Coöperatie Hesterhuizen

What Coöperatie Hesterhuizen does

Coöperatie Hesterhuizen is a Netherlands-based cooperative headquartered in Rosmalen that aggregates experienced small-scale healthcare entrepreneurs (zorgondernemers) under a shared back-office platform. Its primary customers are independent operators of small residential care homes, day care programs, and family-based care initiatives (gezinshuizen) serving WLZ, Jeugdzorg, and WMO clients. The cooperative pools member demand to negotiate care-in-natura contracts with healthcare offices (zorgkantoren), which individual small providers could not secure on their own.

The cooperative's service stack centers on the ONS care administration system, which handles client and personnel records and automates mandatory reporting to zorgkantoren. Surrounding the ONS system are add-on modules covering Kwaliteitskader GZ quality compliance, a centralized Supervisory Board (Centrale Raad van Toezicht), a Central Client Council (Centrale Cliëntenraad), collective annual accounting and audit services, treatment expertise (behandelexpertise), and BVKZ trade-association affiliation. Together these components replicate the governance and compliance overhead of a larger care organization on behalf of members. The cooperative does not develop proprietary AI or differentiated technology beyond standard care-administration workflows.

Hesterhuizen operates a recurring membership-based revenue model. Members pay annual dues for access to the service package, while the cooperative earns a margin on collectively procured care-in-natura volumes routed through member organizations. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is set per membership negotiation; the cooperative holds no external funding and is owned and governed entirely by its members. Five members are publicly named (Hof van Stroes, Meet en Beukenhorst, Freeway Zorg, Bee at Home, and Boeijend Erf), with on-boarding processed via telephone introduction, information exchange, and quality-threshold evaluation. Distribution is direct, supplemented by website, quarterly newsletter, and BVKZ symposium outreach.

Name

Coöperatie Hesterhuizen

Legal name

Coöperatie Hesterhuizen

Website

https://hesterhuizen.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Coöperatie Hesterhuizen is a Dutch cooperative that aggregates small-scale healthcare entrepreneurs into a shared back-office platform, providing ONS care administration, centralized governance, quality compliance, and collective procurement of WLZ, Jeugdzorg, and WMO contracts via Dutch zorgkantoren.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Small-Scale Healthcare Cooperative Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), All Other Support Services (561990)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Provider Network, Credentialing & Contracting Support (BPAAAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Clinical Quality Assurance (GCP QA, TMF/QMS oversight) (HLAGAKAI)

Keywords

• Small-scale care cooperative
• Healthcare administration support
• Collective care procurement
• Care quality assurance
• Membership cooperative services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rosmalen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Procurement (Care in Natura): The cooperative purchases care in natura (in-kind care services) through collective procurement. Members benefit from centralized negotiations with healthcare offices across the Netherlands.
2. Member Services and Dues: Members pay for access to the cooperative's services including administrative support, quality assurance, knowledge sharing, and collective representation. The membership includes a threshold requirement ensuring all members meet required quality standards.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Coöperatie Hesterhuizen is a cooperative formed by experienced small-scale healthcare entrepreneurs that provides its members with shared services including an ONS care-administration system, quality-assurance framework support (Kwaliteitskader GZ and Zorgbrede Governance code), a centralized Supervisory Board (Raad van Toezicht), a centralized Client Council, annual accounts and audit services, treatment expertise, and collective procurement of care-in-natura contracts with healthcare offices (zorgkantoren) across the Netherlands.

Product overview

Coöperatie Hesterhuizen operates as a cooperative of small-scale care entrepreneurs offering residential care, day care, and care support services. The core offering is the cooperative membership model, which provides members with access to shared infrastructure including the ONS administrative system, quality framework compliance support (Kwaliteitskader GZ), centralized governance (Raad van Toezicht), annual accounting services, treatment expertise, and a centralized client council. Members include organizations such as Hof van Stroes, Meet en Beukenhorst, Freeway Zorg, Boeijend Erf (specializing in dementia care), and Bee at Home (day care). The cooperative facilitates bulk purchasing of care services and maintains relationships with care offices (zorgkantoren) across the Netherlands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coöperatie Hesterhuizen Membership

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Bee at Home (Bee at home)minorOthers · 2 April 2025Bee at Home is a small-scale day care facility located in Dinteloord within a senior complex, founded in October 2017. They joined Coöperatie Hesterhuizen in April 2025. The organization focuses on helping people stay home longer through day activities and meal services.
• Boeijend ErfminorOthers · 1 June 2024Boeijend Erf joined Coöperatie Hesterhuizen as of February 1, 2026. They are a small-scale living facility in Elsendorp (Brabant) for people with dementia with 11 residents. They first met Hesterhuizen at the BVKZ symposium in June 2024.
• BVKZ (Branchevereniging Kleinschalige Zorg)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoöperatie Hesterhuizen is a member of BVKZ (Branchevereniging Kleinschalige Zorg), the industry association for small-scale care. This membership helps members meet the requirement of being affiliated with a branch association. The cooperative also offers discounts on individual BVKZ membership through the cooperative.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stichting De Hoven: Dutch small-scale elderly care organization providing residential and day care services. Directly comparable to Hesterhuizen's member organizations in scale, care philosophy, and target population (small-scale, individualized elderly/dementia care).
• Stichting Boogh: Dutch small-scale care organization focused on individualized support. Comparable to Hesterhuizen's member profile as a small-scale care provider operating in the Dutch WLZ/WMO framework with similar mission of warm, individualized care delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Humanitas DMH: Dutch care organization providing support to people with intellectual disabilities and autism. Comparable in serving the same Dutch care frameworks (WLZ, WMO) as Hesterhuizen members, but at materially larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Pleyade: Dutch elderly care organization providing nursing home, residential, and home care services. Comparable in serving the Dutch elderly care segment but operates at institutional scale across multiple regions, contrasting with Hesterhuizen's small-scale cooperative model.
• Philadelphia Zorg: Large Dutch care organization supporting people with intellectual disabilities. Comparable in serving the disability care segment (Kwaliteitskader GZ applies to members) but operates at substantially greater scale with broader service portfolios.
• Espria: Dutch cooperative of healthcare organizations operating across multiple care segments. Comparable as a larger cooperative model in Dutch healthcare, though Espria operates at significantly greater scale and broader scope than Hesterhuizen's small-scale focus.
• 's Heeren Loo: Large Dutch care provider for people with intellectual disabilities and complex care needs. Comparable in Dutch disability care delivery but competes with Hesterhuizen's member organizations through significantly greater geographic reach and institutional resources.

Others

• BVKZ (Branchevereniging Kleinschalige Zorg): Dutch trade association for small-scale care providers, of which Hesterhuizen is a member. Comparable as the industry body representing the same small-scale care entrepreneur segment Hesterhuizen serves, and functions as a referral pipeline for cooperative membership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/co%C3%B6peratie-hesterhuizen

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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