What vanhout.pro does

Vanhout.pro is a Belgian Class-8 general contractor and interior design firm headquartered in Turnhout (Kempen region), operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the diversified construction group Groep Van Roey NV since 2003. The company delivers an integrated portfolio spanning four core lines: Bouw (general construction across healthcare, office, education, sports, cultural, industrial, hospitality and residential sectors), Totaalinrichting (total interior fit-out from casco shell to detailed finishing), Maatmeubilair (custom furniture manufactured in an in-house 5,000 m² atelier with CNC capacity of 100 sheets/day and 125 lm/hour edge-banding), and Bouwen met Hout (CLT and hybrid timber construction for CO2-neutral, circular buildings).

Its technical backbone is a BIM-first methodology with digital-twin visualization, supported by an unusually high density of BIM specialists relative to its 130+ headcount. Projects are digitally simulated and optimized before physical construction begins, which the company positions as a key efficiency and risk-reduction lever. All client engagement starts with a project conversation; pricing is exclusively quotation-based on individually scoped tenders and negotiated contracts with public and private buyers.

Revenue is generated through one-time, project-based construction and interior contracts. The commercial mix blends public-sector tenders (municipalities, educational authorities, city-development agencies) with private enterprise clients (e.g., Soudal, Corsendonk Hotels) and renowned architecture firms (KAAN, Robbrecht en Daem, B-bis). Vanhout.pro has been recognized as a United Nations Belgian SDG Pioneer, anchored by reference projects such as the BREEAM-Excellent Utopia library and arts academy in Aalst and the energy-negative Kempus smart office in Turnhout (E-peil -27).

Name

vanhout.pro

Legal name

vanhout.pro

Website

https://vanhout.pro

Company type

Private

Founded year

1907

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Vanhout.pro is a Belgian Class-8 general contractor and interior design firm (Turnhout), delivering turnkey construction, interior fit-out, in-house custom furniture, and CLT timber buildings for healthcare, education, sports, cultural, office, industrial, and public-sector clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Services

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Industrial Building Construction (23621), Interior Design Services (541410), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Prefabricated Wood Bldgs & Components (2452), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Design-Build / EPC General Contracting (IMAFAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK), Residential Modular & Prefabricated Home Construction (IMAFABAF), Modular/Offsite General Contracting & Installation (IMAFAAAK), Building Automation & Controls (BAS/BMS) Contracting (IMAFALAE)

Keywords

• Construction services
• Custom furniture manufacturing
• Interior design services
• Timber construction
• BIM project delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

Turnhout

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. General construction (aannemer klasse 8): As a class-8 general contractor, vanhout.pro designs, builds, and maintains a wide range of construction projects including libraries, healthcare centers, sports complexes, offices, and industrial sites. Revenue is generated through project-based construction contracts with both public and private clients.
2. Total interior design (totaalinrichting): Full-service interior design for new builds and renovations, covering high-quality casco interiors through detailed interior finishing. Services include project management, BIM coordination, purchasing, and on-site installation by own craftsmen.
3. Custom furniture (maatmeubilair): Custom furniture manufacturing in own 5000m² atelier producing fixed furniture, wall cladding, acoustic solutions, and bespoke pieces. Applied across offices, healthcare, cultural, educational, and hospitality projects. Revenue is project-based as part of integrated interior packages or standalone.
4. Wood construction (CLT/houtbouw): Specialized wood construction services including CLT buildings and hybrid structures for sustainable, CO₂-neutral projects. Can serve as standalone project or integrated with general construction and interior fit-out.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Vanhout.pro is a Belgian class 8 general contractor that designs, builds, and maintains construction projects across healthcare, office, industrial, sports, cultural, and residential sectors. The company delivers integrated services spanning general construction, total interior design (casco to detailed finishing), custom furniture manufactured in its own 5,000m² atelier, and CLT/hybrid wood construction for CO2-neutral buildings. All projects are BIM-pre-simulated before physical construction and delivered through direct contracts with public and private sector clients in Belgium.

