About Buurman Collective
The connecting and driving force behind the Buurman locations in the Netherlands and Belgium is the Buurman Collective. The Collective guarantees the growth of the Buurmans, both in quality and quantity.
As Buurman celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2025, we aim for 10 Buurman locations in the Netherlands and Belgium by 2030 – start small, finish big.
In 2024, Buurman Collectief won the Dutch Circular Award in the Business category.
Social franchise
Buurman is the first circular retail concept that takes social franchising as its starting point! This means that impact trumps profit. And that, as a collective of Buurman entrepreneurs, we work together, learn together, and grow together. In a sustainable way, befitting a social and circular enterprise in a world in transition.
Social franchising is an alternative to traditional franchising. Our proven business model is being adopted by entrepreneurs in other Belgian and Dutch cities. However, it's non-profit and has a top-down culture. Social franchising means doing business together and benefiting from the collective.
We are convinced that these types of partnerships in a circular economy are crucial for fair, social, sustainable and logical growth.
Buurman's social franchise organization is called Buurvrouw Impact BV and is made possible in part by Qmulus Invest BV and the Buurvrouw Foundation.