What Van Schie Groep does

Van Schie Groep is a Dutch privately held civil engineering and equipment-rental enterprise founded in 1962 and headquartered in Mijdrecht, Netherlands. Operating through the legal entity Van Schie B.V. and alongside sister companies Janson Bridging and HP Staal within the Van Schie Groep conglomerate, the company employs more than 200 people and serves government agencies, construction contractors, event organizers, project developers, and private individuals. It self-describes as the market leader in pontoon rental in the Netherlands and operates across the ground, road, and water construction (GWW) sector with 60+ years of continuous operation.

The company's product and service portfolio spans proprietary pontoon rental (VSP770 and the newer VSP1250 modular pontoons, both DNV-certified with a unique coupling system), crane rental (including the Spierings SK1265-AT6 eLift, described as the world's largest mobile tower crane with 100% electric on-site operation, plus truck-mounted Palfinger and Sany cranes), foundation techniques using the ABI Mobilram TM16 with OilQuick quick-change attachments, steel and plastic road plates, dragline mats/bulkheads, sound barriers (Noise-Reducer DB80), bridge construction and temporary pontoon-bridge solutions, specialized transport, and a soil-banking operation (Grondbank Mijdrecht) that accepts clean and contaminated soil under BRL 7000 certification. The company also formally serves the data-center construction vertical.

Van Schie's revenue model is a mix of project-based equipment rental (usage-based pricing for pontoons, cranes, and road plates), specialist infrastructure services delivered as fixed-scope contracts (foundations, roads, sound barriers, bridges), soil-banking acceptance fees, and specialized transport services. Distribution is sales-led and direct, with a commercial team quoting per project from the Mijdrecht base; the customer base is anchored on Dutch enterprise contractors (Dura Vermeer, Griekspoor, Vink Bouw, Kontent Structures, Kokosystems) and government commissions, with limited but documented international project references. The company holds ISO 9001:2015, VCA, BRL 7000, BRL 9335, SCL Step 3, and NC-VGB-69 certifications.

Name

Van Schie Groep

Legal name

Van Schie B.V.

Website

https://vanschie.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Van Schie Groep is a Dutch privately held civil engineering and equipment-rental company, founded in 1962 and headquartered in Mijdrecht, serving government agencies, contractors, and event organizers with proprietary pontoons, cranes, foundation rigs, sound barriers, bridges, and soil-banking services across the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services & Equipment Rental

NAICS

Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (23711), Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237990), Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (23731), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629), Remediation Services (56291)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Construction Machinery & Equip (3531), Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Manholes, Laterals & Service Connections (Installation/Rehab) (EUANACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) Control & Mitigation (EUANACAE), Sewer & Stormwater Overflow (SSO/CSO) Emergency Response (EUAIAMAE)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Pontoon rental
• Crane rental
• Foundation techniques
• Infrastructure construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Mijdrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Equipment Rental (Pontoons, Cranes, Road Plates): Van Schie generates revenue primarily through the rental of specialized civil engineering equipment including pontoons (marktleider in pontonverhuur), mobile cranes, truck-mounted cranes, tower cranes, road plates, and dragline mats. Rental is project-based and fee-per-use, with both short-term (event) and long-term (infrastructure) rental contracts.
2. Specialist Infrastructure Services: The company earns revenue from specialist civil engineering services including foundation techniques (heiwerken, damwanden, boortechnieken, schroefinjectiepalen), infrastructure works (rioleringen, wegen, geluidsschermen), and bridge construction/maintenance. Services are delivered as project contracts to government and private clients.
3. Soil Banking and Environmental Services: Grondbank Mijdrecht accepts green waste, rubble, dredging materials, clean and contaminated soil from companies. Revenue is generated through acceptance fees for soil processing and environmental compliance services.
4. Transport Services: Van Schie provides specialized transport services including heavy lift transport, crane transport, and container transport, using their fleet of specialized vehicles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Van Schie Groep provides integrated civil engineering (GWW) services and specialized equipment rental across the Netherlands, covering pontoon rental (market leader), crane rental (mobile, truck-mounted, electric tower cranes), foundation techniques (piling, sheet piling, drilling, soil mixing, screw injection piles), infrastructure works (roads, sewers, sound barriers, bridge construction and temporary pontoon bridges), soil banking through Grondbank Mijdrecht (acceptance and recycling of contaminated soil, green waste, rubble and dredging materials), heavy transport, road plates and dragline mat rental, and emergency/calamity response.

