Bed-Stay
Bed-Stay designs and rents modular, privacy-equipped sleeping systems for crisis response, defence, and large events across Europe, combining hardware sales, per-night rental, and a subscription readiness programme called Bed-Stay Secure.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2015
- HeadquartersGorinchem, Netherlands
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Bed-Stay does
Bed-Stay B.V. is a Netherlands-based designer and distributor of modular sleeping systems, founded in 2015 in Gorinchem by Peter Vogel in response to a refugee housing shortage. The company's core technology is a proprietary modular frame using standardised, interlocking plastic couplings that requires no tools for assembly or disassembly; all textiles are 670g PVC-coated polyester with DIN 4102 B1 fire-retardancy certification, and Forex is used for headboards. The product portfolio spans The Bed-Stay (two-person indoor bunk with blackout curtains), Bed-Stay Cube (private 2–8 person indoor rooms), Bed-Stay Hostel (outdoor 2–24 person shelter with flooring and roof), Bed-Stay One (rapid-deployment stackable field bed), Bed-Stay Facade (modular wall system), and Pet-Stay (companion-animal shelter).
Bed-Stay serves three primary customer segments: crisis response and refugee housing (municipalities, safety regions, COA, Dutch Red Cross); military and defence (Dutch Ministry of Defence, US TRANSCOM, US Army Ansbach under LOGCAP); and festivals and events (Rock am Ring, Tomorrowland, KLM Open, Formula 1). The company holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications and is registered with NATO (NCAGE H2P94) and the UN Global Marketplace, enabling direct defence and humanitarian procurement.
The business combines three revenue streams: outright hardware sales for long-term use, short-term rental priced at €3–€12.50 per person per night, and the Bed-Stay Secure subscription programme, under which customers pay a monthly fee (e.g., €6,000/month for 500-person Cube capacity) for pre-positioned units stored within 4 hours of their location. Distribution is hybrid: direct enterprise sales for large institutional buyers combined with a partner network of regional resellers across the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Poland, and Denmark. Bed-Stay reports 4,000 units permanently in stock across Europe with 24-hour delivery capability, and cumulative deployment of 1.5 million+ nights improved.
Bed-Stay firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Bed-Stay
- Legal name
- Bed-Stay B.V.
- Website
- https://bed-stay.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2015
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Bed-Stay designs and rents modular, privacy-equipped sleeping systems for crisis response, defence, and large events across Europe, combining hardware sales, per-night rental, and a subscription readiness programme called Bed-Stay Secure.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Bed-Stay industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Modular Sleeping and Emergency Shelter Systems
- NAICS
- Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps (72131), Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps (7213)
- SIC
- Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Workforce/Project-Based Extended Stay (Industrial & Construction) (THAGAEAH)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Military & Government Extended Stay Lodging (THAGAEAG)
Keywords
Where Bed-Stay is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Gorinchem
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Bed-Stay business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Product Sales: Bed-Stay products (Bed-Stay, Bed-Stay Cube, Bed-Stay Hostel, Bed-Stay One, Bed-Stay Facade, Pet-Stay) are available for outright purchase for structural or long-term use. This is positioned as an alternative to rental for organisations with recurring or permanent accommodation needs.
- Rental / Event Hire: Products are available for short-term rental — starting from 3 nights. Popular for single events, crisis response, and temporary deployments. Pricing is per person per night (from €3 for Bed-Stay up to €12.50 for Bed-Stay Hostel). Add-ons (lockers, charging points, mosquito nets, storage bags, blankets) are available as optional extras. On deployment, rental customers pay 50% of regular rental rates.
- Bed-Stay Secure — Subscription / Readiness Fee: Customers (safety regions, defence, event operators) sign multi-year contracts (e.g., 60 months) to reserve sleeping capacity. A monthly Secure fee is charged for pre-positioned storage, readiness, and guaranteed availability. Example: 500-person capacity (Bed-Stay Cube) over 60 months = €6,000/month (total retail value €541,960). No investment, storage, maintenance, or insurance costs for the customer. When deployed, 50% discount on regular rental prices applies.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Bed-Stay (indoor bunk bed with privacy curtains) — starting from €3 per person per night |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Bed-Stay Cube (enhanced indoor private room solution) — starting from €6 per person per night |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Bed-Stay Hostel (outdoor shelter with floor, beds, and roof) — starting from €12.50 per person per night |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Bed-Stay Secure — Monthly readiness fee for pre-positioned capacity |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels7 records
Bed-Stay product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Bed-Stay designs, manufactures, rents and sells modular sleeping systems (bunk beds, private room cubes, outdoor shelters and rapid-deployment beds) with integrated blackout privacy curtains and tool-free assembly for crisis response, military deployments and festival/event crew accommodation. The company complements hardware sales and short-term rentals with the Bed-Stay Secure subscription programme, under which pre-positioned sleeping capacity is stored near customers and deployed within four hours of notification.
