Procura

What Procura does

Procura B.V. is a Dutch private limited company founded in 1972 by Ger Brouwer in Tolbert, Netherlands, that supplies products, software, and services to Dutch municipalities in two domains: elections (verkiezingen) and civil affairs (burgerzaken). Its core election offerings comprise printed materials (voter passes/stempassen, ballot papers/stembiljetten, candidate lists/kandidatenlijsten), physical polling station supplies (booths, ballot boxes, signage, accessibility tools), and a suite of proprietary software including the cloud-based Procura Verkiezingen election management application (launched 2016 to replace the legacy ISS system), the MijnStembureau mobile application for polling station chairpersons, and the Procura VerkiezingsPlanner (a digital planning tool integrated with Microsoft Office 365/Teams, launched 2022). Civil affairs offerings include customized marriage books, certificate paper, secure documents, ID/passport holders, and official forms. In 2021 Procura released vrijBRP, the first open-source BRP (Basic Registration of Persons) solution in the Netherlands, built on Common Ground architecture.

The company monetizes through a mix of recurring software subscriptions, transactional sale of physical and printed materials (election cycles drive lumpy volume), and professional services including training. Software pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; training is offered as open enrollment at €495 per person or in-company at €1,950 per session. Orders flow through the Dboxx communication/ordering platform and a dedicated webshop. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales: each municipality is assigned a regional account manager covering North, Central, or South regions of the Netherlands, supported by industry events (NVVB Jaarcongres), webinars, and LinkedIn-driven content.

Procura serves more than 200 Dutch municipalities and holds ISO 27001 (information security), ISO 9001 (quality), and ISO 14001 (environmental management for printing operations) certifications. Following a 2023 partial acquisition by DBM Groep (which absorbed the printing, materials, and Procura VerkiezingsPlanner activities), Procura's software operations merged with SIMgroep in 2024 to form Shift2, while Procura continues under the DBM Groep umbrella alongside sister company Data B. Mailservice (production facility in Leek). In 2025 Procura launched a new training division, Procura Opleidingen, signalling continued investment in service-led revenue beyond election cycles.

Name

Procura

Legal name

Procura B.V.

Website

https://procura.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Procura B.V., founded in 1972 in the Netherlands, supplies Dutch municipalities with election printing, polling station materials, and civil affairs supplies, alongside proprietary cloud-based election management software (Procura Verkiezingen, MijnStembureau app, VerkiezingsPlanner). It serves over 200 municipalities and is part of DBM Groep.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Election and Civil Affairs Services

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Electoral Support & Election Observation (BPADAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ), Public Sector & Government ERP (HDAEAEAG)

Keywords

• Election management software
• Municipal printing services
• Civil affairs materials
• Polling station equipment
• Voter registration systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Tolbert

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales (Print Materials): Sale of election printed materials (stempassen, stembiljetten, kandidatenlijsten) and civil affairs materials (trouwboekjes, aktepapier, formulieren, hoesjes). These are one-time product sales.
2. Software Subscriptions: Cloud-based software solutions including Procura Verkiezingen application, MijnStembureau app, and Procura VerkiezingsPlanner provided as ongoing services to municipalities.
3. Training/Education Services: Training programs for election project leaders, staff and support personnel. Offered as open enrollment at various locations (€495 per person) or in-company (€1,950 per session).
4. Material Sales (Civil Affairs): Sale of civil affairs materials including customized wedding books, partnership certificates, ID card holders, passport holders, driver's license covers, and official paper products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Procura supplies Dutch municipalities with a complete one-stop offering for elections and civil affairs, combining cloud-based election management software (Procura Verkiezingen), a mobile polling station app (MijnStembureau), a Microsoft Teams-integrated planning tool (VerkiezingsPlanner), printed election materials (ballot papers, voter passes, candidate lists), physical polling station equipment (voting booths, ballot boxes, signage), and civil registry supplies such as marriage books and certificate paper, supplemented by training (Procura Opleidingen).

Product overview

Procura provides a comprehensive suite of products and services for Dutch municipal elections and civil affairs. The core offering consists of election printing (ballot papers, voter passes, candidate lists) and election materials (voting booths, ballot boxes, signage), supplemented by proprietary software including Procura Verkiezingen (cloud-based election management application) and the MijnStembureau app (mobile app for polling station management). Add-on modules include the Procura VerkiezingsPlanner (digital planning tool via Microsoft Teams), Stembureauleden Portal (staff management), Verkiezingensite (Drupal-based election website with SIM), and Procura Opleidingen (training services). For civil affairs, Procura supplies materials including marriage books, certificate paper, forms, and ID card holders. The company also released VrijBRP as an open-source population registration solution. Procura serves over 200 Dutch municipalities with more than 50 years of experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• vrijBRP: The first open source BRP (Basisregistratie Personen) solution in the Netherlands, fully based on Common Ground architecture.
• Procura Opleidingen
• Procura VerkiezingenPlanner
• MijnStembureau

