What Registerplein (voorheen BAMw) does

Registerplein (operating under the legal entity until recently known as BAMw) is a Dutch non-profit foundation (stichting zonder winstoogmerk) established circa 1990 and headquartered in Utrecht. It operates a portfolio of approximately 14–15 professional registers covering the Dutch social domain, serving roughly 8,000 registered professionals across categories including social workers, youth workers, confidential advisors in youth care, and experiential experts. The organization functions as the credentialing and quality-assurance infrastructure for the Dutch social sector, where employers, municipalities, and care organizations reference registration as a quality marker.

The platform is built on PE-Online, a professional-portfolio technology provided by Xaurum, which underpins continuing professional development tracking, accreditation of training activities, and maintenance of multi-year digital competency portfolios for each registrant. Registerplein co-develops each register with the relevant Dutch professional association, and offers an 'Een eigen register openen' pathway inviting additional associations to host new registries on its platform. Recent years have shown an aggressive cadence of new-register launches, with Kinderwerkers & Jongerenwerkers, Vertrouwenspersonen in de Jeugdhulp, and Ervaringsdeskundigen all opened between mid-2022 and early 2023.

Revenue is generated primarily through individual professional registration fees in the €86–€150 per year range, supplemented by fees paid by training providers for accreditation of their CPD offerings. The organization is funded and governed via its stichting structure rather than equity capital, and the 2023-era rebranding from the profession-specific 'BAMw' identity to the generic 'Registerplein' (literally 'registry square') signals a strategic shift from a single-profession register to a multi-register platform serving the broader Dutch social-domain workforce.

Name

Registerplein (voorheen BAMw)

Legal name

Stichting Registerplein

Website

https://registerplein.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Registerplein (voorheen BAMw) is a Dutch non-profit foundation operating roughly 14–15 professional registers in the social domain, serving about 8,000 registered professionals with credentialing, CPD tracking, and training accreditation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Registration Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Credential, Education & Professional License Verification (BPAKAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transcript, Score Reporting & Verification/Credential Wallet Platforms (EDAFADAO), Credentialing, Certification Prep & Exam Training (BPACANAJ), Registrar Operations (Records, Enrollment, Grades) (EDALAAAF)

Keywords

• Professional registration services
• Credential verification platform
• Training accreditation management
• Continuing professional development
• Social sector certification

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Registration Fees: Annual registration fees charged to individual professionals for maintaining their registration in one or more professional registers. Fees vary by register and membership status in the relevant professional association. New registrations also pay a one-time enrollment fee.
2. Accreditation Fees for Training Providers: Training providers (opleiders) pay accreditation fees to have their courses and training programs recognized and assigned professional development points. Fees are charged per accreditation application for 1-year or 3-year periods. After 9 paying accreditation applications in a calendar year, the 10th is free.
3. Accreditation Completion Services: Registerplein offers a paid service where it completes accreditation applications on behalf of training providers for an additional fee per application. Presentie (attendance) administration services are also available for an extra charge.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Registerplein manages 15 professional registers in the Dutch social domain and accredits training programs for these professions. It provides an independent quality assurance framework through the PE-Online platform, allowing individual professionals to register, maintain a digital dossier of continuing professional development, and earn verifiable credentials, while offering accredited training providers a channel to award professional development points.

