Founder & Managing Director

Emile Oomen

Let me introduce myself!

Hello, I'm Emile Oomen, founder and managing director of Oomen Group, the company behind Oomen Movers & Storage. I started out with a single van. Today 85 people work with us from Katwijk, Rotterdam and Tilburg.

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Where it began

From a courier with one van to a moving company.

At nineteen I bought my first Mercedes Sprinter and started working as an independent courier. I soon realised I wanted more than delivering parcels. In 2015 I founded Oomen Verhuizers. In the early days we arranged everything from the kitchen table. Stephanie did the administration, and I did the surveys at customers' homes and carried things myself. By the end of that first year, twelve people were already working for us.

My role at Oomen

Building the finest moving company in the Netherlands.

Today we are the largest moving company for private customers in the Netherlands. Among moving companies we are also the largest in storage. We keep growing, with one goal in mind: to be the finest moving company in the Netherlands. For me, that comes down to three things:

Good people. Skilled professionals who take pride in their work and handle other people's belongings with care.
Fine, well-kept equipment. A modern, clean fleet, of which 27 vehicles are electric.
A pleasant customer experience. Clear agreements and personal contact, from the first request until after the last box.

As managing director I set the course of the group. We run the organisation together: my father Frans, Stephanie, commercial director Guido Baalbergen and me.

Growth as a driver

Growing bigger to help better.

We choose growth deliberately. Because we are large, we have more crews, more equipment and more storage at our disposal. That lets us help customers faster and more flexibly, even when things get tight. Think of an urgent move, a handover date that shifts, or a move with temporary storage in between.

Oomen grows on its own strength and by acquiring moving companies with a good name. In 2022 Verkroost Verhuizingen joined us. In 2023 Nouwens, Van Leeuwen, C. Pot and Storm Verhuizingen followed, and in 2025 Jan Schut and C. van Dijk in Rotterdam. With every acquisition we safeguard the same quality. A customer in Tilburg should be helped just as well as a customer in Katwijk.

Storage of the future

Fully automated.

We invest heavily in storage. In Katwijk we built our head office with a fully automated self storage facility. Customers call up their own container there, 7 days a week. In Tilburg we also have a fully automated container hall. This way we combine the capacity of a large storage company with the convenience of coming by whenever it suits you.

What drives me

Sustainability, technology and data.

Moving is an old trade, but you can do it smarter. That is why we invest in electric trucks and use AI, automation and data to help customers faster and better. Customers can follow their move in our own customer portal, Mijn Oomen, for example. Being certified for ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment) and ISO 27001 (information security) shows how seriously we take this.

Why I still enjoy my work every day