Lease plan
| LeasePlan | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation NV |
| founding | 1963 |
| Seat | Amsterdam , Netherlands |
| Number of employees | more than 7,000 |
| Branch | Fleet management , leasing |
| Website | LeasePlan Corporation |
LeasePlan Corporation NV is one of the world's leading manufacturer-independent car leasing and fleet management specialists in the Netherlands.
In addition to pure finance leasing for commercial fleets, LeasePlan offers a variety of services within the automotive value chain. These include fuel cards, accident and damage service, maintenance and tires, rental cars and insurance. In addition, selected consulting projects in the vehicle fleet area can be commissioned. With CarNext.com , LeasePlan has a Europe-wide digital marketplace for high-quality used vehicles, which delivers any vehicle anytime and anywhere and is supplied with vehicles from LeasePlan’s own fleet as well as from third-party partners.
LeasePlan is 100% owned by LP Group BV, a consortium of long-term investors including the leading Dutch pension fund provider PGGM, Denmark's largest pension fund ATP, GIC, Luxinva SA - wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) - and by TDR Capital LLP managed mutual funds.
The LeasePlan Group has over 60 branches in 23 European countries as well as in the USA , Canada , Mexico , Brazil , India , Russia , Australia , New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates and looks after more than 1.9 million vehicles worldwide. LeasePlan Deutschland GmbH in Düsseldorf is responsible for the business in Germany.
LeasePlan Germany GmbH
LeasePlan Deutschland GmbH is a 100 percent subsidiary of the Dutch LeasePlan Corporation NV from Amsterdam . LeasePlan Germany currently has branches in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart and Munich. LeasePlan is a member of the Federal Association of German Leasing Companies .
founding
LeasePlan Beteiligungs- und Leasinggesellschaft mbH was founded in 1973 as the third subsidiary of ABN AMRO Lease Holding NV in Düsseldorf . In cooperation with two employees, the then managing director Hans Lützenkirchen began to establish the company in the equipment leasing sector.
Differentiation and expansion
In the course of the following years, the company grew steadily, began to differentiate itself into different departments and founded new branches of the company, such as the LeasePlan insurance brokerage company in 1978. In 1980 LeasePlan Deutschland GmbH was founded with a focus on equipment leasing and fleet management . The 1987 constitution of TravelCard Deutschland GmbH as a provider of service credit cards represents a further expansion . In order to cope with the growing number of employees and vehicles, LeasePlan Deutschland GmbH changed location in 1988 and moved to Neuss . Since 2018 the German headquarters of LeasePlan has been back in Düsseldorf. The company moved into offices in Düsseldorf's Medienhafen. Further branches were founded in Hamburg , Frankfurt am Main and Stuttgart in 1991 .
Fleet management becomes a core task
From the 1990s onwards, restructuring was increased. In 1996, TravelCard Deutschland GmbH and LeasePlan Beteiligungs- und Leasinggesellschaft mbH were merged to form TravelCard Deutschland GmbH accounting systems and sales and customer service were established as separate areas. Four years later, the LeasePlan Group carried out a re-branding to further consolidate the international positioning of the LeasePlan brand. The equipment leasing area was sold and fleet leasing and management were henceforth defined as a core task.
In 1996 LeasePlan was the first brand-independent vehicle fleet management company in Germany to be certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001 . The company received the seal of approval again in 1999. Further re-certifications followed in 2002, 2005 and 2008 according to the new standard DIN EN ISO 9001: 2000 and DIN EN ISO 9001: 2008, which have since been further developed by TÜV. The LeasePlan vehicle assessment system for assessing vehicles after the end of the contract was awarded the "Fair Vehicle Assessment" certificate by RWTÜV Anlagentechnik GmbH in 2001. In 2008 “LeasePlan Beteiligungs- und Leasinggesellschaft mbH” was renamed LeasePlan Deutschland GmbH.
e-Tools, environmental protection and a brand for the small fleet segment
In 2002 and 2003, LeasePlan Deutschland GmbH developed internet communication tools for fleet managers and drivers, the e-Manager and e-Driver programs. With new shareholders and the new managing director Johan Friman, LeasePlan Deutschland GmbH began in 2006 as one of the first vehicle fleet management companies to integrate the topic of environmental protection into their consulting concept. In 2008 LeasePlan Germany became a member of the EU expert commission FLEAT (Fleet Environmental Action & AssessmenT), which had set itself the goal of developing a catalog of recommendations for environmental initiatives in vehicle fleets for the EU over a period of two years .
Services (selection)
- Finance leasing
- International fleet management
- Consulting and advice
- Fleet software
- e-Tools: Online vehicle configurator and calculator for fleet managers and company car users
- maintenance
- Tire service
- fuel
- Claims management
- Rental car
- Fleet insurance
- Fuel card service
- Vehicle marketing
- Driver's license control
- Driver instruction
- Green Fleet
- Salary conversion
The core competence of LeasePlan Deutschland GmbH is commercial vehicle fleet management.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directory of members of the Federal Association of German Leasing Companies ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (leasingverband.de, list of members (as of February 2016), accessed on February 11, 2016)
- ↑ Simon Janssen: LeasePlan turns its back on Neuss. December 17, 2017, accessed April 7, 2019 .