Product overview

Registerplein is a Dutch professional registration organization managing 15 beroepsregisters (professional registers) in the social domain, formerly known as BAMw. The core offering is the PE-online-based registration platform — comprising the professional portal Mijn Registerplein, a mobile app, digital VOG services, an educator accreditation system (cursusagenda), employer accounts, and a public register — through which social-sector professionals register, earn points via training and reflection activities, and maintain ongoing professional competence. The 15 registers cover roles including Social Workers, Community Workers, Youth Workers, GGZ Specialists, Complaint Officers, and Experiential Experts, each with its own regulations, codes of conduct, rates, and professional association partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Register Sociaal Werkers Professional register for social workers who help residents participate in society and contribute to their well-being; validates competency via continuing professional development activities.
• Register Kinderwerkers & Jongerenwerkers Professional register for child and youth workers, tailored to the specific work of these professions and based on the beroepscompetentieprofiel and a competency matrix developed by BVJong.
• Register Vertrouwenspersonen in de Jeugdhulp Professional register for confidential advisors in youth care, making their knowledge and skills measurable and visible; registration is supported by an internal training program accredited through Registerplein.
• Register Ervaringsdeskundigen Professional register for expert-by-experience professionals, with registration criteria designed to reflect the work practice of experiential experts.
• Professional registers portfolio (15 registers) Portfolio of 15 professional registers in the Dutch social domain, each developed in collaboration with a professional association and providing an independent quality assurance framework for related professions.
• Educator Accreditation System (Accreditatie systeem) Accreditation management platform for training providers (opleiders) to apply for accreditation of training programs, manage course schedules in the cursusagenda, track accreditation periods, and submit attendance records via PE-online.
• Registerplein Mobile App Standalone mobile application available on iOS App Store and Android Google Play that lets professionals photograph and upload forms to their PE-Online dossier and pair with their online account for on-the-go registration management.
• PE-Online Registration Management System Cloud-based online registration management system (provided by partner Xaurum) used by Registerplein for professionals to create accounts, submit registration dossiers, upload activities and documents, manage CPD points, and pay invoices; also used by educators for accreditation requests and by employers to monitor employee registrations.
• Register Vertrouwenspersonen in de Jeugdhulp (individual subscription) Annual registration offering for confidential advisors in youth care: €109.00 incl BTW per year, with a one-time enrollment fee of €32.50 incl BTW and a €32.50 administration fee for cancellation.
• Register Klachtenfunctionarissen in de Gezondheidszorg Professional register for complaints officers in healthcare, governed in partnership with VKIG; VKIG members pay €109.00 incl BTW annually, non-members pay €150.00 incl BTW annually.
• Register Psychodiagnostisch Werkenden Professional register for psychodiagnostical workers, governed in partnership with VVP; VVP members pay €109.00 incl BTW annually, non-members pay €139.50 incl BTW annually.
• Register Mantelzorgmakelaars Professional register for informal care brokers (mantelzorgmakelaars), established in partnership with BMZM; required for self-employed mantelzorgmakelaars, with annual registration contribution of €109.00 incl BTW.
• Register Sociaal Werkers (annual subscription) Annual registration subscription for the Register Sociaal Werkers at €86.00 incl BTW; opened on 14 March 2018.
• Training Provider Accreditation Service Accreditation service for training providers (opleiders) to have their courses recognized and assigned professional development points; priced per application for 1-year or 3-year periods, with the 10th application free after 9 paying applications in a calendar year.
• Accreditation Completion Service Paid service where Registerplein completes accreditation applications on behalf of training providers for €60.50 incl BTW per application, with an additional €36.30 incl BTW per attendance list for presence administration.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vereniging van Ervaringsdeskundigen (VvEd)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023VvEd is the professional association of expert-by-experience professionals and co-developed the register Ervaringsdeskundigen, which opened on 1 January 2023 as the 14th register. VvEd ensured the registration criteria reflect the work practice of expert-by-experience professionals.
• JeugdStem (formerly AKJ - Advies- en Klachtenbureau Jeugdzorg)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022JeugdStem (formerly AKJ) is the organization of confidential advisors for youth assistance. Registerplein and JeugdStem co-developed the register Vertrouwenspersonen in de Jeugdhulp, which opened on 1 July 2022. JeugdStem provides the internal training program for these professionals which is accredited through Registerplein.
• VOG-aanvraag.nlminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVOG-aanvraag.nl is Registerplein's selected partner for facilitating digital VOG (Certificate of Conduct) applications. Through this partnership, professionals can apply for their VOG online without visiting the municipal office, and the digital VOG can be directly verified by Registerplein without requiring the professional to mail the original document.
• Xaurum (PE-Online provider)coreTechnology or IntegrationXaurum provides and manages the PE-Online platform that powers Registerplein's registration system, including professional dossiers, employer accounts, training provider accreditation portals, and the public registry. Technical support and account management for PE-Online are handled by Xaurum.
• Beroepsvereniging van Professionals in Sociaal Werk (BPSW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBPSW is the professional association behind multiple Registerplein registers including Sociaal Werker and Sociaal Agoog. BPSW developed the professional competence framework and beroepscode that underpin these registers. Registerplein and BPSW collaborate on maintaining and governing the registers.
• BVjong (Beroepsvereniging voor Kinder- en Jongerenwerkers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBVjong is the professional association for child and youth workers and partnered with Registerplein to open the register for Kinderwerkers & Jongerenwerkers in May 2022. BVjong drove the development of the competence profile and competency matrix underlying this register.
• Vereniging van Klachtenfunctionarissen in de Gezondheidszorg (VKIG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVKIG is the professional association for complaints officers in healthcare and partnered with Registerplein to establish and govern the register for Klachtenfunctionarissen in de Gezondheidszorg.
• Landelijke Organisatie Sociaal Raadslieden (LOSR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLOSR, affiliated with Sociaal Werk Nederland, developed the professional code and function profile for the register Sociaal Juridisch Dienstverleners. LOSR-accredited training courses are recognized in the Registerplein accreditation system under ID1111.
• Beroepsvereniging Mantelzorgmakelaars (BMZM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBMZM is the professional association for informal care brokers (mantelzorgmakelaars) and partnered with Registerplein to establish the register Mantelzorgmakelaars.
• Vereniging van Psychodiagnostisch Werkenden (VVP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVVP is the professional association for Psychodiagnostisch Werkenden and partnered with Registerplein to establish and govern the register. VVP members receive discounted registration fees.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Learning Heroes / Edukamer: Dutch marketplace and review platform for education and training programs, used by professionals and consumers searching for accredited training. Comparable as a Dutch training-discovery and accreditation-discovery layer adjacent to Registerplein's cursusagenda.
• Stichting Keurmerk Nederlandse Handelsreizen: Dutch non-profit quality mark foundation offering certification marks to providers meeting published standards, used for member credibility and consumer verification. Comparable in the independent non-profit quality-mark foundation model but applied to commercial service providers rather than individual professionals.

