Samenwerking Kempengemeenten

What Samenwerking Kempengemeenten does

Samenwerking Kempengemeenten is a Dutch inter-municipal cooperation organization (Gemeentelijke Regeling Samenwerking Kempengemeenten, or GRSK) established in June 2010 to provide shared services to five municipalities in the Kempen region of North Brabant: Bergeijk, Bladel, Eersel, Reusel-De Mierden, and Oirschot. Operating from locations in Bergeijk, Bladel, and Eersel with a headquarters in Eersel, the organization employs approximately 200 staff across three primary service lines: Maatschappelijke Dienstverlening (MD), which delivers Wmo consultations, youth assistance via the CJG+ De Kempen sub-brand, debt counseling, and social advisory services; a Shared Service Center (SSC) providing ICT helpdesk, technical application management, geographic information (BAG/BGT), and project leadership; and Vergunningen, Toezicht en Handhaving (VTH), covering permits, supervision, and enforcement including Omgevingswet, Alcoholwet, and construction/safety inspections.

The technology backbone is built on Centric's municipal application portfolio, with proprietary coordination around basic registrations (BAG, BGT) and the integrated CJG+ De Kempen youth care platform that manages referrals, intake, and care coordination across specialists. The debt counseling function is delivered end-to-end in-house, an operational choice that differentiates it from many municipalities that outsource Schuldhulpverlening. The organization is GDPR/AVG compliant and its website is hosted by TSF (ISO 27001 certified).

The business model is exclusively public-sector: the organization receives contributions from its five member municipalities and is not a commercial enterprise. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. It markets itself primarily through its careers website (werkenbijkempengemeenten.nl), LinkedIn, and the regional Werken in Zuidoost-Brabant vacancy platform, with distribution of services occurring through municipal offices, Zorgloketten service counters, and the national Omgevingsloket for permit applications. Its primary ongoing activity is the recruitment of staff across social services, ICT, finance, and regulatory enforcement roles.

Name

Samenwerking Kempengemeenten

Legal name

Samenwerking Kempengemeenten

Website

https://werkenbijkempengemeenten.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Samenwerking Kempengemeenten is a Dutch inter-municipal cooperation (GRSK) that delivers shared social services, ICT, and VTH functions to five Kempen-region municipalities in North Brabant. Funded exclusively by member-municipality contributions, it employs approximately 200 staff across three operating locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration / Municipal Shared Services

NAICS

Office Administrative Services (561110)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health Governance, Interagency Coordination & Partnerships (HLAJAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Helpdesk & Service Request Coordination (FM Call Handling/Dispatch) (BPABAEAI)

Keywords

• Inter-municipal shared services
• Municipal social services
• Permits and enforcement
• Government ICT support
• Youth and family care

Headquarters

HQ city

Eersel

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Contributions / Public Funding: As a inter-municipal cooperation (GRSK), the organization is funded by contributions from its five member municipalities (Bergeijk, Bladel, Eersel, Reusel-De Mierden, and Oirschot). It was established in June 2010 to consolidate expertise and provide better service delivery through pooled resources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Samenwerking Kempengemeenten is a public-sector inter-municipal cooperation organization that delivers pooled social, ICT, and regulatory services on behalf of five Kempen municipalities (Bergeijk, Bladel, Eersel, Reusel-De Mierden, Oirschot). It runs three service lines: Maatschappelijke Dienstverlening (Wmo, Jeugdhulp, Schuldhulpverlening, Sociaal Raadsliedenwerk), a Shared Service Center (ICT helpdesk, technical application management, geographic information / BAG-BGT, project leadership), and Vergunningen, Toezicht en Handhaving (permits, supervision, enforcement under APV, Omgevingswet, Alcoholwet).

Product overview

Samenwerking Kempengemeenten is a municipal collaboration organization (intergemeentelijke samenwerking) established in June 2010 serving five municipalities: Bergeijk, Bladel, Eersel, Oirschot, and Reusel-De Mierden. Rather than a software product company, it provides three core service offerings: (1) Maatschappelijke Dienstverlening (Social Services) handling Wmo consultations, youth assistance via CJG+ De Kempen, debt counseling, and social advisory; (2) a Shared Service Center providing ICT, geographic information, and project leadership; and (3) Vergunningen, Toezicht en Handhaving (VTH) for permits, regulatory supervision, and enforcement. The organization employs approximately 200 staff across locations in Bergeijk, Bladel, and Eersel. The primary digital touchpoint is the 'Werken bij Kempengemeenten' recruitment website (werkenbijkempengemeenten.nl) powered by TSF, which lists vacancies and enables job applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CJG+ De Kempen: Center for Youth and Family Kempen - responsible for executing youth law for member municipalities
• Shared Service Center

Products and services

• Maatschappelijke Dienstverlening (MD)
• Shared Service Center (SSC)
• Vergunningen, Toezicht en Handhaving (VTH)

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CentriccoreTechnology or IntegrationCentric is a key software vendor providing the application portfolio used by Samenwerking Kempengemeenten's technical application management team. Ray den Hartog, Technisch applicatiebeheerder, works extensively with Centric applications including managing technical integrations with basic registrations (basisregistraties) and inlichtingenbureau, performing updates, and maintaining the organization's own customized Centric environment.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• BEL Combinatie: Dutch inter-municipal cooperation (samenwerkingsverband) for Blaricum, Eemnes, and Laren, providing pooled public services to small municipalities — the closest structural and operational analog to Samenwerking Kempengemeenten's GRSK model.
• GGD Brabant-Zuidoost: Regional public-health service organization for the same Zuidoost-Brabant geography, delivering pooled youth health, infectious-disease, and social services to municipalities including several of Samenwerking Kempengemeenten's members.
• Omgevingsdienst Zuidoost-Brabant: Regional environmental and VTH (Vergunningen, Toezicht en Handhaving) service cooperative operating in the same Kempen/Zuidoost-Brabant region, directly comparable to Samenwerking Kempengemeenten's VTH service line.

Regional players

• Veiligheidsregio Brabant-Zuidoost: Inter-municipal safety region for the same Southeast Brabant geography; a Dutch wettelijke samenwerkingsverband delivering pooled public services — closely analogous in inter-municipal governance and pooling logic.
• Regionaal Werkbedrijf Zuidoost-Brabant: Regional employment-services cooperation in the same Southeast Brabant region; comparable as an inter-municipal pooled public-services structure operating alongside Samenwerking Kempengemeenten's member municipalities.

Broad incumbents

• PinkRoccade Local Government: Large Dutch government software and services vendor serving municipalities with SaaS, SSC, and digital-government offerings — overlapping with Samenwerking Kempengemeenten's Shared Service Center / Centric-based ICT function at greater scale.

Others

• Centric: Core technology vendor for Samenwerking Kempengemeenten's application portfolio (BAG/BGT basic registrations, municipal workflows); comparable as the upstream software provider that the SSC function effectively wraps.
• Vereniging Nederlandse Gemeenten (VNG): Dutch municipal membership and lobbying association; comparable as the national umbrella governing inter-municipal cooperation policy and standards that shape GRSK organizations like Samenwerking Kempengemeenten.
• Logius: Dutch government shared-services organization under the Ministry of the Interior providing digital infrastructure (DigiD, MijnOverheid, basisregistraties) — analogous as a publicly-mandated shared digital services provider for government clients.
• ICTU: Dutch government ICT shared-services organization coordinating digital-government programs across ministries and public-sector partners — thematically adjacent as a public-sector shared technology delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/samenwerking-kempengemeenten

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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