Product overview

Vanhout.pro is a construction and interior design company offering an integrated portfolio of four core services: (1) Bouw (Construction) as a class 8 general contractor for healthcare, office, industrial, sports, and residential projects; (2) Totaalinrichting (Total Interior Design) for comprehensive interior finishing of new builds and renovations; (3) Maatmeubilair (Custom Furniture) produced in their own 5000m² workshop with capacity of 100 sheets/day and 125 lm/hour, serving offices, healthcare, cultural venues, education, and kitchens; and (4) Bouwen met Hout (Wood Construction) using CLT and hybrid techniques for CO₂-neutral and circular building. The company operates as part of Groep Van Roey and provides end-to-end project delivery from design through construction and custom furniture installation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bouw (General Construction) Class 8 general contracting covering design, construction, and maintenance of projects across healthcare, office, industrial, sports, cultural, and residential sectors. Serves both public sector clients (municipalities, educational institutions, government bodies) and private enterprises through direct contracts and public tenders.
• Totaalinrichting (Total Interior Design) Full-service interior design for new builds and renovations, ranging from high-quality shell (casco) interiors to detailed interior finishing. Includes project management, BIM coordination, purchasing, and on-site installation by own craftsmen. Delivered through a single point of contact with transparent communication throughout the project lifecycle, intended for enterprise and public sector clients seeking turnkey interior fit-out.
• Maatmeubilair (Custom Furniture) Custom furniture production manufactured in vanhout.pro's own 5,000m² workshop with capacity of 100 sheets per day and 125 linear meters of edge banding per hour. Produces fixed furniture, wall coverings, acoustic solutions, and fully customized pieces for offices, healthcare centers, cultural venues, schools, and kitchen installations. Can be delivered as part of integrated interior packages or as standalone bespoke furniture projects.
• Bouwen met Hout (Wood Construction / CLT) Specialized CO2-neutral and circular wood construction using CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) and hybrid timber techniques. Offers prefabricated building with dry connections, reduced waste, minimal site disruption, and design flexibility for both small-scale and large-scale projects including residential, office, school, and sports buildings. Can serve as a standalone construction project or be integrated with general construction and interior fit-out.

