CIBG

What CIBG does

CIBG is a Dutch government executive agency (agentschap) operating under the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), headquartered at the Hoftoren in The Hague. Founded in 1995 and rebranded to the letter combination CIBG in 2000, the organization provides reliable and accessible healthcare information by assessing, registering, and providing data. It manages a comprehensive portfolio of national healthcare registers and digital information systems that serve as authoritative data infrastructure for the Dutch healthcare sector, supporting citizens, healthcare professionals, healthcare institutions, and government supervisory bodies.

The product portfolio is anchored by core registries including the BIG-register (national register of healthcare professionals, managed under OID 2.16.528.1.1007.5), the Donorregister (organ and tissue donation registry, which 58% of Dutch adults are registered in), the UZI-register (unique healthcare provider identification issuing digital certificates for secure system access), the Landelijk Register Zorgaanbieders (LRZa) covering institutional providers, and the Landelijk Implantaten Register (LIR) for medical device tracking. Supporting infrastructure includes SBV-Z, a sectoral messaging facility processing approximately 22 million monthly BSN verification consultations; NCPeH-NL, the National Contact Point enabling cross-border health data exchange via the EU MyHealth@EU infrastructure; Farmatec (expensive medicines database); the Bureau Medicinale Cannabis (producing or commissioning medicinal cannabis and issuing drug licenses); VIR for at-risk youth; and WNT supervision for top executive remuneration. Technology is delivered through the Platform Rijksoverheid Online (PRO) infrastructure using agile and scrum teams, continuous delivery practices, and APIs published under HL7/DigiMV standards.

As a Dutch government executive agency, CIBG is funded through VWS ministry budget allocations rather than commercial user fees, with most services legally mandated. Its primary client is the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, supplemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, supervisory bodies (IGJ, NZa), and statistics authority (CBS). Distribution is digital-first via 24/7 self-service portals per register, with paper, phone, contact-center, and physical-counter alternatives for non-digital users, plus system-to-system API integration with healthcare IT providers, government databases (BRP, DUO), and the EU MyHealth@EU network. The organization operates with over 600 professionals under CEO Marko Stupar (Algemeen directeur) and a management team including a COO, CFO, interim Directeur Informatiemanagement, and interim CIO.

Name

CIBG

Legal name

CIBG

Website

https://cibg.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

CIBG is a Dutch government executive agency under the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport that operates national healthcare registers, provider identification systems, and cross-border eHealth infrastructure serving citizens, healthcare professionals, institutions, and supervisory bodies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Information Services

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Licensing, Accreditation & Credentialing Boards (HLAJACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Data Privacy, Security & Interoperability Regulators (HLAJACAE), Records Management, Information Governance & Retention (BPAEAPAO)

Keywords

• Healthcare information registers
• Government healthcare agency
• Healthcare professional registration
• Cross-border health data exchange
• Digital public services

Headquarters

HQ city

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: CIBG is an executive organization of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS). Services are funded through government budgets rather than direct user fees. Many services are legally mandated.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CIBG operates national healthcare registers and digital information systems for the Dutch healthcare sector as the executive agency of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. It assesses, registers, and provides data on healthcare professionals, providers, institutions, donors, and pharmaceuticals via portals such as BIG-register, Donorregister, UZI-register, LRZa, LIR, SBV-Z, and NCPeH-NL, primarily through digital channels with paper and counter fallbacks. Many of these services are legally mandated and form the authoritative source of healthcare credentials, identification, and cross-border data exchange in the Netherlands.

Product overview

CIBG operates as a multi-product government IT organization managing a comprehensive portfolio of interconnected healthcare registries, digital portals, and information systems under the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. The portfolio centers on core registration systems (BIG-register for healthcare professionals, Donorregister for organ donation, LIR for medical implants, LRZa for healthcare providers, UZI-register for provider identification) supplemented by provider-facing portals (Zorgaanbiedersportaal, ZorgCSP) and cross-border eHealth exchange (NCPeH-NL). Supporting systems address pharmaceutical databases (Farmatec, Online Aanbieders Medicijnen), youth services (VIR, Jaarverantwoording), compliance monitoring (WNT), and specialized registries (Bureau Medicinale Cannabis, Register Sociale Hygiëne). The organization publishes accessibility compliance statements for all 26 sub-domains and sub-products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BIG-register

