MKB Deventer

What MKB Deventer does

MKB Deventer is a non-profit SME association based in Deventer, Netherlands, founded in 1995. It focuses on local contracting, matchmaking, and joint development for small and medium-sized enterprises in the Deventer region. The organization operates with a very small team (1-10 employees) and serves as a community coordination layer connecting local businesses around commercial opportunities and collaborative projects. Its public digital presence (mkbdeventer.nl) returned only a loading/verification page in the source data, indicating minimal or undeveloped web infrastructure.

No products, services catalog, pricing, partnerships, funding history, management team, or financial disclosures are available in the source material. The association's business model is not documented; for a Dutch local SME association of this size, typical revenue mechanics would rely on membership dues, event sponsorships, and possibly municipal or chamber-of-commerce support, but none of these are confirmed. The overall data set is thin, and any investment-grade conclusion is constrained by the absence of first-party disclosure.

Name

MKB Deventer

Website

https://mkbdeventer.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MKB Deventer is a Dutch non-profit SME association founded in 1995 in Deventer, focused on local contracting, matchmaking, and joint development for small and medium-sized enterprises in the region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC)

Keywords

• SME association services
• Business matchmaking
• Local contracting network
• Joint development programs
• Small business collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

Deventer

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

MKB Deventer is a non-profit SME association founded in 1995, headquartered in Deventer, Netherlands. It focuses on facilitating local contracting opportunities, matchmaking between member small and medium enterprises, and supporting joint development initiatives for its member businesses in the Deventer region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Matchmaking Service Matchmaking service that connects member small and medium enterprises in the Deventer area to facilitate business relationships and partnerships. Targeted at local SME owners.
• Local Contracting Facilitation Facilitation of local contracting opportunities among member SMEs in the Deventer region, helping businesses secure contracts with each other and with local partners. Targeted at SME owners seeking local business opportunities.
• Joint Development Programs Programs supporting joint development initiatives among member SMEs, enabling collaborative projects, shared resources, and co-developed ventures. Targeted at SME members in the Deventer area.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Local Lions / Business Networking International (BNI) Netherlands: A structured business networking and referral organisation with active Dutch chapters, directly comparable in delivering SME-to-SME matchmaking and joint business development through local chapter meetings.
• MKB Amsterdam: A city-level SME association following the same 'MKB [city]' franchise format as MKB Deventer, focused on local SME matchmaking and joint development but in a larger metropolitan market.

Regional players

• Koninklijke Metaalunie: A Dutch sectoral employers' association for SME metalworking and technology companies, comparable as a non-profit SME membership body that supports joint development and contracting within its member base.
• Ondernemersplein: A Dutch government-supported online resource hub for entrepreneurs and SMEs, comparable in serving the SME support and information needs that MKB Deventer addresses, but delivered as a centralised digital public service.

Broad incumbents

• VNO-NCW: The largest Dutch employers' organisation, overlapping with MKB Deventer's mission of representing business interests and supporting joint development, but operating at a national level across all company sizes including larger employers.
• MKB-Nederland: The national Dutch SME employers' association, directly comparable as the umbrella counterpart to local MKB organisations like MKB Deventer, with the same SME constituency and advocacy focus but at a national scale.
• Kamer van Koophandel (KvK): The Dutch Chamber of Commerce, which every Dutch business interacts with; comparable as a public-interest business support institution serving the same SME base as MKB Deventer, with a much broader statutory mandate.
• Rabobank Local SME Banking: A large Dutch bank with deep local SME banking and matchmaking programs through its regional chapters, comparable as a high-touch institutional supporter of the same Deventer-area SME ecosystem MKB Deventer serves.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mkbnieuws
• Facebookfacebook.com/MKBDeventer
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mkb-deventer

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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