What Gemeente Medemblik does

Gemeente Medemblik is a Dutch municipality (gemeente) operating under the Gemeentewet in the North Holland province of the Netherlands. It is a publicly funded government entity, headquartered in Wognum with a service counter at Dick Ketlaan 21 in Medemblik, and serves residents, local businesses, and visitors across 17 villages and settlements (kernen) including Medemblik, Wervershoof, Wognum, Abbekerk, Opperdoes, Nibbixwoud, and Midwoud. The entity has no commercial product offering outside its statutory mandate of local government administration, civil affairs, permitting, taxation, social welfare, and urban planning.

Service delivery is organized across nine functional domains — civil affairs (Burgerzaken), permits and licensing (Vergunningen), municipal taxation and property valuation (Belastingen en WOZ), building oversight (Bouwen en verbouwen), social welfare (Zorg, werk en inkomen), housing and living environment (Wonen en leefomgeving), waste and environmental management, public safety, and urban planning. The technical infrastructure is a standard municipal web platform on TYPO3 CMS, augmented by ReadSpeaker text-to-speech accessibility integration and standard analytics tooling. Three distinct web properties operate under municipal control: the main medemblik.nl portal, a dedicated Sociaal Loket social-services subdomain, and a separate werkenbij.medemblik.nl careers platform. Sociaal Loket Medemblik is organized as a wholly owned subsidiary (wholly_owned) focused on welfare, care, work, and income support delivery.

Revenue is sourced exclusively from Dutch municipal taxation, statutory levies, and central government allocations, not from commercial sales. Income streams include property tax (OZB), waste collection fee (afvalstoffenheffing), sewerage charge (rioolheffing), environmental levies, tourism/forensenbelasting, and narrow licensing income such as the Model A alcohol-hospitality permit at €632.85 for new establishments and Model B at €115.10 for non-commercial organizations. Distribution is direct-only through physical service counters and the digital portal. Service reach is extended via regional partnerships with Veiligheidsregio Noord-Holland Noord (safety), GGD Noord-Holland Noord (public health and mandatory GGZ), Veilig Thuis (domestic violence, 0800-2000), De Bemiddelingskamer (neighborhood mediation), Discriminatie.nl Noord-Holland Noord / ART1NHN (discrimination reporting), and Zorg in Regio Westfriesland (Wmo care quality oversight).

Name

Gemeente Medemblik

Legal name

Gemeente Medemblik

Website

https://medemblik.nl

Company type

Public

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Gemeente Medemblik is a publicly funded Dutch municipality in North Holland delivering statutory local government services across 17 villages. It administers civil affairs, permits, taxation, social welfare, urban planning, and public safety for residents and local businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Public Administration

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Public Health Programs (923120), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

akta.pro primary industry

Mayor/City Manager & General Administration (BPAIACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Municipal Tax & Revenue Administration (Local) (BPAIACAD), Economic Development & Business Licensing (Local) (BPAIACAN), Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK), Local Transportation, Parking & Mobility Administration (BPAIACAM)

Keywords

• Municipal public services
• Civil affairs administration
• Permits and licensing
• Welfare and social support
• Local tax collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Wognum

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Taxes: The municipality collects various local taxes including property taxes (OZB), waste collection fees, sewer fees, and other municipal levies to fund public services.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Gemeente Medemblik is a Dutch local government authority that delivers legally mandated public administration services to residents and businesses within its jurisdiction. It administers civil affairs (births, deaths, marriages, passports, ID cards, driver's licenses), issues permits and licenses (alcohol, hospitality, events, building, environmental), collects municipal taxes (property tax/OZB, waste levy, sewer charges, tourism tax), and operates the Sociaal Loket for social welfare, care, work, and income support. The municipality also handles urban planning, waste collection, public housing, and environmental management across 17 villages and settlements in North Holland.

