Brookz: largest platform for business acquisitions in the Netherlands

It is our mission to make the SME takeover market as transparent as possible and to optimally support entrepreneurs when buying or selling their business.

Brookz was founded by Peter Rikhof in 2007. After 20 years in paid employment, Peter had been looking for a business to take over since 2005. But he was disappointed. First of all, the information on many of the businesses on offer turned out to be incorrect. In addition, the offer was often no longer current. And finding a suitable adviser was also a crime: where to start, who was qualified, who could you trust?

Reason for starting a takeover platform in 2007 that a) provides practical information about buying or sell a business, b) has an up-to-date offer of businesses for sale and c) offers a network of reliable advisers. With the mission to make the SME takeover market as transparent as possible and to optimally support entrepreneurs in buying or selling their business.

Now, almost twenty years later, Brookz has become the largest acquisition platform in the Netherlands. The SME takeover market is rapidly professionalizing and Brookz has been one of the pioneers in this since 2007. In the coming years, we will further expand this central network function into a one-stop-shop for buyers and sellers of businesses.

Our mission

Our mission is to make the takeover market as transparent as possible in order to help entrepreneurs buy or sell their business.

Brookz.eu

With over 50,000 connected entrepreneurs, investors and advisers Brookz is the largest acquisition platform in the Netherlands. Brookz is 100% independent and puts entrepreneurs, investors and advisers in direct contact with each other. Over the past 18 years, more than 9,200 businesses have been acquired through Brookz, currently averaging about 10 businesses per week.

Platform figures

Every month over 100,000 visitors come to the Brookz website looking for information about buying or sell a business. On average, a visitor views 6.3 pages and stays on the website for 3 minutes. The Brookz platform receives an average of 1,700 new registrations per month.

Multimedia platform

Besides the online platform Brookz organizes the National Takeover Day twice a year and in December the Merger & Acquisition Annual Conference (with the presentation of the Merger & Acquisition Awards). In addition, every year the Brookz 500 is published, the complete annual guide with all M&A advisory firms, investment companies and law firms in the Dutch SME takeover market.

50.000+

affiliated entrepreneurs, investors and advisers

7.400

successfully sold businesses through the platform

18 years

active in the acquisition market

National Takeover Day

Besides the online platform Brookz.eu, Brookz organizes the National Takeover Day twice a year and in December the Merger & Acquisition Annual Conference (with the presentation of the Merger & Acquisition Awards). In addition, the Brookz 500 is published every year, the complete annual guide with all M&A advisory firms, investment companies and law firms in the Dutch SME takeover market.

Vision

The SME takeover market is professionalizing rapidly and Brookz has been one of the pioneers since 2007. In the coming years, we will further expand this central network function into a one-stop shop for buyers and sellers of businesses.

Excellence

Brookz stands for service excellence, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Customer Focus

At Brookz, the customer is the focus: everything revolves around the quality and added value of our services.

Relationship

Brookz is committed to a long-term relationship with its customers and other stakeholders. Mutual respect and the pursuit of good personal relationships are paramount.

Satisfaction

At Brookz, revenue and profit are a result of satisfied customers, not an end in themselves.

About Brookz