Combex

What Combex does

AB Texel Special Transport is a Dutch specialized logistics company operating under the AB Texel group, focused on the transport of construction materials and industrial cargo across Western Europe. Its primary service offering covers the full construction materials supply chain — from foundation piles to roof tiles ('heipaal tot dakpan') — including raw concrete, building materials, and prefab concrete elements, executed via a specialized fleet comprising flat trailers, internal loaders, flatbed trucks with own loading cranes, open and extendable trailers, euro low loaders, and semi low loaders. The company is described as the market leader in transporting foundation piles over rooftops in the Benelux and Germany, and also handles exceptional/oversized transport using trained personnel and escort vehicles.

The company operates from a head office in Eastermar, Netherlands, with a wholly-owned German subsidiary (AB Texel Spezialtransporte GmbH) and a secondary planning office in Broekhuizenvorst. It runs an 85-truck fleet (with 85 new Bio-LNG trucks announced in July 2026) and maintains a 5,000 m2 own terrain for temporary storage of construction materials. Geographic reach spans the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.

The business model is B2B direct sales with a flat organizational structure, short communication lines, and pricing conducted on a quote-by-quote basis (no publicly disclosed rates). Customer segments are predominantly the construction industry as the primary vertical, with secondary exposure to agricultural and food product transport (animal feed, liquid/dry/chilled food). Notable enterprise relationships include a renewed partnership with ForFarmers (February 2026) covering future-proof agricultural logistics. In January 2026, the company divested its exceptional/oversized transport operations to KTF Harlingen, refocusing on its core construction materials vertical.

Name

Combex

Legal name

AB Texel

Website

https://combex.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

AB Texel Special Transport is a Dutch specialized logistics company providing construction materials and oversized cargo transport across the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium, serving construction, agricultural, and food sector clients with an 85-truck fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Logistics Services

NAICS

Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance (484230)

SIC

Trucking (No Local) (4213)

akta.pro primary industry

Concrete Mixer & Cement Transport Trucks Leasing & Rental (TLABAEAH)

Keywords

• Construction logistics services
• Concrete transport services
• Exceptional transport
• Specialized freight transport
• Construction materials logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Bergum

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Special Transport Services: Transportation services for construction materials including raw concrete and building materials, using various transport means. Services span from foundation pile to roof tile ('heipaal tot dakpan').

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Combex, through its subsidiary AB Texel Special Transport, provides specialized road transport and logistics services for the construction industry, including transport of raw concrete, prefab concrete, and oversized/exceptional cargo. Operations are supported by an owned fleet (flatbed trailers, self-loading cranes, internal prefab loaders), a 5,000 m² storage facility in Eastermar (Netherlands), and cross-border coverage of the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Special Transport of Prefab Concrete Specialized transport of prefab concrete elements using flatbed trailers with internal loaders and self-loading cranes, for construction firms and concrete producers.
• Raw Concrete Transport Road transport of raw (wet) concrete from production plants to construction project sites, for concrete producers and construction firms.
• Storage and Buffering Services Storage and cross-docking of construction materials at the company's 5,000 m² facility in Eastermar, Netherlands, serving construction firms needing staging space near project sites.
• Agricultural Products Transport Bulk road transport of agricultural products and animal feed, including under long-term contracts with feed-industry customers such as ForFarmers.
• Food Products Transport Transport of chilled and dry food products for food-industry customers across the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• ForFarmerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2026ForFarmers and AB Texel have renewed their collaboration for future-proof logistics. This partnership involves ongoing transport and logistics services for agricultural and feed products.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Van der Vlist Transporten: Netherlands-based specialist in exceptional, heavy, and project cargo transport with similar equipment profile (low-loaders, extendable trailers); directly comparable niche overlap with AB Texel's former exceptioneel business.
• De Rijke Logistics: Dutch mid-sized specialist in container, liquid bulk, and bulk freight across Northwest Europe; comparable size, similar cross-border operating model, and shared customer base in industrial/chemical markets.
• Den Hartogh Logistics: Netherlands-headquartered specialist in liquid food, chemical, and dry bulk transport via tank and silo equipment; similar size, ownership profile, and Western European focus as AB Texel, with overlapping food/agri customer relationships including ForFarmers' category.
• KTF Harlingen: Dutch specialized transport operator headquartered in Friesland; acquired the exceptioneel/oversized transport operations from AB Texel Special Transport in January 2026, making it the closest direct successor peer in the heavy/specialized construction freight segment.

Broad incumbents

• Waberer's International: Hungary-headquartered one of the largest road freight operators in Europe with full truckload and LTL service across the continent; comparable specialized equipment and European cross-border capability but at significantly larger scale.
• Girteka Logistics: Lithuanian-headquartered pan-European full-truckload road transport operator with thousands of trucks; comparable cross-border European linehaul capability, though operating at much larger scale and broader commodity mix.
• Mammoet: Global heavy lifting and specialized transport incumbent headquartered in the Netherlands; operates in heavier end of oversized/exceptional transport with industrial and energy-sector focus — a broader-incumbent comparison point for AB Texel's specialty.

Regional players

• E. van Wijk Logistics: Dutch road transport and logistics operator with specialization in container, bulk, and distribution freight; similar mid-market size and Western European footprint with comparable customer verticals.
• Van Uden Group: Dutch multimodal logistics provider covering road, air, sea, and warehousing in Western Europe; similar ownership profile and mid-market positioning with construction/industrial exposure.
• Vervaeke: Belgian multimodal logistics provider with road transport, container, and warehousing services; comparable size and mid-market industrial customer focus, with regional overlap in Belgium construction and industrial freight.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/combextransport
• Facebookfacebook.com/Combexnl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/combex

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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