What Lokalis does

Lokalis (legal entity Stichting Lokalis) is a Dutch non-profit foundation headquartered at Joseph Haydnlaan 2a, Utrecht, Netherlands, founded in 2014-2015. It delivers ambulatory basic social assistance (ambulante basishulp) to children, youth, and families in the municipality of Utrecht through 18 neighborhood teams (buurtteams) physically present in all 10 city districts, plus two city-wide teams embedded in secondary/special-education schools (Buurtteam VO & SO) and MBO institutions (Buurtteam MBO). Services span multiple life domains — upbringing, mental health, disabilities, safety, housing, finances, health, and social participation — and are delivered at home, in the neighborhood, on school campuses, and through digital channels such as the Gezondeboel platform and collective group-based interventions (BOOST groups, ScheidingsATLAS parent training, Collectieve Aanpak).

Lokalis operates as a publicly funded managed-services provider rather than a commercial entity. Its sole commissioning client is the Municipality of Utrecht, which funds the organization through a long-term contract — most recently renewed for 2025-2035 following the prior 2019-2024 term — re-secured via competitive procurement (aanbesteding) alongside a parallel organization, Incluzio, under the joint 'Buurtteam' brand. The organization holds ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling) public-benefit status and is GDPR/AVG-compliant. Services are free at point of use for residents; no commercial pricing tiers exist.

The organization employs approximately 350-400 professionals (family workers, gezinswerkers, and central functions), is governed by a Raad van Toezicht chaired by Jan Bogerd (since March 2026), and is led by bestuurder Bianca Kingma (since December 2023). It operates as a node within Utrecht's broader social-domain ecosystem, integrating with GPs, schools, JGZ, DOCK, Spoor030, JoU, and KOOS Utrecht via co-delivery pilots such as Overvecht's early-debt-signaling approach and the BOOST youth mental-health groups initiated during COVID-19. Lokalis also serves as a knowledge partner for Stichting Buurtteams Jeugd en Gezin Nijmegen, advising on the export of its model beyond Utrecht.

Name

Lokalis

Legal name

Stichting Lokalis

Website

https://lokalis.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Lokalis is a Dutch non-profit foundation delivering ambulatory basic social assistance to children, youth, and families in Utrecht via 18 neighborhood teams and dedicated school-based units, funded entirely by a long-term municipal contract with the Municipality of Utrecht (2025-2035).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth and Family Social Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mental Health Counseling & Therapy Services (K–12) (EDAJALAG)

Keywords

• Youth and family support
• Neighborhood social services
• Ambulatory basic assistance
• Social work services
• Community welfare support

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Contract — Municipality of Utrecht: Lokalis is funded primarily through a long-term contract with the Municipality of Utrecht. A new agreement was signed covering 2025–2035, following an earlier 6-year contract (2019–2024). The organization provides basic ambulatory assistance for youth and families as part of the Utrecht social domain (sociaal domein). Revenue is government-funded, not customer-paid.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lokalis delivers ambulante basishulp (ambulatory basic social assistance) to children, youth, and families in Utrecht through 18 neighborhood teams (Buurtteams Jeugd & Gezin) plus two city-wide teams for secondary education (VO & SO) and MBO institutions. Services cover multiple life domains including upbringing, mental health, disabilities, safety, housing, finances, health, and participation, and are free at point of use for Utrecht residents. The offering is supplemented by group-based programs (BOOST groups, Collectieve Aanpak, ScheidingsATLAS) and digital support tools.

