Stade Advies

What Stade Advies does

Stade Advies is a Dutch management consulting firm founded in 1994 and headquartered in Utrecht. It advises, trains, and provides interim support to organizations operating in the Dutch social domain — primarily municipalities, housing corporations, welfare organizations, and government bodies. The firm organizes its work around four service lines (Advice, Training, Research, Interim Services) and four thematic areas (Care & Society, Youth, Housing & Area Development, Organizing & Entrepreneurship), with documented engagements for clients including Gemeente Ede, Gemeente Veenendaal, Gemeente Utrecht, Woonstichting SSW, and Veilig Thuis Midden en Noordoost Gelderland. The firm operates with a small team (11-50 employees) under Director Erik Vermathen and Partner & Senior Advisor Jan Tilburgs, and covers the Utrecht, Gelderland, FoodValley, and Lekstroom regions.

Name

Stade Advies

Legal name

Stade Advies BV

Website

https://stade-advies.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stade Advies is a Utrecht-based Dutch management consulting firm (founded 1994) that advises municipalities, housing corporations, and welfare organizations across the social domain via four service lines: Advice, Training, Research, and Interim Services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advisory Services: Project-based consulting engagements for municipalities, housing corporations, welfare organizations, and government bodies. Projects include policy development, organizational consulting, interim management, and research assignments.
2. Training and Development: Training programs for professionals in the social domain, including courses on social teams, youth participation, and governance.
3. Research Services: Research engagements analyzing social issues, intervention effectiveness, and policy outcomes.
4. Interim Services: Provision of interim managers, project leaders, and policy advisors to government and social organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stade Advies is a Dutch consulting firm that provides advisory, training, research, and interim-management services to municipalities, housing corporations, welfare organizations, and other public/social-sector clients. The firm's work focuses on the social domain, including youth policy, housing and area development, citizen participation, social teams, governance, and social entrepreneurship, with engagements scoped and priced on a project basis to address local situations and stakeholder needs.

Product overview

Stade Advies is a national advisory bureau for societal development offering four core services: Advies (consulting), Trainingen (training), Onderzoek (research), and Interimdiensten (interim services). These services are delivered across four thematic areas: Zorg en Samenleving (Care and Living Together), Jeugd (Youth), Wonen en Gebiedsontwikkeling (Housing and Area Development), and Organiseren en Ondernemen (Organizing and Entrepreneurship). The company provides specialized products including Verhuisadviseur Senioren/Wooncoach Senioren for elderly housing support, Woonadviseur Ouderen 55plus for Utrecht residents, Burgerparticipatie op Maat for citizen participation, Sociale Teams for social domain integration, Jeugdparticipatie for youth involvement, and various training courses covering governance, market strategy, mergers, and strategic positioning. Stade Advies works primarily with Dutch municipalities, housing corporations, social enterprises, and volunteer organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 300 clients served, 130 home visits conducted, 80 relocations achieved in Utrecht Verhuisadviseur program within two years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gemeente UtrechtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality of Utrecht commissioned the Woonadviseur Ouderen 55plus service jointly with Utrecht housing corporations. Stade Advies develops and executes this senior housing advisory service for residents aged 55 and older.
• Stichting Utrechtse WoningcorporatiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint commissioning of the Verhuisadviseur Senioren service to promote housing market circulation in the social rental sector. Partnership involves multiple Utrecht housing corporations working with Stade Advies.
• Veilig Thuis Midden en Noordoost GelderlandcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDeveloped organization and policy plan for the merged organization combining former Domestic Violence Support Points and Child Abuse Advice and Reporting Points. Included management development trajectory.
• Woonstichting SSWcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCommissioned interactive participation trajectory with residents for neighborhood renewal of the Burgemeester van Heemstrakwartier in De Bilt.
• MOgroep (Brancheorganisatie voor maatschappelijke dienstverlening)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped the quadrants model for market strategies in the social domain, representing the four main market strategies of governments.
• En toch productiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed the Hang Around concept - a national competition where street youth could positively contribute to their own neighborhoods.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Andersson Elffers Felix (AEF): Dutch consultancy specializing in public sector, social domain, and education policy advisory work for Dutch municipalities and government bodies — directly comparable in mission, customers, and service scope.
• RIGO: Dutch research and consulting firm focused on housing market research and area development for municipalities, housing corporations, and ministries — closely aligned with Stade Advies's Wonen en Gebiedsontwikkeling service line.
• KplusV: Dutch organizational and public-sector consulting firm with practice areas in social domain, healthcare, and government — competing for similar municipal and welfare organization projects.
• WagenaarHoes: Dutch consultancy advising public-sector and nonprofit clients on housing, governance, and social policy — directly comparable to Stade Advies's housing corporation and municipal advisory practice.
• Significant: Dutch consulting firm specializing in public-sector change management and program delivery for government clients — comparable to Stade Advies's interim and organizational consulting offerings.
• Twynstra Gudde: Dutch management and public-sector consulting firm advising government, education, and social organizations on strategy, change management, and program delivery — overlapping directly with Stade Advies's municipal advisory services.
• Berenschot: One of the larger Dutch management consulting firms with a substantial public-sector practice advising Dutch municipalities, ministries, and housing corporations on social policy, governance, and organizational transformation.
• BMC: Established Dutch consulting firm with a strong public-sector and social-domain practice serving municipalities, housing corporations, and healthcare organizations — closely matching Stade Advies's core service lines and customer segments.
• DSP-groep: Dutch consultancy focused on social domain, public sector, and healthcare advisory work for municipalities and welfare organizations — directly competing for similar Dutch social-policy engagements.

Others

• VNG (Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten): Dutch municipal trade association that advises, supports, and represents Dutch municipalities on social policy and public administration — operates in the same ecosystem as Stade Advies and shapes the demand for social-domain advisory work, though it is not a commercial competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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