Kitchen brands sold in the Netherlands: origin, factory, owner (register 2026)

Country, factory, founding year and owner

The table has one row per brand. The Country column shows the country of origin as a source states it. The Factory column shows the production location the source names, which can differ from the head office. The Founded and Owner columns follow the same rule: a cell is filled only when a source states the fact, and otherwise it says not published. A brand can therefore be missing a country of origin while its factory location still shows a country, and the table keeps those two facts apart rather than inferring one from the other.

The Source column links to the pages used for that row. Several rows use more than one page because the dataset collects each fact from the best available source, and a Wikipedia article, a company page and a trade-press article may each be the source for a different fact.

Checked 9 October 2026. Source: Keukenmerken-register 2026, Keuken in Beeld. Open data, CC BY 4.0.

Production and employees

Some brands publish how much they produce or how many people they employ. The second table lists only the brands for which the dataset has at least one of those facts. The figures are as published, with their own wording and reference year where the source gives one, so they are not directly comparable: one brand states cabinets per year, another kitchens per day or per week, and the Bauformat employee figure covers Bauformat and Burger together. The dataset also records Nobilia as the European market leader for kitchen furniture, taken from the same source as its production figure.

Not published means the dataset holds no such fact for the brand. Figures are as published, not audited.

German, Dutch and Danish brands

The register names Germany as the country of origin for 14 brands: Nobilia, Häcker, Schüller, Nolte, Leicht, bulthaup, Poggenpohl, SieMatic, Ballerina, Rotpunkt, Eggersmann, Störmer, Alno, Zeyko. For 8 more brands (next125, Express Küchen, Pronorm, Bauformat, Burger, Impuls, Beeck, Keller) no country of origin is published as such; for Pronorm, Bauformat and Impuls the register does give a German factory location, while Keller's factory location is in the Netherlands (Bergen op Zoom). The Netherlands is the stated country of origin for Bribus, Bruynzeel, and Bruynzeel's factory is in Bergen op Zoom, the same town the dataset names for Keller. Denmark is the stated country of origin for Kvik.

Country of origin and ownership are different questions. Kvik is a Danish brand owned by the Ballingslöv Group (Stena). Bribus is a Dutch brand with a factory in Dinxperlo, owned by Nobia since an acquisition in 2018. Poggenpohl and SieMatic are German brands with factories in Herford and Löhne, and the register lists Jomoo (China) and Nison Group (China) as their owners. next125 is listed with Schüller Möbelwerk as its owner, and Express Küchen with Nolte Küchen. Several of the larger names are family businesses: Häcker (Finkemeier family), Schüller, Ballerina, Eggersmann, bulthaup and the baumann group, which owns Bauformat and Burger.

Discontinued brands: Alno and Zeyko

Two brands in the register no longer operate. Alno, founded in 1927 with a factory in Pfullendorf, is recorded as ceased and liquidated in 2021. Zeyko, founded in 1970 with factories in Althengstett and Mönchweiler, is recorded as ceased in 2020. Their rows are kept so that you can recognise the names if they turn up.

For a buyer this matters in practice. If a quote, a kitchen you are renovating or an extension to an existing kitchen involves one of these names, the maker may no longer be there to stand behind a manufacturer warranty, and parts or matching elements may have to come from another source. Ask the seller in writing who is responsible for service and replacement parts. The register does not say what happens to parts or warranty after a closure, so treat that as an open question to settle in the contract.

How to use the register when comparing quotes

The register describes brands, not quotes, but it helps you ask sharper questions. It contains no prices and makes no statement about quality.

• Check the brand name on the quote against the Brand column, and note that a brand sold as a separate label can share an owner with another (next125 with Schüller Möbelwerk, Express Küchen with Nolte Küchen).
• Find the factory location and compare it with where the seller says the kitchen is made.
• Read the owner column to see whether two quotes for different brand names come from the same group.
• Look up the same brand in the warranty guide, since manufacturers who publish no term refer you to the contract with the seller.
• Treat not published as a question to ask, not as a negative: it means the register found no source, not that the fact does not exist.

Download and cite the data

The Dutch dataset page is /keukenmerken-register and the machine-readable version is /keukenmerken-register.json. The matching warranty dataset is at /keuken-garantie-index with JSON at /keuken-garantie-index.json, summarised in English in Kitchen warranty by brand in the Netherlands.

Open data, CC BY 4.0 — cite as Keuken in Beeld, Keukenmerken-register 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Also read: Kitchen warranty by brand in the Netherlands (2026) · Kitchen brands in the Netherlands: German, Dutch and Danish · Kitchen prices in the Netherlands · How to compare kitchen quotes in the Netherlands · Keukenmerken-register (Dutch dataset) · Keuken-garantie-index (Dutch dataset), or go back to the English overview page.