Lagarde & You

What Lagarde & You does

Lagarde & You is a Netherlands-based career development and coaching consultancy headquartered in Heerlen, Limburg. Founded in 2002 by Tibert Lagarde, the firm delivers preventive and curative career services to both employees and employers across the Limburg region through five office locations (Heerlen headquarters, plus Venlo, Roermond, Sittard, and Maastricht). Its service portfolio is organized into two tracks: preventive offerings including Loopbaan APK (career MOT), TMA-based talent development, individual coaching, vitality coaching, and training; and curative offerings including outplacement, second-track reintegration (re-integratie 2e spoor), career reorientation, case management, and UWV-aligned support. The firm operates as a fee-based professional services business with no proprietary technology platform; services are delivered by certified career professionals using established methodologies.

The company positions itself as a 'regional product with national network,' certified under the OVAL kwaliteit framework for Dutch career professionals and operating under a published code of conduct and complaints regulation. Distribution is primarily direct through in-person consultations at the five regional offices, complemented by a channel partnership with SkillBuilders and a strategic alliance with De Inspiratiebrouwerij. The firm maintains a presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter/X, and YouTube.

With a headcount band of 11-50 employees and 22 years of operating history, Lagarde & You is a small, founder-led business with no disclosed external investment, parent company, funding rounds, M&A activity, or named customers. Revenue is not disclosed, pricing is quote-based, and there are no public AI, technology platform, or data asset disclosures in the available source material.

Name

Lagarde & You

Legal name

Lagarde & You

Website

https://lagardeyou.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lagarde & You is a Netherlands-based career coaching and reintegration consultancy serving employees and employers in the Limburg region through five regional offices, delivering preventive and curative career development services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Career Coaching Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Individual Outplacement & Career Coaching (BPACAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Coaching, Mentoring & Facilitation Services (BPACANAI), Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

Keywords

• Career coaching services
• Talent development programs
• Outplacement services
• Reintegration coaching
• Career transition support

Headquarters

HQ city

Heerlen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Career Development Services: Professional coaching and career development services including career assessments (Loopbaan APK), talent development (TMA), career coaching, individual coaching, vitality coaching, training programs, outplacement, and re-integration services. Revenue is generated through service fees for these professional services delivered to both individuals and organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lagarde & You is a career development and coaching consultancy that provides both preventive services (career MOTs, development assessments, talent development via TMA, individual and vitality coaching, training) and curative services (outplacement, second-track reintegration, career reorientation, case management, UWV-related support) to employees and employers, primarily in the Limburg region of the Netherlands. The firm also delivers assessment-based talent programs and licensed assessment tools through certified coaches.

Product overview

Lagarde & You is a career development and coaching consultancy offering a unified service portfolio structured around preventive and curative career development. The preventive services include Loopbaan APK (Career MOT), Ontwikkelassessment (Development Assessment), Talentontwikkeling using TMA methodology, Loopbaancoaching, Individuele coaching, Vitaliteitscoaching, and Training. The curative services include Outplacement, Re-integratie 2e spoor (second-track reintegration), Loopbaanheroriëntatie, Casemanagement, and UWV-related support. The company positions itself as serving both employees and employers, with certified career professionals providing personalized and talent-focused guidance based on 22 years of experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SkillBuilderscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSkillBuilders is listed as a partner organization. Lagarde & You describes themselves as a partner of SkillBuilders (B), indicating a collaborative relationship in the career development and assessment services ecosystem. SkillBuilders likely resells or distributes their career development services.
• De InspiratiebrouwerijminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner organization alongside SkillBuilders. De Inspiratiebrouwerij (The Inspiration Brewery) appears to be a strategic partner in the coaching and inspiration services ecosystem.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• De Baak: Dutch training and leadership development institute with career coaching and reorientation services. Comparable coaching and training offerings, though traditionally more focused on management-level development than outplacement.

Direct peers

• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): ManpowerGroup's outplacement and career transition arm operating in the Netherlands. Directly competes with Lagarde & You on outplacement, career coaching, and re-integration services for medium and large employers, but with global scale and a much larger delivery network.
• LHH (Lee Hecht Harrison, Adecco Group): Global career transition, outplacement, and leadership development provider under Adecco. Operates in the Netherlands serving enterprise outplacement and coaching clients with overlapping service categories to Lagarde & You's portfolio.
• GITP: Dutch HR consulting and assessment firm offering talent assessment, development, and career coaching services. Directly comparable to Lagarde & You's TMA-based talent development and assessment practices.
• Cusy: Dutch outplacement, re-integration, and career coaching specialist serving employers and employees. Directly comparable service mix and target market to Lagarde & You, particularly on the curative side.
• Schouten & Nelissen: Large Dutch training, coaching, and personal development provider. Comparable to Lagarde & You across training, individual coaching, and vitality coaching offerings, though at significantly larger scale and broader curriculum.
• Yource: Dutch outplacement and employee support services firm focused on career transition, re-integration, and employer-sponsored workforce mobility. Competitor in the same Dutch regional employer market with directly overlapping service offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad RiseSmart: Career transition and outplacement arm of Randstad, the largest Dutch staffing group. Provides similar outplacement and career coaching services to employers as part of a much broader HR services portfolio that also includes staffing and RPO.
• Hudson Netherlands: International HR consulting and talent solutions firm with Dutch operations offering career coaching, assessment, and outplacement-adjacent services as part of a broader recruitment and HR consulting portfolio.

Others

• SkillBuilders: Named channel partner of Lagarde & You in career development and assessment services. Included as a peer because of the partnership relationship and overlapping assessment and career development portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/LagardeYou
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC9rxxvSDD5y6FLIQfesuteg
• Facebookfacebook.com/Lagarde.You
• LinkedInnl.linkedin.com/in/tibertlagarde

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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