What Gemeente Schagen does

Gemeente Schagen is a Dutch municipality (gemeente) located in the Kop van Noord-Holland region of the Netherlands, serving approximately 47,000 residents across multiple villages including Schagen (city center), Callantsoog, Petten, Warmenhuizen, Sint Maartenszee, Tuitjenhorn, 't Zand, Waarland, and Dirkshorn. The municipality received city rights in 1415 and operates as a public administrative body under Dutch public law, governed by an elected municipal council (gemeenteraad), a college of mayor and aldermen, and Mayor Marjan van Kampen-Nouwen. It delivers statutory public services including civil registry administration under the BRP (Key Register of Persons), passport and identity document issuance, municipal taxation (OZB), building and environmental permits, waste collection coordination, social support and welfare services, youth care, education oversight, and spatial planning. The internal organization consists of 15 specialized teams distributed across three domains: Bedrijfsvoering (Corporate Services), Inwoners en Samenleving (Residents and Society), and Ruimte (Physical Environment), with headcount in the 101–250 range.

Name

Gemeente Schagen

Legal name

Gemeente Schagen

Website

https://schagen.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Gemeente Schagen is a Dutch municipality in the Kop van Noord-Holland region serving approximately 47,000 residents across multiple villages. It delivers statutory public services including civil registry, permits, taxes, waste management, social support, and spatial planning under Mayor Marjan van Kampen-Nouwen.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Administration of Human Resource Programs (9231)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Taxpayer Registration, Identity & Account Management (BPAIADAB), Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Civil registry administration
• Waste collection management
• Building permit services
• Local taxation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Schagen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Taxes (OZB): Property taxes (Onroerendezaakbelasting) collected from property owners within the municipality
2. Service Fees: Various fees for municipal services including civil registry documents, permits, licenses, and administrative services
3. Government Funding: Central government funding and subsidies for municipal services and infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Gemeente Schagen is a Dutch municipal government that delivers statutory public services to residents, businesses, and visitors within the Kop van Noord-Holland region. Its offerings span civil registry administration (BRP records, births, marriages, deaths), passport and identity document issuance, municipal taxation (OZB) and WOZ property valuations, building and environmental permits, waste collection coordination, parking and beach access exemptions, social support services, and citizen participation platforms. Services are delivered through a town hall, DigiD-authenticated online portals, telephone, and field operations.

