Van Hamburg Verhuur Materieel B.V.

What Van Hamburg Verhuur Materieel B.V. does

Van Hamburg Verhuur Materieel B.V. operates under the Adapteo brand and is a Netherlands-headquartered modular building rental company that designs, customizes, and deploys pre-fabricated temporary space solutions across Northern Europe. The company is based in Klundert, Netherlands, and the broader Adapteo brand maintains an active operating presence across 11 countries: the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and the United Kingdom. Adapteo claims more than 30 years of expertise and market leadership in modular space leasing, with a product portfolio spanning temporary housing, schools, childcare facilities, elderly care buildings, healthcare clinics, offices, government facilities, construction-site accommodations, and residential units. The underlying technology is a modular construction system of pre-fabricated units that can be configured and customized per customer requirement, with units designed to be returned, renovated, and redeployed to new sites when a customer's need ends.

The business model is a recurring-rental 'Space as a Service' offering rather than an outright sale: customers pay under multi-year contracts and scale up or down as needed, while Adapteo retains ownership of the modular fleet and handles the full lifecycle including design, customization, permitting paperwork, installation, and eventual return-and-redeployment. Pricing is quote-based and customized per project rather than publicly listed. Distribution is direct sales, with a Netherlands-specific field channel operating from the Klundert office and a separate government and public-sector channel targeting refugee housing, schools, healthcare facilities, and public infrastructure. Marketing relies on organic social (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram), a corporate blog and customer case content program, and direct contact forms. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent, no disclosed funding rounds, no disclosed M&A activity, and no disclosed management team in the source material.

Name

Van Hamburg Verhuur Materieel B.V.

Legal name

Adapteo B.V.

Website

https://hamburgverhuur.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Van Hamburg Verhuur Materieel B.V. (Adapteo) is a Netherlands-headquartered modular building rental company providing temporary housing and workspace solutions on multi-year contracts across 11 Northern European countries, primarily serving education, healthcare, government, and construction buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Modular Building Solutions

NAICS

Residential Building Construction (23611), Services to Buildings and Dwellings (5617)

SIC

Mobile Homes (2451), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Modular & Prefabricated Home Construction (IMAFABAF)

Keywords

• Modular building rental
• Temporary space solutions
• Prefabricated construction
• Mobile workspace solutions
• Modular housing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Klundert

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Modular Building Rental: Rental of modular buildings for temporary housing and workspace needs. Solutions are customized and delivered within weeks, with full service including paperwork handling.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Adapteo designs, customizes, manufactures, and rents modular buildings for temporary housing, schools, offices, healthcare, government, childcare, elderly care, and residential applications. Solutions are delivered within weeks and operated under a "Space as a Service" rental model where modules are returned, renovated, and redeployed for new purposes and locations. The company offers direct-from-stock inventory as well as fully customized single units and multi-unit configurations.

Product overview

Adapteo operates as a single unified platform for modular building solutions, offering a comprehensive portfolio of modular units for temporary housing and space needs. The core offerings include Space as a Service, rental services, adaptable modular units, and direct-from-stock availability. Solutions are designed, customized, and built within weeks. When no longer needed, modules are taken back, renovated, and redeployed. The product portfolio serves multiple sectors including education, childcare, elderly care, healthcare, offices, government, construction and industry, and residential/accommodation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Modulaire gebouwen voor tijdelijke huisvesting (Modular buildings for temporary housing) Customizable modular buildings for temporary housing that can be quickly scaled and flexibly adapted to specific needs. Designed, customized, and built within weeks for education, government, healthcare, office, childcare, elderly care, and residential applications.
• Space as a Service Flexible modular space rental model where modules are taken back, renovated, and redeployed when no longer needed at the original location. Enables customers to scale up or down without long-term real estate commitments.
• Huren (Modular building rental) Rental service for modular buildings and units intended for temporary use across education, government, healthcare, office, childcare, elderly care, and residential applications.
• Aanpasbare modulaire units (Adaptable modular units) Customizable modular units that can be adapted to various needs and applications, including single units and multi-unit configurations.
• Direct uit voorraad leverbaar (Direct-from-stock modular units) Modular units available immediately from inventory for rapid deployment, serving customers with urgent space needs.
• Enkele units (Single modular units) Individual standalone modular units for various applications, available for sale or rental.

Named customers8 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Wernick Group: UK family-owned modular building provider offering hire, sale, and refurbishment of temporary and permanent modular buildings, with a similar circular/refurbished fleet approach to Adapteo.
• Containex: Austrian-headquartered provider of modular container and prefabricated building solutions across Europe, competing directly in the temporary space rental market with comparable government and commercial customer mix.
• Expand Group (Modyf): Nordic-based modular space provider (formerly Expandia) active in Sweden, Norway, and Finland, directly competing with Adapteo in Scandinavian education, construction, and public sector tenders.
• Algeco (Modulaire Group): Global leader in modular space rental, directly competing with Adapteo across European markets with a similar fleet-based, multi-vertical rental model serving education, government, construction, and healthcare customers.
• Portakabin: UK-based modular building specialist offering temporary and permanent modular solutions for education, healthcare, and public sector — overlapping strongly with Adapteo's value proposition in Northern Europe.

Broad incumbents

• Atco Structures: Canadian-listed global modular structures provider with a meaningful European presence; broader industrial scope but directly comparable in workforce housing, education, and government verticals.
• WillScot Mobile Mini: North American leader in modular space and portable storage rentals, comparable business model though primarily US-focused; useful as a publicly traded reference point for the modular rental industry economics.
• Cramo (Boels Rental): Boels/Cramo is a major European equipment rental incumbent that has historically competed in modular space (Cramo Adapteo era) and still serves construction and industrial customers with adjacent temporary space offerings.

Emerging players

• KwickSpace: South African modular building provider with expanding African operations; relevant as an emerging player in the modular-as-a-service model for education and government, though not a direct Northern European competitor.
• EllisDon (Modular Solutions): North American construction firm with a growing modular building arm serving healthcare, education, and commercial markets; useful emerging comparable for prefabricated permanent modular construction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AdapteoBV
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hamburgverhuur
• Instagraminstagram.com/adapteo_benelux

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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