Brabant Leert

Name

Brabant Leert

Legal name

Stichting Scholingsfonds Brabant Leert

Website

https://brabantleert.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Development and Training Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Computer Training (611420), Educational Support Services (611710), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

IT Support & End-User Computing (Helpdesk, Desktop, M365/Google Workspace) (EDABAFAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Production & Manufacturing Operations (TPM, OEE, SMED) (EDABAKAK)

Keywords

• Training marketplace platform
• Subsidy administration services
• Workforce reskilling programs
• Career coaching services
• Vocational education pathways

Headquarters

HQ city

North Brabant

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Subsidy Administration: Brabant Leert acts as an intermediary for government subsidy programs (Just Transition Fund, SLIM, Subsidie Omscholingstijd, CA-ICT). It does not charge learners or employers directly; revenues flow through public funding managed by Stichting Scholingsfonds Brabant Leert.
2. Training Provider Commissions / Framework Agreements: Brabant Leert aggregates training from partner providers (Edubookers, Skillstown, The Academy, Mikrocentrum, Kennispact MBO) and may receive referral fees or framework commissions from these providers for learner referrals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Brabant Leert operates a province-wide training marketplace that aggregates courses, training providers, and government subsidy programs (JTF, SLIM, Omscholingstijd, CA-ICT) for workers, job seekers, and employers in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The platform combines a multi-sector training catalog, free career coaching (loopbaanadvies), structured development pathways (ontwikkelpaden), and end-to-end subsidy navigation covering up to 100% of training costs.

Product overview

Brabant Leert is a multi-sided educational marketplace platform that aggregates training courses, career counseling, and subsidy programs for workers and job seekers in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The platform operates as a unified marketplace combining multiple service lines: a training catalog (Opleidingen) offering courses across sectors including technology, construction, digital skills, AI, logistics, green sector, hospitality, and healthcare; career guidance services (Loopbaanadvies); structured development pathways (Ontwikkelpaden); and various subsidy programs including the Just Transition Fund (JTF), Subsidie Omscholingstijd, and CA-ICT IT retraining. The platform connects training providers including The Academy, Brainport Academy, Mikrocentrum, and Kennispact MBO Brabant with learners, facilitating subsidy access and career transitions. Many courses carry subsidies making them free or heavily discounted, with support for both employees seeking advancement and employers seeking workforce development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Opleidingen (Training Catalog) Central online catalog of training courses spanning technology, construction, digital skills, AI, logistics, green sector, hospitality, healthcare, and personal development, aggregated from multiple partner training providers. Intended for workers and job seekers in North Brabant; many courses are available with subsidies or discounts.
• Loopbaanadvies (Career Advice) Free personalized career coaching and guidance service that helps individuals discover their talents, explore career paths, and identify suitable training or development opportunities. Available in-person at Werkcentrum locations in Breda, Tilburg, Den Bosch, Helmond, and Eindhoven.
• Ontwikkelpaden (Development Paths) Structured career development pathways connecting functions to recognized training programs (mbo, hbo, practical learning), helping people enter, progress, or transition between sectors. Includes 12 recognized sectoral development paths in the Netherlands covering healthcare, childcare, green/horticulture, and tech/construction/energy.
• Just Transition Fund (JTF) Subsidies Financial support program administered by Brabant Leert for employees and job seekers in the West-Brabant region, providing up to 100% subsidy coverage for recognized training courses, career guidance, and practical training to develop skills for the sustainable and climate-neutral economy.
• Subsidie Omscholingstijd (Reskilling Time Subsidy) Subsidy scheme for employers in Zuidoost-Brabant hiring career changers in healthcare, technology, and ICT sectors, providing up to €6,734/month for full-time training (up to 14 weeks) or up to €1,250/month for part-time training (up to 26 weeks) to offset wage costs during retraining.
• CA-ICT IT Retraining Program Subsidized IT retraining program offered in partnership with The Academy, enabling participants to transition to ICT careers in approximately 4 months. Trajectory value approximately €6,600 per participant, free for eligible candidates through ESF+ funding. Includes AI Engineer, C# .NET Developer, Frontend Webdeveloper, IT Support, Java Developer, and Python Developer tracks.
• NL Leert Door Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Subsidies can cover up to 100% of training costs for eligible participants
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Provincie Noord-Brabant (Province of North Brabant)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020The Province of North Brabant is a founding co-initiator of Brabant Leert, providing regional mandate and strategic direction. Brabant Leert was established in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic to address labor market transformation in the province.
• Brabantse Arbeidsmarktregio's (West-Brabant, Midden-Brabant, Zuid-Oost Brabant, Noord-Oost Brabant, Helmond de Peel)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFive labor market regions in North Brabant co-initiated Brabant Leert and participate in its governance. These regions collectively cover the entire province and serve as the primary geographic scope for the initiative.
• VNO-NCW Brabant ZeelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe regional employers' association VNO-NCW Brabant Zeeland co-initiated Brabant Leert and helps mobilize member companies to participate in upskilling programs and subsidize retraining.
• FNV and CNV (Trade Unions)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe trade unions FNV and CNV co-initiated Brabant Leert and help refer their members to training and career coaching programs facilitated by the platform.
• Kennispact MBO BrabantcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKennispact MBO Brabant is a founding co-initiator and coordinates vocational education (MBO) partnerships within the Brabant Leert ecosystem, offering training such as the Basic Course Vorm & Plaatstoleranties.
• Fontys, Avans, HAS Green academy, and BUas (Brabant Universities of Applied Sciences)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFour Brabant HBO institutions are founding co-initiators of Brabant Leert, providing higher-education level training content and pathways that complement MBO-level offerings.
• Tilburg University and TU/e (Eindhoven University of Technology)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoth universities are founding co-initiators of Brabant Leert, providing academic-level programs and contributing to the knowledge ecosystem that informs training development.
• Brainport AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrainport Academy is the dedicated semicon sector partnership platform for the Brainport region, collaborating with Brabant Leert on career guidance, information sessions, and development routes for workers entering the semiconductor industry.
• EdubookersmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEdubookers is one of the training providers featured on the Brabant Leert platform, supplying course catalog entries and training delivery for adult learners.
• SkillstownmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSkillstown is one of the training providers listed as a founding co-initiator of Brabant Leert, providing vocational and professional training courses through the platform.
• The Academy (ICT retraining partner)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThe Academy delivers ICT retraining trajectories (AI Engineer, C# .NET Developer, Frontend Webdeveloper, IT Support, Java Developer, Python Developer) under the CA-ICT subsidy scheme, with a trajectory value of approximately €6,600 per participant.
• Mikrocentrum (BL)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMikrocentrum is listed as a training provider on Brabant Leert, offering specialized courses such as 'Cursus 3D printen in de praktijk'.
• Stichting Scholingsfonds Brabant LeertcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe governing foundation (Stichting Scholingsfonds Brabant Leert) is responsible for the daily operations of Brabant Leert and for securing funding streams. It is the operational entity that runs the platform.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• UWV (Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen): Dutch national employee insurance agency that runs Werkcentrum career centers and workforce reintegration programs. Operates a much broader portfolio but overlaps with Brabant Leert on subsidized retraining and job-seeker upskilling for the same target populations.

