Stichting Amivedi

What Stichting Amivedi does

Stichting Amivedi is a Dutch nonprofit foundation (ANBI status) founded in 1933 and headquartered in Bovenkarspel, Netherlands. It operates the national registry and matching service for missing and found pets in the Netherlands, helping reunite lost animals with their owners. The foundation runs a website, a paid phone hotline (0900-2648334 at €0.15/min), and a network of 110 national reporting points staffed by 138 volunteers, processing an average of 231 missing- and found-pet reports per day.

Its core platform is a coordinated hub linking pet owners, animal shelters, veterinarians, municipal authorities, and police services; the service is free to the public and sustained by donations, partnerships, and minor call-revenue rather than subscriptions or contracts. The technology stack is conventional — a website plus call center — with no disclosed AI, mobile app, or proprietary matching algorithms. The foundation's recent commercial partnerships (Figopet for pet insurance distribution; 123inkt.nl for cartridge-recycling fundraising) and a PostNL 90th-anniversary stamp indicate a stable organization prioritizing brand maintenance and incremental fundraising diversification over expansion.

Name

Stichting Amivedi

Legal name

Stichting Amivedi

Website

https://amivedi.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dutch nonprofit foundation operating since 1933 as the national missing-and-found pet registry, serving individual pet owners across the Netherlands through a website, paid phone hotline, and 110 volunteer-staffed reporting points.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bovenkarspel

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and charitable contributions: Amivedi is a nonprofit foundation (ANBI status) that relies on donations from the public to fund its operations. The core service of registering missing and found pets is free. Revenue comes from one-time and recurring donations made by donors and supporters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stichting Amivedi provides a free, nationwide Dutch registration and matching service for missing and found companion animals (dogs, cats, birds, rodents). The service is operated by 138 volunteers across 110 local reporting points and processes approximately 231 reports per day via a web portal, a phone hotline (0900-2648334, €0.15/minute), and direct referrals from animal shelters, veterinarians, animal ambulances, and police.

Product overview

Stichting Amivedi is a volunteer-based nonprofit offering a unified national registry and matching service for missing and found companion animals in the Netherlands since 1933. The core product is the free pet registration and search platform, accessible via a website portal, phone hotline (0900-2648334), and 110 local reporting points staffed by 138 volunteers who handle approximately 231 reports per day. Supporting modules include a poster/flyer creation tool, quarterly newsletter, extensive tips and advice content, a community success stories platform, webshop, donation system, and volunteer coordination program. The organization is ANBI-certified (Dutch public benefit organization) and collaborates with animal shelters, veterinarians, animal ambulances, and police but explicitly states it is not a shelter itself and does not take in animals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pet Registration Service Free registration service where pet owners report missing animals and finders register found pets (dogs, cats, birds, rodents, and other companion animals); reports are reviewed and published by 138 volunteers across 110 national reporting points (meldpunten).
• Missing Pet Search Database

Quantifiable outcome

• 231 reports processed per day on average
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Animal shelters (dierenasielen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmivedi collaborates closely with animal shelters across the Netherlands. Shelters receive referrals and cross-reference found animals with Amivedi's database, helping reunite lost pets with their owners through shared information.
• Veterinarians (dierenartsen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVeterinarians work with Amivedi to scan found animals for microchips and cross-reference registrations. They also refer pet owners to Amivedi when animals are brought in.
• Animal ambulances (dierenambulances)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnimal ambulance services collaborate with Amivedi by reporting found animals and facilitating reunifications, providing a critical field presence for animal rescue across the Netherlands.
• Police (politie)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmivedi works with the police to share information about missing and found animals, leveraging police reach and authority in animal-related reports.
• Municipalities (gemeenten)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDutch municipalities collaborate with Amivedi as part of local animal welfare efforts, providing support and referrals for missing and found pet situations.
• Telemarketing bureaus and online service providersminorOthersPer the privacy statement, Amivedi works with telemarketing bureaus and online service providers to support its operations and fundraising efforts. These partnerships are only engaged under Amivedi's direction and in accordance with applicable laws.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stichting DierenLot: Dutch nonprofit funding animal welfare projects and emergency care through lottery proceeds. Comparable nonprofit funding model and animal welfare mission, but operates as a fundraising umbrella rather than a service platform.
• Dierenbescherming: Largest Dutch animal welfare organization, operating animal shelters, advocacy, and pet-care programs nationally. Comparable mission of animal welfare but broader portfolio (shelter operations, lobbying) than Amivedi's narrow reunification focus.

Direct peers

• PawBoost: Digital lost-pet alert platform that distributes community alerts across social media and apps. Comparable end-customer use case (reuniting lost pets) but differentiated by a mobile-first, viral-alert approach versus Amivedi's volunteer-curated registry model.
• HomeAgain: North American microchip-based pet recovery service with a national lost-pet database and alert network. Comparable registry-and-matching offering, though operated as a commercial subscription service rather than a nonprofit.
• AKC Reunite: American Kennel Club's pet recovery service offering microchip registration and 24/7 lost-pet support. Comparable mission and operating model as a registry reuniting lost pets with owners, though affiliated with a larger breed-club parent organization.
• 24PetWatch: Pet microchip registry and lost-pet recovery service operating across North America. Similar registry-based reunification model, with overlapping partnerships with veterinarians and animal welfare organizations.
• Petlog: UK's largest lost-and-found pet microchip database, operated by Dogs Trust. Directly comparable to Amivedi as a national nonprofit pet reunification registry with similar volunteer-driven matching workflows.
• TASSO e.V. Germany's largest pet register and lost-pet reunification service. Closely mirrors Amivedi's nonprofit, community-driven model with national coverage and cross-organizational partnerships with shelters and veterinarians.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stichting-amivedi

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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