B&O Retail

What B&O Retail does

B&O Retail (legal entity: B&O Partners B.V., KvK 33268566) is a Dutch retail property specialist founded in 1995 and headquartered at J.J. Viottastraat 43-II in Amsterdam, with a secondary office at Weena 290 in Rotterdam. The firm provides brokerage, valuation, and expansion-management services for retail properties at A1-locations in major Dutch cities, including leasing, sales, rent reviews, and (in partnership with Troostwijk Taxaties) property valuations for financing, refinancing, and portfolio revaluation. Its client base spans luxury conglomerates (LVMH, Kering — Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Fendi, Versace — plus RIMOWA), mass-market groups (Inditex's Oysho, H&M Group's Monki), and emerging DTC brands (On Running, Allbirds, Aesop), alongside institutional and private investors and developers.

The firm's distinctive technology asset is the Prime Streets App, a proprietary mobile application (available on both iOS and Android) that surfaces structured data on Dutch shopping streets — including rent levels, rent trends, pedestrian counts, catchment area, and available A1-locations — and is offered to retailers, consultants, developers, and investors. The firm's go-to-market is sales-led, direct advisory: senior brokers engage landlords and tenants through personalized consultations, maintaining a national pipeline of retail chains and investors. Pricing is transaction-based; commission amounts depend on the type and value of the agreement concluded, with cancellation triggers (e.g., 20% withdrawal fee) codified in instruction terms. The firm is privately held, with no external investors, parent company, or funding rounds disclosed in the source data.

Name

B&O Retail

Legal name

B&O Partners B.V.

Website

https://b-en-o.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

B&O Retail is a Dutch retail property specialist founded in 1995 that brokers leasing, sales, and valuations for A1-locations in major Dutch cities, serving luxury brands (LVMH, Kering), mass-market retailers, DTC entrants, and institutional investors directly from Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Retail Real Estate Brokerage

akta.pro primary industry

Retail Brokerage (BPAJABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Retail Tenant Representation (BPAJALAB)

Keywords

• Retail property brokerage
• Commercial real estate services
• Retail leasing advisory
• Property valuation services
• Dutch retail real estate

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Property Transaction Advisory: B&O Retail earns commission for brokering property transactions including leasing and sales of retail spaces. Commission is typically based on the agreed instruction terms and depends on the type and value of the transaction concluded.
2. Valuation Services: Through partnership with Troostwijk Taxaties, B&O Retail provides property valuations for financing, refinancing, or revaluation of retail portfolios.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

B&O Retail is a Dutch retail property specialist that brokers leasing and sales transactions, performs rent reviews, conducts property valuations (via partnership with Troostwijk Taxaties), and manages expansion contracts for retail spaces at A1-stand locations in major Dutch cities. The firm advises both supply-side clients (landlords, institutional and private investors, developers) and demand-side clients (national and international retail chains in luxury and mass-market segments). It also publishes the Prime Streets App, a proprietary mobile application providing retail street data for the Netherlands.

Product overview

B&O Retail is a retail property specialist company offering commercial real estate services for retail spaces in the Netherlands. The company's core offering consists of three main service areas: brokerage (bemiddeling) for leasing and sales of retail properties, property valuations (taxaties) in partnership with Troostwijk Taxaties, and property management/expansion contract management. They operate primarily in major Dutch cities with a focus on A1 retail locations. The company also provides the Prime Streets App, a mobile application that aggregates real-time data on shopping streets across the Netherlands, enabling users to access information on retail locations, rent trends, pedestrian counts, and market analytics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Retail Property Brokerage (Bemiddeling) Brokerage and advisory services for leasing, sales, and rent reviews of retail properties, investment portfolios, and shopping centers at A1 locations in major Dutch cities. Targeted at retail chains, landlords, and investors seeking to transact prime retail real estate in the Netherlands.
• Property Valuations (Taxaties) Retail property valuations delivered through B&O Retail's collaboration with Troostwijk Taxaties. Supports financing, refinancing, and revaluation needs of retail property owners and investors.
• Expansion Contract Management Property management and expansion contract management for retail chains rolling out or operating stores in the Netherlands, covering contractual and operational coordination.
• Prime Streets App Mobile application providing users, retailers, consultants, developers, and investors with access to key data on main shopping streets in the Netherlands, including A1 shop locations, city information, rents, rent trends, pedestrian counts, number of inhabitants, catchment area, city index, and available shops.

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Troostwijk TaxatiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerB&O Retail maintains a partnership with Troostwijk Taxaties to provide comprehensive valuation services to clients. Through this collaboration, B&O Retail can offer property valuations for financing, refinancing, and portfolio revaluations of retail properties.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• JLL: Global commercial real estate services firm with an established retail agency and capital markets practice. Competes with B&O Retail for mandates from international luxury and apparel brands seeking flagship locations, but operates across all asset classes and geographies.
• Savills: International real estate advisor with a strong retail agency practice across Europe. Comparable to B&O Retail for luxury and fashion brand mandates on prime high streets, while operating as a full-service diversified advisor rather than a retail-only specialist.
• CBRE Group: World's largest commercial real estate services firm with a dedicated global retail practice. Comparable to B&O Retail because it brokers retail leasing and investment sales for the same fashion and luxury tenants in prime high-street locations, though at vastly larger scale and across many geographies.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global CRE services firm with a dedicated EMEA retail team that brokers high-street flagship leases for luxury brands (e.g., on Bond Street, Avenue Montaigne). Direct overlap with B&O Retail on A1 luxury retail leasing mandates in major European cities.
• Knight Frank: Global real estate consultancy with a well-known retail agency team serving luxury brands and investors across European high streets. Directly comparable business activity to B&O Retail, but delivered through a much broader international platform.
• Colliers: Global diversified real estate services and investment management firm with active retail capital markets and leasing advisory. Comparable to B&O Retail in serving retail tenants and investors across European high streets, though spanning many real estate verticals.

Direct peers

• MVGM: Dutch real estate services firm offering brokerage, valuations, property management and advisory across asset classes including retail. Comparable to B&O Retail as a Dutch-headquartered CRE advisor serving retail tenants and investors, with a notably larger headcount.
• Dynamis: Dutch commercial real estate advisory firm providing brokerage and advisory services across retail, office, industrial and logistics in the Netherlands. A direct Dutch competitor to B&O Retail, particularly in retail brokerage and investment sales.

Others

• Troostwijk: Dutch valuations, auctioning and advisory firm, already an active partner to B&O Retail for valuation work. Included as a peer because it sits at the same intersection of Dutch retail real estate services and could compete for adjacent mandates.

Regional players

• Kroonenberg Groep: Dutch real estate investor and developer focused on prime high-street retail and mixed-use assets in major Dutch cities. Comparable to B&O Retail because they operate on the same A1 Amsterdam locations (e.g., P.C. Hooftstraat, Kalverstraat), though as an owner/developer rather than broker.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/benoretail
• Facebookfacebook.com/BenORetail
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/b&o-retail

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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