Kloosterboer Decor

What Kloosterboer Decor does

Kloosterboer Decor is a Netherlands-based specialty fabrication and design-build firm founded in 1982 and headquartered in Purmerend, with a second production facility in Nijkerk. The company designs and constructs exhibitions, museum interiors, theater sets, experience centers, visitor attractions, corporate showrooms, and superyacht interiors. Its offering is organized around seven in-house disciplines: engineering and drafting, audiovisual and lighting systems, interior and decor construction, furniture making and ship interiors, metal and mechanical engineering, finishing and decoration, and integrated show control. This multi-trade stack enables the firm to deliver projects that couple physical scenic build with synchronized AV, lighting, projection, and electromechanical elements under a single point of responsibility.

The business model is project-based, with custom quotations scoped per engagement rather than unit pricing. Customer end-markets span museums and cultural institutions (Apple Museum, Amsterdam Museum, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, UMU, Hans Christian Andersen House, FLUGT Refugee Museum of Denmark, Maritime Museum Zeeland), theater and live performance (ITA Ensemble productions including Jesus Christ Superstar), corporate and visitor-center clients (De Nederlandsche Bank, Van Leeuwen Buizen Group, ECCO, Schiphol Group, KIA Netherlands), and maritime (Lynx Yachts Crossover 27). Go-to-market is primarily enterprise field sales combined with referral flow from a portfolio of design studio partners that specify Kloosterboer for project execution. The company is privately held, operates from 11-50 employees, has no disclosed funding rounds or parent company, and has not been observed listing externally.

Operating geographies include the Netherlands as the primary market, with project delivery also documented in Denmark, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Sint Maarten. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and no products are sold through consumer or retail channels; distribution is direct project delivery to enterprise and institutional end-clients.

Name

Kloosterboer Decor

Legal name

Kloosterboer

Website

https://kloosterboer-decor.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kloosterboer Decor is a Netherlands-based specialty fabrication firm that designs and builds exhibitions, museum interiors, theater sets, visitor centers, corporate showrooms, and superyacht interiors, integrating physical scenic construction with AV, lighting, and show control systems for institutional and enterprise clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Exhibition and Interior Construction Services

NAICS

Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Manufacturing (337212), Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (337), Other Furniture Related Product Manufacturing (3379)

SIC

Miscellaneous Furniture & Fixtures (2590)

akta.pro primary industry

Scenic Fabrication & Set/Stage Carpentry (MPAGAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event Signage, Props & Custom Installations (HSACAOAG), Built-In Shelving, Niches & Custom Interior Features (HSAPAFAG)

Keywords

• Exhibition construction services
• Museum interior design
• Theater set fabrication
• Experience center construction
• Custom interior fabrication

Headquarters

HQ city

Purmerend

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Project-Based Exhibition Construction: One-time project fees for designing and constructing exhibitions, interiors, and visitor experiences for museums, theaters, and cultural institutions. Projects include complete build-out, AV installation, lighting systems, and show control.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Kloosterboer Decor designs, engineers, fabricates, and installs custom exhibitions, museum interiors, theater sets, experience centers, and superyacht interiors. The work is delivered through in-house disciplines covering engineering and drafting, AV and lighting, metalwork and mechanics, furniture and ship-interior joinery, finishing and decoration, and show control systems. Projects are sold as bespoke, integrated design-build engagements rather than standardized products.

Product overview

Kloosterboer Decor is a Dutch exhibition and interior construction company specializing in the design and build of exhibitions, museums, experience centers, theater sets, visitor attractions, and custom interiors. The company operates a multi-discipline workshop offering engineering and drafting, audiovisual design and hardware, interior construction, furniture making, metal fabrication, and finishing services. Their project portfolio spans museum exhibitions (Apple Museum, Hortus Botanicus), theater sets (Jesus Christ Superstar, Dear Evan Hansen), experience centers (Van Leeuwen World Tube Center), visitor centers (ECCO Denmark), superyacht interiors (Lynx Yachts Crossover 27), and large-scale outdoor productions. The company integrates show control systems, AV hardware, lighting, and mechanical elements into their builds, positioning them as a full-service design-build contractor for cultural, commercial, and theatrical projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Exhibition construction

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Studio Daphne JansenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign studio collaboration for exhibition projects such as Apple Museum
• KossmanndejongminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExhibition design studio partnership for projects such as Byzantium at Babylonstoren
• PlatvormminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign collaboration for Maritime Museum Zeeland, providing concept, storyline, interactive software and animations
• TinkerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign studio for Pirate Experience in Sint Maarten, Caribbean
• Lynx YachtsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerShipyard partnership for superyacht interior installation - Crossover 27 project
• Office PlatformminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partnership for Utrecht University Museum exhibition
• Bureau PodiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partnership for Heritage Center 's-Hertogenbosch
• KinkornminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign studio for Centre Céramique museum furniture and displays

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Encore Global: Largest event technology services provider with AV, lighting, staging, and show production capabilities across corporate and live events; a broad incumbent whose AV and event technology services overlap with Kloosterboer's AV and show control offerings for staged experiences and corporate shows.
• Jack Morton Worldwide: Global brand experience agency that produces events, exhibits, and immersive environments for enterprise clients; broader agency offering but overlapping build capability for the corporate showroom and visitor-experience projects Kloosterboer serves.
• NEP Group: Global broadcast and live event technology services company providing large-scale AV integration, lighting, and show control; competes with Kloosterboer's AV hardware, lighting design, and show control sub-capabilities on the integrated AV portion of major cultural and theatrical projects.
• George P. Johnson Experience Marketing: Global experience marketing agency with exhibition design and fabrication capabilities serving enterprise brand and cultural clients; a broader agency peer whose integrated event builds compete with Kloosterboer's museum, visitor center, and brand experience work.
• GL events: French-headquartered global event services group with a substantial exhibition services portfolio covering museum, trade show, and event fabrication; a much larger incumbent but overlapping customer set and bid pool for major European cultural and corporate projects.

Direct peers

• Bruns B.V. Major Dutch exhibition and museum design-build firm operating a comparable size, B2B project model, and in-house fabrication workshops serving institutional cultural and commercial clients; the closest structural analog to Kloosterboer Decor in the Netherlands.
• Thinkwell Group: US-headquartered experience design and production firm that designs and builds museums, theme parks, and visitor centers; shares the integrated 'design through fabrication and on-site installation' model that Kloosterboer uses for cultural institutions.
• Inside Exhibitions: Dutch exhibition stand builder and event services provider offering end-to-end design-build for trade shows, museums, and corporate environments; similar customer segment, project delivery cadence, and custom fabrication focus.
• Muller Visual Industries: Dutch display and exhibition fabrication company producing custom museum, showroom, and retail installations under a similar project-based, in-house workshop model; competes for comparable Dutch B2B exhibition and interior clients.

Emerging players

• Tinker Imagineers: Dutch experience design studio that develops concept, storyline, interactive software, and animations for attractions and museums (e.g., Maritime Museum Zeeland with Kloosterboer, Pirate Experience Sint Maarten); overlaps with Kloosterboer on themed experience realization and competes on the design specification side.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kloosterboerdec
• Facebookfacebook.com/kloosterboerdecor
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kloosterboer-decor

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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