Closing the circle, together

With 33 operating companies under its own brand name, JAJO has grown in recent decades into a versatile player in construction and development. Thanks in part to a number of smart acquisitions, JAJO is able to operate in a demand-oriented manner, with innovative applications and sustainable construction methods. "We serve the entire real estate cycle and always strive for high customer satisfaction," says CEO Ivo van der Mark.

JAJO's growth (550 million euros in annual sales) has come about mostly organically and for strategic reasons such as those mentioned above, says Van der Mark. "We have deliberately chosen to maintain the brand names of subsidiaries such as Janssen de Jong Bouw and Hercuton. The synergy lies in shared core values, such as powers low down in the organizations, the fact that we are complementary to each other, as well as branches with a maximum of 100 people. This bottom-up approach ensures that you don't become unwieldy and have to manage a lot, but can work on the basis of trust."

Learning ability

Some of the construction projects taken on are realized through in-house development. "In the Netherlands, we develop in a few key locations with land positions, such as the Merwedekwartier in Utrecht," says Van der Mark. "Developing ourselves is not a must, just like taking on the maintenance of newly built projects. We want to act on the basis of added value and operate as demand-oriented as possible. We do that with companies that excel in their field, such as Royal Woudenberg in monumental renovation or New Horizon when it comes to circular harvesting. The added value of New Horizon is, on the one hand, that it gives us knowledge and expertise on the application of building materials. On the other hand, through the harvesting company, we also have a vision of demountable construction. This also has an impact on the design process."

Life Cycle

JAJO, with its subsidiaries, is able to service clients throughout the entire real estate cycle. "We come up with smart and sustainable concepts for this. We have a long-term vision of real estate as well as enter into long-term relationships with our customers. On average, 70% of our customers continue the real estate cycle with another subsidiary within JAJO based on customer satisfaction. We also look beyond the Netherlands and have subsidiaries in the Caribbean and Poland. We share our knowledge and expertise with each other. JAJO's strength lies in demand-oriented work throughout the real estate cycle, in process optimization and ultimately customer and other stakeholder satisfaction. Our mission is not for nothing Closing the circle, together.