What Gemeente Midden-Drenthe does

Gemeente Midden-Drenthe is a Dutch municipality (gemeente) in the province of Drenthe, headquartered in Beilen, providing statutory local government services to residents of its territory. Established in its current form in 1998 and operating with approximately 378 employees, the municipality is governed by a 23-member municipal council (gemeenteraad) across nine factions and an executive college of mayor and aldermen. As of July 2026, a new four-party coalition (PRO Midden-Drenthe, VVD, MiddenDrenthe Nu, CDA) under Mayor Jan Zwiers is in office.

The municipality's core offerings span civil registration (birth, death, marriage, recognition), identity documents (passport, ID card, driver's license), population registration and migration, social support under the Wmo (Social Support Act), youth care and childcare coordination via the national Landelijk Register Kinderopvang, waste management with the Milieustraat environmental center, building permits and zoning under the Omgevingswet, municipal taxation (OZB, afvalstoffenheffing, rioolheffing, toeristenbelasting, forensenbelasting, hondenbelasting), and sustainability programming under Duurzaam Midden-Drenthe. The technology platform is built on a municipal website (www.middendrenthe.nl), the Mijn zaak resident portal, DigiD authentication for secure access, a separate Open.middendrenthe.nl transparency portal integrated with the national eData loket under the Wet open overheid, and a raad.middendrenthe.nl council portal. Operational integrations include ReadSpeaker (text-to-speech accessibility), Matomo (privacy-friendly analytics), and the national childcare register.

The business model is fundamentally public-sector: the municipality is funded primarily through local taxes, fees for civil services, and transfers from the Dutch national government (algemene uitkering) and provincial authorities, rather than commercial revenue. Services are provided under statutory obligation without competitive pricing. The customer base is the entire resident population of the municipality, supplemented by local businesses requiring permits and partner care organizations delivering contracted Wmo and jeugdhulp services. Governance is overseen by a Rekenkamer (audit chamber) chaired by Jan R. Lunsing, and the Adviesraad Sociaal Domein, established in 2024, consolidates citizen advisory input on social policy. The municipality is currently pursuing the Ravijn austerity program targeting over €900,000 in savings as part of the Kadernota 2026, alongside expansion of housing construction projects in Westerbork, Beilen, and Eursingerweg.

Name

Gemeente Midden-Drenthe

Legal name

Gemeente Midden-Drenthe

Website

https://middendrenthe.nl

Company type

Public

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Gemeente Midden-Drenthe is a Dutch municipality in Drenthe province, headquartered in Beilen, delivering statutory local government services such as civil registration, social support, and waste management to all residents within its territorial boundaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Other General Government Support (92119), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

Keywords

• Local government services
• Civil registration services
• Municipal waste management
• Social welfare support
• Municipal permits

Headquarters

HQ city

Beilen, Drenthe

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Gemeente Midden-Drenthe is a Dutch municipality (gemeente) that delivers local public administration services to its residents and local businesses. Core services include civil registry tasks (birth registration, child recognition), childcare allowance processing, care and social support, waste collection, municipal permitting, and democratic governance through an elected municipal council, aldermen, and mayor.

Product overview

Gemeente Midden-Drenthe provides a unified suite of digital and in-person citizen services through its main website (www.middendrenthe.nl) and specialized portals. The core offering includes civil registration services (birth, recognition, marriage), social care and support (youth care, Wmo services, disability support), childcare coordination, education information, sustainability programs, and waste management. The municipality operates supporting platforms including the Open.middendrenthe.nl transparency portal for public information access under the Wet open overheid, the raad.middendrenthe.nl council portal, and a newsletter subscription system. Services are accessed via the Mijn zaak (My Affairs) portal with authentication through DigiD.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Birth Registration (Geboorte doorgeven)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gemeente Assen: The provincial capital and neighbouring municipality in Drenthe. Directly comparable in scope (general local administration, social services, permits) and explicitly collaborated with Midden-Drenthe on the Schaderegeling Geelbroek earthquake damage scheme.
• Gemeente Emmen: Largest municipality in Drenthe, offering the same core municipal services at greater scale. Useful as a peer benchmark for digital service delivery maturity and social-domain program design in the same province.
• Gemeente Hoogeveen: Another Drenthe municipality of similar size and population profile, delivering the same portfolio of civil-registry, social, waste, and permitting services — making it a near-direct operating peer.
• Gemeente Aa en Hunze: Neighbouring rural municipality in Drenthe with a comparable citizen-service mandate and budget scale. Co-participant with Midden-Drenthe in the Geelbroek damage scheme, indicating operational similarity in environmental and social-domain administration.
• Gemeente Westerveld: Adjacent rural Drenthe municipality. Comparable in population scale, tax-base profile, and dependence on national/provincial funding — a close operating peer for budget and service-model benchmarking.

Others

• Centric: Major Dutch IT services and software provider to municipal governments, including citizen-portal, financial, and social-domain systems. Relevant as a key enabling vendor to the municipal e-government stack that Midden-Drenthe operates.
• PinkRoccade Local Government: Provider of administrative software (iBurgerzaken, suite for civil affairs, finance, and HR) widely used by Dutch municipalities, including the iBurgerzaken platform referenced by Midden-Drenthe for online birth registration.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/middendrenthe
• Facebookfacebook.com/gemmiddendrenthe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/middendrenthe
• Instagraminstagram.com/middendrenthe

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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