Academie Lokale Belastingen

Name

Academie Lokale Belastingen

Legal name

Academie Lokale Belastingen

Website

https://lokbel.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hardinxveld-Giessendam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Course Registration Fees: Revenue generated from one- and multi-day training courses on local government taxation topics. Courses are held at fixed venues (Cursus- en Vergadercentrum Domstad in Utrecht, Postillion Hotel in Bunnik) or at client locations with customizable content.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Academie Lokale Belastingen (LOKBEL) is a Dutch professional training institute that delivers one-day and multi-day courses, congresses, and customized on-site training on local government taxation and the Wet WOZ (Valuation of Immovable Property Act). Training is offered at fixed venues in Utrecht (Cursus- en Vergadercentrum Domstad) and Bunnik (Postillion Hotel) and on-site at client locations where the client chooses the topics, with most instructors supplied by its parent Van den Bosch & Partners.

Product overview

Academie Lokale Belastingen (LOKBEL) is a training institute offering a comprehensive portfolio of professional education products for local government taxation. The core offerings consist of single-day and multi-day training courses (Cursussen) and congress events (Congressen), which can be held at designated venues (Utrecht and Bunnik) or on-site at client locations with customizable topics. Supporting these are a course calendar (Cursusagenda) for browsing and registering for scheduled courses, and a customer portal (Klantportaal) for managing enrollments and accessing training materials. The product suite is focused exclusively on tax-related professional development for local government staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cursussen (Training Courses) One-day and multi-day training courses covering topics in Dutch local government taxation and the Wet WOZ, offered at designated venues and on-site at client premises. Designed for municipal tax advisors, fiscal-legal consultants, and tax specialists working for Dutch local governments; complementary across courses to allow personalized training paths.
• Congressen (Congress Events) Large-scale congress events for Dutch local government tax professionals, hosted at Postillion Hotel in Bunnik along rijksweg A12. Target audience is municipal tax advisors, fiscal-legal consultants, and tax specialists seeking broader agenda coverage and networking within local government taxation.
• On-Site Custom Training Customized one- or multi-day training delivered at the client organization's location, where the client determines the topics to be covered. Targeted at Dutch municipalities, regional tax partnerships, and government-focused advisory firms needing tailored training aligned to their specific local-tax practice.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Van den Bosch & PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVan den Bosch & Partners is the parent company of Academie Lokale Belastingen. It is a tax advisory firm specialized in local taxes and Wet WOZ, serving only government entities. Most instructors at the academy are fiscal-legal advisors from Van den Bosch & Partners, providing integrated expertise.
• Cursus- en Vergadercentrum DomstadminorOthersVenue partner for regular one- and multi-day courses. Located in the city center of Utrecht.
• Postillion Hotel BunnikminorOthersVenue partner for congress events. Located along rijksweg A12 in Bunnik.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• NIBE-SVV: Dutch professional training institute focused on banking, accounting and financial services — a directly comparable specialist training business operating in adjacent fiscal/financial verticals with similar classroom and on-site delivery.
• Alex van Groningen: Long-standing Dutch training provider offering open-enrollment courses and in-company programs for finance, tax and legal professionals; comparable professional-services training model targeting Dutch practitioners.
• Pro Education: Dutch training company offering MBO, HBO and professional courses including tax and finance tracks — competes for the same Dutch professional continuing-education audience with a comparable classroom/event-based delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Sdu (Sdu Uitgevers): Major Dutch legal and tax publisher that runs professional training, courses, and congresses for tax and legal professionals — overlapping with Academie Lokale Belastingen's buyer base but serving a much broader legal/tax curriculum.
• Wolters Kluwer Nederland: Global legal, tax and regulatory publisher with a sizable Dutch training business; provides courses and CPD programs for tax and accounting professionals, competing for the same municipal and public-sector audience.
• Nyenrode Business University: Dutch executive education institution running tax, finance and public-sector management programs; comparable professional-education format aimed at Dutch practitioners and executives, though at a broader, higher-tier positioning.

Regional players

• Bureau Vaktechniek Belastingdienst: Internal technical-training arm of the Dutch Tax Administration that trains tax officials on Dutch tax law including local taxes and WOZ — overlapping subject matter and Dutch-only audience, with the special position of training the regulator's own staff.

Others

• Holla Poelman Tax & Legal: Dutch tax and legal advisory firm exclusively serving government entities, similar in client profile to Van den Bosch & Partners; while not primarily a training company, it represents an adjacent specialist-advisory peer shaping the same Dutch local-government tax ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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