Sprekersbureau Quality Bookings

What Sprekersbureau Quality Bookings does

Sprekersbureau Quality Bookings B.V. is a full-service Dutch speaker and day chair (dagvoorzitter) bureau headquartered at Tractieweg 41C in Utrecht, Netherlands. Founded in 2003 and operating for more than 22 years, the company maintains a curated roster of over 1,040 speakers across 26+ topic categories — including AI, sustainability, leadership, mental health, cybersecurity, sports, and economics — of which more than 120 are exclusively managed. The firm's core service is speaker matching and booking for B2B clients including corporations, government bodies, educational institutions, and non-profits organizing conferences, seminars, congresses, and workshops.

The operating model is consultant-led inside sales: prospective clients request quotes through the website contact form, email ([email protected]), or by phone (036-848-1121), and advisors deliver personalized, obligation-free quotes within 24 hours. The company uses an all-inclusive pricing model with no intermediaries in the booking chain and backs each engagement with a guarantee through the CLC-VECTA garantiefonds. The technology stack is not proprietary — no platform technology, AI/ML systems, or disclosed technical architecture are present in the source material.

Quality Bookings monetizes through commissions on each speaker booking (transaction-fee model). Pricing is speaker-dependent, with disclosed price indicators ranging from under €1,000 (entry-level speakers such as Sonia Eijken) to €5,000–€10,000 (premium speakers and day chairs such as Sander Schimmelpenninck). The company supplements its core service with branded content assets including the blog, QB TV video platform, and the 'Sprekers van de toekomst' podcast (84+ episodes), which serve as SEO-driven top-of-funnel marketing. Named customers include Uber, Ministerie van Defensie, Rabobank Vinkeveen, and CACEIS. The company is privately held as a Dutch B.V. with 1–10 employees, founder/owner-operated, and has no disclosed funding, parent company, or M&A activity.

Name

Sprekersbureau Quality Bookings

Legal name

Sprekersbureau Quality Bookings B.V.

Website

https://quality-bookings.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sprekersbureau Quality Bookings is a Dutch full-service speaker and day chair bureau, founded in 2003, that matches B2B organizations with over 1,040 professional speakers across 26+ topic categories via a 24-hour consultant-led quote process.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Speaker Bureau Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Speaker, Entertainment & Talent Booking (Corporate) (HSACADAK)

Keywords

• Speaker bureau services
• Event booking agency
• Keynote speakers
• Day chairperson booking
• Speaker management

Headquarters

HQ city

Almere

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Speaker Booking Commission: Quality Bookings acts as an intermediary agency earning commissions on speaker and dagvoorzitter bookings. The company charges all-inclusive rates covering the speaker's fee, with bookings made directly through the bureau without intermediary parties. The company guarantees bookings via the CLC-VECTA garantiefonds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sprekersbureau Quality Bookings is a Dutch speaker bureau that connects organizations with professional speakers and day chairpersons for events. The bureau curates a database of 1,040+ speakers across 26+ topic categories, of which 120+ speakers are exclusively managed, and handles bookings directly with all-inclusive rates and 24-hour quote turnarounds.

Product overview

Sprekersbureau Quality Bookings operates as a speaker bureau offering a speaker booking platform with over 1,040 speakers and exclusive management of more than 120 speakers. The core product is the speaker booking service that connects organizations with professional speakers and day chairpersons. Supporting the main service are branded content offerings including QB TV (video content with podcast episodes and speaker interviews) and the 'Sprekers van de toekomst' podcast series. The company also provides a blog with industry insights and speaker-related content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Quality Bookings: Handelsnaam van Sprekersbureau Quality Bookings B.V. voor het boeken van sprekers en dagvoorzitters in Nederland.

Products and services

• Speaker Booking Direct booking service for professional speakers at corporate events, conferences, and meetings, drawing from a curated database of 1,040+ speakers across 26+ topic categories, served to Dutch-speaking organizations with all-inclusive rates and 24-hour quote turnarounds.
• Day Chairpersons (Dagvoorzitters) Booking of professional day chairpersons to moderate and lead discussions at conferences and corporate events for Dutch-speaking organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average customer rating of 9.0 based on 297 reviews (Klantenvertellen.nl)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CLC-VECTA GarantiefondsminorOthersQuality Bookings offers a booking guarantee through the CLC-VECTA garantiefonds (guarantee fund), providing clients with financial protection and assurance when booking speakers through the bureau. This reduces perceived risk for clients and differentiates the company from informal booking alternatives.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• BigSpeak Speakers Bureau: US-based speaker bureau representing a large roster of business, motivational, and technology keynote speakers. Comparable bureau-to-corporate booking model, though operating at much larger scale and across multiple verticals.
• The London Speaker Bureau: Established international speaker bureau with a much broader geographic footprint and corporate keynote offering. Comparable business model and speaker curation approach, but serves a globally distributed client base rather than a single domestic market.
• Washington Speakers Bureau: US speaker bureau specializing in political, business, and motivational keynote speakers for corporate events. Comparable curated-roster, commission-based business model operating at significantly larger scale.
• Harry Walker Agency: Long-established US speaker bureau representing high-profile keynote speakers, political figures, and celebrities for corporate events. Comparable speaker-booking intermediary model with a much broader roster and brand recognition.

Others

• CLC-VECTA: Dutch industry association for event and experience marketers that operates the garantiefonds (guarantee fund) backing Quality Bookings' bookings. Comparable ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor — a structural partner that confers trust on member bureaus like Quality Bookings.

Direct peers

• Sprekers.nl: One of the largest Dutch speaker bureaus with a comparable roster of professional speakers and corporate event focus. Operates the same business model of brokering speaker bookings for B2B events in the Netherlands, making it the most directly competitive peer to Quality Bookings.
• Bureau Fris: Amsterdam-based Dutch speaker bureau focused on corporate keynote speakers and event bookings. Competes head-to-head with Quality Bookings for the same enterprise clients and speaker roster in the Netherlands.
• Het Sprekershuys: Dutch speaker bureau offering a roster of speakers and day chairpersons for corporate events. Directly competes with Quality Bookings on speaker curation, B2B bookings, and Dutch-market event services.
• Sprekersbureau Pauw: Dutch speaker bureau offering a comparable speaker roster and corporate booking services. Direct competitor within the Netherlands speaker bureau market.
• Speakers Academy: Dutch-speaking speaker bureau active in the Netherlands and Belgium, offering keynote speakers for corporate events. Operates a similar curated-speaker model and competes for the same Dutch-speaking B2B market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/qualitybookings
• Facebookfacebook.com/qualitybookings
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/artiestenbureau-quality-bookings

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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