scaled European RV rental operation looks like.

Regional players

• ANWB Campingservice: Dutch mobility and consumer association offering caravan/camping services, insurance, and travel content to Dutch consumers. Comparable as a regional Dutch services-and-content ecosystem player anchoring customer relationships in caravan and outdoor recreation — competes for the same Dutch consumer wallet share.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HolidaySport
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCejlnAyj6sLp4UN6HUcJulA
• Facebookfacebook.com/holidaysportnl
• Instagraminstagram.com/holidaysportnl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/holiday-sport

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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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