Biesieklette

What Biesieklette does

Biesieklette is a Dutch social enterprise headquartered in Den Haag that has operated since 1984 in the bicycle mobility and accessibility space. The company provides managed bicycle parking infrastructure across at least four supervised stalling locations in Den Haag/Scheveningen and an expanding network of unmanned 24/7 storage units — fietstrommels (bicycle drums), fietskluizen (bicycle lockers), and buurtstallingen (neighborhood parking) — placed at transit nodes and urban centers in municipalities including Den Haag, Rotterdam, Leiden, Gouda, and Maassluis. Underlying operations are supported by the Haagse Fietspas, a QR-code keychain system launched in May 2025 that replaced the legacy Bikey registration system and uses five color-coded passes to differentiate between regular e-bikes, cargo bikes, wide-tire bicycles, bikes with child seats or crates, and scooters/mopeds/motorcycles.

Name

Biesieklette

Legal name

Biesieklette Holding B.V.

Website

https://biesieklette.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Biesieklette is a Den Haag-based Dutch social enterprise, founded in 1984, that operates municipal bicycle parking infrastructure and mobility rentals across multiple Dutch cities, serving residents, visitors, people with disabilities, and Dutch municipalities including Den Haag, Rotterdam, Leiden, Gouda, and Maassluis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bicycle Parking & Urban Mobility Services

akta.pro primary industry

Bicycle Programs & Bike Share (Parking, Repair, Rentals) (EDALAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Station-Based Bike Rentals (Bikeshare) (THADAGAD), Bike Rental, Demo & Tour Operators (Retail-Adjacent) (CRAMAHAJ), Cycling & Bike Retail (Sales, Service & Accessories) (CRAMABAH)

Keywords

• Bicycle parking services
• Urban bicycle storage
• Accessible mobility rentals
• Municipal parking management
• Social enterprise employment

Headquarters

HQ city

The Hague

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Bicycle Parking Fees: Pay-per-use fees for bicycle parking in supervised stalling locations. Fees vary by parking duration and vehicle type. Payment collected at pickup.
2. Annual Subscriptions: Year-long subscriptions for mopeds, scooters, and motorcycles to park during opening hours. Prepaid annual fee, non-refundable, non-transferable.
3. Resident Passes: Annual passes for (cargo) bikes, tandems, or tricycles to park at fixed locations. Prepaid annually, valid only at chosen location.
4. Rental Services: Rental of beach wheelchairs (Wombat, Tiralo, Cadweazle, Hippocampe, VeloPlus), wheelchair bikes, tandems, and mobility aids. Fees paid upon pickup. Some electric vehicles have maximum rental times.
5. 24/7 Storage Rental: Monthly/annual rental of 24/7 bicycle storage spaces (bicycle drums, lockers, neighborhood stalling). Includes security deposit, paid via iDEAL before use.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Biesieklette operates supervised and 24/7 unattended bicycle parking facilities (fietsenstallingen, fietstrommels, fietskluizen, buurtstallingen) across multiple Dutch municipalities including The Hague, Rotterdam, Leiden, Gouda, and Maassluis. The organization rents beach wheelchairs, wheelchair bicycles, tandems, and child buggies for accessibility, and runs a social bicycle workshop (Sociale Fietswerkplaats) that provides employment and training opportunities for people with a distance to the labor market.

Product overview

Biesieklette operates a portfolio of bicycle parking and mobility services across The Hague and surrounding municipalities. The core offering consists of attended and automated bicycle parking facilities (fietsenstallingen), including fietstrommels (bicycle drums), fietskluizen (bicycle lockers), and buurtstallingen (neighborhood parking). These are supported by the Haagse Fietspas electronic tagging system (formerly Bikey), which enables digital check-in/check-out and parking duration tracking. Subscription products include the Bewonerspas for annual resident bicycle parking and the Jaarabonnement for motorcycles and scooters. The company also operates a rental division offering beach wheelchairs (Wombat, De-Bug, Tiralo, Hippocampe, VeloPlus), beach walkers, wheelchair bicycles, tandems, and child buggies. Additionally, Biesieklette runs a social bicycle workshop providing employment pathways for people with barriers to the labor market. The company serves multiple municipalities including The Hague, Gouda, Leiden, Rotterdam, and Maassluis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fietsenstallingen

Quantifiable outcome

• People with labor market distance receive employment and path to regular work through Biesieklette's social trajectory program.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Gemeente Den HaagcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary municipal partner for bicycle parking infrastructure in The Hague. Biesieklette operates supervised stalling facilities and implements the Haagse Fietspas system in The Hague's bicycle parking facilities. The municipality has replaced the Bikey system with the Haagse Fietspas for organized bicycle parking management.
• Gemeente RotterdamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partnership for bicycle parking services in Rotterdam. Collaboration on urban mobility solutions and public bicycle infrastructure.
• Gemeente LeidencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partnership for bicycle parking services in Leiden. Joint operation of bicycle storage facilities.
• Gemeente GoudacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partnership including management of Fietsenstalling Nieuwe Markt in Gouda. Biesieklette manages this facility under municipal oversight with specific terms and conditions.
• Gemeente MaassluiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partnership for bicycle parking services at metro stations (Maassluis West, Maassluis Centrum, Maassluis Oost). Fietskluizen provided for secure bicycle storage.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Lime: Global dockless micromobility operator offering shared bikes and scooters across hundreds of cities. Comparable as a large incumbent competing for municipal micromobility budgets and stalling access, though it focuses on dockless rather than supervised parking.
• Tier Mobility: European shared micromobility operator (e-scooters and e-bikes) active across major Dutch and German cities. Adjacent incumbent in micromobility that competes for similar urban mobility budgets and street-corridor access.
• NS Stations: Real estate and stalling arm of Nederlandse Spoorwegen managing train station facilities including bicycle parking. A broader incumbent at the transit-bike parking intersection - both a competitor and potential partner for transit-node stalling.

Emerging players

• Urbee: Dutch cargo bike rental and subscription service. Comparable emerging Dutch operator in the bicycle mobility rental/access space, with direct overlap on cargo-bike parking and passes within the same geographic market.
• Felyx: Dutch shared moped/scooter operator with subscription offerings across the Netherlands. Comparable emerging Dutch mobility-as-a-service operator pursuing similar municipal partnerships and urban mobility mission.

Regional players

• Call a Bike: Deutsche Bahn-operated bike share service in Germany. Compares as a transit-linked bike share operator in a neighbouring geography, illustrating the rail-adjacent stalling-plus-hire model that also drives Biesieklette's fietstrommels and fietskluizen.

Direct peers

• Donkey Republic: Danish-founded bike share operator active across many European cities including several in the Netherlands. Direct comparator as a station-based/hybrid bike share operator and likely competitor for municipal bike share and parking contracts.
• OV-fiets: Public bike share system operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen across Dutch train stations. Direct competitor for transit-adjacent bicycle access and for the same municipal stalling and bike access budgets that fund Biesieklette.
• Nextbike: European bike share and micromobility operator with public-private partnership models across Germany, Poland, and other EU markets. Directly comparable in operating bicycle share systems under municipal concession contracts.
• Swapfiets: Dutch bike subscription service based in Utrecht offering monthly subscriptions including maintenance, repair, and replacement. Closest direct comparator in Dutch urban cycling mobility - overlapping customer base and operating geography, although Swapfiets focuses on bicycle ownership rather than parking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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