De Lage Landen

What De Lage Landen does

De Lage Landen International (DLL) is a Dutch vendor finance company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Rabobank, one of the largest banking groups in the Netherlands. Founded in 1969, DLL specializes in B2B equipment leasing and financing solutions, operating across five primary verticals: transportation, construction, agriculture, industrial, and healthcare. The company's core model is vendor finance — DLL partners with equipment manufacturers and vendors to embed financing at the point of sale, enabling end customers to acquire capital-intensive equipment through leasing arrangements rather than outright purchase. This positioning allows equipment manufacturers to remove financing as a barrier to sale while DLL captures recurring lease revenue.

DLL distributes its services through direct B2B partnerships with manufacturers across its verticals and supplements this with the Entré self-serve customer portal, currently deployed across the Nordic markets (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland). Revenue is generated through recurring lease and financing arrangements, classified as subscription-style recurring revenue. The company's competitive position is anchored by Rabobank's institutional capital backing, which provides funding cost advantages and balance sheet stability relative to non-bank lessors. DLL reports a global operating footprint covering Europe (with specific presence in Germany, the Nordics, and the Netherlands), Asia Pacific (expanded January 2025), and North America, and is one of four players collectively controlling approximately 50% of the healthcare equipment leasing market.

In 2024, DLL announced the acquisition of German lessor elf Leasing from Bankhaus Bauer AG (subject to BaFin approval and completed in 2024 per the acquisitions table), strengthening its European position in transportation, construction, agricultural, and industrial leasing. The company subsequently extended its healthcare vendor finance platform into Asia Pacific in January 2025. No standalone revenue figure, employee count, or independent funding history is disclosed in the available data — the headcount field showing 1–10 employees appears inconsistent with DLL's known global scale and likely reflects an artifact of the data source rather than the actual organization size.

Name

De Lage Landen

Legal name

De Lage Landen International

Website

https://entre.delagelanden.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

De Lage Landen (DLL) is a Dutch vendor finance company and wholly-owned Rabobank subsidiary that provides B2B equipment leasing and financing partnerships to manufacturers and end customers across transportation, construction, agriculture, industrial, and healthcare verticals globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Marietta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Leasing: DLL provides leasing services for equipment including transportation, construction, agricultural, and industrial machinery. The company generates revenue through equipment leasing arrangements with businesses.
2. Vendor Finance: DLL operates as a vendor finance company providing financing solutions to equipment vendors and their customers, generating revenue through financing arrangements and leasing contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Core offering

De Lage Landen (DLL) is a Dutch vendor finance company that provides leasing and financing solutions to equipment manufacturers and their end customers. It offers equipment leasing across transportation, construction, agricultural, industrial, and healthcare sectors, and runs vendor finance programs that allow manufacturers to embed financing at the point of sale. Customers access and manage their accounts through the Entré web portal.

Product overview

De Lage Landen (DLL) is a Dutch vendor finance company and subsidiary of Rabobank that provides leasing and financing services. The company operates primarily in transportation, construction, agricultural, and industrial sectors, as well as healthcare equipment leasing. DLL offers its customers a web-based portal called Entré for account management and access to its financial services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Equipment Leasing (Transportation, Construction, Agricultural, Industrial) Lease and financing arrangements for capital equipment used in transportation fleets, construction machinery, agricultural equipment (tractors, harvesters, farm machinery), and industrial manufacturing machinery, helping businesses acquire equipment without large upfront capital outlays.

Quantifiable outcome

• DLL and three other major players control 50% of the healthcare equipment leasing market

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• elf LeasingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024DLL plans to acquire elf Leasing, a German leasing services provider. The acquisition aims to strengthen DLL's presence in the European market, especially in transportation, construction, agricultural, and industrial sectors. The deal is subject to regulatory approval and expected to close by year-end 2024.
• Bankhaus Bauer AGminorOthers · 1 January 2024Bankhaus Bauer AG is the parent company of elf Leasing. DLL is acquiring elf Leasing through a deal with Bankhaus Bauer AG, pending BaFin regulatory approval.

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Siemens Financial Services: Siemens Financial Services provides equipment financing and vendor finance programs globally, with deep relationships in industrial, healthcare, and infrastructure verticals. It is a direct peer to DLL in vendor finance, with a similar bank-parent-backed balance sheet and OEM partnership model.
• GE Industrial Finance: GE Industrial Finance is explicitly named alongside DLL as one of four players collectively controlling 50% of the healthcare equipment leasing market. It is a direct peer in vendor finance, particularly in medical equipment financing where DLL competes head-to-head.
• BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions: BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions is the vendor finance arm of BNP Paribas, offering equipment leasing and financing across multiple sectors in Europe and globally. It is one of the largest direct competitors to DLL in European vendor finance, with comparable business model and sector coverage.
• Wells Fargo Equipment Finance: Wells Fargo Equipment Finance is the equipment leasing arm of Wells Fargo, providing vendor finance and direct equipment financing across transportation, construction, agriculture, and industrial sectors. It is a direct peer to DLL with a similar bank-parent-backed model and broad sector coverage.
• Mitsubishi HC Capital (formerly Hitachi Capital): Mitsubishi HC Capital is a global vendor finance and leasing company serving industrial, construction, agricultural, and transportation equipment vendors. It is a direct peer to DLL in equipment leasing with comparable vertical breadth and OEM partnership model.
• CIT Group (First Citizens Bank): CIT Group, now part of First Citizens Bank, was a major US-based equipment lessor serving commercial and industrial clients across multiple sectors. It is a direct peer to DLL in equipment leasing, particularly in transportation and industrial verticals.
• Cisco Capital: Cisco Capital is the vendor financing arm of Cisco, providing equipment leasing and financing solutions through OEM partnerships. While more narrowly focused on IT/telecom, it represents the same vendor finance business model DLL employs across its verticals.
• Direct Capital Corp: Direct Capital Corp is named alongside DLL as one of four players collectively controlling 50% of the healthcare equipment leasing market. It is a direct peer in equipment vendor finance, particularly in healthcare and commercial equipment verticals.
• Agfa Finance Corp: Agfa Finance Corp is named alongside DLL as one of four players collectively controlling 50% of the healthcare equipment leasing market. It is a direct peer in vendor finance and equipment leasing with overlap in healthcare and imaging equipment verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Société Générale Equipment Finance: Société Générale provides equipment finance solutions through its corporate and investment banking division, serving European and global clients across transportation, industrial, and agricultural sectors. It is a broad incumbent peer to DLL, with deeper capital markets capabilities but less specialization in pure vendor finance.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/delage-landen-financial-servs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

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

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