Our history
A century in the making.
From a village barbershop in Vorden to the platform behind the country's beauty industry — four generations of craft.
1923
Café 'Onder de Linden' opens in Vorden.
1945
Gert Heersink starts a barbershop beside the bar — a haircut with your beer.
1976
Jim Heersink trains as a hairdresser and joins the salon.
1988
One of the first salons in the country to run on a computer program.
1996
Jim acquires the Coiffure software and rebuilds it as PC-Coiffure.
1997
Da Vinci International B.V. is founded on the 8th of August.
2008
Lidwien joins the family business and later takes the lead.
2013
Twin sisters Marre & Carlijn join the company.
2014
BarberBooking launches.
2025
Bjootify goes live — online booking for every salon.
2026
60,000 salons, 50M+ appointments: the biggest beauty platform.