Name

KVK Tienen

Legal name

vzw KVK Tienen

Website

https://kvktienen.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tienen

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from individual match tickets for competitive matches, cup matches, friendly matches, women's team matches, second team matches, and youth matches at various price points
2. Season Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions providing access to all 16 competitive matches of the first men's team plus women's, youth, and friendly matches. Available in standing (€100), seating (€150), and Club 100 (€300) tiers
3. Commercial Partnerships: Sponsorship packages offering brand visibility through boarding, website, match balls, hospitality packages including business-seats, Club van de 100, VIP lunches, and infrastructure rental for sales-driven campaigns
4. Hospitality & Events: Revenue from the Maes Club Lounge and Club van de 100 membership, footlunches (€50-65 per person), event rentals for parties, meetings, dinners, and other events with catering options

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

KVK Tienen is an amateur football club that fields a men's first team in the Belgian first national amateur division, a women's first team and reserves, and an extensive youth academy with a Girls Academy. It sells match tickets and season subscriptions, runs the Club van de 100 VIP/hospitality membership and Footlunch matchday gastronomic lunches, and offers football camps, talent identification days, and commercial sponsorship packages at its Bergéstadion home ground.

Product overview

KVK Tienen is a Belgian amateur football club offering a comprehensive portfolio of sports and hospitality services. The club operates a multi-team structure including a first men's team in the Belgian National Division 1, women's football, and an extensive youth academy (KVK Academy) with Girls Academy. Core products include ticketing and season ticket subscriptions (Abonnementen), VIP hospitality through the Club van de 100, and gastronomic Footlunch experiences. Additional services encompass sponsorship packages, youth development programs including talent identification days and football camps, and event hosting facilities. The club's facilities at Bergéstadion serve as the venue for all match-day products and hospitality services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Girls Academy: Girls Academy for female football players, part of KVK Tienen Academy focusing on youth development for girls from U6 to senior level.
• KVK Tienen Academy

Products and services

• Abonnementen (Season Subscriptions)

Quantifiable outcome

• 6 youth teams winning titles in 2025-2026 season
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• DVC Eva's Tienen (Women's Football)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Fusion agreement from 2021 bringing women's football back into KVK Tienen structure. Eva's Tienen had been active in first national division for 30 years continuously before re-joining.
• Tiensesuiker (Tiense Suikerraffinaderij)coreOthersHistorical main sponsor and partner of KVK Tienen, originating from the sugar refinery industry in Tienen. The club nickname 'suikerploeg' (sugar team) derives from this partnership. Tiense Suiker has been associated with the club for nearly 100 years historically.
• STVV (Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial youth cooperation agreement for talent development and player pathways. STVV provides elite-level youth football pathway as part of KVK's regional development strategy.
• OH Leuven (Oud-Heverlee Leuven)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial youth cooperation agreement for talent development and player pathways. OH Leuven provides elite-level youth football pathway as part of KVK's regional development strategy.
• MaesmajorOthersMaes Club Lounge named sponsor - provides hospitality services and branding at the club's VIP lounge facility.
• VV HoutemminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial-level youth football cooperation agreement for player development and talent identification.
• Crossing VissenakenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional youth football cooperation agreement for player development in the Hageland region.
• TS EventsminorOthersPartnership for organizing summer and autumn football camps for children aged 5-15 years.

Scale indicators4 records

Direct peers

• Hoogstraten VV: Belgian amateur club competing in Eerste Nationale alongside KVK Tienen (most recently drew 1-1 at Bergéstadion in April 2026). Closest direct comparable by division, scale and regional/community profile.
• RFC de Liège: Historic Belgian football club competing in the amateur divisions with similar heritage brand positioning and community-anchored identity. Comparable scale of operations and reliance on sponsorship plus matchday revenue.
• Belisia SV Sint-Niklaas: Belgian amateur football club competing at a similar tier, with a comparable mix of regional sponsorship and matchday-driven revenue. Comparable on-field performance profile.
• Knokke FC: Belgian amateur club in the same competitive tier as KVK Tienen, with a regional catchment and similar mix of ticketing, sponsorship and hospitality revenue streams.
• KVV Zelzate: Belgian regional amateur club with comparable headcount and operational profile to KVK Tienen. Matches on community-club identity, small staff base and amateur-league positioning.
• Crossing Schaerbeek: Brussels-based Belgian amateur club with community roots and a comparable operating model. Comparable scale of paid staff and reliance on local sponsorships.
• Spouwen-Mopertingen: Belgian amateur football club operating in the lower national divisions. Similar community-anchored model, youth-development focus and small operating team.
• Patro Eisden Maasmechelen: Belgian amateur club with comparable scale and infrastructure profile, also active in the Eerste Nationale amateur tier. Similar community-led governance and youth-academy operating model.

Broad incumbents

• OH Leuven: Professional Belgian club and official youth-development partner of KVK Tienen. Broader incumbent in the same Flemish Brabant region providing the elite pathway that anchors KVK's academy moat.
• Sint-Truidense VV (STVV): Professional Belgian club with official youth-cooperation agreement with KVK Tienen as an elite pathway partner. Larger incumbent in the same region (Hageland/Haspengouw) operating at a higher tier.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kvktienen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kvktienen
• Instagraminstagram.com/kvktienenofficial

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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