Van den Bosch & Partners

What Van den Bosch & Partners does

Van den Bosch & Partners is a Dutch tax advisory firm that has specialized exclusively in fiscal-legal matters for Dutch local governments for nearly 27 years. Founded circa 1998 and headquartered in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, the firm serves municipalities (gemeenten), water boards (waterschappen), provinces, and government cooperation arrangements, with a team of approximately 10-12 people — five partners, two freelancers, and two-to-three support staff. Its core service lines are fiscal advisory on local taxes (WOZ, OZB, precariobelasting, waterschapsheffingen, leges, and other municipal levies), interim management for tax departments, and professional training delivered through its wholly-owned subsidiary Academie Lokale Belastingen.

The firm's technical footprint consists of proprietary rule-based cost-calculation tools — VDB Parkeertool, legestool, rioolheffingtool, afvalstoffenheffingtool, and Grafrechtentool — that allow municipalities to compute cost-covering levies in compliance with Dutch jurisprudence, plus a WOZ valuation question bank commissioned by Waarderingskamer. It maintains a public knowledge base of more than 640 pages of curated local-tax jurisprudence and topical guides. The training subsidiary Academie Lokale Belastingen runs recurring courses and congresses in which VdBP advisors serve as instructors, creating a content-driven top-of-funnel channel for the core advisory business.

The business model is project-based professional services: direct, relationship-led engagements with Dutch public-sector clients, with no public pricing or revenue disclosure. The firm has no external investors, parent company, or public listing. In February 2025 it announced a strategic partnership with fellow local-tax specialist Involon, combining expertise while retaining separate identities; it also collaborates with engineering consultancy Tauw on water-board cost-allocation reform. Distribution is single-country (Netherlands) and the GTM is sales-led through thought leadership, conferences, and the nieuwsservice newsletter.

Name

Van den Bosch & Partners

Legal name

Van den Bosch & Partners

Website

https://vandenbosch-partners.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Van den Bosch & Partners is a Dutch tax advisory firm providing fiscal-legal advisory, interim management, and training services to Dutch municipalities, water boards, and provinces, complemented by proprietary cost-calculation tools and its training subsidiary Academie Lokale Belastingen.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Tax Advisory Services

NAICS

All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Association Compliance, Governance & Board Support Services (BPAJAHAN)

Keywords

• Local tax advisory
• Municipal tax consulting
• Water board taxation
• Government interim management
• Fiscal legal advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Hardinxveld-Giessendam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Fiscal Advisory Services: Consulting services for local governments on municipal, water board, and provincial taxes, including complex case advisory, research, legal procedures, and second opinions.
2. Interim Management: Temporary staffing and management services providing department heads, team leaders, and policy staff for municipalities, water boards, and cooperation arrangements.
3. Training and Education: Training services delivered through daughter company Academie Lokale Belastingen, where Van den Bosch & Partners advisors serve as instructors for courses and congresses.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Van den Bosch & Partners is a Dutch tax advisory firm that advises municipalities, water boards, and provinces on fiscal-legal matters including municipal, water board, and provincial taxes (OZB, WOZ, leges, precariobelasting, waterschapsheffingen), conducts objection and appeal procedures up to the Hoge Raad, provides interim management for tax departments, and delivers training through its subsidiary Academie Lokale Belastingen. The firm also offers a suite of proprietary cost-covering calculation tools to ensure legal compliance for local levies.

Product overview

Van den Bosch & Partners is a Dutch tax advisory firm offering a portfolio of professional services for local governments, water boards, and provinces. Core services include fiscal advisory, interim management, and training/education. The firm has developed proprietary calculation tools (VDB Parkeertool, VDB-legestool, VDB-rioolheffingtool, VDB-afvalstoffenheffingtool, VDB Grafrechtentool) for municipalities to ensure legal compliance with cost coverage requirements. Training services are delivered through subsidiary Academie Lokale Belastingen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Academie Lokale Belastingen: Training and education subsidiary for local government tax professionals, offering courses and congresses on local taxation matters.

Products and services

• Fiscaal Advies (Tax Advisory)
• Interim-management
• Opleiding en Training (Education and Training)
• VDB Parkeertool (Parking Tool)

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully handled multiple landmark cases resulting in favorable outcomes before the Hoge Raad (Dutch Supreme Court)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, supporting and core.

• InvolonstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2025Strategic partnership between two organizations specialized in local taxation. Both organizations maintain their own identity while combining expertise to offer enhanced value to their clients. This partnership marks an important step in professionalization and growth within the field of local taxation.
• TauwsupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaboration with Tauw (engineering and consultancy firm) for the revision of cost allocation in the context of water board tax system reform. Tauw brings technical expertise while Van den Bosch & Partners provides fiscal-legal knowledge.
• Academie Lokale BelastingencoreOthersDaughter company (dochterbedrijf) of Van den Bosch & Partners that organizes training and education programs for employees of local governments on taxation matters. Van den Bosch & Partners advisors regularly serve as instructors for various courses.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Berenschot: Major Dutch management consulting firm with a substantial public sector practice serving municipalities, provinces, and other government bodies. Overlaps with Van den Bosch & Partners on government advisory work but at a much broader organizational and operational scope.
• BDO Netherlands: Global advisory firm with a Dutch tax practice that serves municipalities and other public sector clients, including on local taxation. Competes for some of the same engagements but as part of a much wider services portfolio.
• Loyens & Loeff: Dutch-rooted international law and tax advisory firm with a public sector practice covering Dutch local taxation. Notable professional overlap: VDB advisor Edwin Borghols previously worked at Loyens & Volkmaars (predecessor entity) in Rotterdam.
• Deloitte Netherlands: Big Four firm with a Dutch public sector tax practice serving municipalities, water boards, and provinces. Provides local tax advisory alongside broader tax and consulting offerings, overlapping with Van den Bosch & Partners on certain engagements.
• KPMG Netherlands: Big Four firm with a Dutch tax practice covering local government taxation among broader offerings. A potential alternative for some municipal advisory engagements and an indirect competitor for specialist mandates.
• Andersson Elffers Felix: Dutch independent consultancy focused on the public sector, including municipalities and provinces. Overlaps with Van den Bosch & Partners on advisory work for local governments, particularly during reorganizations and policy reviews.

Direct peers

• Involon: Dutch specialist in local government taxation that entered a strategic partnership with Van den Bosch & Partners in February 2025. Directly comparable niche focus, target client base (municipalities and other local authorities), and fiscal-legal advisory service portfolio.

Others

• Centric: Dutch IT and business services provider serving municipalities, water boards, and other public sector organizations. While primarily a software and services vendor rather than a tax advisor, it serves the same client base and overlaps in government-focused capabilities.
• PinkRoccade Local Government: Dutch software vendor providing applications for municipal tax administration, including WOZ, leges, and other local levies. Adjacent ecosystem participant that complements Van den Bosch & Partners' advisory work with operational software for the same municipal clients.
• Sdu: Dutch legal and regulatory publisher providing authoritative content and commentary used by Dutch government tax practitioners. Adjacent ecosystem player that complements rather than competes with advisory firms like Van den Bosch & Partners.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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