Product overview
Bed-Stay offers a modular sleeping solution system comprising three core products (The Bed-Stay, The Bed-Stay Cube, and The Bed-Stay Hostel) plus additional products (The Bed-Stay One for rapid deployment and The Bed-Stay Facade modular wall system) and an extension product (Pet-Stay for pet sheltering). The system is fully modular and scalable, starting with basic bed configurations and expanding to complete living areas. The portfolio also includes a service offering called Secure for guaranteed availability. Add-ons include phone charging points, lockable drawers, luggage shelves, clothing hooks, mosquito nets, storage bags, wash lines, and partner-provided kitchen, air conditioning, or heating solutions.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- The Bed-Stay One: Stackable sleeping solution for rapid deployment, designed for temporary situations and field conditions.
- The Bed-Stay Cube
- The Bed-Stay Hostel
- The Bed-Stay
- The Bed-Stay Facade
- Pet-Stay
- Secure
Products and services
- The Bed-Stay An indoor bunk bed for 2 persons with blackout curtains for privacy, comfort and warmth. Fully modular with no tools required for assembly, using less than 2 m² per person including aisles. Designed for crisis response, refugee housing, festival crew and military use, available from 3 nights' rental starting at €3 per person per night.
- The Bed-Stay Cube An indoor sleeping solution built on the Bed-Stay frame with added vertical panels to create enclosed private rooms for 2-8 persons each. Provides personal changing space and optional lockers and workspace. Less than 3 m² per person including aisles, scalable from 20 to 2,500 units. Available from 3 nights' rental starting at €6 per person per night.
- The Bed-Stay Hostel An outdoor group accommodation unit with flooring, beds and roof that divides into separate rooms for 2-24 persons at 2.30 m ceiling height. Weather-resistant and military-grade; transport density of 100 persons per 20ft container and up to 900 sleeping places by aircraft. Available from 3 nights' rental starting at €12.50 per person per night, can be combined with Bed-Stay indoor units.
- The Bed-Stay One A rapid-deployment sleeping solution with fully stackable and linkable beds that assemble as quickly as a traditional field bed. Made from flame-retardant materials, easy to clean and disinfect, occupying from 205 x 90 cm per person and less than 2 m² per person. Designed for emergency scenarios and field conditions where speed of deployment is critical.
- The Bed-Stay Facade A modular wall system with lockable doors for security that creates flexible indoor spaces configurable as sleeping, living or working areas. Can incorporate kitchens, lockers and other add-ons and adapts to any indoor layout, extending the Bed-Stay sleeping system into full interior fit-out.
- Pet-Stay A modular shelter unit for dogs and cats built on the same frame system as the Bed-Stay human sleeping solutions. A two-level unit with upper and lower compartments for small animals, requires no tools for assembly, and deploys alongside Bed-Stay human sheltering on the same site to keep owners and pets together during crises.
- Bed-Stay Secure A contractual readiness programme in which customers (safety regions, defence, event operators) reserve sleeping capacity stored in a Tautliner trailer or 20ft container within a 4-hour drive of their location. A monthly fee covers storage, readiness and guaranteed availability with no ownership, storage, maintenance or insurance costs for the customer. Typical contract is 60 months (e.g., 500-person Bed-Stay Cube capacity at €6,000/month) with 50% discount on regular rental rates when deployed.
Quantifiable outcome
- Over 50% reduction in total accommodation cost compared to traditional emergency shelter solutions
- +8 more outcomes
Companies that use Bed-Stay
Customer profileNamed customers14 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Bed-Stay technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature7 records
Bed-Stay partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- ICA (Infra Capacity Alliance)coreBed-Stay is an associate partner of ICA, a public-private platform bringing together professionals, tools, and solutions to make the Netherlands more resilient to infrastructure challenges and crises. Inspired by the Whole-of-Society approach, ICA partners collaborate on civil and military crisis preparedness, including regular training exercises and joint deployment readiness. Bed-Stay contributes modular sleeping solutions to the ICA ecosystem, reinforcing its role in national crisis infrastructure.
- The Sleeping AgencycoreBased in Breda, Netherlands (Charles Petitweg 4, 4827 HJ Breda). The Sleeping Agency is Bed-Stay's key Netherlands partner, responsible for on-site operations including setup and management. Notable project: housing 500 refugees at Breepark, Breda within 4 days in April 2023.
- SMI (Germany)coreBased in Hamburg, Germany (Wendenstraße 29, 20097 Hamburg). SMI is Bed-Stay's key German partner for rental and sales of modular sleeping solutions. Notable project: managed 600-bed Rock am Ring Festival crew accommodation in partnership with Bed-Stay.
- JOLA-Rent GmbHminorBased in Rösrath, Germany (Ludwig Erhard str 7, 51503 Rösrath). A regional rental partner distributing Bed-Stay products in the German market.
