Logius

What Logius does

Logius is the digital government service agency (agentschap) of the Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), headquartered in The Hague and operating since 2006 (originally as GBO.Overheid, renamed Logius in 2010). It builds and maintains the shared digital infrastructure of the Dutch central government, organized across five domains: Toegang (access), Interactie (interaction), Gegevensuitwisseling (data exchange), Infrastructuur (infrastructure), and Publicatie (publication, through the KOOP subsidiary integrated in 2023).

Its core products include DigiD and DigiD Machtigen (national digital identity and authorized-representation login, with 645 million authentications and 16.6 million authorizations processed in 2025), eHerkenning (business authentication), PKIoverheid (public key infrastructure and digital certificates accepted within the EU), Digipoort (the central message hub processing 35,000+ daily financial-data messages and 123 message types), Digikoppeling (messaging standards), Diginetwerk (closed secure network), MijnOverheid (the citizen portal delivering 92 million messages from 431 organizations), and DigiToegankelijk (digital accessibility oversight). Underpinning infrastructure includes the Standaard Platform (Kubernetes-based cloud hosting) and the Centraal Aansluitpunt (central connection node for API and message traffic).

Logius is funded centrally since 2023 through the Generieke Digitale Infrastructuur (GDI) budget managed by BZK, with supplementary commissioning from the Ministries of Economic Affairs, Public Health, Welfare and Sport, and Education, Culture and Science. Prior to 2023, services were priced on a usage basis (e.g., €0.13 per DigiD authentication in 2022). The organization serves effectively a single principal customer — the Dutch public sector — spanning ministries, municipalities, water boards, and semi-governmental organizations, as well as Dutch citizens and businesses interfacing through DigiD, eHerkenning, and MijnOverheid. KOOP, its wholly-owned subsidiary for official government publications, is included within the Logius organization since January 2023.

Name

Logius

Legal name

Logius

Website

https://logius.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Logius is the Dutch Ministry of the Interior's digital government agency, operating the national digital identity (DigiD), eHerkenning, Digipoort message hub, PKIoverheid, MijnOverheid citizen portal, and shared API and network standards for all Dutch public-sector organizations, citizens, and businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Digital Infrastructure

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320), National Security (928110)

akta.pro primary industry

Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals) (BPAIAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Single Sign-On (SSO) & Federation (BPAMAEAF), Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL)

Keywords

• Government digital infrastructure
• National digital identity
• Electronic government messaging
• E-invoicing standards
• Public key infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

The Hague

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Central Government Funding (GDI): Since 2023, most Logius services fall under the Generieke Digitale Infrastructuur (GDI) funded from a central government budget managed by BZK. No direct charges to consumers or organizations for core services.
2. Historical Usage-Based Fees (pre-2023): Prior to 2023, costs were charged to organizations based on actual usage: DigiD authentication fees, DigiD Machtigen authorization fees, and MijnOverheid message processing fees.
3. Ministry Commissioned Work: Logius work is commissioned by bodies responsible for policy, primarily the Ministries of Interior (BZK), Economic Affairs, Public Health, Welfare and Sport, and Education, Culture and Science. These ministries commission Logius to maintain and develop products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Logius develops, maintains, and operates the Dutch national digital government infrastructure on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK). Its core offerings include the DigiD digital identity platform, the Digipoort electronic messaging hub, MijnOverheid citizen portal, Digikoppeling data exchange standards, PKIoverheid public key infrastructure, Diginetwerk secure network, and eHerkenning business authentication. These services enable secure authentication and authorized data exchange between Dutch citizens, businesses, and government organizations.

