The Biesterfeld SE is the strategic holding of the Biesterfeld group of companies, a distributor for plastics and chemicals with subsidiaries in more than 30 countries worldwide.

The headquarters of the family-owned company is in Hamburg, Germany.

Chemicals and fertilizers were established as a second pillar of the company in the 1930s.

In-house products were developed, and international business started.

After his death, his son Dirk J. Biesterfeld took over the family business as General Partner in 1970, and developed it into an internationally operating group.