Product overview

Gemeente Medemblik operates a unified digital services platform offering integrated municipal services across multiple channels. The main website at medemblik.nl provides citizen-facing services including civil affairs (Burgerzaken), permits (Vergunningen), taxes (Belastingen), and urban development. A dedicated Sociaal Loket subdomain serves as the social services portal for care, work, and income support. A separate careers portal (werkenbij.medemblik.nl) handles recruitment. The services operate on a TYPO3 CMS infrastructure with ReadSpeaker accessibility features and analytics tools. The municipality serves approximately 17 villages/kernels with various housing development projects and community initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sociaal Loket Centralized social services portal providing information and support on care, work, and income matters. Serves residents needing welfare benefits, special financial assistance, support for money problems, energy cost reduction, youth assistance, dementia care, caregiver support, and household assistance.
• Vergunningen (Permits) Permit services covering alcohol and hospitality permits, collection/sales/advertising permits, event and activity permits, and storage/housing management/parking permits. Targets local businesses, event organizers, and residents requiring regulatory authorizations.
• Burgerzaken (Civil Affairs) Civil registration services including birth registration, immigration and naturalization, passport and ID card issuance and renewal, driver's license services, marriage and divorce proceedings, death and burial services, and extracts and certificates. Serves all residents and new inhabitants of the municipality.
• Belastingen en WOZ (Taxes and Property Valuation) Municipal tax assessment and collection including property tax (OZB), waste levy (afvalstoffenheffing), sewerage charges (rioolheffing), tourism tax, forensenbelasting, verblijfsbelasting, environmental levies, and property valuation (WOZ) services, including objection and direct debit arrangements.
• Bouwen en verbouwen (Building and Renovation) Construction and development services including environmental permits, building permits (omgevingsvergunning), monument designation and renovation, plots for housing development, kavels, B&B startup support, sewer connections, soil and excavation reporting, and environmental monitoring via Omgevingsdienst NHN.
• Zorg, werk en inkomen (Care, Work and Income) Social welfare services including welfare benefits applications (bijstand), special financial assistance (bijzondere bijstand), support for money problems, energy cost reduction assistance, youth assistance, and employment support programs. Targets vulnerable residents and those in financial need.
• Wonen en leefomgeving (Living Environment) Housing and living environment services including residential construction projects, urban planning initiatives, property adaptation assistance, Japanese knotweed control, street lighting, sewer maintenance, neighbourhood issue reporting, and waste collection scheduling.
• Afval en milieu (Waste and Environment) Waste management and environmental services including household waste collection (afvalinzameling), business waste (bedrijfsafval), waste levy (afvalstoffenheffing), environmental reporting (melding milieu), and pest control (plaagdieren).

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Veilig ThuiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional expertise center for domestic violence and child abuse reporting. Available 24/7 via 0800-2000 for anonymous reporting and support coordination.
• GGD Noord-Holland NoordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health service handling mental health crisis reporting and compulsory mental healthcare decisions under the Wet verplichte GGZ.
• Discriminatie.nl Noord-Holland Noord (ART1NHN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent discrimination reporting bureau handling discrimination complaints on behalf of the municipality. Contact: 072-515 4400.
• De BemiddelingskamercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeighborhood mediation service helping residents resolve disputes including noise complaints, property boundary issues, and neighbor conflicts.
• Veiligheidsregio Noord-Holland NoordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional safety service coordinating emergency response, disaster management, and public safety planning for the North Holland North region.
• Zorg in Regio WestfrieslandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuality oversight body for care providers in Westfriesland region, handling complaints about care quality and mandatory incident reporting for Wmo service providers.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Gemeente Opmeer: Small neighboring Westfriesland municipality operating under the same Dutch municipal law, providing essentially the same set of services (Burgerzaken, vergunningen, belastingen, sociaal domein) to its residents. Comparable in scale and mandate.
• Gemeente Hollands Kroon: North Holland municipality that similarly consolidates multiple villages under one gemeente, delivering the full municipal service portfolio including social welfare, permits, civil affairs, and urban planning under shared regional partnerships.
• Gemeente Hoorn: Neighboring larger municipality in North Holland that delivers the same comprehensive suite of municipal services — civil affairs, permits, taxes, social welfare, urban planning — to its residents under the same Dutch legal framework. Directly comparable in mandate and service portfolio.
• Gemeente Stede Broec: Small North Holland municipality providing the same core municipal services — permits, Burgerzaken, taxes, social welfare, urban planning — under the same Dutch municipal framework, with similar reliance on regional partnerships.
• Gemeente Enkhuizen: Historical North Holland municipality with overlapping service portfolio — civil registration, permits, taxes, social services, heritage/monument protection — operating in the same Westfriesland/ North Holland region and sharing the same regional back-office partners.
• Gemeente Schagen: Similar-sized North Holland municipality with a comparable service mandate covering civil affairs, permits, taxation, social services, and regional cooperation with the same North Holland North safety and health bodies (GGD, Veiligheidsregio).
• Gemeente Koggenland: Neighboring North Holland municipality also formed from a multi-village merger, delivering the same municipal service portfolio and participating in the same regional safety/health partnerships (Veiligheidsregio Noord-Holland Noord, GGD).

Broad incumbents

• Rijksoverheid: Dutch central government that sets policy, distributes the Gemeentefonds allocations, and mandates delegated tasks (Wmo, Jeugdwet, Participatiewet) executed by municipalities such as Gemeente Medemblik. Operates at a much broader scale but is the structural counterpart in service delivery.
• Provincie Noord-Holland: Higher-level regional government authority that oversees and partially funds municipalities in North Holland, including coordinating spatial planning, regional economic development, and infrastructure that municipalities like Medemblik implement at the local level.

Others

• GGD Noord-Holland Noord: Regional public health service organization that partners with Gemeente Medemblik on mental health crisis reporting (Wet verplichte GGZ) and other public health programs. Adjacent public-sector entity in the same regional ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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