What Score does

Score is a Netherlands-based direct-to-consumer e-commerce operator that runs a single Shopify-powered online storefront, score.nl, targeting individual consumers in the Dutch market. The company's public product surface is limited to one offering — the Score Online Store — with no additional product lines, verticals, or geographic markets disclosed in the source material.

Under the hood, Score is built on the Shopify platform, which provides the standard stack of e-commerce infrastructure: storefront front-end, payment processing, order management, and app-based integrations. There is no evidence of proprietary technology, custom back-end systems, or differentiated platform architecture; the underlying technology is commodity SaaS e-commerce tooling, and the value proposition appears to reside in the front-end merchandising and product offering rather than in technology.

The business model is direct-to-consumer retail via an online store, with no public pricing, no disclosed subscription terms, no enterprise or B2B segment, and no Marketplace or wholesale channels referenced. The single most material operational signal is that Score paused its online channel and announced a relaunch for December 2024, indicating either a planned repositioning, a temporary operational reset, or a re-platforming. There is no information on management, funding, headcount, revenue, or unit economics, so the durability and scale of the model cannot be assessed from the available data.

Name

Score

Website

https://score.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Score is a Netherlands-based direct-to-consumer e-commerce operator running a single Shopify-powered online storefront, score.nl, targeting individual consumers in the Dutch market. The online channel was paused and is scheduled to relaunch in December 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Maastricht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Score operates a Shopify-powered direct-to-consumer online storefront at score.nl targeting the Dutch market. The online channel has been temporarily stopped, and the company is preparing a re-launch scheduled for December 2024, currently collecting email signups for launch updates via a waitlist.

Product overview

Score operates as a single e-commerce online store offering, powered by Shopify. The company's online channel was previously discontinued and is currently preparing for a re-launch scheduled for December 2024. The product offering consists of the core Shopify-powered online store as their primary (and apparently only) product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Score Online Store Direct-to-consumer online store for the Dutch market, currently offline with a planned December 2024 re-launch. Powered by Shopify.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Wehkamp: A Dutch online-only general merchandise retailer selling apparel, home, and beauty. Comparable to Score as a Netherlands-focused online retailer using a direct-to-consumer e-commerce model.
• Bol.com: The largest general-merchandise online marketplace in the Netherlands and Belgium. Comparable to Score in that both serve Dutch consumers via an e-commerce channel, though Bol.com operates a multi-seller marketplace with far broader assortment.
• Blokker: A traditional Dutch household-goods retailer with a significant online channel. Comparable to Score as a Dutch consumer retail brand with an e-commerce presence, though with a much larger legacy footprint.
• Coolblue: A large Dutch direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer operating across electronics, home appliances, and household goods. Comparable to Score as a domestically focused Dutch online storefront, though at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Zalando: A major European online fashion and lifestyle retailer with a Dutch storefront (zalando.nl). Comparable to Score as a Europe-based e-commerce operator selling to Dutch consumers, but operating at much greater scale and primarily in fashion categories.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/scorepuntnl
• Facebookfacebook.com/Scorejeans
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/score_3

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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