What Stichting Ggnet does

Stichting GGNet is a Dutch non-profit regional mental healthcare (GGZ) provider founded in 1899 in Warnsveld as 'Groot Graffel', originally an outdoor retreat for the nursing care of the mentally ill, and now operating as a 125-year-old integrated GGZ organisation serving approximately 18,000 patients with serious psychiatric conditions and their families across Noord- en Oost-Gelderland. From six standplaatsen (Warnsveld headquarters plus Apeldoorn, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Zevenaar and Winterswijk) and additional beschermde woonvormen, GGNet delivers clinical, ambulatory, forensic, youth, elderly, intercultural and eating-disorder services through specialised sub-brands (Amarum, Scelta, De Boog, Centrum voor Interculturele GGZ, Bas, Jong GGNet, Expertisecentrum ouderenpsychiatrie) under a recovery-oriented (herstelgerichte) treatment model. Care is supported by an internal Elektronisch Pati\u00ebntendossier (EPD) compliant with WGBO and BOPZ, the GGNet Academie learning platform, PIT/FIT home-treatment teams, and pilot programmes including VR-enabled EMDR (Psylaris), social-robot pilots (Happybot Felix) and a wearables-based biocueing research line at Scelta.

GGNet generates revenue entirely through the regulated Dutch healthcare stack: the Zorgverzekeringswet (health insurers billings, with Menzis and Zilveren Kruis as named regional counterparties), WMO and Jeugdwet (municipal funding), and anonymised care-demand data exchange with the NZa. No commercial pricing page exists; prices are negotiated/regulated via health insurers and municipalities. The go-to-market is referral-led via huisartsen (GPs) and ketenpartners, now anchored in the new Mentale Gezondheidsnetwerk (MGN) referral organisation, and supplemented by a regional labour-market alliance of 14 Achterhoek zorgorganisaties that anchors workforce supply. Distribution combines direct regional intake at the six locations, ambulant thuisbehandeling (PIT/FIT), beschermd-wonen embedded housing, and a recruitment and stagebureau pipeline for trainees and volunteers, with approximately 2,100 staff and around 140 volunteers in total.

Name

Stichting Ggnet

Legal name

Stichting GGNet

Website

https://werkenbijggnet.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Stichting GGNet is a Dutch non-profit regional mental healthcare (GGZ) provider, founded 1899, serving around 18,000 patients per year with serious psychiatric conditions across Noord- en Oost-Gelderland via six standplaatsen (Warnsveld HQ plus Apeldoorn, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Zevenaar, Winterswijk) and protected housing, funded through regulated Dutch healthcare and municipal channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Care Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (62133)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Behavioral Health (Collaborative Care) Platforms (HLALAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs & Supports (EDAJAIAC)

Keywords

• Mental health care
• Psychiatric treatment
• Protected housing
• Forensic psychiatry
• Crisis intervention

Headquarters

HQ city

Warnsveld

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Zorgverzekeringswet (Health Insurance Act) funding: Primary funding stream: GGNet bills health insurers (zorgverzekeraars) for treatment of insured patients, sharing main diagnosis information as required by law. Represents the bulk of clinical care revenue.
2. WMO and Jeugdwet (municipality funding): Funding from municipalities for care provided under the Social Support Act (WMO) and Youth Act (Jeugdwet); invoices use codes that do not reveal diagnosis to protect privacy.
3. Anonymous data exchange with NZa (Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit): From 1 January 2023 GGNet exchanges anonymous care-demand typification data with the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) to support national supply/demand alignment for GGZ care.
4. Employer-funded vocational training and stage programs: Investments via CAO GGZ labour-agreement terms including reiskostenvergoeding (travel allowances), opleiding subsidies, plus GGNet Academie e-learnings used by staff and trainees.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Stichting GGNet is a Dutch non-profit mental healthcare (GGZ) foundation that delivers recovery-oriented psychiatric treatment, ambulant care, clinical (intensive) care, protected housing (beschermd wonen), crisis services, diagnostics and prevention across Noord- en Oost-Gelderland. Its service portfolio is organized through specialized centers covering eating disorders (Amarum), personality disorders (Scelta), forensic psychiatry (De Boog), intercultural psychiatry, youth (Jong GGNet) and elderly psychiatry, supported by an internal EPD, GGNet Academie e-learning, and innovation pilots in VR/EMDR and wearable biocueing.

