What Gemeente Tholen does

Gemeente Tholen is the Dutch municipal government (gemeente) for the Tholen municipal area in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands, established in 1972. It delivers statutory local government services — including civil affairs administration, building and environmental permitting (delivered via the national Omgevingsloket), social services, and public facilities management — to all residents and businesses within its territorial jurisdiction. As a public-sector entity, it operates under a non-commercial, tax-and-allocations-funded model rather than a market-revenue model, and therefore does not compete for customers in the conventional sense.

The organization's digital service surface is built on the open-source TYPO3 CMS and includes the Mijn Tholen citizen portal (integrated with DigiD and eHerkenning national identity schemes), the Tholenderwijs newsletter, a dedicated Privacy Rights Portal for GDPR/AVG data subject requests, and contact channels including a website and WhatsApp. Its technology stack emphasizes security and regulatory compliance, evidenced by PKI, IPv6, DNSSEC, and BIG security certifications, plus partial WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance verified through a March 2024 audit. Through the OpenGemeenten consortium, Gemeente Tholen collaborates with other Dutch municipalities on shared TYPO3 platform development and joint security and compliance practices.

Gemeente Tholen serves the entire resident and business population of its municipal territory as a statutory monopoly provider; revenue derives from local taxes, fees for permitting and civil services, and central government allocations, with no disclosed financial figures available in the source data. The organization has no disclosed funding rounds, no commercial partnerships beyond inter-municipal and national-platform integrations, and no documented M&A or leadership-change signals in the input material.

Name

Gemeente Tholen

Legal name

Gemeente Tholen

Website

https://tholen.nl

Company type

Public

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Gemeente Tholen is the Dutch municipal government for the Tholen area in Zeeland, Netherlands, delivering statutory local administrative, permitting, and social services to residents and businesses within its jurisdiction. Funded by taxes and government allocations, it operates a TYPO3-based digital portal and Omgevingsloket-integrated permitting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Civil affairs services
• Public service delivery
• Building permit services
• Local government services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tholen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gemeente Tholen is a Dutch municipal government that delivers statutory public administration services to residents and businesses of the Tholen municipality in Zeeland, Netherlands. Core services include civil registry documents (passports, identity cards, driver's licenses, birth/marriage/death certificates), building and environmental permits, waste management under the Diftar system, social welfare and benefits, education and childcare coordination, healthcare support, and local governance functions. Services are delivered through a physical municipal office, the Mijn Tholen online portal, and the tholen.nl website.

Product overview

Gemeente Tholen operates as a municipal government offering a portfolio of digital and in-person services primarily through its website (tholen.nl) and the Mijn Tholen citizen portal. The municipal service portfolio centers on administrative functions including civil registry services (passports, driver's licenses, birth/marriage/death certificates), building permits and environmental permits, education and childcare services, waste management, healthcare and welfare support, and general municipal administration. The primary digital products include the municipal website serving as the main point of access, the Mijn Tholen online citizen portal for authenticated transactions, and the Tholenderwijs public information bulletin. Services are delivered through both digital channels and physical walk-in services at the municipal office, which operates by appointment only.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mijn Tholen
• Tholenderwijs
• Omgevingsloket Integration
• Privacy Rights Portal
• Civil Affairs Document Services
• Building and Environmental Permit Services
• Waste Management Services
• Social Welfare and Income Support
• Care and Support (WMO) Services
• Education and Childcare Services
• Life Event Registration Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• VNG (Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten): Umbrella association of all Dutch municipalities that sets standards, advocates, and provides shared services — directly relevant as the institutional peer representing the collective municipal-administration category in which Gemeente Tholen operates.

Direct peers

• Gemeente Schouwen-Duiveland: Zeeland-based Dutch municipality similar in scale and rural/island character to Tholen, performing the same general municipal administration, permitting, and citizen-services functions.
• Gemeente Breda: Larger North Brabant municipality performing the same statutory municipal services — useful as a 'next-tier' peer for benchmarking where Tholen may be headed as it scales digital service delivery.
• Gemeente Terneuzen: Zeeland province municipality of comparable size offering the standard Dutch municipal service portfolio — civil affairs, permits, welfare, and local governance — making it a close functional peer.
• Gemeente Middelburg: Provincial capital of Zeeland with similar municipal service scope; comparable in administrative complexity and citizen-services portfolio despite its capital status.
• Gemeente Bergen op Zoom: Nearby North Brabant municipality of comparable size offering the same municipal service portfolio; useful peer for cross-province comparison of service delivery models.
• Gemeente Sluis: Zeeland border municipality with similar scale and rural character, delivering the same set of Dutch statutory municipal services to its residents.
• Gemeente Veere: Smaller Zeeland municipality delivering the same statutory municipal services — making it directly comparable in operating model if smaller in absolute scale.
• Gemeente Goes: Neighboring Dutch municipality in Zeeland province of comparable population size, providing the same portfolio of municipal services (permits, civil affairs, social support, waste management) to its residents.
• Gemeente Hulst: Zeeland municipality of comparable size, performing the same general municipal administration, permitting, social services, and citizen-facing functions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gemeente_tholen
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@GemeenteTholen
• Facebookfacebook.com/GemeenteTholen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeente-tholen
• Instagraminstagram.com/gemeente_tholen

Compliance6 records

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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