LeasePlan

LeasePlan Facts & Figures
Industry Leasing
Founded 1963
Headquarters Netherlands
Number of locations
 Established in 32 countries
Services Fleet management services
Number of employees
 More than 6500
Website www.leaseplan.com

LeasePlan is an international company of Dutch origins specialised in fleet management.

Its products are composed of operational fleet management services. Since its foundation in 1963, the company became the world leader of fleet management.[1][2] It has more than 85% of its employees-approximately 6000 people-working out of the Netherlands. Its motto is “It’s easier to LeasePlan”.

The shares of LeasePlan Corporation N.V. are held by Global Mobility Holding B.V., a company owned by the Volkswagen Group headed by Volkswagen AG (50%) and Fleet Investments B.V., an investment company owned by the German banker Friedrich von Metzler (50%).

History

Founded in the Netherlands in 1963 following a joint venture between a bank and a company providing services to drivers, LeasePlan initially specialized in the open-book management model (an actual costs management system). LeasePlan expanded internationally in the 1970s by establishing operations in Belgium, Germany, France, and Great Britain, and to attain the position of worldwide leader in automotive fleet management.[1][3]

In the 1990s, the banking group ABN-Amro acquired 100% of the shares in LeasePlan and founded a holding company named ABN-Amro Lease Holding. LeasePlan diversified its offer by introducing an online fleet management software package (Plan8, called now FleetReporting).

Responding to the trend in market consolidation, LeasePlan acquired several companies in the years following 2000 (Dial in Great Britain, in France, and in Italy, and CSC in the United States).

In 2003, the holding company of the LeasePlan group was renamed LeasePlan Corporation.

In 2004, ABN-Amro sold LeasePlan Corporation to a consortium consisting of the Volkswagen Group (50%), Olayan Group (25%), and Mubadala Development Company (25%).

Since 1 February 2010 the shares of LeasePlan Corporation N.V. are held by the current shareholders.

International presence

LeasePlan's World presence

LeasePlan, implemented in 32 countries, manages around 1.3 million cars in operational leasing and offers fleet management services.[1] LeasePlan is present in traditional and emerging markets.

Here is the list of countries where LeasePlan is established:

LeasePlan Europe: Netherlands, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, United Kingdom (LeasePlan UK), Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Greece, Italy and Romania.

LeasePlan America: United-States, Canada, Brazil and Mexico.

LeasePlan Asia: Russia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey and India

LeasePlan Oceania: Australia and New-Zealand.

Bank

LeasePlan Bank is a Dutch internet savings bank and an undertaking of LeasePlan. LeasePlan Bank was established in 2010 to provide an additional source of financing for LeasePlan's core business.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flamand, Philippe (11 February 2013). "LeasePlan veut devenir un acteur de la mobilité globale des salariés". L'Express (in French).
  2. ↑ De Chauliac, Isabelle (13 January 2009). "Human Consulting Group place LeasePlan leader de la gestion de la relation client" (in French). Actionco.fr.
  3. ↑ "Partenariats" (in French). Goodyear. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Organisation structure". LeasePlan. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

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