de DoktersDienst Duin- en Bollenstreek

What de DoktersDienst Duin- en Bollenstreek does

de DoktersDienst Duin- en Bollenstreek, operating as Huisartsenposten De LIMES, is a non-profit regional cooperative delivering out-of-hours general-practitioner emergency care (ANW-spoedzorg) across the Duin- en Bollenstreek area in South Holland, Netherlands. The organisation operates three physical walk-in posts — Alphen aan den Rijn, Voorhout, and Leiderdorp — and a telephone triage line, with services available weekdays from 17:00 to 08:00 and 24 hours on weekends and national holidays. Care is delivered by affiliated regional GPs ("aangesloten huisartsen") rather than directly employed clinicians; the cooperative itself has only 7 employees, who coordinate triage, dispatch, and operations across the three locations.\n\nCare is funded through the Dutch mandatory health-insurance system under standard GP coverage, so insured patients face no out-of-pocket costs. The organisation supplements its core acute-care service with a public-facing health-information portal covering common complaints (ticks, flu, fever in children, UTIs, etc.), referral links to Thuisarts.nl, and integration with Google Maps for location finding. Its published posture is "Levensbedreigende situatie? Bel altijd 112" — directing life-threatening cases to national emergency services rather than its own posts.\n\nThe underlying technology footprint disclosed in the source material is minimal: no custom platform, no mobile app, no API, and no AI/ML components. Governance disclosures include a Privacyreglement (compliant with Dutch/EU data protection law) and a Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure policy, and operational reporting includes annual plans (Jaarplan 2025) and jaarverslagen. Distribution is limited to a single Dutch province; no exports, partnerships, M&A, funding rounds, or institutional ownership are disclosed in the available data.

Name

de DoktersDienst Duin- en Bollenstreek

Legal name

Huisartsenposten De LIMES

Website

https://dddb.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Huisartsenposten De LIMES (formerly de DoktersDienst Duin- en Bollenstreek) is a Dutch non-profit cooperative that runs three out-of-hours GP posts across South Holland, providing evening, night, weekend, and holiday acute primary care to residents of the Duin- en Bollenstreek region, reimbursed via Dutch mandatory health insurance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Alphen aan den Rijn

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Service Delivery: Provides out-of-hours GP emergency care services. Costs are covered by Dutch health insurance under standard healthcare coverage for GP services. Revenue flows through the Dutch mandatory health insurance system.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

De DoktersDienst Duin- en Bollenstreek (operating as Huisartsenposten De LIMES) provides out-of-hours GP emergency services (ANW-spoedzorg) to residents of the Duin- en Bollenstreek region in South Holland, the Netherlands. Services are delivered through three physical walk-in clinics (Alphen aan den Rijn, Voorhout, Leiderdorp) plus telephone triage, with operation during weekday evenings (17:00–08:00), weekends, and national holidays. Costs are covered by Dutch mandatory health insurance and the organization coordinates with affiliated local GPs and the national 112 emergency line.

Product overview

Huisartsenposten De Limes is a unified out-of-hours primary care (ANW-spoedzorg) service provider operating across the Duin- en Bollenstreek region in the Netherlands. The organization operates three physical service locations in Alphen a/d Rijn, Voorhout, and Leiderdorp, offering walk-in consultations, telephone triage, and online health information resources. The core offering is emergency GP services available during evenings (17:00-08:00 on weekdays) and 24 hours on weekends and national holidays. Patients access services via a postcodelookup system, telephone, or in-person visits, with the organization collaborating with affiliated general practitioners (aangesloten huisartsen) across the region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Huisartsenposten De LIMES — After-Hours GP Emergency Service Out-of-hours primary care emergency service (ANW-spoedzorg) providing urgent GP consultations and treatment during weekday evenings (17:00–08:00), nights, weekends, and national holidays across the Duin- en Bollenstreek region in South Holland, Netherlands. Available to local residents via telephone triage and walk-in visits to the three regional clinics.
• Gezondheidsinformatie Portaal Online patient education portal providing self-service health information on common complaints including tick bites, flu, sore throat, cough, diarrhea, insect bites, fever in children, abdominal pain, hay fever, and urinary tract infections. Aimed at residents of the Duin- en Bollenstreek region seeking guidance before, during, or after GP contact.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Doktor.nl: Doktor.nl is a Dutch digital telehealth platform providing on-demand GP consultations via video and chat, emerging as a partial substitute for the walk-in/telephone triage model used by de DoktersDienst Duin- en Bollenstreek.

Others

• Saltro: Saltro is a Dutch primary care diagnostics and support services provider working closely with GP practices in the region, providing lab and diagnostic infrastructure that complements but does not compete with out-of-hours GP services.
• Thuisarts.nl: Thuisarts.nl is the Dutch national patient health-information platform developed by the NHG and integrated with de DoktersDienst as a patient-education resource; not a direct competitor but a complementary self-care channel that could reduce after-hours GP demand.

Direct peers

• Primair Huisartsenposten: Primair Huisartsenposten operates multiple Dutch GP out-of-hours cooperatives across various regions, providing the same ANW-spoedzorg model with affiliated GPs, telephone triage, and walk-in posts as de DoktersDienst Duin- en Bollenstreek.
• Huisartsenposten Rijnmond: Huisartsenposten Rijnmond is a regional Dutch GP out-of-hours cooperative serving the greater Rotterdam area, operating under the same Dutch ANW-spoedzorg framework with affiliated GPs and walk-in clinic locations.
• Huisartsenpost Westland: Huisartsenpost Westland is a regional Dutch GP cooperative operating out-of-hours primary care in the Westland region with a similar member-affiliated GP structure and ANW-spoedzorg service model.

Broad incumbents

• Arts en Zorg: Arts en Zorg is a broader Dutch primary care organization operating multiple GP practices and care concepts across the Netherlands, with overlapping primary-care delivery though not specifically focused on out-of-hours ANW posts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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