Product overview

Stichting GGNet is a Dutch mental healthcare organization (ggz-instelling) operating in North and East Gelderland from a network of locations (Warnsveld as main location, plus Apeldoorn, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Zevenaar, Winterswijk). Rather than a single unified software product, GGNet delivers its services through a portfolio of specialized treatment programs and centers — including Amarum (eating disorders), Scelta (personality disorder research with wearables-based biocueing), De Boog (forensic psychiatry), Bas (short-duration treatment), Centrum voor Interculturele GGZ, Beschermd Wonen, the Diagnostiek Centrum, the high-intensive clinical care clinic De Spreng / HIKZ, the Poli Complex Trauma, the Crisisdienst, Jong GGNet (youth), the Expertisecentrum ouderenpsychiatrie, Forensisch FACT, and prevention services. Supporting this care delivery are an internal Elektronisch Patiëntendossier (EPD), the GGNet Academie online learning platform for staff and trainees, and emerging digital tools such as the Psylaris VR headset for EMDR therapy, the Sense it app, the regional Mentale Gezondheidsnetwerk (MGN) referral organization, and the 'Digitale transformatie ggz' initiative jointly approved with health insurers Menzis and Zilveren Kruis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Amarum: GGNet Amarum - treatment center for eating disorders (eetstoornissen), referenced in news/research (e.g., promotieonderzoek Mirjam Lammers) and listed as a separate website (www.amarum.nl).
• Scelta
• VGGNet
• BAS (basisdichtbij)
• De Boog
• Centrum voor Interculturele GGZ

Products and services

• Klinische zorg / Hoog Intensieve Klinische Zorg (HIKZ) - De Spreng
• Ambulante zorg
• Beschermd Wonen
• Crisisdienst
• Amarum (eating disorders)
• Scelta (personality disorders)
• De Boog (Expertisecentrum voor forensische psychiatrie)
• Bas - Specialist in kortdurend behandelen
• Centrum voor Interculturele GGZ
• Jong GGNet (youth mental health)
• Expertisecentrum ouderenpsychiatrie
• Forensisch FACT
• Poli Complex Trauma
• Preventie
• Diagnostiek Centrum
• Verwijsorganisatie Mentale Gezondheidsnetwerk (MGN)

Quantifiable outcome

• IPS modeltrouw score of 119 points = 'voorbeeldige modeltrouw' for path-to-work programme
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered flagship regional alliance, core regional ggz ally, core funding/commissioning partner, core implementation partner for ips, research partner, innovation pilot, framework agreement, industry coalition, regulatory data partner, minor seasonal partner and recurring education partnerships.

