Partners 4 IT

What Partners 4 IT does

Partners 4 IT is a privately held Dutch software company headquartered in Capelle aan den IJssel, established on 20 March 2018 through the merger of Elect-it and Pojo-ICT. The company operates two distinct business lines: the Stembureaumanager (SBM), a SaaS election management platform for Dutch municipalities, and a custom software development service (maatwerk) serving government, healthcare, and logistics sectors. The company is privately owned with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or external shareholders.

The SBM platform is a configurable online portal that allows municipalities to structure elections while polling station members (stembureauleden) self-manage their applications, select vacancies aligned to their experience, update personal data, schedule training, and complete post-election surveys. Integrated capabilities include SMS and email communication templates, training partner integration, Stembureau App coupling, Centrale Stem Opname (central vote counting) support, historical data import, and election results presentation dashboards. Underlying infrastructure relies on third-party sub-processors: Messagebird for SMS, SolidBE for hosting and data storage, and API Ventures for BAG (Dutch address registry) address validation. The custom software line covers analysis, development, hosting, and ongoing management of bespoke solutions for clients whose requirements are not addressed by the standard SBM platform.

Commercially, Partners 4 IT sells SBM through direct, consultative sales engagements offering obligation-free, tailored demonstrations to Dutch municipalities, with pricing structured as an annual SaaS subscription described as accessible for every municipality but not publicly disclosed. The custom software line follows a quote-based professional services model. The company's public customer list comprises eight Dutch municipalities, including Rotterdam, Den Haag, Groningen, Utrecht, Zwijndrecht, Nijmegen, Nissewaard, and Hellevoetsluis, indicating a niche but multi-province presence within the Netherlands concentrated almost entirely in the municipal government vertical. No AI/ML capabilities, patents, regulatory actions, or leadership team details are disclosed in available sources.

Name

Partners 4 IT

Legal name

Partners 4 IT

Website

https://partners4it.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Partners 4 IT is a Dutch software company that offers the Stembureaumanager (SBM) SaaS election management platform for Dutch municipalities and a custom software development service for government, healthcare, and logistics clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Capelle Aan Den Ijssel

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Revenue model

1. Stembureaumanager (SBM) SaaS subscription: SBM is delivered as a SaaS solution with an annual subscription model. Municipalities pay for access to the platform, with pricing described as interesting for every municipality. No server maintenance or software update responsibilities for customers.
2. Custom software solutions (maatwerk): Bespoke software development services for government, healthcare, and logistics sectors. The company handles analysis, development, hosting, and management of custom software solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Partners 4 IT provides the Stembureaumanager (SBM), a SaaS election management platform that enables Dutch municipalities to configure elections, recruit polling station members, and let those members self-register for vacancies, manage personal data, schedule training, and complete post-election surveys via an online portal. The company also delivers custom software (maatwerk) solutions — covering analysis, development, hosting, and management — to clients in the government, healthcare, and logistics sectors.

Product overview

Partners 4 IT offers two distinct product lines: a custom software development service (Maatwerk oplossingen) for government, healthcare, and logistics sectors, and the Stembureaumanager (SBM) — a SaaS election management platform. The SBM is the company's primary commercial product, providing municipalities with a configurable online portal where polling station members self-register for vacancies, manage their personal data, book training sessions, and complete post-election surveys. The custom development service complements the SBM by allowing tailored solutions for clients with specific requirements not addressed by the standard platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stembureaumanager (SBM): A software tool for Dutch municipalities to prepare and manage elections, allowing polling station members to self-manage their registration, choose vacancies, and handle training through an online portal.

Products and services

• Stembureaumanager (SBM) SaaS election management platform for Dutch municipalities (gemeenten). Enables municipalities to configure elections, monitor polling station member registrations and activities, and manage the polling station workforce. Polling station members self-register, select vacancies matching their experience, update personal details, schedule their own training, and complete post-election surveys through an online portal. Includes email and SMS communication templates, integrations with training partners and the Stembureau App, Central Stem Opname support, and historical data import. Delivered as an annual SaaS subscription with no server maintenance or software update responsibility on the customer.
• Maatwerk oplossingen (Custom Software Solutions) Bespoke software development service for clients in the government, healthcare, and logistics sectors. Covers the full lifecycle — analysis, development, hosting, and management — of custom software solutions tailored to client requirements. Engagements are quote-based and delivered through direct, on-site consultative engagement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced administrative workload for municipal election staff through self-service by polling station members
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature9 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Conclusion: Large Dutch IT services group with multiple public-sector and custom software subsidiaries. Comparable as a broader custom software and managed services provider targeting Dutch government and regulated industries.
• Centric: One of the largest IT suppliers to Dutch government, including municipalities. While it covers a much broader portfolio (ERP, HR, citizen services), its government vertical directly overlaps with Partners 4 IT's municipal target market.
• Sdu: Established Dutch provider of legal, regulatory, and government information services with a strong municipal footprint. Comparable as a broad incumbent selling workflow and information products to Dutch public-sector clients.

Regional players

• Election Systems & Software (ES&S): Largest US provider of election management and voting systems. Functionally comparable as an election-management technology vendor, but operating in a different geography and with a different delivery model (hardware + software).
• KnowiNK: US-based provider of electronic poll books and election management software. Comparable as a specialist SaaS/workflow tool for polling station operations, though serving US jurisdictions rather than Dutch municipalities.

Others

• VNG Realisatie: The implementation organization of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG). It funds and develops shared digital tooling for gemeenten, making it a key ecosystem participant — and potential partner or competitor — for municipal SaaS like SBM.

Emerging players

• Scytl (Paragon Group): International election technology vendor specializing in secure online voting and election management. Comparable as a SaaS player focused on election administration, although in different geographies and at a larger scale.

Direct peers

• Iquality: Dutch software agency building custom digital solutions for government, healthcare, and logistics. Directly comparable to Partners 4 IT's maatwerk (custom software) business line in both sectors served and operating model.
• Roxit: Dutch software provider specializing in document, case, and workflow solutions for municipalities and other public-sector organizations. Highly comparable as a niche municipal SaaS vendor operating in the same Dutch government segment.
• PinkRoccade Local Government: Major Dutch vendor of software solutions for municipalities and local governments. Both serve Dutch gemeenten with workflow and process software, making it the closest large-scale direct comparable to Partners 4 IT's municipal SaaS offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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