Product overview

Logius is the digital government service of the Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), operating as a platform-plus-modules architecture organized across five domains: Toegang (Access), Interactie (Interaction), Gegevensuitwisseling (Data Exchange), Infrastructuur (Infrastructure), and Publicatie (Publication). The core products include DigiD and DigiD Machtigen for citizen digital identity and authorization; eHerkenning and PKIoverheid for business authentication and certificates; MijnOverheid and Federatief Berichten Stelsel for citizen-government messaging; and Digipoort, Digikoppeling, Digilevering, and Digimelding for government data exchange infrastructure. Supporting standards include Peppol (e-invoicing), Standard Business Reporting (SBR), XBRL, API standards, and various framework services like Standaard Platform, BOMOS, and DigiToegankelijk. KOOP handles official government publications. Logius manages government-wide ICT solutions and common standards that simplify communication between authorities, citizens, and businesses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DigiD DigiD is a safe and reliable digital identity credential enabling Dutch citizens to digitally identify themselves when accessing government online services, functioning as a digital passport for authentication at government organizations and entities with a public task.
• DigiD Machtigen DigiD Machtigen enables a person to authorize someone else (family member, care provider, tax advisor) to act on their behalf for specific digital government services for a defined time period and bounded digital service.
• eHerkenning eHerkenning is an authentication credential enabling entrepreneurs, intermediaries, and employees to securely log in to connected government and public organizations across the Netherlands.
• PKIoverheid PKIoverheid provides digital certificates for securing electronic services, enabling organizations to digitally identify themselves, exchange data securely, and place legally valid digital signatures accepted within the EU.
• Bevoegdheidsverklaringsdienst The Bevoegdheidsverklaringsdienst provides service providers with insight into whether a person or organization has the authority to legally represent someone else, delivering information about parental authority and protection administration.
• BSNk PP BSNk PP enables the use of public and private authentication and authorization credentials in the public domain, performing authentication at high reliability levels to safeguard citizen privacy and security during login.
• Machtigingenregister Digipoort The Machtigingenregister Digipoort tracks which organizations are authorized to digitally retrieve messages and data for specific customers from the Tax Authority, Benefits Agency (Dienst Toeslagen), and Employee Insurance Agency (UWV).
• MijnOverheid MijnOverheid is the personal government portal for Dutch citizens providing access to personal data, government messages, and status of ongoing affairs through the website, Berichtenbox, and MijnGegevens apps, including MijnZaken and WOZ-inzage.
• Federatief Berichten Stelsel (FBS) The Federatief Berichten Stelsel is Logius's new messaging provision enabling organizations to make messages from their own message stores available to citizens and businesses through commonly defined services, replacing the current GLOBE / MijnOverheid Berichtenbox.
• Samenwerkende Catalogi Samenwerkende Catalogi are agreements for exchanging information about government products and services, enabling product information reuse and allowing municipalities to offer central, provincial, or national government products on their own websites.
• Digipoort Digipoort is the ICT central hub for government message traffic, functioning as an electronic post office that receives messages, validates them, and confirms receipt on behalf of organizations across 123 message types including tax, social security, and financial data.
• Digikoppeling Digikoppeling is a set of standards containing logistical agreements for electronic message traffic between government organizations, supporting WUS and REST-API interfaces as digital packaging for secure message exchange.
• Digilevering Digilevering delivers messages about important events from base registries, notifying subscribed recipients about changes such as company relocations or building value changes, processing over 200 million messages annually.
• Digimelding Digimelding enables organizations to uniformly, reliably, and efficiently report potential inaccuracies in base registry data back to source holders, serving as an instrument for maintaining base registry quality.
• Diginetwerk Diginetwerk is a framework for connecting closed IT networks of government organizations, creating one secure network for exchanging citizen and business data between public organizations, safer than using the open internet.
• Centraal Aansluitpunt Centraal Aansluitpunt is a node for message traffic between systems for government organizations, preventing each organization from having to arrange its own secure connections; provides access to KVK APIs including Trade Register Search, Basic Profile, and Establishment Profile.
• Standaard Platform Standaard Platform provides development and management environments for government organizations to build and host websites and applications that immediately comply with government guidelines, using Kubernetes and open source components.
• DigiToegankelijk DigiToegankelijk is the Dutch standard for making government websites and apps accessible to all citizens regardless of age or disability, with Logius serving as the knowledge center for digital accessibility.
• KOOP (Kennis- en exploitatiecentrum Officiële Overheidspublicaties) KOOP supports all government organizations as the publisher of official government information, ensuring compliance with statutory publication tasks, improving the legislative process, and actively making government information publicly available.
• Begrippenvoorziening Begrippenvoorziening provides a clear overview of terminology used by governments in executing their tasks, helping civil servants, data architects, and policy staff understand concepts consistently through a centralized terminology service and API.
• BOMOS BOMOS provides a method for developing and managing standards and frameworks, offering strategic insight and practical tips for creating successful standards, covering stakeholder engagement, funding, and community management.
• E-factureren E-factureren manages technical connections and standards enabling software suppliers to implement electronic invoicing to the national government, supporting Peppol and related standards.
• E-procurement E-procurement handles electronic procurement processes from purchasing strategy and tendering to contracting, ordering, and payment via e-invoices, increasing efficiency and simplifying administration.
• IPv4 en IPv6-adressen voor de overheid Logius manages the Dutch government-wide IPv6 numbering framework and issues IPv6 addresses to government organizations, ensuring compliance with RPKI security standards for internet use.
• Logboek Dataverwerkingen Logboek Dataverwerkingen is a standard for organizations to record data processing activities, providing insight into how data is used within and between organizations.
• Peppol Peppol is an international standard for sending, receiving, and processing electronic invoices, orders, and timecards, enabling governments, businesses, and organizations to exchange electronic messages more easily, faster, and more securely than via email and PDF.
• Standard Business Reporting (SBR) SBR is the Dutch national standard for digital exchange of all business reports, enabling entrepreneurs and intermediaries to supply financial information directly from their systems to organizations like the Tax Authority and KVK.
• Stelselcatalogus Stelselcatalogus is an online catalog making government data, concepts, and information models more findable and understandable through metadata, showing which data is stored in which registrations and how they relate.
• XBRL XBRL is an open standard for structured sharing of business information via the internet, used in the Netherlands for tax returns, annual reports, and credit reports, with Logius managing the Dutch Taxonomy.
• NL GOV profile for CloudEvents NL GOV profile for CloudEvents is a set of Dutch agreements for using the international CloudEvents standard, describing how events such as relocations or deaths can be reported and exchanged so organizations can work together more easily.
• Organisatie-identificatienummer (OIN) OIN is a unique number assigned by Logius to organizations for identification, authentication, and authorization in digital message traffic within and with the Dutch government.
• Stelselvoorzieningen Stelselvoorzieningen is a collection of facilities supporting base registries in exchanging data simply, uniformly, reliably, and efficiently with their users, including Digikoppeling, Diginetwerk, Digimelding, Digilevering, Stelselcatalogus, and Begrippenvoorziening.

