Vernet

Name

Vernet

Legal name

Vernet Verzuimnetwerk BV

Website

https://vernet.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Workforce Analytics (Absence Benchmarking)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Quality Measurement, Reporting & Benchmarking (HEDIS/Stars/CQM) (HLACAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare Utilization, Claims & Administrative Data Analytics (HLAJAJAK)

Keywords

• Absence benchmarking services
• Healthcare HR analytics
• Workforce data reporting
• Dutch healthcare insights
• Employee wellbeing metrics

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS/Benchmark Reporting Subscriptions: Vernet provides its Viewer (annual benchmark report), Mover (monthly internal benchmark report), and custom analysis (Maatwerk) to subscribing healthcare organizations on a subscription basis. The website references Tarieven 2026 (2026 rates), indicating a subscription fee structure. Subscribers gain access to the annual Vernet Health Ranking as part of their subscription.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Vernet aggregates absence (verzuim) data from approximately 350 Dutch healthcare organizations and translates it into benchmarked reporting products for healthcare and welfare employers. Its core offerings are the Viewer (annual benchmark report against sector averages), Mover (monthly internal organizational-unit benchmark report), Maatwerk (custom analyses), and the annual Vernet Health Ranking, all delivered on a subscription basis to help healthcare employers manage absenteeism and sustainable employability.

Product overview

Vernet offers a product portfolio centered on absence management and sustainable employability in the Dutch healthcare sector. The core products are Viewer (benchmarking tool for absence insights) and Mover (monthly organizational benchmark reports), supplemented by custom Maatwerk solutions. The offering includes the annual Vernet Health Ranking, which benchmarks approximately 350 healthcare organizations representing around 600,000 employees against sector averages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vernet Viewer: Absence benchmark reporting tool for healthcare organizations providing insights into absence rates and comparisons against sector averages.
• Vernet Mover
• Vernet Health Ranking

Products and services

• Vernet Viewer Benchmark reporting tool that provides healthcare organizations with insights into absence rates, benchmarked against sector averages. Covers verzuimpercentage, meldingsfrequentie, average duration, absence costs, and demographic breakdowns, plus annual information on employability, reintegration, in- and outflow, personnel composition, salary developments, and the Vernet Health Ranking. Targeted at healthcare organizations.
• Vernet Mover Monthly reporting tool for HR advisors, absence specialists, managers, and directors. The report benchmarks different organizational units (locations, departments) against each other on relevant HR metrics, functioning as an internal benchmark to identify areas needing attention. Targeted at HR advisors, absence specialists, managers, and executives within healthcare organizations.
• Maatwerk (Custom Solutions) Customized analyses tailored to specific organizational needs beyond the standard Viewer and Mover products. Targeted at healthcare organizations requiring bespoke absence and employability analyses.
• Vernet Health Ranking Annual ranking providing healthcare organizations with a single grade (rapportcijfer) based on their absence data, benchmarking performance across four branches: hospitals, disability care, mental health, and VVT (nursing, care and home care). Targeted at Dutch healthcare employers and the broader sector as a public benchmark.
• Jaarprogramma (Year Program) Annual program featuring online inspiration sessions, themed days, and one-on-one conversations organized for customers, sharing knowledge from experts and peers on absence and employability topics. Targeted at HR professionals, managers, and executives within subscribing healthcare organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Healthcare sector verzuim rose from 6.14% (2019) to 7.97% (2025), the second-highest since measurements began in 2000, after the 2022 peak.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• PhiladelphiaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 November 2024Philadelphia, a large disability care organization, participated as guest speaker at a joint Vernet and PGGM&CO inspiration session on absence and vitality. Philadelphia has reduced its absence to well below sector average and shared its seven foundational practices for success with approximately 10 VVT and disability care organizations.
• IZZcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIZZ is a member of the research coalition with Vernet, PFZW, PGGM, PGGM&CO, RVS, and FWG Progressional People. The coalition conducted joint research on healthy working in healthcare during COVID-19 and published the 'Eerste hulp bij stijgend verzuim' pamphlet and a whitepaper on seven accelerators for healthier working in healthcare.
• PGGM&COcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPGGM&CO is the member organization of PGGM serving approximately 764,000 employees in healthcare and welfare. Together with Vernet, PGGM&CO organizes joint inspiration sessions on absence and vitality and shares research findings with the broader healthcare sector.
• PFZW (Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPFZW is the pension fund for healthcare and welfare (~2.9 million participants) and part of the research coalition with Vernet. PFZW contributes labor market data and absence insights to support strategic workforce planning in the healthcare sector.
• RVS (Raad van Sanering / Research coalition partner)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the COVID-19 research coalition focused on healthy working in healthcare, contributing to the seven accelerators whitepaper and 'Eerste hulp bij stijgend verzuim' pamphlet.
• FWG Progressional PeopleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the COVID-19 research coalition focused on healthy working in healthcare, contributing expertise on professional development and workforce issues.
• Et EmergominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEt Emergo collaborated with Vernet on a webinar about PostTraumatic Growth (PTG) following burnout. Et Emergo consists of Greet Vonk (researcher) and Anja Jongkind (therapist/coach) who developed PTG-Coaching and co-authored the book 'Sterker door Ellende' (Stronger Through Adversity).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• BambooHR: BambooHR is a global HRIS with absence tracking, time-off, and reporting features sold to mid-market employers. It does not target the Dutch healthcare sector specifically, but its people analytics trajectory represents the broader HRIS-consolidation threat to standalone benchmarking vendors like Vernet.
• Effectory: Effectory is a Dutch employee survey and listening specialist that produces sector benchmarks on engagement, retention, and wellbeing for Dutch employers including healthcare. It overlaps with Vernet's workforce analytics value proposition from the engagement/vitality side rather than absence, making it a partial competitor for the same HR analytics budget.
• Personio: Personio is a European HRIS targeting SMB and mid-market with people analytics and absence management features. While not Dutch-specific and not sector-specialized, it competes for the same HR decision-maker and offers increasingly sophisticated absence dashboards that could displace standalone benchmarking purchases.