Product overview

Van Schie Groep is a Dutch civil engineering and equipment rental company with over 60 years of experience serving government bodies, contractors, event organizers, project developers, and private individuals. The company operates as a multi-specialty organization offering a unified portfolio of infrastructure services and equipment rental, centered around its core expertise in ground, road, and water construction (GWW). The product portfolio includes pontoon rental (VSP770 and VSP1250 modular pontoons with DNV certification), crane rental (mobile tower cranes including the Spierings eLift series, truck-mounted cranes), foundation techniques (ABI Mobilram equipment for drilling and piling), road plates and bulkheads rental, infrastructure construction, sound barriers (Noise-Reducer DB80), bridge solutions including temporary pontoon bridges, transport services, and soil/environmental processing through Grondbank Mijdrecht. The company also operates specialized divisions such as Van Schie Kraanverhuur (crane rental) and serves sectors including data centers, emergencies, and events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Van Schie Kraanverhuur: Crane rental division of Van Schie
• Grondbank Mijdrecht

Products and services

• Pontoon Rental (Pontons) Rental of modular pontoons (VSP770 and VSP1250 with unique coupling system, DNV-certified) for projects on, at and around water — work islands, stages, audiences, temporary bridges — serving construction, infrastructure and event clients. Van Schie positions itself as the market leader in pontoon rental in the Netherlands.
• Crane Rental (Kranen) Rental of mobile cranes, truck-mounted cranes, mobile tower cranes (Spierings eLift series), and telecom cranes for construction projects, emergency lifting (e.g. truck recovery, church steeple placement), and heavy rigging operations.
• Foundation Techniques (Funderingstechniek) Specialist foundation engineering services using the ABI Mobilram TM16 — including heiwerken (piling), damwanden (sheet piling), mixed-in-place, bentonietinjectie, boortechnieken (drilling), schroefinjectiepalen (screw injection piles), and the pulling of piles and anchors — for building and infrastructure projects.
• Road Plates Rental (Rijplaten) Rental of steel and plastic road plates for creating temporary roads and access over soft terrain (grassland, construction sites) supporting cars, trucks and pedestrians; used in construction and event contexts (e.g. 16,500 m2 supplied for the NATO summit at former Valkenburg airfield).
• Bulkheads / Dragline Mats (Schotten) Supply of steel and wooden dragline mats (bulkheads) for distributing heavy loads on soft ground and as stanchions for heavy machinery on construction sites.
• Infrastructure Works (Infra) Civil engineering infrastructure works including specialized infra projects, sewer construction (rioleringen), road construction, sheet piling, and noise barrier installation for contractors and government clients.
• Sound Barriers (Geluidsschermen) Installation of noise-reducing sound barriers, including the Noise-Reducer DB80 system (highest noise reduction category, mineral wool core with mesh panel finish), for highways, residential areas, padel/tennis courts and other noise-sensitive sites (e.g. 516 m A28 Ermelo, 185 m padel barrier in Monster).
• Bridges (Bruggen) Bridge construction, maintenance and temporary pontoon bridge solutions for pedestrian and vehicle crossings during bridge renovation works (e.g. Ransdorp ophaalbrug, Vinkeveen Heulbrug, Voetangelbrug Abcoude).
• Transport Services Heavy transport services including crane transport, rigging, container transport and specialized transport of industrial equipment (e.g. transport of a 58-ton gangway system for Verhoef Access Technology's offshore wind installation vessel).
• Soil Bank & Environmental Services (Grondbank Mijdrecht) Acceptance, processing and recycling of green waste, rubble, dredging materials, and clean or contaminated soil at Grondbank Mijdrecht (Van Schie's official soil bank), compliant with BRL 7000 protocol 7001/7005, BRL 9335 v4.1, and SCL step-indication 3 standards. Revenue is generated through acceptance fees for soil processing and environmental compliance services.
• Emergency Response (Calamiteiten) 24/7 emergency response and crisis infrastructure services including temporary bridges, equipment deployment (cranes, pontoons, road plates), and rapid infrastructure solutions for calamities and emergency scenarios.
• Data Center Construction Support (Datacenters) Specialized civil engineering services for data center construction and infrastructure projects, leveraging Van Schie's foundation, ground, crane and infrastructure capabilities for data center site preparation.
• VSP770 Pontoon Proprietary modular pontoon with DNV certification and unique coupling system, applicable in both the events sector and infrastructure for stages, audiences, and installing heavy machinery.
• VSP1250 Pontoon Newer, taller pontoon model (1,250 mm deck height) developed for heavier machines and loads, providing twice the buoyancy of the VSP770 and sharing the unique coupling system and DNV certification.
• Noise-Reducer DB80 Sound Barrier Noise barrier system rated in the highest noise reduction category, with a mineral wool core and mesh panel finish; installed for padel courts (e.g. MLTV'90 Monster, 185 m, 6.5–7 m high), along the A28 at Ermelo (516 m, 4.5 m high for Kokosystems BV), and other infrastructure projects.