Product overview

Lokalis operates as a foundation providing basic assistance (basishulp) to youth and families in Utrecht through a network of neighborhood teams. The core offering consists of ambulatory basic care delivered via eighteen Buurtteams Jeugd & Gezin (Neighborhood Teams for Youth and Family) spread across Utrecht's districts, supplemented by two city-wide teams for secondary education (VO & SO) and vocational schools (MBO). The services span multiple life areas including upbringing, mental health, disabilities, safety, housing, finances, health, and participation. In addition to individual family support, Lokalis offers collective and group-based programs such as BOOST groups for youth mental health, the ScheidingsATLAS divorce training (delivered with partner DOCK), and the Collectieve Aanpak preventive initiatives. The organization also provides digital support tools like Gezondeboel. Lokalis functions as a knowledge partner for similar organizations in other cities (e.g., Nijmegen) and collaborates extensively with healthcare providers, schools, and social service organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Buurtteams Jeugd & Gezin Ambulatory basic assistance (ambulante basishulp) delivered through 18 neighborhood teams to children, youth, and families across Utrecht's 10 districts. Supports with upbringing questions, financial problems, divorce, disability, addiction, housing, and related life-domain challenges.
• Basishulp High-quality ambulatory basic assistance for youth and families, strengthening their problem-solving capacity in their immediate surroundings so that children can grow up healthily and safely. Services span multiple life domains including upbringing, mental health, disabilities, safety, housing, finances, health, and participation.
• Buurtteam VO & SO City-wide neighborhood teams embedded in secondary schools (VO) and special secondary schools (SO/VSO) across Utrecht, providing on-campus social support to students and families.
• Buurtteam MBO Support team for MBO (vocational education) students stationed at MBO schools in Utrecht, assisting students with personal, family, financial, mental health, and other help questions affecting their studies.
• BOOST Groups Collective group-based support program for Utrecht youth experiencing mental health issues, consisting of ten BOOST meetings per group on topics chosen by the youth themselves, such as depression, identity, performance pressure, and social anxiety.
• Collectieve Aanpak (Collective Approach) Preventive group-based activities developed together with parents, youth, and children that address topics such as divorce, childhood overweight, language delays, and school avoidance.
• ScheidingsATLAS Training Group training for separated parents, co-delivered by Lokalis and DOCK at two locations (Ondiep and Leidsche Rijn) in groups of 4–8 participants, sharing experiences and tips to help parents understand and mitigate the impact of separation on their children.
• Gezondeboel Digital Support Digital forms of support, including the Gezondeboel e-health platform, used alongside traditional in-person basic assistance to provide residents with online self-service and digital support options.

