Kovnet

What Kovnet does

KOVnet is a privately held Dutch SaaS company that provides an all-in-one administration and management platform for childcare organizations in the Netherlands. Founded in 2005 in Sassenheim by Jolanda, Ruud, and Rien in response to a national government call to develop software able to communicate with the Belastingdienst (tax authority) for the kinderopvang sector, the company today serves more than 800 childcare organizations, including kinderdagverblijven (daycare centers), buitenschoolse opvang (BSO/after-school care), peuterspeelzalen (preschool playgroups), and integraal kindcentra (IKC). It is operated as a family business (familiebedrijf) with the founders' sons now active in product development and operations, and the team has grown to roughly seventeen staff, including five in-house programmers maintaining the proprietary code base.

The product is delivered as a cloud-based ASP (Application Service Provider) platform under published ASP terms (dated 18 August 2023), accessible via modern browsers and extended with native iOS and Android applications — the Ouderapp (parent app) for communication, invoicing, photo albums, and digital notebooks; the Groepsapp (staff app) for live attendance, allergies, daily schedules, and parent chat; and the Vervoersapp (driver app) for BSO transport. Core modules include Facturering (invoicing with SEPA direct debit, debtor management, and bookkeeping exports), Kindplanning (capacity scheduling with real-time, automated BKR staff-to-child ratio recalculation), Personeelsplanning (rostering with salary-package export), Management (occupancy and revenue dashboards), and a recently integrated Kindvolgsysteem (the acquired Kindin module) for child development tracking across numeracy, language, motor, social-emotional, and self-orientation domains. The platform integrates with 15+ Dutch accounting, payroll, HR, debtor-management, and child-observation systems (including Twinfield, Visma.net, Unit4, Exact Online, Snelstart, Muis, AFAS, Dyflexis, Tactiplan, and Payt).

KOVnet operates a transparent usage-based recurring revenue model: €1.47 per active child per month for the base subscription (with custom pricing beyond 300 children), a €695 one-time onboarding fee for account configuration, and an à-la-carte menu of paid add-on modules (Ouderapp, Groepsapp, Vervoersapp, digital notebook, day-rhythm moments, digital contract signing, document upload, personnel roster, gross-net calculator). Distribution is direct and demo-led (online or on-location) supported by app-store presence, a partner channel via accounting and payroll resellers, and a self-service web app login at app.kovnet.nl. Pricing is published openly on the website; no funding rounds, external investors, or public listing are disclosed.

Name

Kovnet

Legal name

KOVnet software kinderopvang

Website

https://kovnet.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KOVnet is a Dutch SaaS company that provides an all-in-one childcare management platform to 800+ Dutch daycare, after-school care, preschool, and integrated child-center organizations, priced per active child and integrated with 15+ Dutch accounting, payroll, and HR systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Childcare Management Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAAABAC

Billing, Payments & Subscription Support

Business & Public Services/Administrative & Support Services (BPO, Call Centers, Back Office)/Omnichannel Customer Support (Email, Chat, Social, Messaging)

Keywords

• Childcare management software
• Parent communication app
• BSO transport planning
• Child development tracking
• Invoicing and billing software

Headquarters

HQ city

Sassenheim

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Maandelijkse abonnement per actief kind: Recurring monthly subscription priced at €1.47 per active child (1-300 children), with custom pricing arrangements for organizations with more than 300 children. Recurring SaaS revenue tied to live registered children.
2. Eenmalige aanmaakkosten: One-time setup/onboarding fee of €695.00 (package KOVnet) covering account setup, day-part creation, custom layout with logo, letterhead and footer. Payable in 1, 2 or 3 installments.
3. Aanvullende modules (upsell): Add-on modules available at additional cost (on request), including personalized digital registration form, basic/extended parent login, digital notebook, day rhythm moments, digital contract signing, document upload (Cloud), Ouderapp, Groepsapp, Vervoersapp, Personeelsrooster, Bruto-netto calculator. Land-and-expand upsell model.
4. Persoonlijke begeleiding en cursussen: Personal guidance, training and support services (including courses led by Hoofd cursussen Suzanne), offered as part of customer onboarding and ongoing service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

KOVnet sells an all-in-one cloud-based SaaS platform for Dutch childcare organizations (kinderdagverblijven, BSO, peuterspeelzalen, IKC's) that combines administration, invoicing with SEPA direct debit, child and staff scheduling with automated BKR compliance, BSO transport planning, child development tracking (Kindin), and management reporting, extended by native parent and staff mobile apps (Ouderapp, Groepsapp, Vervoersapp) and integrated with leading Dutch accounting and payroll platforms.

