List of Restaurants in the Netherlands

Last updated 22 October 2026

There are 20,443 restaurants in the Netherlands, one in every 189 Dutch companies. Most of them are small: seven in ten have one to four people, and only 122 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in ten of all restaurants are based in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Utrecht and Eindhoven. Below you find the largest restaurants in the Netherlands, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Dutch company database or through the KvK API.

20,443 companies indexed · Data counted on 22 October 2026

Companies20,4431 in189 Dutch companiesCities364Largest cityAmsterdam 2,566Sole traders22%Employees1-4 (69%)Revenue< $100K (59%)Email74%Phone72%Website83%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Vermaat Retail B.V.	Netherlands	Ijsselstein	Produktieweg 1	Utrecht	3401 MG	*****.nl	2013	$642,624,346	16	Corporation	256	58778403
2	Vermaat Airport Horeca Exploitatie B.V.	Netherlands	Ijsselstein	Produktieweg 1	Utrecht	3401 MG	*****.nl	2014	$642,624,346	105	Corporation	256	60742380
3	Vermaat Lp B.V.	Netherlands	Ijsselstein	Produktieweg 1	Utrecht	3401 MG	*****.nl	2021	$642,624,346	600	Corporation	256	81453566
4	Express-So B.V.	Netherlands	Den Haag	Lijnbaan 32	Zuid-holland	2512 VA	*****.nl	2004	$540,101,004	24	Corporation	12	27272526
5	Foodmaker B.V.	Netherlands	Den Haag	Turfmarkt 91	Zuid-holland	2511 DP	*****.be	2016	$498,826,184	2	Corporation	17	66467616
6	Graansilo Horeca B.V.	Netherlands	Groningen	Griffeweg 4	Groningen	9724 GG	*****.nl	2020	$291,406,055	3	Corporation	29	77844734
7	Bergpaviljoen 3.0 B.V.	Netherlands	Amersfoort	Utrechtseweg 180	Utrecht	3818 ES	*****.nl	2026	$227,292,309	30	Corporation	31	42012426
8	Cafe-Restaurant Het Haagsche Schouw Exploitatie B.V.	Netherlands	Leiden	Haagse Schouwweg 14	Zuid-holland	2332 KG	*****.nl	2000	$193,033,942	36	Corporation	20	28010125
9	Van Der Valk Hotel Emmen B.V.	Netherlands	Emmen	Verlengde Herendijk 50	Drenthe	7833 JD	*****.nl	2004	$193,033,942	4	Corporation	20	37097307
10	Droom Elst B.V.	Netherlands	Elst	Nieuwe Aamsestraat 32	Gelderland	6662 ND	*****.nl	2011	$179,201,700	33	Corporation	50	09190408
11	Restaurant De Salentein B.V.	Netherlands	Nijkerk	Putterstraatweg 7	Gelderland	3862 RA	*****.nl	1984	$167,642,947	25	Corporation	19	08058573
12	Rce Groep B.V.	Netherlands	Amstelveen	Oranjebaan 13	Noord-holland	1183 NN	*****.nl	2013	$150,792,224	710	Corporation	84	59572132
13	Amazing Taste Den Haag Centrum B.V.	Netherlands	Den Haag	Fluwelen Burgwal 2	Zuid-holland	2511 CJ	*****.eu	2019	$132,355,814	410	Corporation	21	76596834
14	Kiem B.V.	Netherlands	Boxmeer	Beerseweg 45	Noord-brabant	5431 LB	N/A	2025	$120,150,985	319	Corporation	23	92418414
15	Loetje 35 B.V.	Netherlands	Amstelveen	Oranjebaan 13	Noord-holland	1183 NN	*****.nl	2025	$101,160,941	4	Corporation	84	97204641
16	Loetje Tilburg B.V.	Netherlands	Amstelveen	Oranjebaan 13	Noord-holland	1183 NN	*****.nl	2025	$101,160,941	4	Corporation	84	97204676
17	Loetje 34 B.V.	Netherlands	Amstelveen	Oranjebaan 13	Noord-holland	1183 NN	*****.nl	2025	$101,160,941	4	Corporation	84	97207055
18	Hotel Bussloo B.V.	Netherlands	Twello	Bloemenksweg 38	Gelderland	7383 RN	*****.nl	2011	$100,180,678	4	Corporation	16	08111153
19	Fgo International B.V.	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Prinsengracht 741	Noord-holland	1017 JX	*****.com	2014	$80,922,135	1,041	Corporation	18	61335045
20	Zeezicht Helmond B.V.	Netherlands	Etten-leur	Pottenbakkerstraat 30	Noord-brabant	4871 EP	*****.nl	2025	$71,717,533	5	Corporation	58	17100984
21	Moeke Nijkerk B.V.	Netherlands	Nijkerk	Oude Barneveldseweg 98	Gelderland	3862 PS	*****.nl	2000	$71,717,533	4	Corporation	58	20097649
22	Havana Den Haag B.V.	Netherlands	Etten-leur	Pottenbakkerstraat 30	Noord-brabant	4871 EP	*****.nl	2001	$71,717,533	4	Corporation	58	20080069
23	Horeca Exploitatie Verderweg B.V.	Netherlands	Etten-leur	Pottenbakkerstraat 30	Noord-brabant	4871 EP	*****.nl	2014	$71,717,533	16	Corporation	58	52442292
24	Vinfou B.V.	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Brederodestraat 63	Noord-holland	1054 MS	*****.nl	1983	$70,653,015	7	Corporation	35	59392940
25	Toulouse Horeca B.V.	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Beukenplein 21 H	Noord-holland	1092 BB	*****.nl	2016	$70,653,015	5	Corporation	35	65838149

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Where in the Netherlands?

