# Jumbo Group

> Jumbo Group is a privately held, Rotterdam-headquartered toy and games publisher that creates, manufactures and distributes puzzles, board games, educational products, arts-and-crafts kits, and infant and preschool toys. Its portfolio combines durable European properties such as Stratego, Jan van Haasteren, Wasgij, Party & Co. and Mille Bornes with newer hits such as the music-timeline game Hitster, while operating through regional businesses in the Netherlands, Iberia, France, the UK and Hong Kong.

- **Founded:** 1853
- **Headquarters:** Rotterdam, Netherlands
- **Founders:** Engelbert Hausemann (Co-founder of predecessor Hausemann & Hötte), Wilhelm Hötte (Co-founder of predecessor Hausemann & Hötte)
- **Team size:** Approximately 350 employees in the supplied company record; LinkedIn lists 201-500 employees and shows roughly 258 profiles.
- **Products:** Stratego, Jan van Haasteren puzzles, Wasgij, Hitster, Party & Co.
- **Notable:** Built roots dating to 1853, making Royal Jumbo one of Europe's longstanding games businesses., Received the Royal designation for Koninklijke Jumbo., Expanded through the combination of Jumbo and Diset and the acquisitions of James Galt, Dujardin/TF1 Games, KD Group and Yulu.

## Products & services

- **Stratego** — A two-player strategy board game built around hidden ranks, attack and flag capture.
- **Jan van Haasteren puzzles** — Dense, comic jigsaw scenes filled with recurring characters and visual jokes.
- **Wasgij** — A jigsaw line whose completed scene differs from the box image, asking puzzlers to infer another viewpoint or what happens next.
- **Hitster** — A music party game that uses QR codes and a companion app with Spotify to place songs in chronological order.
- **Party & Co.** — Team party games combining performance, trivia, drawing and word challenges.
- **Mille Bornes** — A French card-game classic centered on completing a road journey while playing hazards and remedies.
- **Galt and Goula learning ranges** — Creative kits, puzzles, wooden toys and educational products for infants and young children.
- **Product development and distribution** — In-house concept development, licensing, manufacturing coordination and retail distribution for owned and partner brands.

## Achievements

- Built roots dating to 1853, making Royal Jumbo one of Europe's longstanding games businesses.
- Received the Royal designation for Koninklijke Jumbo.
- Expanded through the combination of Jumbo and Diset and the acquisitions of James Galt, Dujardin/TF1 Games, KD Group and Yulu.
- Exports products to more than 70 countries, according to transaction and company materials.
- Hitster won Circana's 2024 Europe award for Games and Puzzles based on retail tracking data.
- Maintains a portfolio that includes Stratego, Party & Co., Mille Bornes, Jan van Haasteren, Wasgij, Galt, Goula and Hitster.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Jumbo Group showcased party games at The Toy Insider's Sweet Suite with partner ChizSix as it continued building its US presence.
- **2026-07** — The group presented Autumn-Winter 2026 nursery collections from Pasito a Pasito, Pasito Play and Walking Mum in Seville.
- **2025-02** — Circana named Hitster the 2024 Games and Puzzles performance-award winner for Europe.
- **2025-01** — The 2024 sustainability report described a continued integration program across regional entities and expanded reporting scope including Toyland & Gifts.
- **2023-01** — Jumbodiset became Jumbo Group and integrated Yulu, adding Hong Kong-based product-development, sourcing and international-sales capabilities.

## Links

- Website: https://jumboplay.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jumboplay/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jumbo_games/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KoninklijkeJumbo/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13