Inforsa

What Inforsa does

Inforsa is a Dutch forensic and intensive psychiatric care provider, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stichting Arkin, a non-profit mental health foundation. Founded in 2009 and headquartered at Duivendrechtsekade 55, Amsterdam, the organization specializes in adults with severe psychiatric disorders — including psychotic disorders, personality disorders, PTSD, mood disorders, and autism spectrum conditions — frequently compounded by addiction and involvement with the criminal justice system under TBS (terbeschikkingstelling), Article 37, or ISD legal titles. Its service portfolio spans the Forensisch Psychiatrische Kliniek (FPK) with eight departments, the Langdurige Intensieve Zorg (LIZ) unit with 44 high-security beds across five wards, the Hoog Intensieve Beveiligde Zorg (HIBZ) crisis stabilization program, an in-house Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) center, ambulatory forensic care (FAZ) including FACT teams, a Forensic Youth Team and Forensic Psychiatric Outpatient Clinics, and Reclassering Inforsa for addiction-related probation. With approximately 400 employees across five cities (Amsterdam, Amersfoort, Hilversum, Utrecht, Veenendaal), Inforsa serves roughly 155 clinical inpatients, 600 ambulatory clients, and 1,250 reclassering clients annually.

The organization's methodological foundation combines pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, ECT, vocational therapies (music, psychomotor, creative), and social rehabilitation within secured clinical environments. Differentiated treatment protocols include Biocueing/Sense-IT app-based real-time biofeedback for aggression regulation, Forensic High and Intensive Care (FHIC) de-escalation, FACT-based assertive community outreach, and a randomized Social Network Coach intervention. Operational integrity is assured through HKZ certification (ISO 9001-equivalent for healthcare), NEN 7510 information security certification, FACT certification from CCAF, and HIC certification for the HIBZ department. The 2026 Horizontal Supervision flag from DJI formally validated forensic care compliance.

Inforsa's business model is essentially regulated reimbursement. Clinical activity is covered under the Dutch basic health insurance package (basispakket) and billed under the Zorgprestatiemodel framework to all Dutch health insurers (AGB-code 06290732), with statutory client deductible. Reclassering Inforsa is funded through the SVG network and Ministry of Justice contracts, while Ketenveldnorm coordination is funded by Actiecentrum Veiligheid en Zorg and municipal arrangements. Go-to-market is wholly referral-driven: FPK admissions flow through the Netherlands Institute for Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology (NIFP), LIZ referrals come exclusively from other GGZ institutions under terugkeergarantie, and ambulatory/reclassering clients enter through courts, probation, municipalities, and healthcare professionals. Inforsa maintains unique positions in Dutch GGZ as the only provider offering an integrated orthopedagogical-psychiatric approach for long-term high-intensity care (LIZ) and the only ECT center in the Netherlands operating within a secured setting.

Name

Inforsa

Legal name

Stichting Arkin

Website

https://inforsa.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Inforsa, a Dutch subsidiary of Stichting Arkin, delivers specialized forensic and intensive psychiatric care for adults with severe mental illness often combined with addiction and legal involvement, operating inpatient, outpatient, ECT, and reclassering services across five cities in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forensic Psychiatric Care

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (622210), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (62322), Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (6222)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Forensic & Correctional Behavioral Health Services (HLAFACAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Correctional Health, Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services (In-Custody) (BPAKANAG), Reentry, Rehabilitation & Reintegration Programs (Education, Vocational, Case Management) (BPAKANAH), Outpatient Substance Use Treatment Programs (IOP/PHP/OP) (HLAFACAF)

Keywords

• Forensic psychiatric care
• Mental health services
• Clinical rehabilitation programs
• Addiction reclassering services
• Electroconvulsive therapy

