Van Dam Loopbaanbegeleiding

What Van Dam Loopbaanbegeleiding does

Van Dam Loopbaanbegeleiding is a privately held Dutch career coaching and outplacement firm founded in 2001 by Tjeerd van Dam and Harmke van Dam, headquartered in Zwolle, Overijssel. The company delivers career guidance, personal coaching, re-integration, outplacement, and vitality/sustainable-employment services to both individual professionals and employer clients, using a portfolio of established assessment methodologies (TMA, LIFO, Energy Drives) supplemented by structured workbooks and 1:1 sessions. Service delivery is conducted by a small team of self-employed franchise coaches and the two founding owners, operating from 11 physical office locations spread across the northern, eastern, central, and western regions of the Netherlands.

The firm's product surface spans a core Loopbaanbegeleiding track (including a Loopbaancheck, full Loopbaantraject, and Loopbaanscan), separate Coaching, Re-integratie, and Outplacement offerings, a Fit en duurzaam aan het werk vitality program, an Ondernemerstraject for aspiring entrepreneurs, and a catalogue of trainingen en workshops covering networking, job-application skills, and manager-focused development advisory. Underlying technology consists of the third-party assessment instruments and proprietary workbooks described above, with publicly stated use of AI to improve process quality but no disclosed proprietary AI product or platform.

Name

Van Dam Loopbaanbegeleiding

Legal name

Van Dam Loopbaanbegeleiding

Website

https://vandamloopbaanbegeleiding.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Van Dam Loopbaanbegeleiding is a Dutch career coaching, outplacement, and re-integration firm founded in 2001, serving individual professionals and employers via 11 physical locations and a small team of franchise coaches using established assessment methodologies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Career Coaching and Counseling Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

M&A HR Advisory (Due Diligence, Integration, Carve-outs) (BPACAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Supported Employment & Job Coaching (EDAKANAE)

Keywords

• Career coaching services
• Outplacement services
• Reintegration support
• Career guidance
• Professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Zwolle

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Career Coaching Services: Individual and group coaching sessions for career development, re-integration, outplacement, and personal coaching. Services are offered both to individuals (privately funded) and to employers (company-funded).
2. Entrepreneur Training: Six-session entrepreneur coaching trajectory including personal profile, business profile, and start-up planning. Includes a free networking training.
3. Workshops and Training: Labor market training programs including networking workshops, job application coaching, and career development workshops.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Van Dam Loopbaanbegeleiding provides career guidance, personal coaching, outplacement, re-integration, and sustainable employability services to individual professionals and employers across the Netherlands. Services are delivered by self-employed franchise coaches at 11 office locations and online, using established assessment methodologies (TMA, LIFO, Energy Drives) combined with custom workbooks. The firm also offers employer-funded programs for workforce transitions and supplementary training workshops.

Product overview

Van Dam Loopbaanbegeleiding is a career counseling and coaching service company operating from 11 locations across the Netherlands. The core offering consists of career guidance services (loopbaanbegeleiding) using methodologies like TMA, LIFO, and Energy Drives assessments, complemented by coaching, reintegration support, outplacement, and vitality programs. The service portfolio includes diagnostic tools (Loopbaancheck, Loopbaanscan), structured programs (Loopbaantraject), and supplementary training workshops. For entrepreneurs, they offer a dedicated Ondernemerstraject covering business planning and market analysis. The company also provides employer services for workforce development and sustainable employability. All services are delivered through a team of independent professional career coaches using personalized approaches combining workbooks, assessments, and personal counseling sessions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Loopbaanbegeleiding (Career Guidance) Core career guidance service helping individuals make career choices by exploring possibilities, dilemmas, drivers, and motivation. Delivered through individual coaching sessions for working professionals navigating career decisions.
• Coaching Personal coaching service addressing work-related themes, dilemmas, drivers, and patterns to help individuals work differently or more effectively.
• Re-integratie (Re-integration) Re-integration support service for individuals returning to work after illness, providing guidance, overview, direction, and trajectory support. Often contracted by employers to fulfill reintegration obligations.
• Outplacement Support service for individuals seeking a new job after job loss or organizational restructuring, including job search guidance and career transition coaching. Frequently procured by employers for departing employees.
• Fit en duurzaam aan het werk (Fit and Sustainable at Work) Vitality and sustainable employment service focusing on energy management, identifying energy givers and takers, and improving the relationship with work for professionals experiencing low energy.
• Trainingen en workshops (Training and Workshops) Group training programs and workshops supplementing career guidance trajectories, covering topics such as networking skills, job application techniques, energy management, and meaningful work.
• Ondernemerstraject (Entrepreneur Program)

Quantifiable outcome

• Clients find new employment or career clarity through guided self-reflection and practical support
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• BetterUp: Global digital coaching and wellbeing platform serving enterprise HR buyers with career and leadership coaching — competing for the same employer L&D and career-development budgets as Van Dam.
• CoachHub: European digital coaching platform delivering employer-funded coaching at scale via a global coach pool — an emerging alternative for the corporate outplacement/development spend Van Dam currently captures.
• OpenUp: Dutch-founded digital mental health and coaching platform offering employer-funded online sessions on wellbeing and career topics — competes for the same Dutch employer budget Van Dam targets, but via a remote, lower-cost delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Global Dutch-headquartered staffing and HR services firm offering career coaching, outplacement, and re-integration within a broader staffing/RPO portfolio — overlaps Van Dam's enterprise offering as part of a much wider service suite.
• Adecco (Tempo-Team): Global staffing and HR services group with Dutch career-transition and outplacement services — overlaps Van Dam's enterprise outplacement and re-integration work but as part of a comprehensive workforce solutions portfolio.

Direct peers

• HRD Group: Dutch HR services group providing outplacement, coaching, and re-integration solutions to corporate clients — closely comparable service portfolio and customer base to Van Dam in the Netherlands.
• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): ManpowerGroup's career-transition and outplacement arm; competes for the same enterprise outplacement and re-integration contracts that Van Dam secures from Dutch employers like Rabobank, Achmea, and EY.
• 7Plus: Dutch outplacement and career coaching firm offering employer-funded outplacement, re-integration, and personal coaching trajectories — a direct domestic competitor targeting the same Dutch mid-market employer and individual segments.
• Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH): Global career transition and outplacement firm with Dutch operations offering employer-funded outplacement, career coaching, and re-integration services — directly overlapping Van Dam's enterprise offering to a similar HR-buyer audience.
• Intoo: European-focused career transition and outplacement specialist delivering employer-funded coaching, re-integration, and outplacement programs — comparable service mix and B2B buyer profile to Van Dam.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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