Stoffeerwereld Ruitenberg

What Stoffeerwereld Ruitenberg does

Stoffeerwereld Ruitenberg is a privately held, family-operated furniture upholstery specialist headquartered in Wolvega, Friesland, Netherlands, with approximately 45+ years of operating history. The company focuses on the reupholstery of mid- to high-end Dutch design furniture, with documented depth across brands such as Artifort, Leolux, Vitra, Gelderland, Spectrum, Montis, and Design on Stock, including proprietary preservation of brand-specific construction techniques (e.g., Montis jacket-technique zip covers, Artifort Orange Slice stretch fabric application, Martin Visser BR 02 frame variants, HR-foam refilling on Montis Axel cushions). Operations are conducted from a single showroom and workshop on Grindweg 137 in Wolvega, and the workshop is powered by 143 solar panels, anchoring a circular-economy / sustainability narrative.

Service lines include core residential reupholstery (sofas, armchairs, dining chairs, foam replacement, custom cushions), a dedicated project channel for interior furnishers with a single fixed contact from quote through delivery, an outsourcing service providing capacity to other furniture companies, and a specialist boat/caravan/camper upholstery vertical. Customers can choose from a showroom library of 1,800+ (in some references 18,000+) fabric options drawn from more than 20 brands including Kvadrat, De Ploeg, Romo, Maharam, Vyva Fabrics, and Ohmann leather; pricing is quote-based with published directional ranges of roughly €100-€500 per dining chair and €280-€500 per armchair. The company also markets its own Montovitri furniture collection displayed in the showroom.

Revenue mechanics are predominantly one-time, project-based service revenue with no recurring contracts. Distribution is direct: walk-in/appointment showroom traffic, website quote-request form intake (with photo submission), free nationwide pickup and delivery, and a direct B2B channel for project interior furnishers. There is no disclosed revenue, no funding history, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no international footprint; the company is accredited as an 'Erkend Leerbedrijf Creatief Vakmanschap' (Recognized Training Company) supporting apprenticeship-based talent development in upholstery.

Name

Stoffeerwereld Ruitenberg

Legal name

Stoffeerwereld Ruitenberg

Website

https://ruitenbergwolvega.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stoffeerwereld Ruitenberg is a family-owned Dutch upholstery specialist in Wolvega with 45+ years of experience reupholstering design furniture from Artifort, Leolux, Vitra, and other premium brands, serving individual consumers, project interior furnishers, and boat/caravan/camper owners across the Netherlands via a single showroom and workshop.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Furniture upholstery and reupholstery services

NAICS

Reupholstery and Furniture Repair (81142), Upholstered Household Furniture Manufacturing (337121)

SIC

Miscellaneous Furniture & Fixtures (2590)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAOAKAD

Upholstery & Furniture Textiles Manufacturing (Upholstery Fabrics/Slipcovers)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Textiles, Apparel & Leather Manufacturing/Home Textiles Manufacturing (Bedding/Towels/Curtains/Upholstery Textiles)

SECONDARYCRAIALAF

Upholstery & Decorative Fabrics Retail (Fabric by the Yard, Slipcovers)

Consumer Products & Retail/Home & Furniture Retail/Home Textiles Retail (Bedding, Bath Linens, Rugs)

Keywords

• Furniture reupholstery services
• Design furniture restoration
• Custom cushion manufacturing
• Project upholstery services
• Boat and caravan upholstery

Headquarters

HQ city

Wolvega

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Furniture Reupholstery Services: One-time professional services for reupholstering furniture including armchairs, sofas, and dining chairs. Services include fabric replacement, foam replacement, frame repair, and custom cushion production. Pricing is quote-based and determined by furniture type, condition, and fabric choice. The company also offers a pickup and delivery service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stoffeerwereld Ruitenberg is a specialist furniture upholstery workshop that reupholsters sofas, armchairs, dining chairs and design furniture from Dutch premium brands (Artifort, Leolux, Vitra, Gelderland, Montis, Spectrum, Design on Stock), fabricates custom cushions, serves project interior furnishers with volume upholstery capacity, provides outsourcing production to other furniture makers, and performs upholstery for boats, caravans and campervans. The company operates from a showroom and workshop in Wolvega, with a 1,800+ fabric library and a nationwide pickup-and-delivery service.

