Gemeente Venray

What Gemeente Venray does

Gemeente Venray is a Dutch municipality located in the province of Limburg, established under the 1815 Municipalities Act and serving the town of Venray and surrounding rural villages including Vredepeel and Ysselsteyn in the northern Limburg region. As a public government entity, it provides statutory local services mandated by Dutch law, including civil registration (births, deaths, marriages), waste collection, property taxation (onroerendezaakbelasting/OZB), environmental and building permits (omgevingsvergunning), social support (Wmo, bijstand), public safety coordination, and infrastructure planning under the Omgevingswet framework.

The municipality operates a multi-portal digital service infrastructure anchored on venray.nl and supplemented by specialized portals: belastingen.venray.nl (tax services), afvalkalender.venray.nl (waste scheduling), iburgerzaken.venray.nl (civil affairs), venray.mijnafspraakmaken.nl (appointments), and open-formulieren.venray.nl (forms). The platform integrates DigiD authentication for sensitive transactions and includes accessibility features (ReadSpeaker webReader) and quality monitoring (Siteimprove). Additional technical products include the Toetssteen Openbare Ruimte handbook for architects, the BAG address and building registration system, and the Omgevingswet Venray consolidated environmental planning compliance module.

Revenue is generated through annual municipal taxes (OZB, afvalstoffenheffing, rioolheffing, reclamebelasting, and waterverblijfsbelasting for non-residents), one-time permit and license fees for environmental and construction activities, and transaction-based service charges (including milieustation waste disposal). The customer base encompasses residents, local entrepreneurs, the agricultural sector, and international inhabitants, with no commercial customer concentration given the statutory nature of services. The municipality collaborates regionally with Veiligheidsregio Limburg-Noord on safety, with neighboring municipalities (Bergen, Gennep, Mook en Middelaar) on BOA enforcement, and with Enexis Netbeheer on grid infrastructure expansion.

Name

Gemeente Venray

Legal name

Gemeente Venray

Website

https://venray.nl

Company type

Public

Founded year

1815

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Gemeente Venray is a Dutch municipality in the province of Limburg providing statutory local government services, including permits, taxation, waste collection, civil registration, and social support to residents, businesses, and the agricultural sector in its jurisdiction.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Social Services (8300), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Economic Development & Business Licensing (Local) (BPAIACAN), Land Administration & Cadastral Services (Public Land Records, Parcel Management) (BPAIANAH)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Local public administration
• Waste management services
• Municipal taxation services
• Permit and licensing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Venray

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Taxes: Gemeente Venray collects various municipal taxes from residents and property owners including onroerendezaakbelasting (OZB/property tax), afvalstoffenheffing (waste levy), rioolheffing (sewage levy), and waterverblijfsbelasting (water accommodation tax for non-residents). The municipality also levies reclamebelasting (advertising tax). Dog tax is not applicable in Venray.
2. Permit and License Fees: Revenue from processing environmental permits (omgevingsvergunning), demolition permits, cable and pipe installation permits, and various other municipal licenses and exemptions.
3. Service Charges: Fees for various municipal services including environmental station (milieustation) waste disposal, temporary housing permits, and other administrative services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gemeente Venray delivers mandatory local government services to residents, businesses, and international inhabitants within its municipal jurisdiction in the North Limburg region of the Netherlands. Its offerings span civil registration (passports, ID cards, birth/death registration, marriage services), waste collection and disposal, property and municipal taxation (OZB, afvalstoffenheffing, rioolheffing, reclamebelasting), environmental and building permits, social support (WMO, youth care, income support), public safety coordination, urban planning, and agricultural sector advisory services.

Product overview

Gemeente Venray operates a unified municipal services portal (venray.nl) offering citizens integrated access to local government services. The core platform is supplemented by specialized modules for digital service delivery including the Afvalkalender (waste collection scheduling), Omgevingsvergunning (environmental permits), E-loket Belastingen (digital tax services), and the Omgevingswet Venray (environmental planning compliance). Additional modules include BAG address registration, the VenraySchoon community cleanup initiative, and the Toetssteen Openbare Ruimte technical handbook for urban development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Afvalkalender (Waste Calendar)

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gemeenten Bergen, Gennep, Mook en Middelaar en VenraycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 July 2026Joint cooperation agreement for intensified collaboration on supervision and enforcement by BOAs (special enforcement officers). These municipalities in the northern Limburg region work together to strengthen local enforcement activities.
• Veiligheidsregio Limburg-NoordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the Northern Limburg Safety Region for emergency response coordination, including public safety notifications and emergency management for incidents such as the fire in Boschuizerbergen (Oostrum).
• Enexis NetbeheercoreOthersGrid operator working on electrical infrastructure expansion from the Tennet station at Maasheseweg to a transformer station at Kiekweg. This infrastructure project runs from September 2025 through May 2026.
• Judith ChlodminorOthersAccount manager for rural area (buitengebied) providing advisory services to farmers and landowners regarding agricultural development, sustainability, and land use planning. Contact: 06-11 28 63 89 or [email protected]

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/gemeentevenray
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeente-venray
• Instagraminstagram.com/gemeente_venray

Compliance1 record

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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