Case Studies

KOMOSIE

The largest social franchise in Europe?

KOMOSIE manages two social franchises operating in the fields of reuse and energy saving. One of these, De Kringwinkel, is the largest social franchise in Europe and possibly the world.

De Kringwinkel is a federation of high quality, well designed and laid out shops selling used goods. There are currently 108 Kringwinkels, as the individual shops are called, operating across Flanders in Belgium.

KOMOSIE’s second social franchise works with householders to reduce their energy consumption and is called ‘Energiesnoeiers’ (‘Energy cutters’). These are 33 social enterprises that install small energy saving equipment (CFL, radiator foil, water saving showerheads and so on) in private homes and train and employ disadvantaged people to do this.

To find out more about KOMOSIE, read the full case study (pdf)