Bechtle acquires E-Storage in Utrecht

Bechtle growth in the Netherlands also boosted through acquisitions
Bechtle expands data infrastructure and cyber-resilience expertise
E-Storage to become part of Bechtle subsidiary, PQR

Neckarsulm/Utrecht, 26 June 2025 – Bechtle AG is expanding its international footprint and bolstering its presence in the Netherlands with an established specialist in highly-complex data infrastructure and cyber-recovery solutions. Headquartered in Utrecht, E-Storage B.V. has enjoyed particular success working with financial services customers in the Dutch market since 1999. The IT service provider employs 38 staff and achieved 23 million euros in revenue in the last fiscal year. For E-Storage’s two founding partners, the aim of the sale to Bechtle is to secure their succession and the continuing development of the company under the umbrella of a large international group. The two operative entities, E-Storage B.V. and E-Storage Solutions B.V., will be fully integrated into Bechtle subsidiary, PQR. With this acquisition, Bechtle is increasing its Dutch market share, gaining highly-skilled and well-connected employees, and expecting considerable potential for growth through the synergies generated by E-Storage and PQR’s complementary portfolios.

“E-Storage is a key player in the Dutch IT industry and a great asset to the Bechtle Group. Its highly-secure data infrastructure and cyber recovery management solutions are the perfect addition to our portfolio. Together, we offer our customers tailored solutions to meet the highest standards such as NIS2 and DORA,” says Marco Lesmeister, Managing Director of PQR.

Significant boost to portfolio
E-Storage’s revenue is primarily generated in the field of data infrastructure management, but especially with data availability services, with data migration management and cyber recovery for on-premise and cloud environments also contributing. E-Storage, therefore, enhances PQR’s managed services offering which supports businesses as they make the switch to highly-secure hybrid cloud infrastructure.

E-Storage will be integrated into PQR’s Solutions and Professional Services business units with the current leadership team of Koen Timmermans and Frans Bank making the move to PQR. “We want to continue to grow our business with our specialist data infrastructure and cyber recovery solutions. As a new member of the Bechtle Group and together with PQR, we now have the size, strength and resources necessary to reach even more customers without compromising our expertise or innovation,” says Koen Timmermans, responsible for sales at E-Storage.

Acquisitions part of growth strategy
After the successful acquisition of PQR in 2022 and the subsequent take over and integration of Axez ICT Solutions and Fondo into PQR, the number of employees in Utrecht has now increased to 330 including those working at E-Storage. “The acquisition of E-Storage isn’t just the perfect addition to our extensive services portfolio within the Bechtle Group. It also cements our position as a future-facing IT partner in the fields of hybrid IT and the modern world of work,” says Marijke Krist, Vice President Netherlands at the Bechtle Group.

Powerful IT player in the Netherlands.
Bechtle has been active in the Dutch market with its subsidiary, Bechtle direct, since 1998 and with ARP since 2006. In Cadmes, the Bechtle Group also has a successful CAD/PLM specialist in its ranks. Together with PQR and now E-Storage, the Bechtle Group has a network spanning the Netherlands’ major economic hubs from Maastricht to Eindhoven, ’s-Hertogenbosch to Utrecht and Hoofddorp near Amsterdam, employing a total of some 800 staff in the country.