FCB

What FCB does

FCB (Arbeidsmarktfonds FCB, legally Fonds Collectieve Belangen) is a Dutch non-profit labor market fund (stichting) that operates the collective bargaining and workforce development infrastructure for three interconnected social sectors in the Netherlands: youth care (jeugdzorg), childcare (kinderopvang), and social work (sociaal werk). Founded in its current organizational form in 2005 — though the underlying Cao FCB collective agreement dates to 1992 — FCB is headquartered at Koningin Wilhelminalaan 3 in Utrecht and serves approximately 200,000 employees and nearly 5,000 employers across these sectors.

The organization's core offering consists of three sector-specific online labor market platforms — Jeugdzorg werkt!, Kinderopvang werkt!, and Sociaal Werk werkt! — which deliver information, tools, apps, research, campaigns, and helpdesk services to both employers and employees within their respective sectors. Underpinning these platforms is the Cao FCB collective labor agreement and the FCB-bijdrage contribution system, which together form the administrative and regulatory framework. FCB also provides expert advisory services through its in-house team covering labor market policy, CAO support, labor market research, communication, subsidies, project management, and financial management.

FCB's revenue model is a mandatory sector-wide levy: organizations operating under Cao Jeugdzorg, Cao Kinderopvang, or Cao Sociaal Werk pay an FCB contribution of 0.086% of their total salary sum (loonsom), with a minimum of €15, billed annually. For 2025, signatory employer organization members pay 0.086% from 1 January, while non-member employers pay 0.0836% from the AVV decision date of 11 January 2025. The Cao FCB 2025-2026 was declared generally binding (algemeen verbindend verklaard) by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, making contribution effectively compulsory across all three sectors. Governance is bipartite, jointly controlled by employer organizations (Sociaal Werk Nederland, Jeugdzorg Nederland, Brancheorganisatie Kinderopvang, BMK) and employee organizations (FNV Zorg & Welzijn, CNV Zorg & Welzijn, FBZ).

Name

FCB

Legal name

Arbeidsmarktfonds FCB

Website

https://fcb.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FCB (Arbeidsmarktfonds FCB) is a Dutch non-profit labor market fund operating three sector platforms supporting employers and employees in youth care, childcare, and social work, funded by mandatory sector-wide salary contributions under a government-endorsed collective agreement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. FCB Contribution (Cao-bijdrage): Organizations under Cao Jeugdzorg, Cao Kinderopvang, or Cao Sociaal Werk pay a mandatory FCB contribution of 0.086% of their total salary sum (loonsom), with a minimum of €15. This funds the labor market platforms and activities for the three sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

FCB is a Dutch non-profit labor market fund that collects mandatory contributions from organizations operating under the Cao Jeugdzorg, Cao Kinderopvang, and Cao Sociaal Werk collective labor agreements. The fund uses these contributions to operate three sector-specific online labor market platforms, fund research and projects for workforce development, and support collaboration between employer and employee organizations to improve working conditions and labor market functioning in youth care, childcare, and social work.

Product overview

FCB (Fonds Collectieve Belangen) is a Dutch labor market fund for youth care, childcare, and social work sectors. The organization operates as a unified platform supporting approximately 200,000 employees and nearly 5,000 employers. Its offering consists of three integrated labor market platforms (Jeugdzorg werkt!, Kinderopvang werkt!, and Sociaal Werk werkt!) that provide tools, apps, research, campaigns, and helpdesk services. The FCB-bijdrage (contribution system) and Cao FCB (collective labor agreement) form the administrative and regulatory framework, while the FCB-team provides expert support services including advisory, CBA execution, and practical tool development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jeugdzorg werkt! An online labor market platform dedicated to supporting the youth care sector in the Netherlands, providing information, tools, and resources for employers and employees in youth care.
• Kinderopvang werkt!
• Sociaal Werk werkt!
• FCB-team advisory and support services

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sociaal Werk NederlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer organization representing social work sector, co-signatory of Cao FCB and member of FCB board, actively collaborating on labor market policy development.
• Jeugdzorg NederlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer organization representing youth care sector, co-signatory of Cao FCB and member of FCB board, actively collaborating on labor market policy development.
• Brancheorganisatie KinderopvangcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer organization representing childcare sector, co-signatory of Cao FCB and member of FCB board, actively collaborating on labor market policy development.
• Branchevereniging Maatschappelijke Kinderopvang (BMK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployer organization for societal childcare, first-time signatory of Cao FCB agreement, expanding the fund's reach and legitimacy.
• FNV Zorg & WelzijncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor employee union in healthcare and welfare sectors, co-signatory of Cao FCB and has representation on FCB board, representing worker interests.
• CNV Zorg & WelzijncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmployee union representing healthcare and welfare workers, co-signatory of Cao FCB and has representation on FCB board.
• FBZ (Vakbond voor zorgprofessionals)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional association for healthcare professionals, signed the Cao FCB agreement on behalf of employees.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• CNV: The second major Dutch trade union federation, with CNV Zorg & Welzijn co-signing the Cao FCB and participating in FCB governance. Mirrors the social-partner function that underpins FCB's Cao-driven funding model.
• UWV (Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen): Dutch quasi-governmental agency administering employee insurance schemes (unemployment, disability, sickness) and supporting labour-market reintegration. Much broader mandate than FCB, but a key institutional incumbent in the Dutch labour-market infrastructure in which FCB operates.
• FNV: The largest Dutch trade union federation, with affiliated unions (including FNV Zorg & Welzijn) sitting on FCB's board and co-signing the Cao FCB. Provides the employee-side counterpart that makes FCB's bipartite labour-market structure possible.
• AWVN (Algemene Werkgeversvereniging VNO-NCW): The largest Dutch employers' association, representing cross-sectoral employer interests in collective bargaining and labour-market policy. A structural analogue of FCB's constituent employer organisations (e.g., Sociaal Werk Nederland, Jeugdzorg Nederland) at a cross-sectoral level.

Others

• Movisie: Dutch knowledge institute focusing on social issues including youth care and social work, providing research, training and tools to professionals in FCB's covered sectors. Adjacent rather than competing: complements FCB's labour-market platforms with substantive sectoral expertise.
• Stichting CAOP: Dutch knowledge and advisory centre specialised in labour-market, HR, and public-sector employment issues. Adjacent to FCB rather than competing: provides research, training and advisory on the same social-partner themes, but does not collect Cao contributions.

Direct peers

• Arbouw: Dutch sectoral labour-market fund for the construction industry, jointly governed by employers and unions and financed via mandatory Cao contributions. Directly comparable to FCB on funding mechanism (employer levy), bipartite governance, and platform-style delivery of training and labour-market services.
• Sociaal Fonds Horeca: Dutch sectoral social fund for the hospitality industry, established by Cao parties and funded by a contribution on the payroll of covered employers. Closely mirrors FCB's operating model: bipartite governance, employer payroll-based contribution, and platforms focused on workforce development and retention.
• OOM (Stichting Opleidingsfonds Metaal & Techniek): The Dutch sectoral training and development fund for the metalworking and technical industry, established by social partners and funded by employer contributions collected via collective labour agreements. Shares FCB's Cao-driven funding model, bipartite governance, and focus on training, retention, and labour-market research.
• A+O fonds Provincies: Dutch sectoral labour-market and development fund for provincial employers, governed jointly by employers, unions and the government and funded via a Cao-based contribution. Structurally near-identical to FCB in funding mechanism, bipartite governance, and mandate to support workforce development in a public-sector-adjacent domain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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