Engineering and construction firm website cost in Eindhoven: local agencies vs Kolonell (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Eindhoven, a website for an engineering and construction firm built by a local agency costs, as a 2026 ballpark, between 7 000 and 35 000 EUR, and Brainport firms often land in the upper half because they need English first, Dutch second and sometimes German. Kolonell builds the capability, project reference and careers pages for a fixed price of 2 700 EUR, 4 500 EUR or 8 200 EUR, written in native English, which suits firms whose clients are high-tech manufacturers and whose candidates come from abroad. Kolonell does not write Dutch or German and does no on-site photography, which matters a lot when your best projects sit behind cleanroom doors.

Why do Brainport engineering firms need a different kind of site?

The Eindhoven region, branded Brainport, is built around high-tech manufacturing: the chip equipment supply chain around Veldhoven, the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, the Brainport Industries Campus, the former Philips grounds turned into the Strijp-S district, plus housing growth and the redevelopment of the area around Eindhoven Centraal. For engineering and construction firms, this means cleanrooms and laboratories, process and utility installations, industrial halls, offices and campus buildings, and a growing share of residential work.

The buyers are not the usual ones. A facility manager at an equipment maker, a procurement lead at an international manufacturer or a German general contractor often reads your site in English before any meeting. Candidates also come from far away: Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Fontys train engineers locally, but many firms also hire across Europe and Asia, and those candidates search in English.

What do Eindhoven agencies, freelancers and Kolonell charge?

The ranges are prudent ballparks drawn from public rate cards of agencies in Eindhoven and North Brabant, minimum project sizes on Clutch.co profiles, published hourly rates (often 75 to 120 EUR per hour) and freelance profiles on Malt and Upwork.

To be fair to local suppliers: a Dutch freelancer at 2 000 EUR is below our Starter plan, and a Brainport agency can photograph inside a client's facility, attend a kickoff on site and write the Dutch pages natively. Kolonell is a remote studio. You get Google Meet calls in your working day and a written update every week; the team is in Senegal (GMT), one hour behind Eindhoven in winter and two in summer. Payment by bank transfer or Wise, 50 % at kickoff, 50 % at delivery. More on our international website offer.

What should an Eindhoven engineering or installation firm put on its site?

Points that need precision in this market:

• Confidential projects. Many Brainport projects run under strict NDAs. Describe them generically (a cleanroom expansion for a high-tech manufacturer in North Brabant) and name a client only with written consent. Photography inside a client facility usually needs the owner's permission and gowning rules; plan it early.
• Cleanroom classes as delivered. If you mention an ISO 14644-1 cleanroom class, state only classes you actually delivered and can document.
• Certifications held. VCA, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, BREEAM-NL or other labels only if your firm or the project holds them, with dates.
• Building rules. New buildings in the Netherlands must meet the nearly energy neutral building requirements (BENG), and the Environment and Planning Act and the Building Quality Assurance Act (Wkb) have applied since 1 January 2024. Describe your services against these rules accurately.
• Public work. Municipal and provincial tenders appear on TenderNed and, above European thresholds, on TED, with the European single procurement document.

Compliance, facts only. The GDPR applies to contact forms and CVs, under the supervision of the Dutch Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens; say how long you keep applications. The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025, mainly to certain products and services, and WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 AA remains the technical reference. This is not legal advice.

What does each option cost over three years?

Both columns use the same maintenance assumption after the support period and the same hosting. Kolonell maintenance after support is quoted on request: the figure below is an assumption, identical on both sides.

Warning signs in a quote

• German or Dutch added by machine translation with no review. A technical buyer notices quickly.
• No list of templates. Ask how many page types (capability, project sheet, vacancy) and how many project sheets are loaded at launch.
• Photo licences limited to the website. You will also want the images in tender files and on LinkedIn.
• Heavy image libraries. Ask for WebP or AVIF and lazy loading.
• A supplier portal or project dashboard bundled in. Supplier portals, project dashboards and links to ERP or BIM systems are custom applications. At Kolonell they are quoted on request.
• Guaranteed rankings. No serious supplier promises the first Google result.

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Thomas B. is managing director of a 30-person installation engineering firm in Eindhoven that designs and builds HVAC and utility systems for cleanrooms and labs. The firm is starting to work for German clients and wants an English site its international customers and candidates can read. An Eindhoven agency quotes 14 500 EUR for an English-only site. Thomas picks Kolonell Growth at 4 500 EUR and books a local photographer for two days at 1 800 EUR, including time to gown up and shoot inside two client facilities that gave written permission. Total: 6 300 EUR, about 8 200 EUR below the agency quote. A German version is left for a second phase, with text from a translator he already uses.

FAQ

Can Kolonell write our site in Dutch or German?

No. Kolonell writes native English or French. Dutch and German texts are supplied by you or a translator, or their integration is quoted separately; a bilingual structure is available from Premium at 8 200 EUR.

Is 2 700 EUR enough for a firm of our size?

For a firm under 10 people with 6 to 10 references, Starter at 2 700 EUR is usually enough. With several capabilities and active recruitment, Growth at 4 500 EUR fits better.

Can you take photos inside our clients' cleanrooms?

No, Kolonell does no on-site photography. Budget a 2026 ballpark of 700 to 1 200 EUR per day for a local photographer, plus the time the facility needs to grant access.

How long until launch?

Usually 3 to 4 weeks for Starter and Growth. Premium gets a written schedule at kickoff, typically 4 to 6 weeks.

Can you build a portal where clients follow project progress?

Yes, as a custom application quoted on request. The marketing and careers site itself stays at 2 700 EUR, 4 500 EUR or 8 200 EUR.

Let's scope your project. Send us your capabilities, 5 projects you may show and the languages you need: we reply with a fixed-price plan and an English site delivered in 3 to 4 weeks. Request your free quote or see the international offer.