Private company

Formido

Logo: Maxeda Group, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Former Dutch hardware store chain1

Formido bouwmarkten B.V. was a Dutch Hardware store-chain. Formido opened its first store on 22 November 1976 in Waddinxveen. It was part of the franchise-organisation Maxeda, which headquarters is located in Amsterdam.2 It ceased to exist in 2017.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Formido Bouwmarkten, Winschoten (2017) 01
Photo: Donald Trung, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Formido bouwmarkten B.V. was a Dutch Hardware store-chain. Formido opened its first store on 22 November 1976 in Waddinxveen. It was part of the franchise-organisation Maxeda, which headquarters is located in Amsterdam. As of 2011 Formido had 80 stores, all of which were located in the Netherlands. Of these stores, 15 were managed by Formido and 65 were franchised. Maxeda also owns the Hardware store-chain Praxis and Brico.2

Corporate structure

Formido is part of a group headed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. 193 entities, 32 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts New York, New York, United States
    • Maxeda Amsterdam
      • Formido Nijkerk
      • Praxis Subsidiary · Amsterdam
      • Brico Subsidiary · Belgium
    • Academy Sports + Outdoors Subsidiary · Harris County
    • Accell Group Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
      • Babboe Subsidiary · Amersfoort, Netherlands
      • Batavus Subsidiary · Heerenveen
      • Koga Subsidiary · Heerenveen
      • Sparta B.V. Subsidiary · Apeldoorn
      • Cycles France-Loire Subsidiary · France
      • Tunturi Sweden AB Subsidiary · Sweden
    • AppLovin Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
      • Geewa 100% · Praha 8, Czechia
    • Axel Springer SE Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
    • Beatrice Foods Subsidiary · Downers Grove
    • Biotage (company) Subsidiary · Uppsala, Sweden
      • PhyNexus Subsidiary · San Jose, United States
      • Biotage Sweden AB Subsidiary · Uppsala, Sweden
    • Borden Dairy Company Subsidiary · Dallas, Texas, United States
      • NATIONAL DAIRY, LLC Subsidiary · Dallas, Texas, United States
    • Calsonic Kansei Subsidiary · 埼玉県 さいたま市北区, Japan
    • Cardenas Subsidiary · Ontario, California
    • China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd. Subsidiary · Wan Chai, Hong Kong
    • Corel Subsidiary · Ottawa
    • Datagroup Subsidiary · Pliezhausen, Germany
      • Almato Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany
      • DATAGROUP BIT GmbH Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
      • DATAGROUP IT Solutions GmbH Subsidiary · Pliezhausen, Germany
      • DATAGROUP Operations GmbH Subsidiary · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
      • DATAGROUP Stuttgart GmbH Subsidiary · Pliezhausen, Germany
    • EDF power solutions Inc. Subsidiary · San Diego, California, United States
      • EDF Renewables Canada Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
        • EDF EN Arnprior Solar B Limited Partnership Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
        • EDF EN CANADA SOLAR ARNPRIOR A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
        • EDF Renewables development Inc. Subsidiary · Canada
        • EEN CA Blackspring Ridge I Wind Project L.P. Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
        • Parc Eolien Nicolas-Riou S.E.C. (Parc Éolien Nicolas-Riou S.E.C.) Subsidiary · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
      • EnterSolar Subsidiary
      • COWBOY RIDGE PROJECT, LLC Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
    • Energy Future Holdings Subsidiary · Dallas
    • Epicor Subsidiary · Austin, Texas, United States
    • Etraveli Subsidiary
    • Exact Subsidiary · Delft
    • FiberCop Subsidiary · Milano, Italy
    • Flora Food Group Subsidiary · Amsterdam
    • Gardner Denver Subsidiary · Milwaukee
    • Hensoldt AG Subsidiary · Taufkirchen, Germany
      • Kelvin Hughes Subsidiary · Enfield, United Kingdom
      • HENSOLDT HOLDING GMBH Subsidiary · Taufkirchen, Germany
        • HENSOLDT HOLDING GERMANY GMBH Subsidiary · Taufkirchen, Germany
      • HENSOLDT OPTRONICS GMBH Subsidiary · Oberkochen, Germany
        • HENSOLDT SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD Subsidiary · Centurion, South Africa
      • HENSOLDT SENSORS GMBH Subsidiary · Taufkirchen, Germany
        • GEW TECHNOLOGIES Subsidiary · Pretoria, South Africa
      • HENSOLDT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
    • Internet Brands Subsidiary · El Segundo
      • WebMD Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
        • Frontline Medical Communications Subsidiary
      • FlyerTalk Subsidiary · California, United States
    • Koki Holdings Co.,Ltd. Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
    • Kokusai electric Subsidiary · Chiyoda Ku, Japan
    • and 35 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 2017Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1976Founded Founded1

Sources

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