Go Sharing entered the Dutch market in 2019. Within a short time, the scooters were available for rent in at least 45 cities. A shared scooter works quite simply: you rent the scooter via an app, pay per minute and can leave it where and when you want. Municipalities were initially happy to cooperate with the plans, because it could be a solution to ban cars from the city center.
Classic catcher construction
In 2022, the scooter sharing company withdrew from dozens of cities. The company was on the brink of bankruptcy because the scooters were not profitable in all cities, but Go Sharing was saved by a Turkish scooter sharing company: BinBin. A large company in Turkey that is also listed on the stock exchange.
BinBin remained the owner until May 1, 2025. Then Go Sharing was sold again, this time to the Dutch Bezorgmaat bv. According to the curator, it is a ‘classic catch-all construction’: the parent company disconnected the loss-making Go Sharing and left the Netherlands, in order to avoid the debts.
Management ‘one big mess’
The curator says he won’t let BinBin get away with it. Udink has not yet contacted the BinBin owners. “The last word has not been said on this. They do not respond to emails, registered letters and bailiffs. They think: let them relax in the Netherlands. But we are going to get that money back,” he says firmly. “I wouldn’t sleep peacefully if I were them either.”
According to the curator, the entire management at Go Sharing was ‘a big mess’. The administration was not in order and it is not clear where all the scooters are located. For example, a subsidiary of Go Sharing in Spain turned out to still have 7,000 scooters. The trustees are in the process of dismissing the director of the Spanish subsidiary and appointing new directors, who can then sell the scooters again.
BinBin did not respond to questions from NOS.