Product overview

Stoffeerwereld Ruitenberg is a furniture upholstery company with over 45 years of experience, offering professional reupholstery services for design furniture. Their core service is Herstofferen (reupholstery), supplemented by custom cushions (Kussens op Maat), project interior design services (Projectinrichters), and outsourcing. They specialize in iconic design furniture from brands like Artifort, Leolux, Vitra, Gelderland, Montis, Spectrum, and Design on Stock. The company operates from a showroom in Wolvega, Netherlands, featuring fabric samples from over 20 brands including Kvadrat, De Ploeg, Romo, and Maharam, with a collection of more than 18,000 upholstery fabrics. They also offer their own Montovitri furniture collection and provide pickup and delivery services throughout the Netherlands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Montovitri: Own furniture collection presented in the showroom, featuring stylish, functional, and high-quality furniture pieces.

Products and services

• Herstofferen (Reupholstery Service) Professional reupholstery service for sofas, armchairs, dining chairs and design furniture. Covers fabric replacement, foam replacement, frame repair and custom cushion production with over 45 years of experience and brand-specific expertise across Artifort, Leolux, Vitra, Gelderland, Montis, Spectrum and Design on Stock. Targeted at individual consumers and project furnishers across the Netherlands.
• Kussens op Maat (Custom Cushions) Bespoke cushion manufacturing service for volume projects and individual customers, including HR-foam and fibre/foam flake fills, sized to the specific seat or back dimensions required. Targeted at interior designers and owners of premium design furniture needing cushion renewal or replacement.
• Projectinrichters (Project Upholstery Service) Volume upholstery service for professional interior designers and project furnishers, covering complete office, hospitality and residential fit-outs. Provides one fixed contact person from quote to delivery and handles multi-piece orders across horeca, office lounge and residential project work. Targeted at interior designers and project furnishers across the Netherlands.
• Outsourcing Production-capacity outsourcing service for other furniture companies that need additional upholstery workshop capacity. Targeted at furniture brands and makers needing skilled upholstery subcontracting.
• Boot, Caravan en Camper Stofferingen (Boat, Caravan and Camper Upholstery) Specialized upholstery service for boats, campervans and caravans using materials with enhanced durability and water resistance. Targeted at boat owners, caravan owners and campervan owners needing interior upholstery renewal.
• Montovitri Collection Own-brand furniture collection presented in the Wolvega showroom, featuring stylish, functional and high-quality pieces designed and upholstered by Stoffeerwereld Ruitenberg. Sold directly to customers visiting the showroom.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saves 40–50% compared to buying a new design piece of comparable quality
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Kwantum: Kwantum is a Dutch value retailer of home textiles, soft furnishings, and budget furniture. It overlaps with Ruitenberg's fabric and home-furnishing customer base but sells new low-cost soft furnishings rather than reupholstery services.
• Wehkamp: Wehkamp is a major Dutch online department-store retailer with a sizeable furniture and home-textiles assortment. It competes for the same Dutch online shopper considering reupholstery but routes demand toward new mass-market furniture purchases.
• IKEA: IKEA is the dominant global flat-pack furniture retailer with a strong Dutch footprint. While it sells new low-cost upholstered furniture that competes with reupholstery on price, IKEA's sustainability programs (BuyBack, spare-part covers) increasingly overlap with the circular-furniture narrative Ruitenberg monetizes.
• Beter Bed: Beter Bed is a Netherlands-headquartered bedroom and mattress retailer with a growing furniture offering. It competes for Dutch household furnishing budgets but focuses on new boxed furniture and bedding rather than specialist restoration of design seating.
• Loods 5: Loods 5 is a large Dutch home furnishings outlet offering new and discounted furniture across categories including upholstered seating. It overlaps with Ruitenberg in the Dutch consumer furniture-buying journey but competes on price-led new furniture rather than specialist restoration, making it a broad incumbent rather than a direct rival.
• Goossens Wonen & Slapen: Goossens is a long-established Dutch furniture retailer with showrooms nationwide selling upholstered sofas and armchairs. It competes for the same Dutch consumer wallet as Ruitenberg, but as a new-furniture retailer with custom upholstery services rather than a restoration specialist.

Emerging players

• Vinterior: Vinterior is a UK-based online marketplace for vintage and refurbished designer furniture. It competes with Ruitenberg for buyers of restored design pieces at a different stage of the value chain (resale of restored items rather than the restoration service itself) and represents an emerging channel for circular premium furniture.

Others

• Maharam: Maharam is a US-based supplier of premium contract and residential textiles whose fabric lines are stocked in Ruitenberg's showroom. It is an upstream ecosystem participant (textile supplier) rather than a competitor, but its brand association reinforces Ruitenberg's premium positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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