Dag van de BHV - 'Ik doe het ook voor jou!'

What Dag van de BHV - 'Ik doe het ook voor jou!' does

Stichting Dag van de BHV operates the Dag van de BHV, an annual national awareness day held on the first Monday of November in the Netherlands, dedicated to recognizing company emergency response personnel (BHV'ers) and reinforcing their role as first responders in workplace incidents before professional emergency services arrive. The initiative engages Dutch organizations — spanning enterprises, government, healthcare, education, and small businesses — through a sign-up-based participation model that delivers a free downloadable toolkit containing social media posts, posters, narrowcasting materials, presentation slides, and banners in Dutch and English.

Since 2026, BVBN (BrancheVereniging Bedrijfshulpverlening Nederland), the Dutch branch organization for company emergency response, has served as the new initiator of the Dag van de BHV, bundling the initiative within the industry association to strengthen its structural position. The foundation's portfolio consists entirely of awareness and engagement products: the annual event itself, the bilingual toolkit, the Dag van de BHV magazine featuring organizational stories, a free promotional package for participating websites, the BHV'er van het Jaar (Emergency Responder of the Year) award program, and a newsletter. The organization operates from Breda, supports a sponsor network that includes G4S, IVM, Mankr8, Arbodienst Medprevent, Preventief, Pontifex, and Het Veiligheidsinstituut, and explicitly does not generate commercial revenue.

Name

Dag van de BHV - 'Ik doe het ook voor jou!'

Legal name

Stichting Dag van de BHV

Website

https://dagvandebhv.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stichting Dag van de BHV operates the Dutch national Dag van de BHV awareness day, held annually on the first Monday of November to recognize the country's approximately 500,000 company emergency response personnel (BHV'ers). It delivers a free bilingual toolkit, annual magazine, newsletter, and BHV'er van het Jaar award to participating organizations, without generating commercial revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Breda

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Non-commercial initiative: The Dag van de BHV is a non-profit awareness initiative focused on raising visibility and professionalizing company emergency response (BHV) in the Netherlands. It does not generate commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Dag van de BHV is a Dutch national awareness day for company emergency response personnel (Bedrijfshulpverlening, BHV), held annually on the first Monday of November. The initiative offers a free promotional package, a digital BHV Toolkit, an annual magazine, a BHV'er van het Jaar election, and a newsletter to Dutch employers and BHV coordinators so they can recognize their emergency response staff.

Product overview

Dag van de BHV is a national awareness initiative organized by the BVBN (BrancheVereniging Bedrijfshulpverlening Nederland) to celebrate and promote workplace emergency response (BHV) in the Netherlands. The organization offers an annual awareness day event on the first Monday of November, complemented by a toolkit of communication materials for organizations to participate, an annual magazine featuring stories from diverse organizations, and a nomination program for the 'BHV'er van het Jaar' (Emergency Responder of the Year) award. The portfolio consists of a single integrated offering centered on awareness and promotion rather than a technical product platform.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dag van de BHV (Annual Awareness Day) Annual national awareness day held on the first Monday of November in the Netherlands, designed for Dutch organizations to celebrate and recognize their Bedrijfshulpverlening (BHV) emergency response personnel.
• Gratis Promotiepakket (Free Promotional Package) Free promotional package provided to Dutch employers so they can run internal awareness activities for their BHV'ers during the Dag van de BHV.
• BHV Toolkit Digital toolkit that gives participating Dutch organizations practical resources for organizing internal BHV awareness activities around the national awareness day.
• Dag van de BHV Magazine Annual magazine published around the Dag van de BHV awareness day, featuring editorial coverage of BHV themes and participating Dutch organizations.
• BHV'er van het Jaar Verkiezing Annual election that recognizes a standout Bedrijfshulpverlening (BHV) professional in the Netherlands, run as part of the Dag van de BHV awareness initiative.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 750 organizations participated in 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BVBN (BrancheVereniging Bedrijfshulpverlening Nederland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2026BVBN is the branch organization for company emergency response in the Netherlands and the new initiator of the Dag van de BHV starting in 2026. The integration bundles forces within the branch organization, giving the Dag van de BHV a strong position and more space to raise awareness for qualitative BHV.
• CrisicomcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCrisicom is the BHV trainer for DierenPark Amersfoort, providing on-location training within the park using realistic scenarios adapted to the zoo environment.
• Mankr8minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor/supporter of the Dag van de BHV.
• Arbodienst MedpreventminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor/supporter of the Dag van de BHV.
• IVM (Instituut voor Veiligheid & Milieu)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor/supporter of the Dag van de BHV.
• PreventiefminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor/supporter of the Dag van de BHV.
• PontifexminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor/supporter of the Dag van de BHV.
• G4SminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor/supporter of the Dag van de BHV.
• Het VeiligheidsinstituutminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor/supporter of the Dag van de BHV.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• NIBHV (Nederlands Instituut voor Bedrijfshulpverlening): NIBHV is the leading Dutch institute that certifies BHV'ers and BHV coordinators through training and exams. It is directly comparable because it serves the same Dutch BHV professional community that Dag van de BHV celebrates, and competes/overlaps with BVBN-aligned training providers.
• VeiligheidNL: VeiligheidNL is the Dutch knowledge center for injury prevention and safety at home, work and in traffic. It is directly comparable as a Netherlands-based safety awareness and prevention organization running campaigns around the same workforce-safety agenda that BHV addresses.
• Het Oranje Kruis: Het Oranje Kruis is the Dutch foundation that sets standards for first-aid training and certification, including first-aid components of BHV. It overlaps directly because BHV training pathways frequently include Oranje Kruis-certified first-aid modules.
• Nederlandse Brandwonden Stichting: The Dutch Burns Foundation runs awareness campaigns and fundraising around burn injuries, including workplace and first-aid contexts. It is directly comparable as a Dutch non-profit foundation using awareness days and partner ecosystems to drive recognition of safety topics closely related to BHV.
• Stichting Vluchteling (Dutch Refugee Foundation): Stichting Vluchteling is a Dutch non-profit foundation that organizes an annual national awareness day (Dag van de Vluchteling) with toolkit, sponsors and corporate participation. It is directly comparable as a Netherlands-based foundation running a thematic awareness day via the same event-driven, multi-stakeholder playbook.
• BVBN (BrancheVereniging Bedrijfshulpverlening Nederland): BVBN is the Dutch industry association for company emergency response and, since 2026, the initiator of Dag van de BHV. It is the most directly comparable organization because it sets the BHV agenda the awareness day promotes and drives training, certification and lobbying for the same ~500,000 BHV'er population.

Broad incumbents

• IFV (Instituut Fysieke Veiligheid): IFV is the Dutch Institute for Physical Safety, focused on fire service, disaster management and crisis response training and research. It is broadly comparable as a Dutch public-interest safety institution whose mandate overlaps with BHV topics such as incident response, evacuation and first aid.
• RIVM (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu): RIVM is the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. It is a broad incumbent comparable because it runs national public-information campaigns on health and safety topics that overlap with workplace emergency response, even though its primary mandate is public rather than occupational safety.

Emerging players

• G4S (Netherlands): G4S Netherlands is a security and training provider that is both a sponsor of Dag van de BHV and a direct BHV training provider through G4S Training & Safety. It is an emerging/overlapping player in the same Dutch BHV training market the awareness day promotes.

Regional players

• ILO World Day for Safety and Health at Work: The ILO's annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work is the international analogue of Dag van de BHV at a global level. It is a regional/broader peer because it addresses the same workplace-safety awareness function for a much larger, international audience.

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/dagvandebhv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dag-van-de-bhv

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