Product overview

Kovnet offers a single, integrated SaaS platform for Dutch childcare organizations (kinderdagverblijf, BSO, peuterspeelzaal, IKC), sold as one main package with optional add-on modules. The core platform combines the modules Facturering (invoicing with SEPA and bookkeeping exports), Kindplanning (child scheduling with BKR compliance), Personeelsplanning (staff rostering with salary-package export), Management (occupancy and revenue reporting), and Vervoersplanning (BSO transport routing). On top of this, the parent-facing Ouderapp, the staff-facing Groepsapp and the driver-facing Vervoersapp extend the platform to mobile. In 2025 Kovnet integrated the Kindin Kindvolgsysteem (child development tracking) into the offering as an additional module. All modules are priced per active child, with a transparent setup fee and several add-on modules available on request.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kindin: Child development tracking / kindvolgsysteem integrated into the KOVnet platform; branded login portal at kindin.nl.

Products and services

• KOVnet childcare management platform All-in-one cloud-based SaaS platform for Dutch childcare organizations (kinderdagverblijf, BSO, peuterspeelzaal, IKC), combining invoicing, child planning, personnel planning, transport planning, management reporting and a parent app, available in Dutch and English.
• Ouderapp (parent app) Mobile app for parents covering master data, digital contracts, invoices and annual overviews, change requests for childcare days, holiday notifications, digital schriftje, photo album, newsletters, group chat and daily schedules, available in Dutch and English on iOS and Android.
• Groepsapp (staff/group app) Mobile app for pedagogical staff (tablet and phone) providing live attendance lists, allergies, medical data, vaccinations, permissions, daily schedules, child notepad, documents/messages, parent chat, handovers, transport planning, birthday calendar and mutation lists.
• Vervoersplanning (BSO transport planning module)
• Facturering (invoicing module) Invoicing module supporting invoice creation, re-invoicing, SEPA direct debit and batch payments, reminders, annual overviews, multiple invoicing methods, exports to bookkeeping packages and own debtor management with reminder system.
• Kindplanning (child planning module) Child scheduling module providing optimal occupancy overviews per quarter, hour, day, month, year or multiple years, daily/weekly/monthly attendance lists, future-placement prediction that flags BKR (beroepskracht-kind-ratio) breaches, and day-planning adjustments that immediately recalculate the BKR.
• Personeelsplanning (personnel planning module) Staff scheduling module combining roster creation, leave handling and automatic hours registration in one linked system, with export of automatically calculated worked hours to third-party salary packages.
• Management (management dashboard) Management overview reporting average child occupancy (morning/afternoon) by group and month, occupancy percentages, group switches, average free places, and revenue forecasts based on occupancy versus actual invoiced revenue.
• Kindvolgsysteem (Kindin) — child development tracking Child development tracking system integrated into KOVnet, providing daily insight into current skills at child and group level, monitoring VVE children and children with attention needs, and sharing development visually with parents, covering domains Rekenvaardigheid, Taalontwikkeling, Motorische ontwikkeling, Sociaal-emotionele ontwikkeling and Oriëntatie op jezelf, with timely signalling of skill delays.
• Vervoersapp (driver transport app) Mobile transport app for drivers/staff, listed as a separately purchasable module that accompanies the Vervoersplanning transport planning capability.

