Belfor Case
“Can BELFOR scale its global property restoration and disaster recovery operations through franchising and technology partnerships while maintaining consistent service quality across 14,000+ employees worldwide?”
Founded in 1946 as a construction company, BELFOR evolved through several rebranding and ownership changes into the world's largest disaster recovery and property restoration company, with operations in North America and Europe. A series of acquisitions — first by Masco, then by European conglomerate Haniel — consolidated the brand globally. The company operates as a private, PE-backed entity headquartered in Birmingham, Michigan, with approximately 14,000 employees worldwide. Its embedded finance footprint is minimal; the primary confirmed technology vendor is Emburse for expense management.