What Berenschot does

Berenschot Groep B.V. is an independent Dutch organizational consultancy headquartered in Utrecht, founded in 1938. The firm employs more than 500 professionals under a flat partnership-free structure and delivers advisory services to Dutch municipalities, national government agencies, healthcare institutions, and large enterprises. Its practice areas span strategy and policy research, human capital, digitalization, energy transition, healthcare transformation, mobility, and safety/crisis management, with a primary emphasis on the Dutch public sector and adjacent semi-public domains.

Berenschot monetizes through project-based professional advisory engagements, supplemented by proprietary analytical tools and digital assessment products. These include the Beleidsimpactmodel (BIM) for policy evaluation, the Formatietool for workforce planning, the Maatschappelijke Kosten-Batenanalyse (MKBA) framework, an end-user cost model for energy transition, and a portfolio of online assessments (Talent Scan, Personality Scan, Capacity Scan) delivered through a personalized assessment portal. Revenue is fee-for-service, negotiated per engagement, with multi-year contracts typical in government work. The firm also generates thought-leadership content via annual HR Trend Research and Strategy Trend Research publications, podcasts (Bestuurspraat, De Vooruitgang aan Tafel), and newsletters that support top-of-funnel demand generation.

The go-to-market is direct, sales-led enterprise field engagement, with projects commonly won through competitive public-sector tendering (e.g., Ergon strategic course, COT acquisition). Berenschot maintains a regional geographic focus on the Netherlands with secondary operations in Flanders (Belgium), and its international footprint is not asserted globally. Customers span government ministries (Ministerie van Defensie, UWV), municipalities (Gemeente Buren, Gemeente Voorst, Gemeente Enschede), housing corporations (BrabantWonen), healthcare providers (UMC Utrecht), and enterprises (ARAG, unnamed large energy supplier). Recent inorganic moves — the acquisition of COT, Instituut voor Veiligheids- en Crisismanagement (effective 14 February 2026) and the announced acquisition of Silo35 — indicate active portfolio broadening in the safety and crisis management domain.

Name

Berenschot

Legal name

Berenschot Groep B.V.

Website

https://berenschot.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1938

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Berenschot is an independent Dutch organizational consultancy, founded in 1938 and headquartered in Utrecht, employing 500+ professionals to advise Dutch public-sector bodies, healthcare institutions, and enterprises on strategy, policy, human capital, digitalization, and energy transition through project-based engagements and proprietary analytical tools.

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, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advisory and Consulting Services: Berenschot generates revenue through professional advisory and consulting engagements with government agencies, municipalities, healthcare organizations, and enterprises. Projects are delivered by consultants across practice areas including strategy, policy, HR, digitalization, and energy transition. Revenue is project-based and fee-for-service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Berenschot is an independent Dutch management and organizational consultancy that delivers advisory services across strategy, policy, HR, digitalization, energy transition, healthcare transformation, mobility, education, and public administration. Engagements are project-based and span benchmarking, organizational design, implementation support, training, and evaluations, supplemented by proprietary analytical tools (BIM, Formatietool, MKBA) and online assessment products.

