CAR DE HERT

What CAR DE HERT does

CAR DE HERT VZW is a Belgian non-profit (VZW - Vereniging Zonder Winstoogmerk) ambulatory rehabilitation center (Centrum voor Ambulante Revalidatie) headquartered at Rozendreef 250, 9300 Aalst, East Flanders, Belgium (enterprise number BE 0409 371672). It delivers multidisciplinary diagnostic assessment and therapeutic services to children aged approximately 1.5 to 13 years presenting with developmental difficulties including ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral problems, learning disorders, motor disorders, language disorders, and intellectual disabilities. Services span ergotherapy (occupational therapy), logopedia (speech therapy), kinesitherapy (physiotherapy), clinical psychology, social work, and medical care provided by pediatricians including a pediatric neurologist specializing in child rehabilitation and a child psychiatrist. The center is organized into five teams — a research/assessment team (Onderzoeksteam), an infant team for children up to 5 years (Infantteam), a base team for children aged 5-12 with complex developmental difficulties (Basisteam), a specialized ASS-ADHD team, and a logistics team that handles reception, administration, building maintenance, and a limited in-house transport service for families unable to arrange transport.

The clinical model is built on the biopsychosocial framework, with child- and family-centered care in which children and parents set the direction and goals of the trajectory, and all disciplines operate as one cohesive team on a shared treatment plan. Sessions are typically delivered twice weekly in 1-2 hour blocks, with a maximum 3-month examination period and trajectories capped at 432 days of care from age 7 depending on diagnosis.

CAR De Hert operates under a formal collaboration agreement (samenwerkingsovereenkomst, recognition number 9.65.105.45) with the Departement Zorg (Department of Care) of the Flemish Government. The Flemish Government covers the majority of treatment costs; families pay only a small remgeld of €2.33 per type of revalidation provision per session day as of 01/01/2026, and nothing for children with entitlement to increased reimbursement. The center is a member of the Federatie CAR, the Belgian federation of ambulatory rehabilitation centers, and receives supplementary support from United Funds for Belgium for non-subsidized initiatives such as the electric bus for its transport service. It is GDPR-compliant and holds no patents, trademarks, or app products. The technology footprint consists of a website with online registration, absence reporting, and suggestion forms; there is no app, API, AI component, or proprietary software product.

Name

CAR DE HERT

Legal name

CAR DE HERT VZW

Website

https://cardehert.be

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CAR DE Hert VZW is a non-profit ambulatory rehabilitation center in Aalst, Belgium, delivering multidisciplinary developmental assessment and therapy to children aged 1.5 to 13 years with developmental difficulties, funded primarily through the Flemish Government's Departement Zorg.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatric Rehabilitation & Developmental Therapy Centers (PT/OT/SLP) (HLAFAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Physical Therapy (Early Intervention) (EDACAFAD), Pediatric Physical Therapy & Developmental Rehab (HSADAIAE)

Keywords

• Pediatric rehabilitation services
• Multidisciplinary therapy
• Developmental disability care
• Ambulatory rehabilitation center
• Child healthcare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Aalst

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government-subsidized rehabilitation services: CAR De Hert operates under a collaboration agreement with the Departement Zorg (Department of Care) of the Flemish Government. The Flemish government covers the majority of costs for approved revalidation programs. Parents pay only a small personal contribution (remgeld). Costs for examination are €2.33 per type of revalidation provision. Children with entitlement to increased reimbursement pay nothing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CAR De Hert is a multidisciplinary ambulatory rehabilitation center providing integrated therapeutic services (occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy, psychology, social work, and medical care) for children aged approximately 1.5 to 13 years with developmental difficulties including ADHD, autism, learning, motor, language, and behavioral disorders. The center organizes its work into specialized teams (Research, Infant, Base, ASS-ADHD, and Logistics) that deliver diagnostic assessments, individualized therapy, parent guidance, and consultation/liaison with schools and CLBs under a biopsychosocial clinical framework.

