Andreas Gehlen founded Zwei plus Zwei Marketing GmbH as a wholesale company for bicycle trailers, which at the time were (still) a niche product. He stored the trailers in a rented courtyard garage in Cologne-Sülz.

Andreas’s business model proved successful, and within a few years, Zwei plus Zwei Marketing GmbH had grown from a one-man operation to a medium-sized wholesaler with over 40 employees.

The desire to develop the company’s own product line with producer responsibility continued to grow. Finally, in the summer of 2003, the brand Croozer was launched. The name was inspired by the English term “cruising”, a concept that Andreas associated with simplicity, companionship, everyday life and freedom and that, in his opinion, perfectly captured the spirit of the brand.

In 2011, the company began to focus all of its energy on the ongoing development of the Croozer brand. This led to the 2016 decision to change the company name to align with the brand identity – which is why we are now called Croozer GmbH.

In 2016 Andreas’s daughter Hanna followed her entrepreneurial ambitions and joined the company after finishing her studies. On 1 January 2020 Hanna succeeded her father at the company helm.

With the winds of change, Croozer moved to a new location in Hürth (near Cologne) in March 2020. The open-space offices with several flexible workspaces were designed to facilitate a fun atmosphere with open exchange and interdisciplinary teamwork.

We decided to celebrate our 30th anniversary by launching three amazing anniversary-edition models under the motto “Croozer Around the World”. We’re proud of everything we’ve accomplished so far and look forward to the exciting journey ahead – together with you & the entire Croozer family!