De Haan
De Haan shares rank 6 of 32 relocation agencies in our comparison with Expat Management Group, with 74 of 100 points.
De Haan is a family company with its head office in Alblasserdam. Its history page traces the business back to a barge service in the eighteenth century. Its relocation offer covers immigration with partner companies, home search, registration, school selection with visits, orientation and departure. It publishes a settling-in package with a list of tasks, but no price; costs come from an estimate tool or a custom quote. De Haan appears on the EuRA member list for the Netherlands as a supplier member. Its settling-in pages are written mainly for employees of corporate clients.
Score breakdown
| Criterion | Points | Share of maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Service breadthSettling-in services offered. | 30 / 30 | |
| Individual accessOpen to self-paying expats, with published packages and prices. | 14 / 20 | |
| Verified membershipsMembership of an industry body, confirmed on its official member list. | 20 / 20 | |
| CoverageCities served in the Netherlands. | 5 / 15 | |
| LanguagesService languages. | 5 / 15 |
Facts
- Website
- www.dehaan.nl
- Offices
- Alblasserdam (source, checked )Head office address on the contact page.
- Cities covered
- Not published (source, checked )Not mentioned on services pages reviewed; no list of cities or nationwide claim for settling-in services.
- Service languages
- English (source, checked )Based on the English-language version of the site (en/nl switch) offering these services; no other service languages stated.
- Immigration and IND
- Yes (source, checked )Delivered together with partner companies, but presented as its own package.
- Home search
- Yes (source, checked )
- Municipal registration and BSN
- Yes (source, checked )Part of the settling-in checklist.
- School search
- Yes (source, checked )Also school selection and accompanied school visits.
- Orientation
- Yes (source, checked )Settling-in guidance; a separate orientation trips page also exists.
- Departure service
- Yes (source, checked )Departure services also cover lease cancellation, final report and utility closures.
- Serves self-paying individuals
- Yes (source, checked )Statement is about relocations in general; the settling-in pages themselves are written in a corporate-employee voice.
- Published packages
- Yes (source, checked )Settling-in package with a published list of included tasks; no price attached.
- Price, from
- Not published (source, checked )Only a price-estimate tool and custom quote are offered; no amounts on pages reviewed.
- Memberships (official list)
- EuRA (source, checked )Listed on the EuRA Netherlands member list as Supplier Member (not Full Member). The site also shows an EURA badge.
- KvK number
- 24351360 (source, checked )Registered under De Haan & Partners Verhuizingen BV.
- Founded
- 1777 (source, checked )Family company; the history page dates the first barge service to 1777.