LeasePlan

LeasePlan Sverige AB is a wholly owned subsidiary of LeasePlan Corporation N.V., which in turn is owned by a consortium consisting of the Volkswagen Group (50%) and Fleet Investments B.V. (50%).

LeasePlan offers total cost-effective solutions for the management, running, financing, supervision and control of the company’s cars for the private as well as public sector. We are market leader within fleet management in Europe and currently have offices in 30 countries with over 6,000 employees. We manage over 1.4 million vehicles across the world and have a consolidated leasing portfolio of 14 million euros. In addition, we have had a bank licence since 1993 and are under the supervision of the Dutch central bank.

Aside from the operational leasing of private cars, vans and commercial vehicles, we also offer practical services such as maintenance and repairs, insurance, car rental, fuel cards as well as extensive advice about fleets. With full control of the fleet, you the customer are freed from the administrative work associated with the vehicles as well as having access to reduced prices through our suppliers.

LeasePlan gives you, regardless of the size of your company’s fleet, tailor made solutions for your fleet. In other words, it makes no difference if your fleet consists of one vehicle or thousands. By choosing us, you will find out why It’s easier to leaseplan.

History

LeasePlan was founded in 1963 in Amsterdam, Holland by Anton Goudsmit and in these early days, LeasePlan offered the leasing of equipment based on the American leasing model. After a few years, Huib Van der Meulen with a background in the vehicle industry, joined the company.

1970
Leaseplan starts to lease vehicles.

1971
LeasePlan introduces vehicle leasing of fleets under a very specific concept: ‘the open book system’. This revolutionary system was a success and is the foundation for LeasePlan’s growth as a global and innovative entrepreneur company. The open book system offers customers a fixed price per month for the car and at the end of the contract the real costs are compared with the costs allocated in the contract. Only positive differences are paid back to the customer, negative differences are absorbed by LeasePlan.

1972
LeasePlan becomes international with the establishment of LeasePlan in Belgium. Other countries follow shortly after.

The owner during this period was LeasePlan Holding which changed its name to ABN AMRO Lease Holding N.V in 1993. In February 2003, the holding company changed its name to LeasePlan Corporation N.V., which still stands today.

LeasePlan Sverige AB

1995
LeasePlan Sverige AB started operating with its head office in Solna. LeasePlan Sverige becomes a member of Svenska Bankföreningen (Swedish Banker’s Association) and operation takes place under the supervision of Finansinspektionen (Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority). During the first year, LeasePlan registered 32 cars, divided between 14 companies.

1999
LeasePlan Sverige grows and now has 20 employees that look after 2,000 cars.

2003
More and more realise the advantages of operational leasing and LeasePlan Sverige continues to grow. Personnel have grown to 46 employees and the collective fleet consists of 10,000 vehicles, divided between 300 customers.

2008
LeasePlan Sverige continues its strong growth. By the end of 2008, personnel consist of 85 employees who together take care of a total fleet of ca. 28,000 vehicles.