Gemeente Wageningen

Name

Gemeente Wageningen

Legal name

Gemeente Wageningen

Website

https://wageningen.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Public Administration

NAICS

Other General Government Support (92119)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIACAD

Municipal Tax & Revenue Administration (Local)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

Keywords

• Municipal administration
• Public services
• Civil registration
• Social support services
• Waste management

Headquarters

HQ city

Wageningen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Taxes (OZB): Onroerendezaakbelasting (OZB) - property tax levied on homeowners and businesses based on WOZ value of real estate.
2. Waste Collection Fee (Afvalstoffenheffing): Waste collection charges for households based on the number of waste containers (kliko's).
3. Sewage Charges (Rioolheffing): Sewage system charges for maintenance of municipal wastewater infrastructure.
4. Dog Tax (Hondenbelasting): Annual dog license tax for dog owners in the municipality.
5. Parking Fees: Paid parking fees in the city center, including parking permits and parking fines.
6. Service Fees: Fees for various municipal services including passport/ID applications, permits, and administrative services.
7. Government Funding: Central government funding and subsidies for municipal services, infrastructure projects, and social programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Gemeente Wageningen is a Dutch municipal government that provides local public administration and statutory services to residents and businesses in Wageningen. Its core offering includes civil registration (passports, ID cards, life events), social support through Startpunt Wageningen (housing, work, care, upbringing, finances), tax administration (OZB, waste levy, sewerage charges, dog tax), urban planning and permits, waste collection, public safety, and democratic governance via the municipal council. Services are delivered through the wageningen.nl digital portal, the city hall (Stadhuis), Startpunt Wageningen, telephone, and WhatsApp.

Product overview

Gemeente Wageningen operates a multi-channel municipal service ecosystem centered on the wageningen.nl digital portal. The core platform is supported by several dedicated sub-brands and external back-end systems: Startpunt Wageningen provides physical and digital access to social services (housing, work, care, finances); the belastingen.wageningen.nl portal handles tax payments and objections; Qmatic powers online appointment booking; Notubiz delivers the council information system; the Begrotingsapp publishes financial policy data; and the geo-portal (Wageningen in kaart) disseminates open spatial data. Integration with DigiD and eHerkenning enables secure citizen and business authentication. The Maatschappelijk Meedoen Budget and income security programs are accessible through Startpunt. Together these form a distributed service architecture rather than a single unified product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• wageningen.nl Municipal Service Portal The primary digital service portal of Gemeente Wageningen, providing residents access to municipal services including appointments, forms, payments, news, council information, and contact options. The portal integrates with DigiD for secure citizen authentication and routes services through multiple external back-end systems. It serves all Wageningen residents and businesses.
• Startpunt Wageningen A service point where residents can ask questions about housing, work, care, upbringing, and financial matters. Open to all ages, it serves as the physical and digital entry point for social support services, the Maatschappelijk Meedoen Budget (MMB), and free money advice.
• belastingen.wageningen.nl Tax Portal Online portal for managing municipal taxes including waste levy, sewerage charge, property tax (OZB), dog tax, tourist tax, parking fines, and precario tax. Supports automatic direct debit, instalment payments, and objection filing for residents and businesses.
• Qmatic Online Appointment Scheduling Online appointment booking system (afspraak.wageningen.nl) allowing residents to schedule visits to Publiekszaken (public counter services) for passport applications, ID cards, and other in-person services.
• Raadsinformatiesysteem (Council Information System) Council information system providing public access to council agendas, meeting documents, and live streaming of council meetings. Hosted at wageningen.raadsinformatie.nl and powered by Notubiz, supporting government transparency.
• Begrotingsapp (Budget App) Financial policy dashboard providing public access to the municipality's budget information and financial planning documents, accessible at wageningen.begrotingsapp.nl.
• Wageningen in kaart (Geo Portal) Geographic information portal providing an overview of all available open data from the municipality, serving as the municipality's open data and geoportal.
• Gemeentearchief (Municipal Archive) Municipal archive providing access to historical records and documents about the history of Wageningen, available to residents, researchers, and the general public.
• Kieskompas Wageningen Online voting aid tool for municipal council elections, helping residents identify which political parties align most closely with their views. Filling out the Kieskompas is completely anonymous.

Quantifiable outcome

• €11.7 million positive financial result in 2025, exceeding budget by €1.8 million
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and major.

