De Varkenspraktijk

What De Varkenspraktijk does

De Varkenspraktijk is a Dutch veterinary practice operating exclusively in the pig sector, providing on-farm health management, diagnostics, and consulting services to pig farmers across the Netherlands. The practice is staffed by 15 named pig veterinarians, more than a dozen pig assistants, and at least one dedicated research employee, distributed across six branch locations in Mill, Oss, Someren, Oisterwijk, Diessen, and Chaam, covering the principal pig farming regions of the country. Its core offering is species-specific veterinary care with an independent advisory stance: rather than focusing solely on pathogens, the practice develops farm-specific health management plans that integrate management practices, nutrition, climate, and disease control, and chains these plans across breeding and finishing operations through farming concepts and integrations such as Frievar, Elite, Heydehoeve, Wroetvarkens, Best Star Meat, and Next Genetix.

The business generates revenue primarily through professional services fees for on-farm consultations, diagnostics, treatment, and ongoing health management contracts with pig farmers; secondary revenue is derived from a Stichting Beter Leven keurmerk-recognised pig welfare training course (€200 per participant, delivered in groups of 6–10) that is mandatory for managers and employees of Beter Leven certified pig farms. The practice is privately held, has no external parent company or disclosed funding, and is operationally active through 2026 with monthly newsletters, symposia (e.g., Bigvitaliteit), client evenings, and contributor columns in agricultural media such as Boerderij and VARKENS.NL. It participates in national disease eradication and antimicrobial stewardship programmes, including the Nationaal PRRS-Plan (PRRS-free Netherlands by 2040) in collaboration with GD, the Ministry of LVVN, and POV, and supports IKB varkens and mandatory Salmonella monitoring compliance for its clients.

Name

De Varkenspraktijk

Legal name

De Varkenspraktijk

Website

https://devarkenspraktijk.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

De Varkenspraktijk is a Dutch veterinary practice exclusively focused on pig health management, delivering on-farm consulting, diagnostics, and a certified welfare training course to pig farmers across six branches in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veterinary Services

NAICS

Veterinary Services (54194)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Livestock & Farm Animal Veterinary Services (AFAEANAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Routine On-Farm Veterinary Services (Exams, Treatment, Prescribing) (AFACADAB), Nutrition & Production Medicine Advisory (Transition Cow, Performance Optimization) (AFACADAI)

Keywords

• Pig veterinary services
• Swine health management
• Livestock veterinary practice
• On-farm veterinary consulting
• Pig welfare training

Headquarters

HQ city

Mill

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Veterinary Health Consulting Services: De Varkenspraktijk generates revenue through fees for veterinary health management services, on-farm consultations, health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment services provided to pig farming operations. Services are tailored per farm and billed per consultation or under ongoing service agreements.
2. Training and Education Course: Revenue from delivering the certified pig welfare (Mens-Dier Interactie) training course at €200 per participant (excl. VAT), organized periodically in small groups of 6–10 persons, targeting pig farm managers and employees of Beter Leven certified farms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

De Varkenspraktijk is a veterinary practice exclusively focused on pig health management, providing on-farm veterinary consultations, disease diagnostics, health monitoring, treatment, and farm-specific health management advice to pig farmers across the Netherlands. The practice supplements its veterinary services with a Stichting Beter Leven keurmerk-recognized training course on pig welfare and human-animal interaction for pig farm managers and staff.

