Gelissen Group

What Gelissen Group does

Gelissen Group is a private Dutch-Belgian holding company (houdstermaatschappij) established in 2010 that owns two independently operating subsidiaries. Its portfolio comprises Attractiepark Toverland, a major Netherlands-based amusement park and day attraction drawing over one million visitors annually and ranked among the country's most popular day destinations, and Gepla BV, a contractor that designs and realizes sustainable interior finishes and furnishings for commercial and residential building projects. The group positions the cross-business synergy between these two operations — leisure/entertainment on the consumer side and B2B interior finishing — as its central differentiator, with each subsidiary serving complementary end markets and customer types.

The holding is registered at Prinsenhof 1A in Maaseik, Belgium, with operational and mailing presence in Elsloo, Netherlands, and operates across both geographies under the Western European Benelux footprint. Go-to-market is conducted entirely through the individual subsidiaries' own channels: Toverland distributes directly to consumer visitors via toverland.com, while Gepla BV engages building owners, developers, and construction firms via gepla.nl. The group's own website (gelissengroup.nl) functions purely as a corporate informational hub and contact point rather than a commercial channel.

The business model is bifurcated and not consolidated in public disclosure. Toverland generates consumer ticket and ancillary revenue at the venue, while Gepla BV generates project-based B2B revenue on interior finishing and furnishing contracts. No pricing models, no revenue figures, no funding rounds, no patents, no certifications, no public management team, and no AI or proprietary technology stack are disclosed. The holding-level employee count of 1-10 reflects the holding entity itself; the operating subsidiaries maintain their own workforces outside this figure. The absence of public financial, leadership, and strategic disclosure materially limits external due diligence.

Name

Gelissen Group

Legal name

Gelissen Group

Website

https://gelissengroup.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gelissen Group is a Dutch-Belgian holding company owning Attractiepark Toverland, a Netherlands amusement park with over 1 million annual visitors, and Gepla BV, a contractor providing sustainable interior finishes and furnishings for building projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Diversified Holdings

NAICS

Amusement and Theme Parks (71311), Management of Companies and Enterprises (551)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Non-Operating Establishments (9995)

akta.pro primary industry

Standalone/Pay-Per-Entry Water Parks (Day-Visitor Focused) (THAAABAD)

Keywords

• Amusement park operations
• Interior finishing services
• Sustainable building interiors
• Theme park management
• Commercial interior fit-outs

Headquarters

HQ city

Elsloo

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Gelissen Group is a holding company that owns two independently operating businesses: Attractiepark Toverland, a major amusement park in the Netherlands attracting over 1 million visitors annually, and Gepla BV, which designs and realizes sustainable interior finishes and furnishings for buildings. The two subsidiaries are positioned to provide a unique total package of services across the leisure and construction sectors, with their combined synergy cited as the group's primary differentiator.

Product overview

Gelissen Group is a holding company that operates two independently operating businesses offering a unique synergistic package of services: Attractiepark Toverland, a major amusement park attracting over 1 million visitors annually, and Gepla BV, a provider of sustainable building interior finishes and furnishings. The synergy between these two businesses represents the group's key competitive differentiator.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Toverland: One of the most popular day attractions in the Netherlands, visited by over 1 million people annually.
• Gepla

Products and services

• Attractiepark Toverland A consumer-facing amusement park and day attraction in the Netherlands, popular for family entertainment, thrill rides, and children's play areas, with over 1 million annual visitors. It operates as an independently functioning subsidiary under the Gelissen Group holding.
• Gepla BV A B2B service provider that designs and realizes sustainable interior finishes and furnishings for commercial and residential buildings, including office fit-outs. It operates as an independently functioning subsidiary under the Gelissen Group holding, complementing the amusement park business.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Duinrell: Compact Dutch amusement park combined with a holiday camp. Closely comparable to Toverland as a regional Dutch paid-entry park that also captures short-stay leisure demand.
• Slagharen: Dutch theme park and holiday resort in the same size tier as Toverland, with a similar mix of rides, shows, and on-site lodging. Useful comparable for Toverland's day-visitor plus potential resort extension.
• Efteling: Largest day/theme park in the Netherlands and the most direct competitor to Toverland for Dutch family visitors. Highly comparable business model of paid-entry attractions, themed rides, and on-site food/retail spending.
• Walibi Holland: Dutch theme park operator targeting thrill-ride and family audiences, directly competing with Toverland for the same Benelux day-trip market. Comparable paid-entry, ride-driven leisure model.

Broad incumbents

• Compagnie des Alpes: Publicly listed French holding company operating ski resorts and theme/leisure parks. Most comparable listed peer for Gelissen Group's holding-company-plus-leisure-parks structure.
• Europa-Park: Europe's largest seasonal theme park and resort complex. Comparable end-customer and operating model to Toverland, useful as an upper-bound benchmark for theme-park economics.
• Merlin Entertainments: Global operator of theme parks, LEGOLAND resorts, and Midway attractions. Useful upper-scale benchmark for multi-park operating economics and group-level leisure strategy.

Regional players

• Plopsaland De Panne: Belgian theme park operating across the border from Toverland with a similar IP-and-character-based family positioning. Comparable paid-entry model and overlapping Benelux catchment.
• Phantasialand: Large German theme park serving a similar Western European short-break and day-trip market. Comparable ride/theming business model though at materially larger scale than Toverland.
• Heide Park Resort: Northern German theme park and short-stay resort. Comparable paid-entry park plus on-site accommodation business, mirroring Toverland's potential day-to-resort extension.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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