• Spierings SK1265-AT6 eLift Mobile Tower Crane Largest mobile tower crane in the world, featuring 100% electric on-site operation (zero NOx/CO2 emissions) and a six-axle folding design optimized for cramped urban sites; available within Van Schie's crane rental fleet.
• ABI Mobilram TM16 Foundation Machine Foundation machine with patented mast-in-mast design and OilQuick quick-coupler for rapidly swapping attachments; used for drilling (including screw injection piles), crushing, vibrating, and soil mixing in urban construction projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500th VSP770 pontoon produced, marking a major production milestone
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kokosystems BVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKokosystems BV is a specialist in environmentally friendly noise-reducing sound barriers. Van Schie works as their installation partner for noise barrier projects. Notable projects include the A28 Ermelo sound barrier (516m) and the padel sound barrier in Monster (185m).
• GriekspoorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGriekspoor is a construction company for whom Van Schie has provided temporary pontoon bridge solutions during bridge maintenance and renovation projects in Ransdorp and Vinkeveen. Van Schie's modular pontoon systems maintained pedestrian and cyclist access during Griekspoor's bridge work.
• Janson BridgingcoreOthersSubsidiary of the Van Schie Group. Janson Bridging specializes in bridging solutions. Van Schie operates as part of a group of companies that share expertise and resources.
• HP StaalcoreOthersSubsidiary of the Van Schie Group. HP Staal is a steel-related business within the group. Van Schie operates as part of a group of companies with shared resources and expertise.
• Dura VermeercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDura Vermeer is a major Dutch construction company. Van Schie provides ground work, construction roads, sheet pile walls, and excavation of a 6,000 m2 construction pit for Dura Vermeer's ING Nederland headquarters project in Amsterdam-Zuidoost.
• Verhoef Access TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVan Schie provided transport and crane work for a 58-ton gangway system manufactured by Verhoef Access Technology, destined for a ship installing offshore wind turbines.
• Vink BouwminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVan Schie placed two steel spans (34 and 12 tons) at Smakkelaarsveld in Utrecht for Vink Bouw, using two cranes (LTM 1230 and LTM 1500) in tight teamwork despite winter conditions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Janson Bridging: Sister company within Van Schie Groep, specializing in modular bridging solutions. Comparable in modular bridge rental and pontoon bridge offerings; bundled within Van Schie Groep for integrated infrastructure delivery.
• Wagenborg: Dutch heavy transport, crane rental, and maritime logistics provider. Comparable in heavy transport and crane services for construction and infrastructure projects in the Netherlands and Northwest Europe.
• Mammoet: Global heavy lifting and crane rental specialist headquartered in the Netherlands. Direct competitor in crane and heavy-lift services with a comparable equipment-rental business model and project-based revenue targeting construction and infrastructure clients.
• Sarens: Belgian-headquartered global crane rental and engineered heavy lifting company. Directly comparable in mobile and tower crane rental services and infrastructure project execution for construction, energy, and industrial clients.
• Boels Rental: Major Dutch equipment rental company serving construction and infrastructure clients across Europe. Comparable equipment-rental business model (cranes, road plates, shoring) targeting the same Dutch construction market, though with a broader generalist scope than Van Schie's specialty focus.
• De Vries & Van de Wiel: Dutch marine contractor specializing in inland waterway construction, dredging, and water-based civil engineering. Comparable regional peer in water-related infrastructure projects and pontoon-supported operations within the Netherlands.

Broad incumbents

• BAM Group: One of the largest Dutch construction and civil engineering firms with substantial infrastructure and property development operations across Northwest Europe. Broad incumbent competing on large public tenders in the same Dutch market Van Schie addresses.
• Heijmans: Dutch construction and civil engineering company with significant infrastructure, residential, and non-residential building operations. Comparable in Dutch infrastructure works but operates at substantially broader scale and lower specialization than Van Schie.
• Koninklijke Volker Stevin (VolkerWessels): Major Dutch construction conglomerate with extensive infrastructure and civil engineering operations. Broad incumbent operating across the same Dutch market Van Schie serves, but at significantly larger scale and with a broader service portfolio.
• Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster: Large Dutch marine services and dredging contractor with global operations. Overlaps with Van Schie's water-based civil engineering work (pontoons, waterway infrastructure), but operates at much larger scale across offshore energy and dredging.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/vanschiegroep
• Facebookfacebook.com/VanSchieBV
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vanschie

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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