Broad incumbents

• NVAO (Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie): The official Dutch-Flemish accreditation body for higher education programs and institutions, which accredits educational programs and assesses quality against published frameworks. Comparable mechanism (independent competence assessment, periodic renewal), though applied to degree programs rather than individual practitioners.
• Bigregister (CIBG): The official Dutch government healthcare professionals register maintained by CIBG, which legally regulates eight healthcare professions. Comparable mechanism (public registry, statutory standing for protected titles, dossier management), though healthcare-only and government-run.
• KIWA Nederland: Large Dutch certification and quality assurance body, part of the global Kiwa/Eurofins network, that certifies organizations, products, and professionals across many sectors. Comparable in providing independent quality assurance and credentialing but at vastly broader scale and scope than Registerplein's social-domain focus.

Direct peers

• Hobéon SKO: Dutch accreditation and certification organization that evaluates and registers training programs and professionals, particularly in education and healthcare. Comparable because of the same Dutch accreditation/registration model used by training providers and professionals to demonstrate quality.
• SKJ (Stichting Kwaliteitsregister Jeugd): Direct Dutch peer that maintains a professional quality register for youth care professionals, requiring periodic re-registration and continuous professional development. Highly comparable in mission, governance model (beroepsvereniging-backed), and target audience of social-domain professionals.
• SNRO Register (Stichting Registeropleidingen): Dutch foundation that maintains a register of accredited training programs and certified professionals in complementary and psychosocial healthcare. Closely comparable to Registerplein's accreditation and credentialing flow with similar professional association governance and recurring renewal model.
• CRKBO (Centraal Register Kort Beroepsonderwijs): Dutch register recognizing short vocational education (MBO/HBO) training institutions as meeting quality criteria for various subsidy and funding schemes. Comparable as a register that lists approved providers/qualifications based on criteria, used by both professionals and government funders for verification.

Regional players

• CPION (Landelijk Kenniscentrum Ggz voor ernstige psychische aandoeningen): Dutch organization that documents, profiles, and recognizes professions in the social and mental health domain. Comparable to Registerplein for its role in clarifying and certifying Dutch social-domain professional groups, though with a more public/kenniscentrum role than registry operation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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