• 14 Achterhoek zorgorganisatiesflagship regional allianceStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 November 2025GGNet is one of 14 Achterhoek zorgorganisaties collaborating on sustainable labour relationships. From 1 January 2025 they collectively stopped using flexible contracts (flexcontracten) as standard, committing to sustainable employment for quality and continuity of care.
• Apeldoorn-Zutphen and Achterhoek-Liemers regional partners (Mentale Gezondheidsnetwerk / MGN)flagship regional allianceStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2025GGNet participates in the MGN (Mentale Gezondheidsnetwerk) verwijsorganisatie which started in Apeldoorn-Zutphen in April 2025 and is rolling out in Achterhoek-Liemers. The network also delivered the IZA transformatieplan 'Mentale gezondheid: mentaal gezonde inwoners met een sterke sociale basis in de regio Apeldoorn-Zutphen' which has been approved.
• Mediantcore regional ggz allyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 January 2025Co-development partner with GGNet on the 'Digitale Transformatie ggz' (Digital Transformation ggz) proposal approved by Menzis and Zilveren Kruis in January 2025. The two organisations collaborate to deploy technology and digitalisation for clients and staff within the regional GGZ landscape.
• Menzis and Zilveren Kruis (health insurers)core funding/commissioning partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs the leading regional zorgverzekeraars, Menzis and Zilveren Kruis approved the 'Digitale Transformatie ggz' proposal jointly with GGNet and Mediant. They also fund the bulk of GGNet clinical care through the Zorgverzekeringswet (Health Insurance Act).
• Twomorrowcore implementation partner for ipsImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTwomorrow is GGNet's implementation partner for the IPS (Individual Placement and Support) path-to-work programme. Together they achieved 119 points on the IPS-modeltrouwmeting in 2024 (rated 'voorbeeldige modeltrouw').
• UMC Utrechtresearch partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with UMC Utrecht on research; Jurjen Luykx is a psychiater and opleider at GGNet and researcher at UMC Utrecht, co-authoring published research (e.g., the September 2021 study on smoking/alcohol and mood).
• Psylaris (VR developer)innovation pilotTechnology or IntegrationGGNet works with Psylaris on virtual reality for EMDR therapy - enabling EMDR sessions to continue at home after initial in-clinic sessions using the Psylaris VR headset.
• CAO GGZ (collective labour agreement for Dutch GGZ)framework agreementOthersGGNet operates under the CAO GGZ (Dutch GGZ collective labour agreement 1-12-2021 to 31-12-2024), which governs the reiskostenvergoeding (travel allowance) regeling woon-werkverkeer for trainees.
• Landelijke ggz-organisaties (national GGZ organisations coalition)industry coalitionGTM or Marketing PartnerGGNet participated in a national coalition of ggz-organisaties that placed a page-sized advertorial in Telegraaf, Trouw, Parool and Volkskrant on 19 July 2021 calling to stop violence against care workers.
• Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit (NZa)regulatory data partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrom 1 January 2023 GGNet exchanges anonymous care-demand typification data with the NZa; the NZa aggregates this data from all Dutch GGZ institutions to support national alignment of GGZ supply and demand.
• NL Doet (national volunteer action)minor seasonal partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerGGNet participates in the national NL Doet volunteer action, enabling groups and businesses to sign up for one-off volunteer klussen (chores) at GGNet.
• Various HBO/MBO opleidingsinstellingen (educational institutions)recurring education partnershipsImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGGNet has agreements with multiple opleidingsinstellingen for hbo/mbo verpleegkunde and agogische stages; students from these schools are channelled into GGNet internships. Other-discipline students apply via published stagevacatures.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Arkin: Large Amsterdam-based GGZ provider covering basis-GGZ, specialistische GGZ, verslavingszorg and forensic psychiatry. Comparable multi-site, multi-specialism Stichting governance and substantial research function.
• Dimence: Regional GGZ provider in Overijssel with comparable portfolio: klinische GGZ, beschermd wonen, eetstoornissen expertise, ambulant and FACT teams. Comparable scale (~2,000+ staff) and Stichting non-profit governance.
• Lentis: Regional GGZ provider covering Groningen, Drenthe and parts of Overijssel. Closely comparable operating model: multiple standplaatsen, ambulant/klinisch mix, eigen academie, beschermd wonen and Stichting foundation governance.
• GGZ inGeest: Major GGZ provider in Noord-Holland (Amsterdam/Haarlem) with comparable specialisations including ouderenpsychiatrie, eetstoornissen (Center for Eating Disorders) and research-intensive operations. Affiliated with VU/VUmc.
• GGZ Noord-Holland-Noord: Regional GGZ provider in North Holland North covering youth, adults, elderly and forensic psychiatry with multiple locations, beschermd wonen and ambulant teams. Closely comparable regional operating model.
• Pro Persona: Large GGZ provider operating across Gelderland (including Nijmegen/Arnhem region), directly adjacent to GGNet's territory. Comparable range of specialised treatment centers and Stichting governance structure.
• Mediant: Regional GGZ provider covering Twente and Achterhoek, directly overlapping GGNet's service area. Partner in the Digitale Transformatie ggz proposal and parallel regional GGZ operator with comparable ambulant, klinische and beschermd-wonen offerings.
• Yulius: Regional GGZ provider in Zuid-Holland/Zeeland with comparable specialisations in eetstoornissen, autisme, LVB-GGZ and volwassen GGZ. Closely matched operating model with Stichting governance and multiple regional standplaatsen.
• Rivierduinen: Regional GGZ provider in Zuid-Holland offering the full spectrum of specialised GGZ care including eetstoornissen (Rivierenland/Praktijk de Viersprong), forensische psychiatrie and ambulant teams. Directly comparable care portfolio and Stichting structure.

Broad incumbents

• Parnassia Groep: Netherlands' largest GGZ conglomerate with a national footprint across multiple regions. Broader scope than GGNet but overlapping on adult, youth, forensic and intercultural GGZ; serves as a national-scale reference comparable in core service mix if not in regional depth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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