Ik schrijf mijn eigen zakenplan, voor het geval dat de concurrentie toeneemt.

Questions & Answers about Ik schrijf mijn eigen zakenplan, voor het geval dat de concurrentie toeneemt.

Why doesn't eigen have an -e ending here, like it would in mijn nieuwe zakenplan?
Even though it acts as an adjective after mijn (my), the word eigen (own) is a special exception in Dutch. It never takes an -e ending, regardless of whether the noun is a de-word or a het-word. You will always say mijn eigen, jouw eigen, haar eigen, and so on.
Why is the verb toeneemt placed at the very end of the sentence?
The phrase voor het geval dat (in case) ends with dat (that), which makes the second half of the sentence a subordinate clause. In Dutch subordinate clauses, the conjugated verb is always pushed to the end.
What kind of verb is toeneemt and what does it literally mean?
It is a conjugated form of the separable verb toenemen, which means to increase or to grow. It is built from toe (to/towards) and nemen (to take). If you wanted to say the competition decreases, you would use its exact opposite: afnemen (...dat de concurrentie afneemt).
Could I drop the voor het and just say in geval dat?
While English says in case, the fixed and most natural Dutch expression is voor het geval dat. You need the complete phrase here, which literally translates to for the case that.

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