The 100 most innovative SME companies in the Netherlands have been announced!

The Chamber of Commerce has announced the 100 most innovative SME companies in the Netherlands, the KVK Innovation Top 100 edition 2024. Noord-Holland is the leader with 26 companies, followed by Zuid-Holland with 24 companies and Utrecht with 13 companies. New in this 19th edition is that entrepreneurs could register for one of five categories: Circular Economy, Energy Transition, Labor Market and Society, Health and Care or Food, Water and Infrastructure.

Most innovative

During the KVK Innovation Top 100 event on Saturday 16 November in Rotterdam Ahoy, the winners per category (gold, silver and bronze) will be presented by the professional jury. KVK will also announce which entrepreneur may call himself the most innovative SME company in the Netherlands and will take over from Ferr-Tech from Meppel. The Dutch public has an influence on the final result. Voting for one of the 100 finalists is possible until 15 October.

Cast your vote now!

More than 225 entries

Panels of innovation experts made the selection from over 225 entries for a listing in the annual KVK Innovation Top 100. All nominations were assessed on impact for the sector and society, originality, availability, realised turnover and growth potential. The KVK Innovation Top 100 deliberately does not have a (cash) prize attached to it, the winners receive an award. The power of the initiative is to show what the Dutch SME is capable of.

Jury KVK Innovation Top 100

This year, the main jury will determine who will be the overall winner of the KVK Innovation Top 100. In addition, there will be a jury panel per category that, together with the public, will determine the top 3 of that category:

• Folkert van der Molen, Various sustainable initiatives from Van der Molen EIS, Sustainable Entrepreneur
• Jonica de Bruijn, REWIN West-Brabant, Program Manager Plant-based Entrepreneurship
• Mark Suurbier, Combekk, Founder

• Wim Joosten, Alkmaar Region, Energy Innovation Program Manager
• Guido Dalessi, Elestor, CEO

Labor Market & Society

• Henk van Dijk, Province of North Brabant, Senior Policy Advisor
• Helen Mes, HX Work, Founder
• Niels Achtereekte, Emerce, Retail Trends and/MT Sprout, Journalist

Food, water & infrastructure

• Johan Raap, COSUN, Environmental Technologist
• Guus Peters, Guus Peters Communication, Journalist

• Linze Dijkstra, Health Innovations, Partner
• Lisanne Blue, River Biomedics, Co-Founder & Thuja Capita, Associate
• Pierre de Winter, BSL Media & Learning, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher

Register now for the free event on November 16.

Awards Circular Economy Sustainability/CSR professionals Climate & Energy Agriculture & Food