Quantifiable outcome

• 645 million DigiD login actions in 2025, with significant growth compared to 2024
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SolvinitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Solvinity is the key IT infrastructure provider managing DigiD, the Dutch national digital identity system. The Dutch government extended its contract with Solvinity for two years despite ongoing national security concerns following a potential US takeover bid by Kyndryl. Dutch State Secretary Eric van der Burg warned that without the renewal, Logius's operations and public digital services relied upon by citizens for health insurance, pensions, and taxes could be disrupted. On May 26, 2026, the Dutch government blocked the Kyndryl acquisition.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Service Canada: Service Canada provides the centralized access point for citizens to federal benefits and services, including the SecureKey Concierge authentication stack (now Sign-In by GCKey). It is comparable to Logius as a single-window citizen-facing federal digital service layer with a national identity component.
• e-Estonia / Information System Authority (RIA): Estonia's RIA operates the e-Estonia digital government ecosystem including eID, X-Road (data exchange layer), and once-only government data exchange. The X-Road interoperability framework parallels Logius's Digikoppeling/Digipoort stack, and e-Estonia is the canonical small-state government digital infrastructure peer.
• Government Digital Service (GDS): The UK's Government Digital Service operates GOV.UK and gov.uk Verify/One Login for citizen authentication against government services. It is the closest functional equivalent to Logius: a national digital government service organization building shared platforms, identity, and standards across the public sector.
• Govdigital (Germany): Govdigital is a German public-sector cooperative delivering shared digital infrastructure (identity, data exchange, hosting) to German government entities. Like Logius it sits at the intersection of national e-government and shared platform delivery, though structured as a cooperative rather than a ministry agency.
• FranceConnect: FranceConnect is the French government's national SSO for accessing public services online, supporting citizens with multiple eID providers (including FranceConnect+ for higher-assurance use cases). Like DigiD, it is a single national authentication layer used by virtually all citizens to access government services.
• DIGG - Myndigheten för digital förvaltning: Sweden's Agency for Digital Government (DIGG) operates the Freja eID and the Ena Sveriges digitala infrastruktur (ESi) program for shared government digital infrastructure. It is directly comparable to Logius in mandate and product scope: national eID, interoperability standards, and shared services for public organizations.

Regional players

• GovTech Singapore: GovTech Singapore builds shared national digital services (MyInfo, Singpass) for citizens and businesses. Comparable in scale and product breadth (national eID + government API platform), it operates in a different geography and from a city-state base rather than a federal ministry structure.
• Digital Transformation Agency (Australia): Australia's DTA oversees myGov (citizen portal) and the Digital ID system (Australia's national trusted digital identity). Directly comparable in mandate to Logius across citizen-facing portals, national digital identity, and shared government platforms, but operating in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Signicat: Signicat is a leading European provider of digital identity, e-signature, and identity verification across multiple sectors, including government-grade assurance levels (eIDAS). It is a broad incumbent in the same identity/authentication space as DigiD/eHerkenning, but operates commercially across multiple countries and verticals.

Emerging players

• ID.me: ID.me provides digital identity and authentication for US federal and state government services (Login.gov competitor and IRS identity provider). Comparable to DigiD as a citizen-facing government authentication provider, but operating as a commercial identity provider within a federated US system rather than as a single national SSO monopoly.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/logius_minbzk
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Logius_minbzk
• LinkedInnl.linkedin.com/company/logius
• Instagraminstagram.com/logius_bzk

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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