{"id":604,"date":"2024-04-22T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/?p=604"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:58:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:58:15","slug":"maes-family-petrol-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/famille-maes-stations-essences\/","title":{"rendered":"Maes Family: Rise of a 1-Billion-Euro Belgian Oil Giant - A Family Epic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maes family<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carburants Maes, founded in the 1960s by Jozef \"Jef\" Maes,<\/strong> began as a local company specializing in the sale ofe lubricants Beverol-Oil<\/strong> garages and industries. Over time, their offering expanded to include heating oil for individual consumers. The evolution accelerated and led to the inauguration of the first free company pumps<\/a> in the 70s and the Maes family has a fortune of over 137 million euros.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 1980s saw the integration of Dirk, followed by Luc Maes, into the company, spurring the creation of a local network of service stations under the Maes brand. The green and red of their logo became a recognizable symbol in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maes' significant expansion took shape in 2013, when oil company ExxonMobil<\/strong> has chosen withdraw from the management of its Esso service stations in Belgium<\/a>. Maes seized this opportunity to acquire 30 Esso stations in the Antwerp and Flemish Brabant areas, optimizing margins through bulk purchasing thanks to this expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maes has firmly established itself as un independent oil distributor<\/strong> in Belgium<\/a>providing a full range of petroleum products and services. In 2021, the company achieved sales of one billion<\/strong> euros<\/strong>.<\/a> In 2023, management of the company changed hands when the Maes brothers sold their family business to the Dutch group De Haan and the Maes family made a fortune from the sale.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Head office<\/strong>Bornem, Belgium<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Current position<\/strong>Carburants Maes is one of Belgium's leading independent distributors of petroleum products.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Key developments<\/strong>: The withdrawal of ExxonMobil has enabled Maes to expand its network with the takeover of 30 Esso stations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Sales 2021<\/strong>1 billion euros<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Recent acquisition<\/strong>Sale of the company to the Dutch De Haan family in 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Discover the fascinating story of Famille Maes, started by Jef Maes in the 60s and now a leading distributor of petroleum products in Belgium with sales of 1 billion euros. A family saga crowned by the acquisition by Dutch group De Haan in 2023, bearing witness to constant growth and innovation in the sector.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64,81,33],"tags":[66,5,47,32,27],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automobile","category-energie","category-famille","tag-automobile","tag-belgique","tag-energie","tag-entreprise-familiale","tag-flandre"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":64,"label":"Automobile"},{"value":81,"label":"Energie"},{"value":33,"label":"Famille"}],"post_tag":[{"value":66,"label":"Automobile"},{"value":5,"label":"Belgique"},{"value":47,"label":"Energie"},{"value":32,"label":"Entreprise Familiale"},{"value":27,"label":"Flandre"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/04\/maes-logo.jpg?1709717279",768,474,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Martin Moth\u00e9","author_link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/author\/mmothe\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":64,"name":"Automobile","slug":"automobile","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":64,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":67,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":64,"category_count":67,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Automobile","category_nicename":"automobile","category_parent":0},{"term_id":81,"name":"Energie","slug":"energie","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":81,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":22,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":81,"category_count":22,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Energie","category_nicename":"energie","category_parent":0},{"term_id":33,"name":"Famille","slug":"famille","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":33,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":367,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":33,"category_count":367,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Famille","category_nicename":"famille","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":66,"name":"Automobile","slug":"automobile","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":66,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":61,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":5,"name":"Belgique","slug":"belgique","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":287,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":47,"name":"Energie","slug":"energie","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":47,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":13,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":32,"name":"Entreprise Familiale","slug":"entreprise-familiale","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":182,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":27,"name":"Flandre","slug":"flandre","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":27,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":200,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}