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare services reimbursed by health insurance: As a GGZ institution, Inforsa's care is covered under the Dutch basic health insurance package (basispakket). The healthcare is funded through health insurers. An own risk (eigen risico) applies to clients. Care is provided under the Zorgprestatiemodel (care performance model) framework. Revenue is generated through treatment episodes, clinical bed-days, and ambulatory contacts billed to health insurers.
2. Forensic Reclassering services: Reclassering Inforsa provides supervision, advice, and reintegration services for clients who have come into contact with police and justice due to addiction. Services are funded through the justice system and municipal contracts.
3. Ketenveldnorm / Lifespan Approach coordination: Inforsa participates in the regional Ketenveldnorm (chain field standard) coordinated with Actiecentrum Veiligheid en Zorg, funded through municipal and regional health financing arrangements for long-term intensive care coordination.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Inforsa provides intensive treatment and rehabilitation programs for adults with severe (forensic) psychiatric problems, often combined with addiction and disruptive or delinquent behavior. Services span a closed forensic psychiatric clinic (FPK), long-term high-intensity secured care (LIZ), high-intensity crisis care (HIBZ), a secured-setting ECT center, outpatient forensic care (FAZ) including FACT teams and a Forensic Youth Team, addiction reclassering (probation), and the Ketenveldnorm collaboration framework. Care is delivered through clinical departments in Amsterdam and outpatient clinics across five Dutch cities.

Product overview

Inforsa is a forensic and intensive psychiatric care organization offering a multi-product portfolio of clinical, outpatient, and probation services. The core clinical offerings include the Forensisch Psychiatrische Kliniek (FPK) for forensic psychiatric treatment, Langdurige Intensieve Zorg (LIZ) for long-term high-security care, Hoog Intensieve Beveiligde Zorg (HIBZ) for crisis intervention, and a specialized ECT-centrum - the only electroconvulsive therapy center in the Netherlands operating within a secured setting. Outpatient care is delivered through Forensisch Ambulante Zorg (FAZ), encompassing forensic FACT teams, a Forensic Youth Team, and Forensic Psychiatric Outpatient Clinics. Reclassering services provide probation and reintegration support. Cross-cutting services include the Ketenveldnorm collaboration framework and specialized consultation teams. Digital care is supported through Minddistrict, MijnInforsa (Karify portal), and the Arkin Naasten App.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Langdurige Intensieve Zorg (LIZ): A non-forensic, highly secured tertiary clinic for patients with severe psychiatric disorders requiring long-term intensive care.
• Forensisch Psychiatrische Kliniek (FPK)
• Hoog Intensieve Beveiligde Zorg (HIBZ)
• ECT-centrum
• Forensisch Ambulante Zorg (FAZ)
• Reclassering Inforsa

Products and services

• Forensisch Psychiatrische Kliniek (FPK)