- Baillies MarqueescoreBased in Glasgow, UK (1 Barlanark Avenue, G32 0JR). Key UK partner for Bed-Stay modular sleeping solutions, serving the Scottish and broader UK event and crisis response markets.
- Good IntentsminorBased in Herefordshire, UK (Parkfield Farm, Leddington, HR8 2LF). Regional partner for Bed-Stay sleeping solutions in England, serving event and crisis markets.
- Nick & Boniek Group (NB Group)minorBased in Nowa Wieś Ełcka, Poland (ul. Ełcka 15A, 19-321). Bed-Stay's key partner for the Polish market, distributing modular sleeping solutions for events and crisis response.
- DamasecminorBased in Ballerup, Denmark (Tempovej 27, DK-2750). Bed-Stay's partner for the Danish market, providing modular sleeping solutions for events and crisis response.
- TentverhuurmakelaarminorBased at Bed-Stay's headquarters in Gorinchem, Netherlands. A local rental partner sharing the same address as Bed-Stay HQ, providing additional distribution capacity in the Dutch market.
- Dutch Red Cross (Nederlands Rode Kruis)coreListed as a partner and customer on the Bed-Stay homepage. The Dutch Red Cross is a Friends of the Red Cross partner, with Bed-Stay providing sleeping solutions for disaster relief and crisis response operations. Bed-Stay is also shown in Red Cross logistics contexts.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Bed-Stay competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Röder Group (Zeltverleih Röder): Long-established German event-tent and temporary-structure rental group serving European festivals, sports events, and industrial projects — directly comparable to Bed-Stay's event/crew accommodation business.
- Losberger De Boer: Europe's largest temporary structures provider, supplying tents and modular halls to festivals, defense, and crisis response markets — directly comparable customer base and use cases to Bed-Stay, although operating at much larger scale with broader product range.
- HTS tentiQ: German manufacturer of tents and temporary structures for events, humanitarian relief, and military deployments, including sleeping and accommodation structures — overlapping with Bed-Stay's core end markets across Europe.
Broad incumbents
- WillScot Mobile Mini: Large North American modular space and mobile office provider serving construction, commercial, and event markets — broader product portfolio and geographic focus (US/Mexico/Canada) but comparable customer use cases.
- Portakabin (Modulaire Group): Major European modular building provider offering portable and semi-permanent accommodation across events, education, and healthcare — competes with Bed-Stay in crisis response tenders but with longer-deployment, building-based solutions.
- Algeco: Global modular space solutions provider (portable cabins, modular buildings) serving construction, education, and crisis accommodation — broader and more permanent-leaning than Bed-Stay, but overlapping on disaster/refugee housing use cases.
Emerging players
- Tentipi: Swedish manufacturer of Nordic-style event tents and glamping structures — narrower product line than Bed-Stay but serves overlapping festival and outdoor accommodation markets with premium positioning.
- Atlas Container / Container Conversions (event sleeping): European firms that convert shipping containers into sleeping/event accommodation units for festivals, construction sites, and disaster response — serve the same temporary crew/crisis accommodation use cases as Bed-Stay with a different housing format.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Bed-Stay social profiles
Digital presenceBed-Stay compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance4 records
Bed-Stay financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Bed-Stay leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles7 records
Bed-Stay funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Bed-Stay M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Bed-Stay
What does Bed-Stay do?
Bed-Stay designs, manufactures, rents and sells modular sleeping systems (bunk beds, private room cubes, outdoor shelters and rapid-deployment beds) with integrated blackout privacy curtains and tool-free assembly for crisis response, military deployments and festival/event crew accommodation. The company complements hardware sales and short-term rentals with the Bed-Stay Secure subscription programme, under which pre-positioned sleeping capacity is stored near customers and deployed within four hours of notification.
Is Bed-Stay a public or private company?
Bed-Stay is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Bed-Stay founded?
Bed-Stay was founded in 2015. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Bed-Stay based?
Bed-Stay is headquartered in Gorinchem, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Bed-Stay make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Product Sales are the primary driver. The others are rental / Event Hire and bed-Stay Secure — Subscription / Readiness Fee.
Who are Bed-Stay's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Röder Group (Zeltverleih Röder), Losberger De Boer and HTS tentiQ. Broad incumbents are WillScot Mobile Mini, Portakabin (Modulaire Group) and Algeco. Emerging players are Tentipi and Atlas Container / Container Conversions (event sleeping).
Does Bed-Stay have an API?
No public API is recorded for Bed-Stay.
What industry is Bed-Stay in?
Bed-Stay's product category is Modular Sleeping and Emergency Shelter Systems. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAGAEAH, Workforce/Project-Based Extended Stay (Industrial & Construction), with a secondary code of THAGAEAG, Military & Government Extended Stay Lodging. Its NAICS code is 72131 and its SIC code is 7000.