BEST

What BEST does

BEST, a.s. is a Czech manufacturer of concrete paving and outdoor construction elements, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Kaznějov. Its product range spans paving stones, curbs, fencing systems, palisades, drainage and well systems, traffic infrastructure, and rough construction elements, produced across 8 manufacturing plants using vibrocompression and vibro-lith pressing technologies. The company also offers permanently impregnated surfaces (since 2011) and, through its BEST PREFA sub-brand, prefabricated concrete elements produced via the Prinzing-Primuss robotic shaft-bottom system.

BEST generates revenue through a multi-channel go-to-market model combining company-owned showrooms, a network of 700+ partner retail stores, direct e-commerce, and B2B sales to commercial and infrastructure customers. Pricing is catalog/unit-based across an extensive SKU range, with a 20-year warranty on selected lines serving as a premium-tier differentiator. The customer base is predominantly fragmented — residential homeowners, small contractors, and developers — with episodic institutional customers such as Prague Airport. BEST operates as a core production subsidiary of the DEK Group building-materials conglomerate, which provides embedded distribution and procurement leverage across the Czech construction value chain. The company employs 400+ people and is the market-leading concrete paving brand in the Czech Republic, as evidenced by consecutive "Nej značka" consumer awards in 2024 and 2025.

Name

BEST

Legal name

BEST, a.s.

Website

https://best.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

BEST, a.s. is the leading Czech manufacturer of concrete paving, curbs, fencing, and prefabricated concrete elements, operating 8 plants and a 700+ partner distribution network. It sells to residential, commercial, and infrastructure customers as part of the DEK Group building-materials conglomerate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Concrete Building Materials

NAICS

Other Concrete Product Manufacturing (32739), Other Concrete Product Manufacturing (327390), Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing (3273)

SIC

Concrete Products, Except Block & Brick (3272), Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers (5211)

akta.pro primary industry

Masonry & Hardscapes Retail (Brick, Block, Pavers, Stone) (CRAIAEAF)

Keywords

• Concrete paving products
• Outdoor concrete elements
• Garden hardscape materials
• Precast concrete manufacturer
• Building material solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Rybnice u Plzně (Kaznějov)

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Concrete Product Sales: BEST generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of concrete products including paving stones, garden elements, fences, drainage systems, and infrastructure products. Revenue is primarily one-time transaction-based from product sales through direct showrooms, partner stores, and e-commerce.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BEST manufactures and sells more than 4,000 variants of concrete paving stones, curbs, fencing and wall systems, stairs and palisades, lost formwork, well and sewage elements, traffic infrastructure products, and rough construction concrete blocks. The company operates eight production plants across the Czech Republic and serves both individual homeowners through showrooms and wholesale partners through a network of more than 700 building material stores.

Product overview

BEST, a.s. is a Czech manufacturer of concrete paving and outdoor garden/street architecture elements, operating since 1990. The company offers more than 4,000 product variants across 8 main categories: DLAŽBY (336+ paving/stone products), OBRUBNÍKY (90 curbing/edging products), PLOTY A ZDI (162 fence and wall products), SCHODIŠTĚ A PALISÁDY (30 stair and palisade products), ZTRACENÉ BEDNĚNÍ (7 lost formwork products), STUDNY A KANALIZACE (52 well/sewage/infrastructure products), DOPRAVNÍ INFRASTRUKTURA (18 traffic infrastructure products), and HRUBÁ STAVBA (219 rough construction products). The portfolio includes sub-brands such as BEST PREFA (prefabricated products) and specialty products like BEST PRIMUSS (robotic shaft-bottom technology). Supporting tools include the BEST VISIO application for photo-based product visualization and material quantity calculation. The company operates 8 production plants across the Czech Republic with extensive indoor and outdoor showrooms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BEST VISIO: A smart application for visualizing paving and fence selections in customer photos and calculating material quantities.
• BEST ROCK
• BEST PREFA
• BEST PRIMUSS
• BEST DRENO