Product overview

Gemeente Schagen operates as a municipal government providing a broad portfolio of public services to residents through both in-person (town hall) and digital channels. The primary digital offering is the Online Citizen Services Portal (schagen.nl), which serves as the central hub for service access alongside the Mijn Schagen citizen portal authenticated via DigiD. Services include civil registry management (births, marriages, deaths, BRP), municipal taxation and WOZ assessments, passport/ID document processing, VOG certificate services (forwarded to Justis), waste collection coordination via HVC, parking and transportation permits including beach access exemptions for disabled persons, building and environmental permits, lost and found reporting integrated with verlorenofgevonden.nl, and holiday home regulations. The municipality also operates the Samen Schagen online participation platform for citizen engagement. Core service delivery relies on Dutch national identity infrastructure (DigiD for citizens, eHerkenning for businesses) rather than a unified software platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Passport and Identity Document Services Application, renewal and replacement of passports, identity cards, second passports, business passports and refugee passports for residents, including processing of parental consent for minors.
• Waste Collection and Recycling Services Coordination of household waste collection through HVC, including organic, plastic, paper and residual waste containers, underground containers, bulky waste collection appointments, and access to the municipal waste recycling station.
• Municipal Tax and WOZ Assessment Services Assessment and collection of municipal taxes (OZB), handling of WOZ (Waardering Onroerende Zaken) property value objections, tax payment processing, and applications for exemption or relief.
• Civil Registry Services (BRP) Registration and management of births, marriages, deaths, civil partnerships, and residency records in the Basisregistratie Personen (BRP), including extract requests, data corrections, address change notifications, emigration declarations, and confidentiality requests.
• Building and Environmental Permits Processing of construction, renovation, event, market, terrace and environmental permits, including environmental planning, spatial development and supervision of the physical living environment.
• Parking and Transportation Services Management of blue zone parking, beach access exemptions for disabled persons and commercial vehicles, parking permits, and traffic regulations including Strand 17F boom barrier exemptions.
• Lost and Found Reporting Service Municipal service for reporting lost or found items, integrated with the verlorenofgevonden.nl platform, including item registration, storage rules by value threshold and transfer of ownership after statutory periods.
• Holiday Home (Recreatiewoning) Management Regulation and enforcement of holiday home usage including permanent residence permits, migrant worker restrictions, and compliance monitoring on designated parks.
• VOG (Certificate of Good Conduct) Service Municipal service for processing Certificate of Good Conduct (Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag) applications either at the town hall by appointment or digitally via DigiD, with applications forwarded to Justis for issuance.
• Online Citizen Services Portal (schagen.nl) Web-based portal providing digital access to municipal services including appointment booking, online applications, and DigiD-authenticated forms for civil registry, taxes, permits and administrative tasks.
• Mijn Schagen (Citizen Portal) Personal citizen portal providing access to individual municipal services, appointments, and communications, integrated with DigiD authentication.
• Samen Schagen (Participation Platform) Online citizen participation platform for community engagement, meeting agendas, resident initiatives, and collaborative decision-making processes.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HVC Groep (HVC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHVC (HVC Groep) is the primary waste management partner handling household waste collection, recycling, and waste recycling station operations. They manage collection of green, orange, blue, and black bins, underground containers for glass, textiles, and paper, and the waste recycling station at Zijperweg 12b in Schagen.
• Facto GeominorOthersFacto Geo provides land surveying services for the municipality, maintaining detailed maps of the municipality as required by law. Their land surveyor Maarten Berkenbosch conducts measurements for buildings and changes in the physical environment.
• AWVNminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAWVN facilitates the competence-based recruitment and selection pilot program that the municipality participates in alongside six other organizations, providing support for implementing bias-free hiring practices.
• Justis (Ministry of Justice)coreOthersJustis processes VOG (Certificate of Good Conduct) applications and issues certificates on behalf of the national government. They handle background checks and certificate issuance for employers and organizations.
• Stichting AMIVEDIminorOthersAMIVEDI is the national voluntary organization for registration of lost and found pets in the Netherlands. The municipality refers lost/found pet reports to AMIVEDI rather than handling them directly.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Gemeente Amsterdam: Largest Dutch municipality with highly developed digital service infrastructure (Amsterdam.nl, Mijn Amsterdam). Useful as an upper-bound benchmark for digital citizen engagement, open data, and platform modernization.
• Gemeente Alkmaar: Larger North Holland municipality operating the same statutory services with more advanced digital platforms (iburgerzaken, DigiD integration). Useful as a scale comparator and digital maturity benchmark.
• Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (VNG): The national association representing all Dutch municipalities. Sets standards for digital services (including common municipal e-form standards), advocates for municipal interests, and operates shared procurement — comparable as the broader institutional peer for Dutch municipal governance.

Direct peers

• Gemeente Den Helder: Another Dutch municipality in the Kop van Noord-Holland region serving a similar coastal community. Directly comparable on municipal service portfolio, population scale, and DigiD-based digital service delivery.
• Gemeente Texel: Island municipality with heavy tourism and seasonal population variation. Operates the same municipal service stack and faces similar regulatory complexity around beach access, parking, and holiday homes.
• Gemeente Bergen (NH): North Holland coastal municipality with similar tourism-driven economy (Egmond, Schoorl) and comparable municipal service responsibilities. Strong peer on holiday-home regulation, beach access permits, and small-scale municipal digital services.
• Gemeente Dijk en Waard: Recently merged North Holland municipality formed from Heerhugowaard and Langedijk. Comparable in service scope and population scale; useful peer for benchmarking digital transformation and citizen engagement initiatives.
• Gemeente Hollands Kroon: Neighboring Dutch municipality in North Holland with comparable rural-coastal composition and population size. Operates the same statutory municipal service portfolio under the same Dutch public law framework.

Others

• HVC Groep: Strategic waste management partner handling collection, recycling, and waste station operations for Gemeente Schagen. Core operational partner; comparable as an enabling infrastructure provider in the Dutch municipal ecosystem.
• Justis: Ministry of Justice agency processing VOG (Certificate of Good Conduct) applications that Gemeente Schagen forwards and accepts. Comparable as a government-adjacent service provider integrated via shared public infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCh2X3Ijrse9AQoATI1NOdVQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/gemeenteschagen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeente-schagen
• Instagraminstagram.com/gemeenteschagen
• Xx.com/schagengemeente

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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