About Spaas
Quality & Craftsmanship
The picturesque Hamont in Limburg, Belgium is our home base. In 2023, our team proudly celebrated the company's 170th anniversary.
Spaas began as a pioneer in the wax bleaching industry for monasteries and abbeys making candles. The second generation specialised in handmade church candles. The third focused on domestic use with functional emergency candles. Over time, more and more ‘value for money’ lifestyle products followed.
Innovation, steady growth and automation paved the way for the company's prominent place in the European candle market today. Ben and Sarah Spaas are the proud shareholders who can count on 350 dedicated employees in Belgium and Poland. Even the young sixth generation is already inspired by its precious heritage and unstoppable creativity. Family is an integral part of Spaas' DNA. This is reflected in loyal partnerships in more than 40 countries. Fostering more connection between people is the sincere mission of our authentic brand.
What a flame can do
For more than 170 years, Spaas stands for real and authentic connection. Today more than ever, we believe in the connecting power of every flame.
That is why we dream of a world where everyone can and may feel connected. Because we too are still amazed at what a flame can do.
Spaas, what a flame can do
Our history
Our story starts in De Posthoorn, an old brewery in Hamont, which Hendrik Jan Spaas transformed into a wax bleaching shop. It bleached beeswax for sale to monasteries and abbeys that made candles. People in Italy were also happy as the opera Il Trovatore premiered.
While the Eiffel Tower was being built in Paris, the small company moved to Sint-Huibrechts-Lille. Part of the company was equipped as a cigar factory.
After the closure of the cigar factory, the wax bleaching shop moved back to Hamont. The candle making shop was modernised by Gerard, Henri & Jozef Spaas and production was expanded. Unfortunately, it didn't win us the Nobel Prize, which in that same year was awarded for the first time.