Private company

Plopsa

Logo: Plopsa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Theme park division of Studio 100

Plopsa is the theme park division of Studio 100, which operates 8 parks across Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and Poland.2 It is headquartered in Plopsaland Belgium.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

  • Industryleisure park industry1
  • HeadquartersPlopsaland Belgium1
  • Websitewww.plopsa.be
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Photo: Fun4life at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Plopsa is the theme park division of Studio 100, which operates 8 parks across Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and Poland.2

Corporate structure

Plopsa is part of a group headed by Studio 100. 11 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Studio 100 Schelle, Belgium
    • Plopsa Plopsaland Belgium
      • Majaland Kownaty Owned · Torzym, Poland
      • Majaland Warszawa Owned · Góraszka, Poland
      • Plopsa Indoor Coevorden Owned · Coevorden
      • Plopsa Indoor Hasselt Owned · Hasselt, Belgium
      • Plopsa Station Antwerp Owned · Antwerp, Belgium
      • Plopsa Theater Owned · De Panne, Belgium
      • Plopsaland Belgium Owned · De Panne, Belgium
      • Plopsaland Deutschland Owned · Haßloch, Germany
      • Plopsaqua De Panne Owned · De Panne, Belgium
      • Plopsaqua Hannut-Landen Owned · Hannut, Belgium
    • Studio 100 Media München, Germany
    • Dedsit Subsidiary · Londerzeel, Belgium
    • Flying Bark Productions Subsidiary · Sydney
    • Little Airplane Productions Subsidiary · New York City
    • Studio 100 Film Subsidiary · Munich
    • Studio Plopsa Subsidiary · 100% · De Panne, Belgium
    • Njam! Subsidiary · Belgium
    • Studio 100 Animation Subsidiary · France
    • Studio 100 TV NV Subsidiary · Belgium

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Plopsa reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Majaland Kownaty
  • Majaland Warszawa
  • Plopsa Indoor Coevorden
  • Plopsa Indoor Hasselt
  • Plopsa Station Antwerp
  • Plopsa Theater
  • Plopsaland Belgium
  • Plopsaland Deutschland
  • Plopsaqua De Panne
  • Plopsaqua Hannut-Landen

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Studio 100.1

Plopsa began operation at the end of 1999 when Studio 100 acquired Meli Park in Adinkerke. After several renovations the park reopened as Plopsaland on 29 April 2000. Several attractions got a layover with Studio 100 characters, such as Kabouter Plop, Samson & Gert and Bumba.

In December 2005 the company opened a new indoor theme park in the Municipality Hasselt, Plopsa Indoor Hasselt. This marked the opening of the first indoor theme park in Belgium. In the same year Plopsa also acquired Télécoo, an amusement park near the waterfalls of Coo. As with Meli Park, several attractions got an overlay with Studio 100 characters. In July 2007 the park was renamed Plopsa Coo.

In 2010 Plopsa crossed the Dutch and German borders and opened an indoor theme park in Coevorden, similar to Plopsa Indoor Hasselt. The park officially opened its doors on 29 April 2010 as Plopsa Indoor Coevorden. In Germany, Plopsa acquired Holiday Park in Haßloch. As with Meli Park and Télécoo, the park got a layover with Studio 100 characters; The name, however, remained the same.

In 2015 the company enterend a new ares of park entertainment with the opening of Plopsaqua in De Panne, a water park themed around the Studio 100 character Vic the Viking. This park also received a subsidy from the Municipality, so the people of De Panne could use the facilities at a discount. Other Plopsaqua water parks are in active development throughout Belgium. The same year Studio 100/Plopsa opened their catalog of characters to other amusement park operators outside Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, France and the United Kingdom. Majaland Kownaty, Poland and a yet to be built theme park in Prague, Czech Republic are examples of this, since these parks are partially owned by an investment company. Steve van den Kerkhof (CEO of Plopsa) stated that there is also interest in the characters from companies in China, The US, Australia and Canada

The latest location opened in Torzym, Poland in September 2018 with Majaland Kownaty. Majaland Kownaty is an indoor theme park similar to Plopsaland Coevorden in The Netherlands. The title character is Maya the Bee. In contrary to the other 6 parks this park is partially owned by an investment company. The theme park is doing so well that Plopsa and Momentum Capital decided to build three other parks in Poland in Warsaw, Gdańsk and Katowice.

At the end of 2019 Plopsa acquired the struggling theme park Comic Station, located in a terminal of Antwerp Central Station. The park closed for a partial refurbishment and opened in October 2021 as Plopsa Station Antwerp.

During the summer of 2025 the group renamed all their outdoor parks to Plopsaland. Holiday Park and Plopsa Coo were renamed Plopsaland Deutschland and Plopsaland Ardennes respectively.

From Wikipedia’s article on Plopsa, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

  • Majaland Kownaty
  • Majaland Warszawa
  • Plopsa Indoor Coevorden
  • Plopsa Indoor Hasselt
  • Plopsa Station Antwerp
  • Plopsa Theater
  • Plopsaland Belgium
  • Plopsaland Deutschland
  • Plopsaqua De Panne
  • Plopsaqua Hannut-Landen

From Wikidata.1

Sources

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