Quantifiable outcome

• Per-child pricing of €1.47/month enables affordable access for small organizations; 800+ organizations use KOVnet software.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• TwinfieldflagshipTechnology or IntegrationTwinfield is one of the prominent accounting/bookkeeping platform logos displayed under 'Onze Partners'. KOVnet integrates invoicing and financial data with Twinfield to streamline bookkeeping for childcare organizations.
• Visma.netflagshipTechnology or IntegrationVisma.net is listed as one of the partner accounting platforms that KOVnet integrates with, enabling export of financial data from KOVnet into Visma.net for bookkeeping.
• Unit4coreTechnology or IntegrationUnit4 is featured in the partner logo section as an accounting/ERP system that KOVnet integrates with to support financial administration for childcare customers.
• AFASflagshipTechnology or IntegrationAFAS is one of the salary/payroll and ERP platforms in the KOVnet partner ecosystem. KOVnet's personeelsplanning exports working hours directly to salary packages, including AFAS.
• Exact OnlineflagshipTechnology or IntegrationExact Online is listed as a partner accounting platform integrated with KOVnet for invoicing, SEPA and bookkeeping export.
• SnelstartcoreTechnology or IntegrationSnelstart is featured in the KOVnet partner logo gallery as an accounting package integrated with KOVnet invoicing and debtor management.
• PaytcoreTechnology or IntegrationPayt is a debtor/collections platform that integrates with KOVnet. A dedicated Payt x KOVnet integration page exists (paytsoftware.nl/integraties/kovnet/), extending KOVnet's automated debtor reminders and SEPA workflow.
• DyflexiscoreTechnology or IntegrationDyflexis is a workforce management/HR platform featured in KOVnet's partner section (with logo linking to dyflexis.com/nl/), likely integrated with KOVnet's personeelsplanning for rostering and hours registration.
• KindinflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerKindin (kindvolgsysteem) is now part of KOVnet ('Kindin is vanaf nu onderdeel van KOVnet'). The child development tracking system is offered jointly with its own login portal (kindin.nl/login), forming KOVnet's core pedagogical offering.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Visma: Nordic-headquartered ERP, HR and payroll software group with childcare/daycare modules in several Northern European markets. Visma.net is already a KOVnet integration partner, making Visma both a potential channel and a broad incumbent that could bundle competing daycare functionality at scale.
• AFAS Software: Dutch HR, payroll and ERP vendor whose AFAS Profit package is a KOVnet integration partner for personnel planning and salary export. As a large domestic HR/payroll incumbent, AFAS could expand into childcare administration or bundle its own child-administration functionality at scale.
• Exact: Dutch-origin cloud accounting and ERP vendor (Exact Online) that is a KOVnet integration partner for invoicing and bookkeeping export. Exact is a broad incumbent that competes for the same Dutch SMB back-office wallet and could move into vertical childcare administration.

Direct peers

• Famly: Copenhagen-based nursery and childcare management SaaS offering parent communication, invoicing, attendance and pedagogical documentation across multiple European markets. Closest international functional analog to KOVnet's all-in-one platform for KDV/BSO/peuterspeelzalen, though KOVnet is focused on the Dutch market with deeper local compliance automation.
• KIDZZ: Dutch childcare management software focused on KDV/BSO organizations with parent communication, planning and invoicing functionality. A direct domestic peer competing with KOVnet for the same SMB childcare customer segment in the Netherlands.

Others

• Payt: Dutch debtor management and collections platform with a dedicated KOVnet integration. Payt extends KOVnet's automated reminder workflow and is an adjacent ecosystem enabler rather than a direct competitor.
• Dyflexis: Dutch workforce management and rostering SaaS used in childcare and healthcare, integrated with KOVnet's personnel planning module. Dyflexis is an adjacent scheduling/HR-tech peer rather than a direct competitor on the full childcare administration stack.
• Twinfield: Dutch cloud accounting platform owned by Wolters Kluwer and a KOVnet integration partner for invoicing and bookkeeping data export. Twinfield is an enabling ecosystem participant — adjacent rather than directly competing, but a credible distribution channel for Dutch SMB childcare prospects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/KOVnet.software
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kovnet
• Instagraminstagram.com/kovnet_software
• Xx.com/KOVnet_software

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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