mkb (midden- en kleinbedrijf)

Mkb is the Dutch collective term for small and medium-sized enterprises: businesses that are smaller than large corporations, from one-person businesses to medium-sized companies. Under the EU definition used in official statistics, these are firms with fewer than 250 employees. In the article, mkb refers to the small businesses and self-employed people the police want to reach with fraud-prevention activities, since they are a distinct target group in these campaigns.