Direct peers

• AFAS Software: AFAS is a leading Dutch HR, payroll, and ERP software vendor widely used by Dutch mid-market and enterprise employers, including healthcare organizations. Its Profit HR module includes absence registration and reporting functionality that competes with Vernet's Mover/Viewer at the operational layer for the same Dutch healthcare customer base.
• SD Worx: SD Worx is a Benelux-headquartered HR and payroll software provider serving the Dutch and Belgian markets with workforce administration, including absence management. It overlaps directly with Vernet on absence tracking and reporting for Dutch healthcare employers, though as a horizontal HR/payroll suite rather than a sector-specific benchmark.
• Loket.nl: Loket.nl is a Dutch online HR and payroll platform popular with SMB and mid-market employers, including healthcare providers. Its absence and verzuim tracking features overlap Vernet's reporting functions for Dutch organizations looking to consolidate HR and absence into a single vendor.

Broad incumbents

• Visma: Visma is a large European provider of business and HR software, with payroll and workforce management offerings active across the Nordics and Benelux. It serves healthcare employers with absence and HR workflows that overlap Vernet's analytical layer, though as a horizontal suite rather than a sector-specialized benchmark.
• ADP Nederland: ADP is a global workforce management and HR/payroll vendor with a Dutch operation serving healthcare and welfare employers. ADP's absence management capabilities and benchmarking add-ons position it as a broad incumbent that Dutch healthcare buyers could consolidate toward, threatening Vernet's standalone analytics value proposition.
• Workday: Workday is a global enterprise HCM and workforce planning platform increasingly adopted by Dutch hospitals and large healthcare systems. Its people analytics and absence dashboards offer comparable functional reporting, and its scale and integration depth make it a credible consolidator of the benchmarking functionality Vernet currently provides standalone.

Others

• Stichting IZZ: IZZ is the member organization serving healthcare and welfare employees in the Netherlands and is part of Vernet's research coalition. While primarily a health insurer for healthcare workers, IZZ produces sector research on workforce wellbeing and absenteeism that touches the same domain Vernet operates in, positioning it as a thematic adjacent rather than direct sales competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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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