Beocca

Beocca is a Dutch brand of handmade leather bags and accessories, founded in 2025 by siblings Lisa and Sven Dijk. The company designs and sells bags, wallets, belts and small leather goods made from vegetable-tanned leather, a material it presents as an older, cleaner alternative to chrome tanning. Its range includes shoulder bags, laptop bags, backpacks, handbags, toiletry bags, wallets and belts, with prices in the tens to low hundreds of euros. The brand positions itself around durability, transparency and responsible production, describing its products as designed in the Netherlands and made to grow more beautiful with the years. The idea for Beocca began during Lisa Dijk's internship in Kuala Lumpur, where she started designing bags in her free time and became interested in how leather is actually made. She found that much leather is tanned using chemicals that harm the environment and the people who work with them, and that vegetable tanning uses bark, leaves and fruit instead of chromium. What started as a hobby became a business: in 2025 Lisa and her brother Sven founded Beocca, believing more people wanted to know how their bag was made. Lisa handles marketing, design and sales, while Sven manages operations, finance and IT. Beocca sells primarily through its own online store, offering free shipping and 30-day free returns, with delivery stated as within two days. Its catalogue is organised around named models such as the Mavis backpack, the Mason 15-inch laptop bag, the Maia and Fei shoulder bags, the Beau mid-size handbag, the Miles toiletry bag, the Aris wallet, the Yarra wallet and the Oden men's belt. The brand communicates directly with customers through a newsletter, social media channels and a country and language selector, and it presents itself as a small, founder-led label rather than a large fashion house.

Beocca was founded in 2025 by Lisa and Sven Dijk, a sister and brother based in the Netherlands. The brand's origin story, as told on its own website, begins during Lisa's internship in Kuala Lumpur. In her free time she started designing bags and became interested in how leather is actually made. She learned that most leather bags are tanned using chemicals that harm the environment and the people who work with them, and that vegetable tanning is an older technique using bark, leaves and fruit instead of chromium. Vegetable tanning is described by the brand as more expensive and more labour-intensive, but much cleaner. What began as a hobby became more serious. In 2025 Lisa and her brother Sven founded Beocca, on the belief that there were more people who wanted to know how their bag was made. The two founders divide responsibilities: Lisa Dijk, co-founder, handles marketing, design and sales, designs the products and stays in touch with suppliers and partners; Sven Dijk, co-founder, handles operations, finance and IT. The brand states that Lisa designs bags that are not just appealing for one season but last a lifetime. From the outset Beocca has sold directly to consumers through its own online store, with free shipping and 30-day free returns and delivery stated as within two days. Its catalogue is built around named models rather than generic categories, including the Mavis backpack for 15.6-inch laptops, the Mason 15-inch laptop bag, the Maia and Fei shoulder bags, the Beau mid-size handbag, the Miles toiletry bag, the Aris and Yarra wallets and the Oden men's belt. Products are made from vegetable-tanned leather and are marketed as designed in the Netherlands and made to grow more beautiful with the years. The brand communicates a positioning of quality and responsibility going hand in hand, summarised in a founder quote on its About page: "We believe quality and responsibility should go hand in hand, and we prove it with every bag we make." It operates a newsletter sign-up offering 10% off, maintains a country and language selector, and is present on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and WhatsApp. As of the available evidence, Beocca remains a small, founder-led private label with no disclosed parent company or external ownership.

• 2025

  Beocca founded by siblings Lisa and Sven Dijk in the Netherlands.

• Origin of the idea during Lisa Dijk's internship in Kuala Lumpur, where she began designing bags and researching leather tanning.

Handmade bags in vegetable-tanned leather, designed in the Netherlands and made to last a lifetime, with an emphasis on fairer and more transparent leather production.

• Backpack Mavis | 15.6"

  Rugged leather backpack for 15.6-inch laptops, 35 × 45 × 10 cm, 23L capacity, 4 compartments, vegetable-tanned leather, €169.

• Leather Laptop Bag Mason 15"

  Vegetable-tanned leather laptop bag, €199.

• Leather Shoulder Bag Maia

  Vegetable-tanned leather shoulder bag, €109.

• Leather Shoulder Bag Fei

  Vegetable-tanned leather shoulder bag, €109.

• Leather Mid-Size Handbag Beau

  Vegetable-tanned leather mid-size handbag, €129.

• Leather Toiletry Bag Miles

  Vegetable-tanned leather toiletry bag, €49.

• Leather Wallet Aris

  Vegetable-tanned leather wallet, €29.95.

• Leather Wallet Yarra

  Spacious leather wallet with RFID protection, 18 × 10 × 3 cm, vegetable-tanned leather, buckle closure, €49.

• Leather Men's Belt Oden

  Vegetable-tanned leather men's belt, €34.95.

1. 1Beocca | Handmade Leather Bags & Accessoriesbeocca.com
2. 2About Beocca | Handmade Leather Bags from the Netherlandsbeocca.com
3. 3Leather Wallet Yarra | RFID Protection | Beoccabeocca.com
4. 4Leather Laptop Backpack Mavis 15.6 inch | Beoccabeocca.com
5. 5Beoccawikidata.org