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects are pre-simulated in BIM before construction begins, minimizing failure costs and optimizing project yield.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Groep Van RoeyflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003Vanhout.pro has been part of Groep Van Roey since 2003. The acquisition by Groep Van Roey enabled significant growth, with heavy investments in combining existing craftsmanship with the newest machines and execution methods. Groep Van Roey operates as a diversified construction and services group including other contractors (Van Roey, Algemene Bouw Maes, Artem), supply chain companies (Staalbeton, Architon), real estate development (Van Roey Vastgoed), technical services (Van Roey Services, Metiz, Alfa Group, IFTech), sports exploitation (Sportoase), and participations (Skilpod, Novinato). Vanhout.pro benefits from group synergies across these entities.
• IFTechcoreTechnology or IntegrationIFTech provides geotechnical energy solutions for buildings developed by the group. At the Kempus Van Roey Automation project, IFTech supplied geothermal energy for heating, cooling, and dehumidification. IFTech is part of the Groep Van Roey ecosystem.
• Corsendonk HotelsminorOthersCorsendonk Hotels commissioned vanhout.pro for the interior fit-out of the 4-star Corsendonk Turnova hotel in Turnhout (opened 2019), including custom furniture for 97 rooms and communal spaces.
• KAAN ArchitectencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVanhout.pro partnered with KAAN Architecten (Rotterdam) on the Design & Build Utopia project in Aalst — the first integrated library and arts academy in Belgium. KAAN provided architectural design while vanhout.pro handled construction and custom furniture.
• AGSA (Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Stadsontwikkeling Aalst)coreOthersAGSA is the public client for the Utopia library and arts academy project in Aalst, commissioned via Design & Build contract.
• SoudalcoreOthersLongstanding client relationship. Vanhout.pro and Naessens Industriebouw jointly executed the 17,000m² production expansion and 2,500m² office building for Soudal in Turnhout. Soudal is a major Belgian chemical/construction materials company.
• Naessens IndustriebouwcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner for the Soudal Plant 5 project. Naessens handles industrial building while vanhout.pro covers construction and interior fit-out components.
• Architects in MotionminorOthersArchitecture firm for the Soudal Plant 5 project in Turnhout.
• AGB Sport en Recreatie HerentalscoreOthersPublic sports and recreation authority that commissioned vanhout.pro for Sporthal MOve NOw in Noorderwijk. Both construction and custom furniture were delivered by vanhout.pro.
• Archiles ArchitectenminorOthersArchitecture firm for DB Sporthal Groot Schijn project in Deurne.
• Robbrecht en Daem architectencoreOthersRenowned Belgian architecture firm that commissioned vanhout.pro for custom furniture at the Rubens Belevingscentrum museum in Antwerpen, including 240m of shelving and reception furniture.
• ROOILIJN architectuurminorOthersArchitecture firm for the Bib Hoboken library renovation project.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Groep Van Roey: Parent conglomerate of vanhout.pro and diversified Belgian construction and real estate group including Van Roey Bouwbedrijf, Algemene Bouw Maes, Artem, IFTech, and Skilpod. Comparable because it provides the strategic and operational ecosystem in which vanhout.pro operates, including shared services, cross-selling, and group-level brand equity.
• IFTech: Group-company specialist in geothermal and energy-system installations that supplied the heating/cooling system for the Kempus smart-office project executed by vanhout.pro. Comparable as an ecosystem/adjacent player enabling vanhout.pro's energy-neutral and CLT project delivery, rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Algemene Bouw Maes: Sister general contracting entity within Groep Van Roey, operating as a Class 8-equivalent Belgian general contractor across nonresidential construction. Directly comparable because it shares the same parent, similar contract scale, and overlapping public/private project portfolio, making it the most relevant like-for-like peer within the group.
• Naessens Industriebouw: Belgian industrial construction specialist that jointly executed the Soudal Plant 5 project with vanhout.pro. Directly comparable because it operates in the same Belgian industrial-building segment, pursues similar Class 7/8 contracts, and partners with vanhout.pro on flagship industrial deliveries.
• Democo: Belgian general contractor of comparable size and Class 8 standing, active in nonresidential construction across healthcare, education, offices, and industrial segments. Directly comparable to vanhout.pro because it competes for the same Flemish/Belgian public and private project tenders with a similar integrated delivery model.
• Artem (Groep Van Roey): Sister finishing and interior-construction entity within Groep Van Roey, with overlapping scope on interior fit-out and finishing services. Comparable because it addresses the same totaalinrichting (total interior design) segment that vanhout.pro targets, creating direct internal cross-selling and occasional co-bidding dynamics.

Emerging players

• Skilpod: Modular CLT-based home manufacturer and Groep Van Roey group participation, focused on prefabricated timber homes. Comparable because it shares vanhout.pro's CLT and timber-construction expertise and parent-company synergies, but operates in a distinct residential modular niche rather than the nonresidential general contracting market.

Broad incumbents

• BAM Group (Royal BAM): Major Dutch-Belgian construction group operating broadly across nonresidential building, infrastructure, and PPP projects in the Benelux region. Comparable as a Class 8-equivalent incumbent competing for the same large public tenders and enterprise nonresidential projects that vanhout.pro targets, though materially larger and more diversified.
• Besix: Large Belgian-headquartered international construction group active in buildings, infrastructure, and concessions across multiple continents. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the Belgian nonresidential construction market competing for the largest public and private tenders, though with substantially broader geographic and segment coverage.
• Cordeel: Belgian general contractor with industrial roots, active across nonresidential construction, industrial buildings, and infrastructure in Belgium and neighboring countries. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the Belgian nonresidential market with similar Class 7/8 contract eligibility, though typically larger in scale than vanhout.pro.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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