Quantifiable outcome

• Youth criminality reduced by 87% after MDFT (multidimensional family therapy) and CBT interventions, sustained at 7-year follow-up
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TBS NederlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTBS Nederland is an initiative of the forensic psychiatric centers and clinics in the Netherlands. Inforsa's FPK participates in TBS Nederland, which provides a shared platform for national coordination, knowledge sharing, and public awareness about TBS (terbeschikkingstelling). The network publishes annual reports on TBS sector capacity and developments.
• SVG (Stichting Verslavingsreclassering GGZ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInforsa Reclassering is part of SVG, a network organization of eleven regional addiction care institutions with reclassering departments. SVG coordinates standards, knowledge sharing, and policy advocacy for addiction reclassering across the Netherlands.
• Actiecentrum Veiligheid en ZorgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-leadership of the Ketenveldnorm (chain field standard) implementation in the Amsterdam-Amstelland region. The Actiecentrum provides a director who leads coordination across safety, care, and social domains, while Inforsa provides forensic expertise and continuity of care for the network of partners.
• NIFP (Nederlands Instituut voor Forensische Psychiatrie en Psychologie)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNIFP serves as the national intake and placement coordinator for FPK admissions. All client referrals to the FPK go through NIFP, which assesses and directs clients to the appropriate forensic psychiatric facility across the Netherlands.
• AcVZ (Amsterdam Centrum voor Verlengde Zorg)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Ketenveldnorm (chain field standard / lifespan approach). AcVZ coordinates case referrals for clients with severe psychiatric problems, addiction, or intellectual disabilities who exhibit dangerous behavior. Only convenantpartners of AcVZ can make referrals. Inforsa provides forensic expertise for clients within the lifespan approach framework.
• JellinekminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Jellinek for clients who have both a psychiatric condition and an addiction. Inforsa refers clients to Jellinek for specialized addiction treatment while providing psychiatric care within the FPK setting.
• Universities and research institutions (academic collaboration)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInforsa conducts research in collaboration with universities and other forensic institutions. The CrimeLab Academic Werkplaats is supervised by professors Jack Dekker, Anneke Goudriaan, Lieuwe de Haan, Thimo van der Pol, and Arne Popma. Multiple PhD candidates conduct research within Inforsa.
• DJI (Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment body overseeing TBS institutions and forensic care facilities. DJI conducts horizontal supervision over Inforsa's forensic care and in 2026 awarded Inforsa the Horizontal Supervision flag (Vlag Horizontaal Toezicht) recognizing compliance with supervision standards.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• GGNet: GGNet is a regional Dutch GGZ organization providing forensic psychiatric services, outpatient addiction care, and intensive residential treatment funded under the same Dutch basic insurance system. It shares Inforsa's clinical GGZ positioning and forensic ambulatory offerings.
• Fivoor: Fivoor (formerly De Rooyse Wissel and De Woenselse Poort) is one of the largest Dutch forensic psychiatric care providers, offering TBS treatment, high-security care, and forensic ambulatory services nationwide under Dutch regulated insurance. It is the closest like-for-like comparator to Inforsa along product, funding model, and target population.
• Trajectum: Trajectum is a Dutch specialist provider of forensic care and secure youth residential treatment (orthopedagogical treatment centers, LVB+ jeugd), directly comparable to Inforsa's youth and treatment-resistant LIZ population, with overlap in methods, regulatory oversight, and custody framework.
• Antes (Parnassia Groep): Antes, part of Parnassia Groep, provides Dutch forensic psychiatric, addiction, and intensive care services overlapping with Inforsa's FPK, LIZ, HIBZ, and Reclassering offerings. It operates in the same GGZ funding and TBS intake system, making it a strong like-for-like clinical and operational peer.
• De Pompestichting (Oostvaarderskliniek): De Pompestichting operates the Oostvaarderskliniek, a leading Dutch TBS clinic that treats forensic psychiatric patients under TBS, Article 37, and ISD frameworks. It directly competes with Inforsa's FPK for national forensic referrals coordinated through NIFP, with the same Dutch basic insurance and regulated tariff funding model.
• Dimence (Dimence Groep): Dimence Groep provides Dutch forensic and intensive psychiatric care alongside addiction and youth services, with multi-site operations comparable to Inforsa's Amsterdam, Amersfoort, Hilversum, Utrecht, and Veenendaal footprint. Direct overlap in target population and Dutch regulated funding structure.

Emerging players

• Reclassering Nederland: Reclassering Nederland is the parent body overseeing all Dutch probation services, including the SVG network in which Inforsa's Reclassering participates. It is comparable to Inforsa's Reclassering Inforsa unit in target population, justice system referral pathways, and funding via municipal and justice contracts, though it operates at a national coordination level rather than as a direct care provider.

Broad incumbents

• Parnassia Groep: Parnassia Groep is the largest GGZ organization in the Netherlands, operating across general and forensic mental health, addiction, and youth care. It is comparable to Stichting Arkin (Inforsa's parent) as a broad incumbent within the same regulated Dutch healthcare market with overlapping forensic care units.
• GGZ inGeest (Oostvaarderskliniek parent): GGZ inGeest is the parent organization of De Pompestichting and a broader Amsterdam-area GGZ provider. As a multi-specialty incumbent within the same Dutch GGZ funding system, it competes with the broader Stichting Arkin (Inforsa's parent) for outpatient, ambulatory, and forensic referrals in the Amsterdam-Amstelland region.

Regional players

• Jellinek (Arkin): Jellinek is a sibling brand within Stichting Arkin that specializes in addiction treatment and formally partners with Inforsa to deliver addiction components of forensic psychiatric care. It is a partial comparator for Inforsa's addiction and Reclassering offerings but focuses primarily on outpatient rather than forensic inpatient services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ggz_inforsa
• Facebookfacebook.com/Inforsa

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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