• Wageningen University & Research (WUR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 December 2025Strategic cooperation agreement for spatial development between Gemeente Wageningen and WUR. Joint ambitions until 2030 for the development of city and campus, covering urban planning, research collaboration, and shared infrastructure development. The municipality and WUR signed this agreement to coordinate urban growth with university expansion.
• Huurteams Wageningen (Stichting Huurteams Nijmegen)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 8 April 2025Partnership with Stichting Huurteams Nijmegen (SHN) to provide free assistance to tenants facing housing problems. Services include rent price checks, contract reviews, service cost disputes, and landlord intimidation cases. In first year, helped over 100 tenants and saved thousands of euros.
• Woningstichting WageningencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 January 2025Housing corporation partner for social housing development and tenant services. Signed renewed performance agreements (prestatieafspraken) for 2026-2027 covering housing allocation, maintenance, and affordability. Collaboration on housing projects like De Dreijen and Vadapark.
• Grebbedijk Partners (Provincie Gelderland, Rijkswaterstaat, Staatsbosbeheer, Waterschap Vallei en Veluwe)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 November 2024Multi-party cooperation agreement (SOK) for Grebbedijk area development. Partnership aims to protect over 250,000 residents of the Gelderse Vallei against high water levels in the Nederrijn river. Ensures future-proof and safe area development through collaborative infrastructure work.
• Warmtebedrijf WOW / Kelvin B.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWageningen heat company established to realize sustainable heating network in the Benedenbuurt (gas-free pilot area). Collaboration between residents' cooperative WOW, municipality, and heat partner Kelvin. Partnership aims to build sustainable district heating infrastructure.
• ACV (Afvalinzameling)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContract partner for household waste collection and processing. ACV assists with waste collection services under municipal contract, with privacy agreements and data processing agreements in place.
• IdealiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent housing provider partner collaborating on youth and starter housing solutions. Joint efforts to create at least 100 additional affordable housing places for young people and starters.
• Bibliotheek Wageningen / DigitaalhuiscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership with the public library for language development programs and family support services. Library serves as partner in the strengthened family approach to prevent language delays in young children and improve basic skills of parents.
• BPD Bouwfonds GebiedsontwikkelingmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReal estate developer partner for Nieuwe Kanaal mixed-use development project combining knowledge-intensive businesses and minimum 300 homes. Collaboration includes WUR, Campus West/BSPW, and Woningstichting.
• Informatie Beveiligingsdienst voor gemeenten (IBD)coreTechnology or IntegrationInformation Security Service for municipalities. The municipality shares vulnerability reports with IBD to ensure organizations share experiences on security issues. IBD serves as coordination body for municipal cybersecurity.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (VNG): National association representing all Dutch municipalities. Comparable as an industry-body peer for collective bargaining, cybersecurity coordination (IBD), and shared service development (e.g., DigiD, eHerkenning) on which Wageningen depends.
• DigiD / Logius: National digital identity platform operated under the Ministry of the Interior that underpins Wageningen's citizen authentication, online service portal, and tax portal. Critical enabling infrastructure peer for any Dutch municipality's digital strategy.

Direct peers

• Gemeente Arnhem: Larger Gelderland provincial capital with comparable municipal governance structure, similar tax streams (OZB, waste, sewage), and parallel service portal architecture. Useful comparison for service delivery efficiency at slightly larger scale.
• Gemeente Nijmegen: Large Gelderland municipality and direct labor-market peer (Wageningen's former municipal secretary Jasper de Wit moved to Nijmegen in Oct 2025). Comparable university-town profile with Radboud University, similar housing pressure, and shared social-domain service model.
• Gemeente Amersfoort: Mid-sized municipality in Utrecht province with comparable population (~160k), historic city core, and digital service strategy. Useful peer for benchmarking service-portal uptake and tax-collection efficiency.
• Gemeente Ede: Neighboring Gelderland municipality that forms the KennisAs Ede-Wageningen partnership with Wageningen for joint housing and economic development. Most directly comparable peer as both serve similar resident counts, share infrastructure planning, and pursue food/agri-economic positioning.
• Gemeente Delft: Dutch university town (TU Delft) with similar compact scale, knowledge-economy positioning, and student-housing pressures. Closely comparable in operating environment to Wageningen given WUR anchor.

Broad incumbents

• Gemeente Eindhoven: Larger Brainport municipality with comparable high-tech economic positioning and university-industry integration. Useful broader peer for measuring innovation-led municipal service strategy execution.
• Gemeente Utrecht: Larger Utrecht province incumbent municipality offering overlapping services but at substantially greater scale. Relevant as a broad incumbent for benchmarking best-in-class municipal digital service delivery in the Netherlands.

Regional players

• Gemeente Leeuwarden: Friesland provincial capital with comparable population scale and strong food-economy branding (similar to Wageningen's agri/food identity). Regional peer useful for benchmarking cultural-events-driven municipal strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeente-wageningen

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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