This is us:
- Reliable partner
- Foundation, profit is not our objective
- Passion for the sector
- Confidential operation with data
- Solid range of services
- Our participants come first
- Small and flexible team (3,8 FTE)
- Independent and facilitating roll within the sector
Our Mission:
Together strong by sharing data.
Our Vision:
Gather optimal insights from data from and for all chain parties in the floriculture sector.
Manager Wesley van den Berg;
“When you share data and pay a contribution fee, you receive insights in return. This is the basis of Floridata.”
- It is mandatory to supply debtor information and export data. The supply of purchasing data (for the Sustainable Sourcing Scan) is optional.
- All data is made available securely and irreducibly through the Floridata portal and is accessible for Floridata participants only.
Services
Floridata offers her participants the following three core services:
All insights within these services are made possible by the participants themselves. These insights are accessible via the Floridata portal or by means of our webservices.
Contribution
Down below in the table you can find the yearly costs that are applicable to your organization.
Turnover | < € 2.5 M | | € 2.5 M – € 5 M | | € 5 M – € 10 M | | € 10 M – € 50 M | | € 50 M – € 100 M | | > € 100 M |
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Contribution per year | € 574 | € 1,211 | € 2,484 | € 4,138 | € 5,729 | € 7,957 |
- The prices mentioned above are in accordance with the price level of 2023.
- Amounts are exclusive of VAT.
- Turnover means: total amount of all sales (domestic- and foreign) in the previous year.
Foundation
Floridata was founded in 2014 due to the abolition of the Hoofdbedrijfsschap Agrarische Groothandel (HBAG). The need for debtor- and market information remained, that used to be supplied by the government institution (HBAG). Former manager Bert Buis explains more in this video about the start of Floridata.
Reliability of export figures
During the times of the HBAG, there was an obligation to supply export figures from the government and therefore almost 100% of the export figures of Dutch companies in floriculture products were known. Floridata is an initiative in which participants voluntarily share data and has a coverage of about 83%.
Dr. Marcel Kornelis, researcher consumer behaviour to the University of Wageningen, researched in 2014 the reliability of the Floridata export figures. In his calculation he used the historical data of the HBAG, and the assumption that the participants group of Floridata would represent an export coverage of 70%. The reliability appeared to be very high. Read more about it in this blog.
Participants
The largest share of our participants are flowers- and plants exporters. Also, several growers and packaging suppliers have a membership with Floridata. They also provide data and pay a contribution fee. Curious who are Floridata participants? Then click on the image down below.


Organisation
- Floridata foundation works with a small operational team.
- The board of Floridata comes from outside the sector and has no interests in floriculture.
- In addition, there is a Supervisory Board consisting of four participating traders. They advise the Board (advisory role) and supervise the policy.


Team Floridata with Management Board

