A growing and vibrant city

Amersfoort has developed a vibrant network economy. From the centre of the Netherlands, the established organisations and businesses serve the entire country and they often also operate worldwide. For example, Amersfoort has the most German subsidiaries and sister companies in the Netherlands. Areas in which the region excels are: business services, ICT, architectural and technical design, management consulting, healthcare and sustainability. The common thread is the network economy. Numerous national and international knowledge institutes, industry associations and NGOs have established themselves in the region in recent years. Examples include the Dutch Traffic Safety Association, travellers association, ROVER, political parties such as the Christian Union and the SP [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"][socialist party] and the Home-owners Association [Vereniging Eigen Huis]. Also, such medical organisations as the Lung Fund, the Gastrointestinal Foundation, Alzheimer's Netherlands, the Diabetes Foundation, the CliniClowns and Ronald McDonald Foundation have found their home base in Amersfoort. National and international companies, such as FrieslandCampina dairy and Royal Haskoning / DHV (engineering and project management consultancy) have their headquarters here. The city is home to thousands of freelancers who work for all these organisations, institutions and companies. The economy of Amersfoort anno 2014 is also typical of the current network generation. Since 1970, the population has doubled from 75,000 to 150,000. Among them are many highly-educated young people. They are attracted to Amersfoort because of the dynamics of this growing city combined with the pleasant living environment. In addition to employment growth, the companies and institutions in the Amersfoort region ensure a strong growth in the number of professional knowledge and networking events in the region. Take, for example, the IT Innovation Day (600 participants), the National Heritage Symposium (250 guests), the presentation of the Care Award Achmea (250 guests), the Symposium of the Dutch Patients Association (350 guests), the Relationship Concert for Health Care 3.0 (750 guests) and the Relationship concert celebrating 10 years for the Hospice Dome (750 guests).  [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]