About Us
Quick Facts
Quality Bearings Online is a multi-award-winning company which supplies precision bearings, engineering spares, and technologically advanced lubricants. We pride ourselves in offering industry recognised and quality brands, expert knowledge, excellent customer service and rapid delivery to anywhere in the world.
110+
Countries We Ship To Around The World
75
Years Of Industry Experience
10
Awards For Business and Exporting
96%
Customer Statifcation From Feefo
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Winners of the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award -
Queen's Award For Enterprise For International Trade -
Lloyds Bank Excellence Award, Employer Of The Year 2023 -
Awarded With The Investors In People Accreditation
Meet Our Team
Every member of the team is committed to their personal and professional development. Our company ethos is to develop and grow as a business and as individuals. All team members are encouraged to undertake training and qualifications as part of their continuous professional development. This way, we can ensure we are providing the best service to our customers around the world.
Our History
It began with a simple idea: transforming the way bearings were traditionally sold and disrupting the industry by selling them online. Founded in 2012 by Denny Maude and Simon Riley, the company was envisioned as an online bearing business, with a focus on digital-first philosophies in both sales and customer service. While the concept was simple, execution proved more challenging. Initially, it was difficult to find customers willing to move away from the traditional methods of ordering and embrace our key product lines online.
In March 2016, we shifted our strategy away from the UK market and focused on international expansion, relaunching QBOL’s website with an improved online presence.
Between 2016 and 2019, we won seven major awards that recognized our international growth and success in exporting. One of the most notable awards during this period was the Northern Powerhouse Export Award for Export Team of the Year. In 2022, we were honoured to receive one of the most prestigious accolades: the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. Having our culture and values recognized was a significant achievement for our team.
What began as a simple idea has grown into an incredible company with remarkable people, constantly striving to change the world of bearing distribution.
Our Vision, Mission & Values
Our mission is to become the number one choice for premium bearings and auxiliary engineering products, offering the fastest and most reliable service worldwide. We pride ourselves on the array of services we offer and how flexible we can be to cater to the needs and pressures our customers face. We want to provide this level of service and trust to customers worldwide so that we can become your number one choice as a supplier.
Never Competing, Always Exceeding
As we continue to evolve in the years to come, we wish to be known for our one-of-a-kind QBOL Culture and continue to reshape the bearing industry internationally.
Responsible | Excellence | Shared Success | Ambitious | Quality
We want to achieve our mission whilst delivering the shared core values above through our behaviour and commitments to our environment, local communities, and each other. We want to work alongside stakeholders who share the same values to help us deliver our mission.