Products and services

• Verkiezingsdrukwerk (Election Printing) Complete range of election printed materials including ballot papers (stembiljetten), voter passes (stempassen), candidate lists (kandidatenlijsten) and election calendars, produced in compliance with the Ministry of Interior Affairs regulations. Sold to Dutch municipalities as one-off print orders.
• Verkiezingsmaterialen (Election Materials) Physical materials for equipping polling stations including voting booths, ballot boxes, red pencils, signage, legal texts, magnifying glasses for visually impaired voters, and official packaging and sealing materials. Sold to Dutch municipalities as physical goods.
• Procura Verkiezingen (Cloud-based Election Management Software) Cloud-based election management software for Dutch municipalities to organise and manage elections, handling voter files, polling station management, communications and election results processing on a subscription basis.
• Procura VerkiezingsPlanner Digital planning tool integrated with Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Teams that provides municipalities with insight into election tasks, progress tracking, task assignment across departments and deadline monitoring.
• MijnStembureau App Mobile application for polling station chairpersons to complete digital checklists, report turnout figures and submit preliminary election results automatically.
• Stembureauleden Portal Online portal for municipalities to manage polling station staff, send messages and appointment decisions digitally, reducing paper and postal costs.
• Procura Opleidingen (Training and Education Services) Training and education services for election staff including project leaders, employees and supporters involved in organising elections, offered as open-enrollment sessions at various Dutch locations or as customised in-company training.
• Burgerzaken Materialen (Civil Registry Materials) Materials for Dutch municipal civil affairs departments including certificate paper, official forms, secure documents, ID card and passport holders, and supplies for birth, marriage and death registrations.
• Trouwboekjes (Marriage and Partnership Books) Customisable marriage and partnership books offered in various materials (plastic, leather), colours and printing options to match individual municipal branding for civil ceremonies.
• vrijBRP (Open Source BRP Solution) First open source BRP (Basic Registration of Persons) solution in the Netherlands, fully based on Common Ground architecture, released by Procura as open source in 2021.

Quantifiable outcome

• Time savings through digital tools and automation of turnout reporting and results submission
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Integration4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Data B. MailservicecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 September 2025Sister company (within DBM Groep) responsible for printing voting passes (stempassen) and candidate lists (kandidatenlijsten). Production facility located in Leek. Also handles couverting and shipping of printed materials. Adjunct-director Steven Jansen featured in media coverage of printing operations for Tweede Kamerverkiezing.
• Shift2coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024After merger of SIMgroep and Procura Software in 2024, formed Shift2. Shift2 handles the software operations including Procura Verkiezingen software and VerkiezingsPlanner. Shift2 also develops Verkiezingensite for municipalities using Procura Verkiezingen application.
• DBM GroepcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Parent company after DBM Groep acquired the printing and materials activities of Procura in 2023. DBM Groep specializes in cross-media correspondence streams and customer/burger communication. Datab.nl website indicates Procura is part of DBM Groep.
• SEPminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023E-learning supplier. Procura provided a workshop at SEP's network meeting 'Verkiezingen, van ons allemaal!'. Active in educational content distribution for election training programs.
• Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en KoninkrijksrelatiescoreOthers · 1 January 2021Government ministry responsible for elections in Netherlands. Procura coordinates with the ministry regarding changes in (temporary) legislation or new forms/models for elections. Also collaborates on initiatives like the new ballot paper experiment.
• KiesraadcoreOthers · 1 January 2021Dutch Electoral Council. Procura maintains contact regarding changes in electoral legislation and new models for election materials.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• CGI (formerly Logica): CGI is a global IT services firm with significant Dutch government contracts; it provides systems integration and digital government platforms that overlap with Procura's election management software and consulting scope for municipalities.
• Centric: Centric is a major Dutch government software and IT services provider offering election and civil affairs modules to municipalities, positioning it as a broad incumbent competitor to Procura's niche offerings across the same customer base.
• PinkRoccade (Visma): PinkRoccade, now part of Visma, provides a broad suite of municipal government software in the Netherlands including citizen services, civil affairs, and election-adjacent functionality, competing with Procura's software and services bundle.
• Capgemini: Capgemini is a global IT services provider serving Dutch public sector clients with digital government, citizen engagement, and election-support consulting services that compete for the same municipal modernization budgets as Procura.

Others

• Data B. Mailservice: Data B. Mailservice is Procura's sister company within DBM Groep, handling the physical printing and mailing of voting passes and candidate lists; not a competitor but a closely integrated production partner.

Direct peers

• Shift2: Formed from the 2024 merger of Procura Software and SIMgroep, Shift2 owns and develops the Procura Verkiezingen election management application and Verkiezingensite that Procura historically relied on. It is the most direct peer in Dutch municipal election software.

Emerging players

• Roxit (Infor): Roxit, now part of Infor, is a Dutch government software specialist providing case management and citizen portal solutions to municipalities, intersecting with Procura's election and civil affairs digital workflow offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/procura-b.v.
• Xx.com/procura_nl

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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