Direct peers

• Skillstown: Founding co-initiator training provider on Brabant Leert, offering vocational and professional training courses. An adjacent platform with overlapping course catalog and target audience (working adults in the Netherlands).
• Springest: Dutch independent training comparison marketplace that aggregates courses from many providers and helps learners compare and choose training. Closest commercial analog to Brabant Leert's marketplace aggregation function, though without the subsidy-administration layer.
• NL Leert Door: National Dutch subsidized continuing-education program administered under Rijksoverheid conditions. Brabant Leert itself processes NL Leert Door registrations, making it the most direct functional peer at the national level.
• Kennispact MBO Brabant: Brabant regional collaboration between MBO vocational schools and employers. Founding co-initiator of Brabant Leert and a direct peer in the MBO-level vocational upskilling and reskilling market for the same sectors.
• Edubookers: Online training marketplace that aggregates training providers across the Netherlands. Listed as a channel training provider on Brabant Leert; competes in the same adult-learning marketplace category with overlap in catalog aggregation.
• Brainport Academy: Dedicated high-tech/semicon talent development platform for the Brainport Eindhoven region. Brabant Leert partners with Brainport Academy for semicon pathways, making it both a partner and a peer in the same subsidized training market.
• Werkcentrum (regional career centers): Network of regional walk-in career centers co-funded by UWV and municipalities. Brabant Leert physically co-locates in these Werkcentrum locations, making them channel partners and direct functional peers for subsidized career coaching and training navigation.
• The Academy (SkillsTown / NCOI): Dutch ICT retraining provider that delivers the CA-ICT subsidized IT tracks via Brabant Leert. Provides very similar subsidized IT-bootcamp outcomes (AI Engineer, Java, Python, etc.) and has comparable employer relationships.

Regional players

• R.O.S. (Regionale Organisatie voor Scholing): Network of Dutch regional training and workforce development organizations outside North Brabant. Comparable model (regional aggregator + subsidy administration) but operates in different provinces, making it a regional peer rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brabantleert

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Brabant Leert