BDO

About BDO

BDO Netherlands is part of the global BDO network of independent member firms and provides audit, accountancy, tax, legal and advisory services to businesses and organizations. The firm positions itself as a trusted advisor that helps clients understand their true value by combining professional expertise with a practical, data-driven and actionable approach.

In the Netherlands, BDO serves a broad mid-market and non-profit client base and emphasizes helping organizations navigate change, improve performance, and build a sustainable future. Its local practice is connected to a large international network, allowing it to support clients with cross-border needs while still drawing on local market knowledge.

Core Values

• Professionalism: BDO emphasizes top quality, integrity, objectivity, reliability, expertise, and continuous improvement in its work.
• People orientation: The firm stresses genuine attention to colleagues, clients, and society, with an inclusive culture where people feel connected and welcome.
• Practical relevance: Its advice is meant to be efficient, effective, technology-driven, and tailored to the situation so it can be applied in practice.
• Joy: BDO highlights enthusiasm, teamwork, and vitality as part of how it works and develops its people.
• Social responsibility: The firm says it aims for sustainable, future-proof impact and explicitly includes societal and environmental value in its definition of success.

Unique Aspects

• Part of a large international network: BDO Netherlands can draw on a global network with more than 115,600 professionals in over 1,750 offices across 166 countries and territories.
• Sustainability focus built into the brand: The firm has an Impact Centre and frames sustainability as a strategic opportunity, not just a compliance exercise.
• Digital capability backed by global expertise: BDO Digital combines local advisory work with an international network of data, cyber, AI, software, and process specialists.
• Independent partnership model: Recent KNOWN NEWS indicates BDO’s global leadership has chosen to remain independent of external equity investment while accelerating consolidation among member firms.
• Cross-border consolidation in the network: KNOWN NEWS also reports that BDO UK and BDO Ireland agreed to merge in November 2025 to improve service for mid-market clients and expand cross-border advisory work.