Named customers5 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

Feature7 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Cyprus NCPeHcoreTechnology or Integration · 2 February 2026NCPeH-NL connected with Cyprus NCPeH since February 2, 2026, enabling Dutch healthcare providers to request patient summaries of patients from Cyprus. This is part of the European MyHealth@EU infrastructure for cross-border health data exchange.
• Nederlandse Transplantatiestichting (NTS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuestions about organ donation are sometimes forwarded to the Dutch Transplant Foundation (NTS). The NTS collaborates on donor-related communications and statistics.
• Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual statistics from the Donorregister are produced in collaboration with Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
• FiomsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFiom, specialist in ancestry questions and donor conception, creates video series to help donor children understand the process of requesting donor information. CIBG redirects citizens to Fiom for support after they receive donor information.
• Vektis (AGB-register)coreTechnology or IntegrationVektis manages the AGB-register (General Data Management Healthcare Providers) and assigns AGB-codes. CIBG uses Vektis data in the LRZa and collaborates for healthcare provider identification.
• Kamer van Koophandel (KVK)coreTechnology or IntegrationTrade register of the Chamber of Commerce is used as the authentic base registration for healthcare provider business registrations in the LRZa.
• Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (VWS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIBG is an executive organization of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Most assignments come from VWS policy departments, with close contact on implementation.
• Inspectie Gezondheidszorg en Jeugd (IGJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIGJ is the supervisory body for healthcare and youth. They can consult the LIR and receive data from CIBG registers for oversight purposes.
• Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit (NZa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNZa is the healthcare authority that supervises and can request data from CIBG for monitoring healthcare institutions and annual reporting compliance.
• GGD (Gemeentelijke Gezondheidsdienst)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIBG products like NCPeH-NL involve contact with GGD organizations for implementation and coordination.
• Platform Rijksoverheid Online (PRO)coreTechnology or IntegrationCIBG websites are hosted on the Platform Rijksoverheid Online infrastructure, which handles technical standards, cookies, and web accessibility requirements for government websites.
• Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit (LNV)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality is also a client of CIBG for certain assignments, in addition to VWS.
• VUmc (Amsterdam UMC)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare providers from VUmc transgender team are designated as experts for transgender declarations. The Knowledge and Care Center for Gender Dysphoria at VUmc provides the required certified training.
• UMCG (Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare providers from UMCG gender team are designated as experts for transgender declarations.
• RadboudumcsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerExpertise Center Gender & Identity at Radboud university medical center is one of the designated institutions whose healthcare providers can serve as experts for transgender declarations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Kela (The Social Insurance Institution of Finland): Finnish government agency providing broader social security and health insurance administration including the Kanta Services (national health data repository). Comparable in operating national-scale citizen-facing digital health infrastructure under government mandate, though with broader social-security scope.

Direct peers

• Inera AB (Sweden): Swedish public-sector company owned by regions, municipalities and the state that develops and operates national digital health services including the National Patient Overview and eHealth infrastructure. Comparable as a national digital health execution body with similar centralisation of registry, identity, and interoperability services.
• NHS England (formerly NHS Digital): UK national health IT agency that operates comparable national digital infrastructure including the NHS Spine, professional registers, citizen-facing services, and cross-border data exchange. Directly comparable in mandate (centralised digital execution for the Department of Health) and portfolio breadth.
• Sundhedsdatastyrelsen (Danish Health Data Authority): Danish national agency under the Ministry of Health managing health registers, citizen data, and the Danish eHealth infrastructure. Most direct Nordic counterpart to CIBG with similar mandate to operate national registries and connect to EU MyHealth@EU infrastructure.
• TEHIK (Estonian eHealth Foundation / Estonian Centre for Health and Welfare Information Systems): Estonian national health IT agency operating digital health registries, e-prescription infrastructure, and citizen health records. Comparable in scale and digital-first execution model, with comparable mandate to develop EU-cross-border health data connectivity.
• Norsk Helsenett SF (Norwegian Centre for Shared Services in Health): Norwegian state-owned company providing shared digital infrastructure for the health sector, including the Norwegian Health Network, identity services, and central health registries. Directly comparable as a national health-IT execution body under ministerial oversight.
• ELGA GmbH (Austrian Electronic Health Record operator): Austrian operator of the national electronic health record system under federal mandate. Comparable in managing national-scale digital health infrastructure, integrating with EU cross-border exchange, and serving as the public-sector implementation body for health ministry directives.

Emerging players

• Sciensano (Belgium): Belgian federal scientific institution collecting and analysing health data through national health registries. Partial overlap with CIBG's data stewardship role, though Sciensano is research-oriented rather than execution-oriented, and Belgium's regionalised health system makes the mandate less centralised than CIBG's.
• Health Data Hub (France): French government-backed platform for health data sharing and secondary-use analytics. Less mature and more focused on data analytics than registry management, but represents the EU trend toward designated national health data access bodies under EHDS that could compete with or partner alongside CIBG.

Regional players

• RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands): Dutch knowledge institute under the same Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. While RIVM focuses on public health research and epidemiology rather than registries, both organisations operate under VWS, share data infrastructure concerns, and collaborate on national health data stewardship.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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