Care Force | Connecting International Medical Professionals

What Care Force | Connecting International Medical Professionals does

Care Force is a privately held Netherlands-based medical recruitment agency that has, since 2002, connected EU/EEA-trained medical professionals with healthcare employers in the Netherlands and Belgium. The firm serves two counterparties on each placement: candidates (doctors, medical specialists, dentists, orthodontists, and nurses seeking relocation) and healthcare facilities (hospitals, clinics, dental practices, diagnostic centers, CROs, and addiction-treatment networks) facing staffing shortages. Candidates are sourced across at least 10 European countries, including Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, and the Czech Republic, primarily through attendance at ExpoMedics job fairs. Care Force reports having placed more than 1,000 medical professionals and dentists over its operating history and currently lists 39 active vacancies on its website.

The company's product surface consists of a core recruitment-mediation service bundled with an integrated Care Force Language Academy (an 8-week online Dutch course followed by a 4-month in-person intensive to achieve BIG-registration-ready proficiency), an 8-step Candidate Journey Portal structuring the relocation workflow, full Relocation Services covering housing, banking, insurance, and municipality registration, a Job Vacancy Platform for browsing roles, and a Referral Program for placed candidates. The technology footprint is a candidate-facing web portal with standard third-party integrations (Google Analytics, Google Maps, YouTube, ShareThis, Twitter); no proprietary AI/ML models, mobile apps, or APIs are disclosed. Quality credentials include SNA, Erkend Leerbedrijf, NEN, and ELHBO certifications, plus GDPR-compliant data handling.

Care Force's revenue model is a professional-services placement fee paid by employer clients upon successful hire; the service is free for candidates. Headcount is described as a multidisciplinary team of more than 20 employees, including recruiters, account managers, relocation consultants, and Dutch language teachers. The company is headquartered in Velp, Netherlands, with operating geographies covering the Netherlands and Belgium. There is no evidence of institutional investment, private-equity backing, M&A activity, or public-disclosure obligations; the firm appears to be founder-operated and privately financed.

Name

Care Force | Connecting International Medical Professionals

Legal name

Care Force

Website

https://care-force.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Care Force is a Netherlands-based medical recruitment agency connecting EU-trained doctors, dentists, and nurses with healthcare employers in the Netherlands and Belgium, bundling job matching, Dutch language training, and full relocation support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Recruitment & Healthcare Staffing

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPACADAJ

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Professional & Technical Staffing (IT/Engineering/Healthcare/Finance)

SECONDARYBPACAFAH

Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Permanent Placement & Direct Hire

Keywords

• Medical recruitment services
• Healthcare staffing agency
• International doctor placement
• Dental professional recruitment
• Healthcare relocation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Velp

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. Recruitment Mediation Services: Care Force acts as an intermediary between European medical professionals seeking employment in the Netherlands/Belgium and healthcare facilities (hospitals, clinics, dental practices) seeking qualified staff. The service is free for candidates; revenue is generated through fees paid by employer clients upon successful placement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Care Force is a medical recruitment agency that connects EU/EEA-trained medical professionals (doctors, dentists, nurses, specialists) with healthcare employers in the Netherlands and Belgium. The firm acts as an intermediary, offering end-to-end placement services including candidate intake, job matching, diploma recognition (BIG/RIZIV), Dutch language training via its Language Academy, and full relocation support including housing, banking, and administrative registration.

Product overview

Care Force operates as a medical recruitment platform connecting international (EU/EEA) medical professionals with healthcare employers in the Netherlands and Belgium. The core offering is a recruitment and placement service, supported by the Care Force Language Academy for Dutch language training, a structured 8-step Candidate Journey Portal, and comprehensive Relocation Services. The Job Vacancy Platform displays opportunities across medical specialties including neurology, psychiatry, dentistry, dermatology, ophthalmology, paediatrics, nursing, and family medicine. The company also operates a Referral Program to expand candidate networks. The platform architecture consists of a candidate-facing web portal with registration, job browsing, and application capabilities, complemented by backend recruitment services including candidate vetting, employer matching, and ongoing support through the relocation and integration process.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Recruitment Services

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 1,000 successful placements of medical professionals since 2002
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CellCartacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Care Force has been partnering with CellCarta since 2018 to recruit pathologists from Eastern Europe and beyond. CellCarta is a globally operating Contract Research Organization (CRO) specializing in research and analysis of immunotherapy for cancer treatment, examining over 100,000 samples annually. Care Force sources ambitious pathologists who don't receive recognition in their home countries.
• Novadic-KentroncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Novadic-Kentron, an addiction treatment center in the Netherlands, to recruit psychiatrists. Care Force has successfully placed 4 psychiatrists through an intensive placement process including 3-day internships for cultural assessment and language proficiency verification.
• Dental Clinic Oud-BeijerlandminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDental clinic that has been using Care Force services since 2009 to recruit dentists from across Europe (Germany, Portugal, Romania, Greece). Care Force handles all registrations, diploma recognition, language course arrangements, and contract negotiations.
• Diagnose Centrum LommelminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDiagnostic center in Belgium that partnered with Care Force for rapid recruitment of 2 medical specialists. Care Force provided preselection, registration guidance in Belgium, and integration support.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Head Medical: UK-based international medical recruitment agency placing doctors in English-speaking markets globally, with similar cross-border relocation, registration, and immigration support services comparable to Care Force's end-to-end model.
• Skilled Medical: International medical recruitment company placing doctors in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, with similar full-service candidate support including registration and relocation — a close analogue to Care Force's positioning.
• Global Medics: International healthcare recruitment firm specializing in placing doctors and allied health professionals across multiple geographies, directly comparable to Care Force's focus on cross-border medical placements.
• Wavelength International: International medical recruitment agency placing doctors primarily in Australia and New Zealand, with comparable candidate screening, registration support, and relocation assistance workflows to Care Force.
• MediSearch: UK-headquartered international medical recruitment specialist placing doctors globally, offering registration guidance and relocation support comparable to Care Force's integrated candidate journey.

Broad incumbents

• Cross Country Healthcare: US healthcare staffing and workforce solutions provider across nursing, physicians, and allied health; broad incumbent with overlapping healthcare-recruitment activity versus Care Force's niche specialization.
• CHG Healthcare: US-based healthcare staffing company (including CompHealth, Weatherby) placing physicians and allied professionals; significantly larger scale than Care Force but competes for the same underlying candidate supply.
• AMN Healthcare: Largest US healthcare staffing company offering physician, nurse, and allied health placement across multiple geographies; operates much more broadly than Care Force but addresses the same fundamental healthcare workforce shortage.

Emerging players

• Doctolib: Leading European healthcare booking and practitioner platform; while not a recruiter today, its scale and direct relationships with European medical professionals make it a potential long-term competitor or partner for international recruitment flows.
• Docplanner: European healthcare platform (Polish-founded) connecting patients with doctors and increasingly with job-seeking medical professionals; an emerging digital competitor that could eventually overlap with Care Force's recruitment services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CareForceMedicalRecruitment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/care-force

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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