Product overview

De Varkenspraktijk is a veterinary practice exclusively focused on the pig sector, offering a integrated portfolio of services centered on pig veterinarian expertise. The core offering is the Varkensartsen service, providing specialized veterinary health management for pig farms. Supporting services include the Cursus Welzijn en behoeftes van het varken (a Beter Leven-certified training course on pig welfare), monthly Nieuwsbrieven (newsletters) with health updates and farm management guidance, a Documenten library with downloadable resources like medicine manuals and disease information, and Test je kennis (knowledge quizzes) for farmer education. The practice operates across six locations in the Netherlands (Mill, Oss, Someren, Oisterwijk, Diessen, Chaam) and is active in various pig farming concepts and integrations including Frievar, Elite, Heydehoeve, Wroetvarkens, and Best Star Meat.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Varkensartsen (Pig Veterinarian Services) Veterinary services for pig farms providing health management, disease prevention, diagnostics, treatment, and farm-specific guidance delivered by a team of specialized pig veterinarians across six branch locations in the Netherlands (Mill, Oss, Someren, Oisterwijk, Diessen, Chaam). Targeted at modern pig farmers, breeding operations, and farming concepts/integrations such as Frievar, Elite, Heydehoeve, Wroetvarkens, Best Star Meat, and Next Genetix.
• Cursus Welzijn en behoeftes van het varken (Pig Welfare and Needs Course) A Stichting Beter Leven keurmerk-recognized training course on pig welfare and needs, mandatory for managers and employees of Beter Leven certified pig farms. Organized in small groups of 6-10 participants at €200 per participant excluding VAT, with a course duration of 4 to 4.5 hours.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~70% antibiotic usage reduction in Dutch pig sector since 2009
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren (GD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026De Varkenspraktijk collaborates actively with the Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren (GD / Animal Health Service) on disease surveillance, diagnostics, and epidemiology. The practice's veterinarians report observations to GD (e.g., new parvovirus variant cases) and participate in national disease monitoring and research programs including the Nationaal PRRS-Plan. The GD also conducts blood monitoring, post-mortem examinations, and develops diagnostic tests.
• Ministerie van LVVN (Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026De Varkenspraktijk participates in the Nationaal PRRS-Plan, a government-backed initiative to make the Netherlands PRRS-free by 2040, in collaboration with the Ministry of LVVN and the POV (Dutch Pig Farmers' Organization).
• POV (Producenten Organisatie Varkenshouderij)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026POV (Dutch Pig Farmers' Organization) collaborates with De Varkenspraktijk on the Nationaal PRRS-Plan and pig sector initiatives. POV has also called on Polish workers to prevent African Swine Fever introduction, a topic covered by De Varkenspraktijk's knowledge content.
• Next GenetixminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026Rick Janssen of De Varkenspraktijk serves as chain veterinarian (ketendierenarts) for Next Genetix, a pig breeding company, monitoring the health status of sub-breeding farms and advising on health management and vaccination programs.
• FrievarminorOthersDe Varkenspraktijk has been active for years in pig farming concepts and integrations including Frievar, providing veterinary health management services to member farms.
• EliteminorOthersDe Varkenspraktijk has been active for years in pig farming concepts and integrations including Elite, providing veterinary health management services.
• HeydehoeveminorOthersDe Varkenspraktijk has been active for years in pig farming concepts and integrations including Heydehoeve, providing veterinary health management services.
• WroetvarkensminorOthersDe Varkenspraktijk has been active for years in pig farming concepts and integrations including Wroetvarkens, providing veterinary health management services.
• Best Star MeatminorOthersDe Varkenspraktijk has been active for years in pig farming concepts and integrations including Best Star Meat, providing veterinary health management services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Elanco Animal Health: Global animal-health company with swine products and services. Comparable as an incumbent offering that bundles products and advisory, in contrast to De Varkenspraktijk's independent positioning.
• Zoetis: Global animal-health leader with a major swine franchise. Competes for talent (recruited Tineke van de Veerdonk from De Varkenspraktijk) and offers advisory services bundled with pharmaceutical products to Dutch pig producers.
• MSD Animal Health (Intervet): Global animal-health pharma company with a strong swine portfolio (vaccines, anti-infectives). Competes indirectly as a pharma-affiliated advisory alternative and is a key employer competing for pig-vet talent.
• HIPRA: Animal-health company headquartered in Spain with a significant swine vaccines and diagnostics portfolio serving European pig producers. Adjacent incumbent providing both products and technical services to pig veterinarians.
• Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren (GD): Netherlands' national Animal Health Service — a major partner of De Varkenspraktijk that also performs diagnostics, surveillance, blood monitoring, and post-mortems. Overlaps in advisory and disease-monitoring work but is a much broader institution across multiple species.
• Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health: Major animal-health company with a leading swine vaccines portfolio. Competes with De Varkenspraktijk indirectly through pharma-driven advisory and benchmarking programs targeting pig farmers.

Direct peers

• Varkensartsen Lichtenvoorde: Another specialized Dutch pig-only veterinary practice serving the eastern Netherlands. Closest direct peer to De Varkenspraktijk in service model, customer type (pig farmers), and species focus.
• Varkenspraktijk Dalfsen / Varkensartsenpraktijk Dalfsen: Specialized pig veterinary practice in Overijssel; comparable in providing on-farm health management and herd health advisory to Dutch pig farmers, with similar chain-collaboration positioning.

Emerging players

• PigCHAMP (by Farm Control): Pig production data-management and benchmarking platform. Adjacent in that it offers data-driven decision support that complements veterinary health management, increasingly relevant for farm-specific advisory services.

Others

• Denkavit / Vitamex (feed and nutrition advisory): Dutch livestock-feed supplier with technical advisory services for pig farmers. Comparable as a Dutch pig-sector service provider whose nutrition and management advice overlaps with De Varkenspraktijk's whole-farm advisory scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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