Product overview

CAR De Hert is a Centrum voor Ambulante Revalidatie (Center for Ambulatory Rehabilitation) providing a unified rehabilitation service for children with developmental difficulties. The center operates as a single integrated healthcare service with five specialized teams: Onderzoeksteam (research/assessment team), Infantteam (early intervention for children up to 5 years), Basisteam (core team for children 5-12 years with complex difficulties), ASS-ADHD Team (specialized team for ADHD and autism), and Logistiek Team (logistics and transport). Services include multidisciplinary diagnostic assessments, therapeutic interventions (ergotherapy, speech therapy, kinesistherapy, psychology), parent guidance, and consultation with professional partners. The center operates from a partnership model where children and parents determine the direction of their rehabilitation journey.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Centrum voor Ambulante Revalidatie (CAR) Services Ambulatory rehabilitation center providing multidisciplinary therapy, diagnostic assessments, and therapeutic interventions for children aged 1.5 to 13 years with developmental difficulties and their families. The center organizes care through five specialized teams (Research, Infant, Base, ASS-ADHD, Logistics) operating under a biopsychosocial clinical framework, with services largely subsidized by the Flemish government.
• Diagnostic Assessments Comprehensive multidisciplinary evaluation of children and their context to identify developmental difficulties, strengths, and establish eligibility for rehabilitation programs. Conducted by the Onderzoeksteam (Research Team), with a maximum examination period of 3 months per regulatory framework. Costs €2.33 per type of revalidation provision per session day.
• Therapy and Treatment Individualized therapeutic interventions including ergotherapy (occupational therapy), speech therapy (logopedie), kinesistherapy (physiotherapy), and psychological treatment delivered by multidisciplinary teams (Infant Team, Base Team, ASS-ADHD Team). Sessions typically run 1-2 hours, twice per week, during school hours or after school depending on the child's age. Costs €2.33 per type of revalidation provision per session day.
• Parent and Context Guidance Parent-child counseling and guidance services that involve families as essential partners in the rehabilitation process, including parent-child (ouder-kind) guidance within the infant team. Helps families set goals and integrate therapeutic strategies at home, school, and in the broader context.
• Consultation and Liaison Consultation services for professional service providers, including collaboration with schools, CLB (Centrum voor Leerlingenbegeleiding / student guidance center), and other healthcare providers. The center is open to consultation even before a formal referral is made, supporting continuity of care across the child's wider context.
• Limited Transport Service In-house transport service using an electric bus to bring children whose families cannot arrange their own transport to and from the center, serving a limited geographic area around Aalst. Costs €1.50 per single journey. Reserved for children with no alternative transport options. The transport service is not subsidized and relies on external funding.

Quantifiable outcome

• Children receive integrated multidisciplinary treatment — typically 2 sessions per week of 1–2 hours each, across multiple disciplines.
• +3 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Departement Zorg (Flemish Government)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAR De Hert holds a formal collaboration agreement (samenwerkingsovereenkomst) with the Departement Zorg (Department of Care) of the Flemish Government (recognition number: 9.65.105.45). This agreement regulates the center's operations, determines which children can be served, and governs the government funding model. The collaboration agreement defines the rules that both the center and patients must follow.
• Federatie CARcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAR De Hert is a member of the Federatie CAR (the federation of ambulatory rehabilitation centers in Belgium, www.revalidatie.be). Membership provides sectoral representation, shared standards, and collective advocacy for CAR centers across Belgium.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Kind & Gezin: Flemish government agency for early childhood welfare that touches the same 0-5 developmental population as CAR De Hert's Infantteam; functions as an upstream referral partner rather than a competitor.
• CLB (Centrum voor Leerlingenbegeleiding): Flemish student guidance centers that serve as a primary referral source to CAR De Hert; while not direct competitors, they overlap on assessment and guidance functions and could absorb some rehabilitation-adjacent work.

Direct peers

• CAR Kempen: Flemish CAR member providing ambulatory pediatric rehabilitation with a comparable multidisciplinary team structure and Departement Zorg recognition; serves as a regional peer in the Kempen area.
• MPI Oosterlo: Medisch-Pedagogisch Instituut providing day care, schooling, and therapy for children with developmental disabilities in Flanders; intersects with CAR De Hert's pediatric developmental therapy population.
• Koninklijk Instituut Woluwe (KIWol): Belgian institution providing ambulatory and residential care for children and adults with developmental disabilities including autism and intellectual disabilities; comparable in mission and pediatric developmental focus to CAR De Hert.
• CAR De Kade: Ambulatory rehabilitation center (CAR) operating in the Antwerp region under the same Federatie CAR framework, offering multidisciplinary rehabilitation services for children with developmental difficulties - a near-identical operating model to CAR De Hert.

Broad incumbents

• Pulderbos Revalidatiecentrum: Larger, established pediatric and adult rehabilitation center in Belgium with broader specialty coverage and inpatient capacity; competes for the same Flemish pediatric rehabilitation referrals but operates at greater scale.
• Inkendaal Revalidatieziekenhuis: Specialized rehabilitation hospital in Brussels offering pediatric and adult rehabilitation programs; overlaps with CAR De Hert on the pediatric developmental rehabilitation segment but with a much wider service portfolio and inpatient facilities.
• UZ Gent - Kinderrevalidatie: University hospital pediatric rehabilitation program serving East Flanders; competes for the same regional referrals as CAR De Hert with the additional credibility of an academic medical center.

Regional players

• CAR Brugge: Federatie CAR member in West Flanders offering similar multidisciplinary ambulatory pediatric rehabilitation; geographically separate from CAR De Hert but operating under the same Flemish regulatory framework.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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