Gemeente Rozendaal

What Gemeente Rozendaal does

Gemeente Rozendaal is a Dutch municipality (gemeente) located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands, and is the smallest municipality in the Netherlands by population. It operates as a public governmental entity providing statutory local government services to its residents and local businesses. Its service portfolio spans civil affairs (burgerzaken), local taxes and subsidies, construction and housing permits, waste management and environmental services, traffic and transport, social care, youth services, employment support, education coordination, and business-related municipal services. The municipality also administers special programs including a sustainability/energy transition initiative ("Duurzaam Rozendaal"), wedding ceremony services, and information services for Ukrainian refugee reception.

The municipality's technology footprint is modest and conventional: its public-facing website runs on WordPress with the theme-fusion theme, supplemented by the Fixi platform for citizen issue and melding reporting, online appointment booking, and contact forms. Tax administration execution is outsourced to service provider De Connectie. The organization employs approximately 41 staff, is governed by an elected municipal council (gemeenteraad), and currently has Ingrid Timmer serving as acting mayor (waarnemend burgemeester) since 25 September 2025 while a permanent burgemeester search is underway.

Gemeente Rozendaal's revenue model is that of a public-sector governmental entity: it is funded through gemeentelijke belastingen (local taxes), provincial and national government allocations, and approved annual municipal budgets — not through commercial pricing. As of June 2026, the municipality issued an advisory report on its "Bestuurlijke toekomst" (administrative future), signaling an active evaluation of its long-term governance structure, while jointly deciding with Gemeente Rheden and Natuurmonumenten not to proceed with the Rozendaalse Veld environmental development project.

Name

Gemeente Rozendaal

Legal name

Gemeente Rozendaal

Website

https://rozendaal.nl

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gemeente Rozendaal is the smallest municipality in the Netherlands by population, located in Gelderland, providing statutory local government services — civil affairs, taxes, housing, waste, social care, and environmental programs — to its residents and businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rozendaal

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gemeente Rozendaal is the municipal government of Rozendaal, a municipality in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It delivers local public administration and citizen-facing services covering civil affairs (travel documents, driver's licenses, registrations), tax and subsidy administration (outsourced to De Connectie), construction and housing permits, waste management and environmental services, traffic, transport and parking, social care, youth services, employment support, and education coordination. Services are delivered through in-person visits at the town hall, telephone support, and an online self-service portal.

Product overview

Gemeente Rozendaal operates a municipal government website providing citizen-facing digital services organized into service categories. The core offering is the Direct Regelen en Informatie portal, which encompasses multiple service areas including taxes and subsidies, construction and housing, civil affairs (travel documents, driver's licenses), reporting and complaints, business services, traffic and transport, and care/youth/education services. Additional offerings include the digital newsletter 'In de Roos', the sustainability initiative 'Duurzaam Rozendaal' for energy transition, wedding ceremony services, and Ukraine refugee information. The municipality also provides appointment scheduling and online contact forms for citizen interactions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Burgerzaken (Civil Affairs)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• De ConnectieminorOthersDe Connectie handles the execution of tax-related administrative work for Gemeente Rozendaal. The municipality has outsourced its tax services (belastingbalie) to this partner.
• NatuurmonumentencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Natuurmonumenten (Nature Monuments organization) for environmental conservation projects. Together with Gemeente Rheden and Rozendaal, they were involved in discussions about the Rozendaalse Veld development project, ultimately deciding not to proceed with implementation activities.
• Gemeente RhedencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint municipal collaboration on regional projects including the Rozendaalse Veld environmental initiative and shared administrative services.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Gemeente Apeldoorn: Large municipality in Gelderland providing the full Dutch municipal service portfolio at significantly greater scale. Comparable mandate, broader scope, and useful as a regional incumbent benchmark.
• Gemeente Nijmegen: Large city in Gelderland delivering the same Dutch municipal mandate. Comparable statutory role but operates at substantially larger scale, making it a regional incumbent benchmark rather than a direct peer.
• Gemeente Arnhem: Larger city in Gelderland and the regional center adjacent to Rozendaal. Comparable as a Dutch municipality executing the same statutory mandate, but at significantly greater scale and service complexity.
• Gemeente Ede: Medium-sized municipality in Gelderland operating the same Dutch municipal mandate at materially larger scale. Useful as a regional incumbent reference for service delivery patterns and digital service benchmarks.

Direct peers

• Gemeente Berg en Dal: Small municipality in Gelderland formed from a 2016 merger. Comparable as a small Gelderland municipality providing a similar municipal service portfolio to a small population base.
• Gemeente Westervoort: Very small Dutch municipality in Gelderland, one of the smallest in the country. Directly comparable to Rozendaal in scale, service scope, and the structural fiscal constraints of being a very small municipality.
• Gemeente Rheden: Direct neighboring municipality in Gelderland with whom Rozendaal already maintains a core partnership for joint regional projects (e.g., Rozendaalse Veld) and shared administrative services. Comparable scale and mandate make it the most directly comparable peer.
• Gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug: Small Dutch municipality with a similar green/rural character and population scale to Rozendaal. Comparable as another small municipality managing environmental, housing, and citizen services for a limited population.
• Gemeente Renkum: Small Dutch municipality in Gelderland with a comparable population scale and similar rural profile. Directly comparable as another small Gelderland municipality delivering the same basic municipal service portfolio.

Others

• Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (VNG): The national association representing all Dutch municipalities. Not a peer municipality, but a directly relevant ecosystem/industry body that sets standards, negotiates with central government, and provides shared services that small municipalities like Rozendaal rely on.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rozendaal_gld
• Facebookfacebook.com/gemeenterozendaal.gemeenterozendaal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeente-rozendaal

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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