Product overview

Berenschot is a Dutch independent management consulting firm offering a portfolio of advisory services across themes including sustainability, energy transition, healthcare transformation, public administration, and digitalization. The core service offering is consulting-based rather than a software product, but the firm does offer several proprietary analytical tools and digital services. These include the Online Talent, Personality, and Capacity Scans for assessment purposes, the BeCome Online Coaching Trajectory combining one-on-one coaching with digital learning, the Berenschot Beleidsimpactmodel (BIM) for policy impact analysis, the Formatietool for staffing calculations, and the Rekentool MKBA for cost-benefit analysis of wage subsidies. The online assessment services are delivered through a personalized assessment portal. These products and tools are integrated within Berenschot's broader consulting services spanning strategy, policy research, benchmarking, human capital, digitalization, and implementation support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Talent Scan Online assessment tool that provides insight into the capacities, personality, and motivations of candidates and employees, including the participant's potential. Sold to organizations for selection and development of talent.
• Online Personality Scan Online assessment that provides insight into the personality and motivations of candidates and employees, offering handles for further growth and development.
• Online Capacity Scan Online assessment that quickly provides insight into the cognitive capacities of a participant in relation to the desired work and thinking level.
• BeCome Online Coaching Trajectory An online coaching trajectory that combines one-on-one coaching with an online learning environment. Over 6 to 8 weeks, participants work on various assignments within the online learning environment, guided by a Berenschot coach at the beginning, middle, and end of the program.
• Berenschot Beleidsimpactmodel (BIM) A proprietary policy impact model that converts complex policy into clear insight and steering power, helping policymakers substantiate choices, adjust mid-term, and evaluate sharply. Used for effect studies, policy evaluations, and organization evaluations in the social domain.
• Formatietool A proprietary staffing tool developed by Berenschot that helps organizations calculate required staffing levels, supporting decisions about workforce planning and organizational structure.
• Rekentool MKBA loonkostensubsidies A calculation tool developed by Berenschot for Cedris and Divosa that provides municipalities and social development companies with insight into the costs and benefits of wage cost subsidies.
• Assessmentportal A personalized digital assessment portal where employers can request assessments and view results, supporting individual assessments, large groups of participants, or recurring job profiles.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ergon strategic course development resulted in agreement to place 250 additional FTE from Participatiewet by 2032, on top of existing 2,400 FTE
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• COT, Instituut voor Veiligheids- en CrisismanagementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 February 2026Berenschot acquired COT, Instituut voor Veiligheids- en Crisismanagement, effective 14 February 2026. The acquisition bundles expertise, experience, and networks in crisis management and safety research. The goal is to better prepare the Netherlands for crises and incidents. COT will continue as part of Berenschot's safety and crisis management practice.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• BMC: BMC is a Dutch advisory and implementation firm with a strong public sector, healthcare, and social domain focus, providing interim management, advisory, and operational support. It overlaps with Berenschot's public sector and healthcare practices and competes for similar municipal and ministry engagements.
• Twynstra Gudde: Twynstra Gudde is one of the largest independent Dutch management and organizational consultancies, with deep public sector, healthcare, education, and infrastructure practices. It is the closest direct competitor to Berenschot in the Dutch advisory market, competing on similar tenders and serving many of the same ministries, municipalities, and care institutions.
• Andersson Elffers Felix (AEF): AEF is a Dutch consultancy focused on the public sector, with strengths in organizational design, governance, and sector-specific policy work for governments, healthcare, education, and justice clients. It directly competes with Berenschot for Dutch public sector mandates and shares a similar organizational consulting DNA.
• Cebeon: Cebeon is a Dutch research and advisory boutique specializing in public finance, social security, labor market, and education policy, serving ministries and municipalities. Its policy and benchmarking work directly mirrors Berenschot's Strategy, Beleid en Onderzoek practice, often bidding for the same Dutch public sector tenders.
• IG&H: IG&H is a Netherlands-based consulting firm serving healthcare, financial services, and retail with strategy, digital, and operational consulting. It overlaps with Berenschot's healthcare transformation practice and competes for advisory work with Dutch hospitals, insurers, and large enterprises.

Broad incumbents

• Boston Consulting Group (BCG): BCG is a global strategy consulting firm with a strong Amsterdam practice serving Dutch and Benelux clients in public sector, energy, healthcare, and financial services. It overlaps with Berenschot's strategy and transformation engagements and frequently competes for high-profile Dutch mandates.
• McKinsey & Company: McKinsey is a global management consulting firm with a large Amsterdam office serving Dutch ministries, healthcare systems, and large enterprises. It competes with Berenschot for top-tier Dutch public sector and enterprise strategy mandates, often at the larger end of deal sizes.
• Deloitte Consulting (Netherlands): Deloitte's Dutch consulting practice covers strategy, operations, technology, and human capital, with strong public sector and healthcare advisory work. As a Big 4 firm, it competes with Berenschot for Dutch public sector, healthcare, and energy transition consulting tenders with broader global delivery capacity.
• KPMG Advisory (Netherlands): KPMG's Dutch advisory practice spans management consulting, risk, and technology, with significant public sector, energy, and healthcare engagements. It competes with Berenschot in Dutch public sector advisory and audit-adjacent transformation mandates.
• Roland Berger: Roland Berger is a European-origin global management consulting firm with strong presence in the Netherlands, advising public sector, energy, mobility, and industrial clients. It competes with Berenschot for Dutch public sector and energy transition strategy mandates, with similar European client base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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