Even before 1958 Kooyman maintained contact with Bonaire and activities already took place. In that year these contacts were formalized when the “Handelsmaatschappij Rincon N.V.” was founded.

As soon as Bonaire received their building materials a new market developed. Houses were built yearly and sold with profit.

A big impact was made with the decoration of Hotel Bonaire’s casino. The former casino-manager Bud Sweet had the carpentry factory Kooijman fabricate all his card tables and was utterly satisfied with the final result. Afterwards many other carpentry orders for the hotel followed. The government of Bonaire was also in need of wooden furniture for their schoolrooms.

Because of growing need for building materials in 1981, the main focus was on wood, cement, glass, paint, tools and the need for plumbers, electricians and painters.

When in 1982 Kooyman became part of the establishment General Store on Bonaire, everything changed. In 1991 the Kooyman Holding got ahold of all stocks. In September 2000 the name changed to Kooyman Bonaire.

Kooyman Bonaire is the largest and most complete hardware store on the island. The store carries a wide assortment of construction materials as well as home decoration, lawn and garden, plumbing and tools. Besides the store, Kooyman Bonaire also has a big yard with building materials.

On a weekly basis hardware and building materials are also shipped from the head office in Curacao to Bonaire. Apart from the hardware and building materials, they have a well equipped glass department with prefab and custom windows and glass.

Just next door: RBTT bank, supermarket Cultimara, botika Corona and bar/restaurant 'De Tuin'.