Quantifiable outcome

• 81% of customers felt helped quickly
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Municipality of UtrechtcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024The Municipality of Utrecht is the sole commissioning client and primary partner of Lokalis. It funds the buurtteams through a long-term contract (2025–2035). The municipality also supports pilots such as the Overvecht early-signal approach and collaborates on policy frameworks including the 'visie op de toegang tot basishulp' and 'afwegingskader reikwijdte basishulp'.
• Jongerenwerk UtrechtminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partner in the Overvecht pilot for early identification of youth support needs, providing supplementary youth care alongside the Buurtteam Overvecht.
• DOCKcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Since 2022, Buurtteams Utrecht (Lokalis) and DOCK jointly deliver the ScheidingsAtlas (Parenting Through Divorce) training program for separated parents in Utrecht. Lokalis provides vakmanschap versterkers (craftsmanship enhancers) while DOCK provides sociaal makelaars jeugd. They co-deliver training at two locations (Ondiep and Leidsche Rijn) in groups of 4–8 participants.
• Spoor030coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Spoor030 provides supplementary youth care in Utrecht. Lokalis and Spoor030 collaborate on various initiatives including the pilot 'Verbindend Gezag' parent training in Binnenstad-Oost and Noordoost, the BOOST youth group program, and the pilot for earlier identification of youth support needs in Overvecht.
• JoU (Jongerenwerk Utrecht)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020JoU (Jongerenwerk Utrecht) partnered with Buurtteams Utrecht (Lokalis) and KOOS Utrecht during the COVID-19 pandemic to address a surge in youth mental health issues. Together they developed collective group-based support (BOOST groups) for Utrecht youth. JoU contributes expertise in creating group safety and cohesion.
• KOOS UtrechtcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020KOOS Utrecht, a specialist youth care organization, partners with Lokalis and JoU in the BOOST collective youth support initiative, contributing specialist expertise to the group-based approach for youth mental health support.
• CityDeal Health HubminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Lokalis signed the CityDeal Health Hub in January 2020. The network aims to make healthy living accessible to all residents of the Utrecht region. Through the neighborhood teams, Lokalis contributes to building healthy neighborhoods with healthy residents.
• Buurtteams Jeugd en Gezin Nijmegen (now Stichting Buurtteams Jeugd en Gezin Nijmegen)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Lokalis serves as knowledge and experience partner for the new Stichting Buurtteams Jeugd en Gezin in Nijmegen, which launches in mid-2021. Lokalis shares knowledge and experience to support implementation and further development of the Nijmegen organization.
• Tas voor Thuis partners: DOCK Utrecht, ZIMIHC, SportUtrecht, JGZ, Jeugdfonds Sport & CultuurminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lokalis co-developed the 'Tas voor Thuis' (Bag for Home) initiative with DOCK Utrecht, ZIMIHC, SportUtrecht, JGZ, and Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur. The bag provided offline materials (games, chalk, craft supplies, information) to families with children aged 4–12 lacking digital resources.
• Jeugdgezondheidszorg (JGZ) / VolksgezondheidcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Lokalis, JGZ, and Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling (MO) have collaborated since 2018 on the Collectieve Aanpak (Collective Approach), supporting parents, children, and youth in Utrecht with upbringing questions. They jointly develop and execute activities with parents, youth, and children — not for them but with them.
• IncluziocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIncluzio and Lokalis together form the two buurtteam organizations contracted by the Municipality of Utrecht. Both organizations won the competitive procurement for Buurtteams Utrecht, re-secured in 2019 for six years and again in 2024 for 2025–2035. They operate in parallel under the joint brand 'Buurtteam'.
• Associatie Wijkteams (Association of Neighborhood Teams)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLokalis is a member of the Associatie Wijkteams, a national network of neighborhood team organizations. Through this association, Lokalis contributes to national policy discussions (e.g., Hervormingsagenda Jeugd, Toekomstscenario kind- en gezinsbescherming) and advocates for sustainable transformation of care.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sociaal Wijkteam Amsterdam: Amsterdam's neighborhood social work teams provide ambulatory social support to residents through embedded district teams. Same neighborhood-team model for generalist social and family support in a Dutch municipality, scaled to a larger city.
• Incluzio: Incluzio is Lokalis's co-contracted buurtteam partner in Utrecht, jointly delivering the 'Buurtteam' brand since 2019 under the same municipal contract. They operate parallel neighborhood teams for the same population, making them the closest functional peer.
• KOOS Utrecht: KOOS Utrecht is Utrecht's specialist youth care organization partnering with Lokalis on BOOST groups and broader referral pathways. While more specialist in scope, it shares the same Utrecht municipal commissioning environment and overlapping youth population.
• Stichting Buurtteams Jeugd en Gezin Nijmegen: Launched in 2021 with Lokalis as knowledge partner, this Nijmegen foundation replicates the Lokalis neighborhood team model for youth and families. Directly comparable model, geography, and target population, just in a different municipality.
• CJG (Centrum Jeugd en Gezin): Centrum Jeugd en Gezin operates across multiple Dutch municipalities (e.g., Den Haag, Rotterdam) providing front-door access to youth and family support services. Comparable generalist family-support mission with school and neighborhood embedded presence.
• Spoor030: Spoor030 is Utrecht's supplementary youth care provider working alongside Lokalis in the same city. Partners in BOOST groups and 'Verbindend Gezag' parent training. Provides more specialist youth care but operates in the same Utrecht social domain for overlapping families.

Emerging players

• DOCK: DOCK is a Utrecht-based social work organization co-delivering the ScheidingsAtlas with Lokalis and Tas voor Thuis initiative partner. While broader in scope (general social work and community building), it overlaps on family support, youth services, and neighborhood-level interventions.
• Jeugdgezondheidszorg (JGZ) Utrecht: JGZ is the Dutch youth public health service collaborating with Lokalis on the Collectieve Aanpak since 2018. Provides preventive child health monitoring (0-18) with overlapping client base but a different professional mandate (health vs. social).

Regional players

• Stichting Welzijn Utrecht: A Utrecht-based welfare organization delivering community social work and neighborhood programs alongside Lokalis. Shares the same municipality and overlapping beneficiary base, but focuses on adult welfare and broader community work rather than youth-and-family specialty.

Others

• Associatie Wijkteams: National network of neighborhood team organizations of which Lokalis is a member. Not a direct service competitor, but functions as an industry association influencing national policy on the Dutch neighborhood team model — relevant context for Lokalis's positioning and policy advocacy.

Market position

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lokalis

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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