Products and services

• DLAŽBY (Paving Stones) Concrete paving stones and garden flooring products for driveways, walkways, terraces, and public spaces. Includes interlocking, modular, large-format, and terrace variants, with over 336 products across multiple design lines.
• OBRUBNÍKY (Curbs and Edging) Concrete curbing and edging elements used to define and border paved surfaces, walkways, and garden areas, with 90 products across multiple design variants.
• PLOTY A ZDI (Fences and Walls) Concrete fencing systems, decorative fence blocks, and retaining wall elements including masonry blocks (tvarovky) across 162 products in multiple design variants.
• SCHODIŠTĚ A PALISÁDY (Stairs and Palisades) Concrete stair elements and palisade/timber retaining products for resolving terrain elevation differences, with 30 products including stair elements (FALDO, CANTO, STONE SCHOD) and palisade variants in heights from 40 to 200 cm.
• ZTRACENÉ BEDNĚNÍ (Lost Formwork) Concrete lost formwork/masonry block systems used for constructing walls and structural elements, with 7 products in the line.
• STUDNY A KANALIZACE (Wells and Sewage) Concrete elements for underground utility networks including wells, manholes, drainage, and sewage systems. The line includes BEST PRIMUSS shaft bottoms produced via robotic Prinzing-Primuss technology, sewer and rainwater manholes, street inlets, well segments, tanks, retention basins, reinforced concrete pipes, and infiltration units (52 products).
• DOPRAVNÍ INFRASTRUKTURA (Traffic Infrastructure) Concrete products for road construction and traffic infrastructure, including drainage channels (ŽLAB I, ŽLAB II) and supplementary plates (18 products).
• HRUBÁ STAVBA (Rough Construction) Concrete structural elements for the rough construction phase, including building blocks and related components under the BEST ROCK sub-brand (219 products).
• BEST VISIO Application Mobile and web application that allows users to visualize BEST paving and fencing products directly in photographs of their property and calculates the required material quantities.
• BEST PREFA Prefabricated concrete product line distinct from the main BEST range, carrying a 2-year warranty and available through bestprefa.cz.

Named customers1 record

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

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 700+ Partner Building Material Stores (Stavebniny)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorExtensive network of over 700 partner building material stores across Czech Republic that sell BEST products. Partners receive access to quality products, marketing support, and reliable supply from 8 manufacturing plants.
• Nearly 100 Verified Installation CompaniesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBEST recommends nearly 100 verified laying and construction companies to customers for professional installation of their products.
• DEK Group Companies (as Joint Data Controllers)coreTechnology or IntegrationBEST is part of the DEK group of companies acting as joint data controllers under GDPR. Group includes DEK a.s., Stavebniny DEK, DEKPROJEKT, DEKWOOD, DEKMETAL, and other construction-related companies sharing data infrastructure and privacy policies.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wienerberger: Largest European manufacturer of building materials (bricks, pavers, pipes); competes with BEST in paving through its Semmelrock and Pipelife brands and is comparable as a broad incumbent in the concrete/ceramic construction products space.
• HESS Group: German manufacturer of concrete products and concrete block-making machinery, comparable to BEST as a producer of paving and infrastructure concrete elements with a broader European footprint.
• Semmelrock (Wienerberger): Austrian/Central European premium concrete paving brand now part of Wienerberger, serving the same end-use applications (paving, garden architecture) as BEST but with broader geographic reach and parent-group resources.

Regional players

• EuroPat: Regional Central European producer of concrete pavers and garden wall elements; comparable to BEST on product category and target end-customers, though with smaller distribution reach.
• Betonwerk Schwarz: DACH-region manufacturer of concrete blocks and paving products; comparable to BEST as a regional specialist in vibropressed concrete products for residential and commercial landscaping.
• Best Beton: Independent regional concrete products manufacturer in Central/Eastern Europe; comparable to BEST in product range (paving, curbs, walls) but typically operates at smaller scale and serves a more limited geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• KB-Blok: Czech manufacturer of concrete paving blocks, curbs, and retaining wall systems, directly competing with BEST in the same domestic market with overlapping product categories and distribution through stavebniny networks.
• Premac: Slovak/Czech concrete paving and landscaping manufacturer owned by Wienerberger, offering directly comparable products to BEST across the Central European building materials market.
• Diton: Czech producer of vibropressed concrete products (paving, curbs, palisades), highly comparable to BEST in manufacturing technology, product mix, and target customer segments.

Others

• Stavebniny DEK: Sister company of BEST within the DEK Group and a major Czech building materials distributor; comparable as a distribution channel partner and ecosystem member that shares data infrastructure with BEST.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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