Amsterdam has the most restaurants in the Netherlands (2,566), ahead of Rotterdam (1,092), Den Haag (1,027), Utrecht (609) and Eindhoven (375). Together the five hold three in ten of them. Relative to their size, Oostburg, Maastricht and Roermond have the most: 1.7 to 4.2 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

364 Dutch cities have at least one restaurant; 318 have ten or more; 13 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Restaurants per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.53. Oostburg has 4.2 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By province 12 provinces

Province	Firms	%
Noord-Holland	4,712	23%
Zuid-Holland	4,230	21%
Noord-Brabant	2,617	13%
Gelderland	2,030	10%
Utrecht	1,561	8%
Limburg	1,499	7%
Overijssel	1,089	5%
Friesland	688	3%
Zeeland	639	3%
Groningen	547	3%

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How many restaurants are there in the Netherlands?

Restaurants in the Netherlands

20,443

22 October 2026

There are 20,443 restaurants in the Netherlands in our data (22 October 2026). That is one in every 189 Dutch companies. About 7 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,464 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 17,788 87%
Head offices: 1,306
Branch offices: 1,349

Classification

SBI code 56111, NACE Rev. 2 5611. Our platform filter is SBI 56111.

10,057 of the 20,443 are BV and NV (49%); 4,559 are sole traders. They come from the KvK (Chamber of Commerce) and our Dutch register data, through the KvK API.

Restaurants in Amsterdam

Amsterdam has 2,566 restaurants, 0.8% of all 341,674 Amsterdam companies and 42% above the national share. Two in three Amsterdam firms have fewer than five people; 22 have 50 or more. 169 new firms were entered in 2026, 113 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 1,700 · 67%
5-9: 417 · 16%
10-19: 293 · 12%
20-49: 102 · 4%
50+: 22 · 0.9%

Legal form

Sole traders: 340 · 13%
Partnerships: 535 · 21%
BV and NV: 1,679 · 65%
Other or none: 12 · 0.5%

Of the Dutch total: 12.6%
Of all Amsterdam companies: 0.8%
Against the national share: 1.4×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 169
Entered 2025: 273
Of Netherlands's 2026 entries: 11.5%

Old

Before 1990: 113 · 4%
1990 or later: 2,453 · 96%
Of Netherlands's pre-1990 firms: 9.1%

Reachable

Email: 1,819 · 71%
Phone: 1,697 · 66%
Website: 2,052 · 80%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1,164 · 49%
$100K-$500K: 1,121 · 47%
$500K-$1M: 9 · 0.4%
$1M and more: 74 · 3%

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Firm sizes in the Netherlands

Of the 20,255 Dutch restaurants with a known headcount, 13,940 (69%) have one to four people, 3,249 have five to nine, 2,944 have ten to 49 and 122 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (11,302, 59%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Dutch companies

Micro under 1017,189 85%
Small 10 to 492,944 15%
Medium 50 to 249107 0.5%
Large 250+15 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all Dutch companies (96% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 79 more than $10 million.

1,464

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest restaurants in the Netherlands

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Amsterdam, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Horeca Exploitatie Maatschappij Schiphol is the largest restaurant in the Netherlands by headcount. 122 firms employ 50 people or more; 33 employ 100 or more.

1Hoofddorp1,156 staff
2Amsterdam1,041 staff
3Barneveld919 staff
4Amsterdam815 staff
5Haarlem710 staff
6Ijsselstein600 staff
7Amsterdam579 staff
8Nuth561 staff
9Amsterdam518 staff
10Amsterdam413 staff

By employee size · 20,255 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	13,940	69%
5-9	3,249	16%
10-19	2,027	10%
20-49	917	5%
50-99	89	0.4%
100-199	13	<0.1%
200-499	5	<0.1%
500-999	14	<0.1%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

69% have 1 to 4 people; 917 have 20 to 49; 122 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	11,302	59%
$100K-$500K	7,279	38%
$500K-$1M	60	0.3%
$1M-$5M	369	2%
$5M-$10M	4	<0.1%
$10M-$50M	32	0.2%
$50M-$100M	29	0.2%
$100M-$500M	14	<0.1%
$500M+	4	<0.1%

59% under $100,000; 369 between $1M and $5M; 83 above $5M.

How reachable are they?

Restaurants are easier to reach than the average Dutch company: 72% list a phone number and 83% a website.

Email15,130 74%
Phone14,708 72%
Website17,054 83%

Grey line: all Dutch companies (email 48%, phone 29%, website 45%).

The full list with these fields is in our Dutch company database.

Sole traders or BV: how they are organised

One in five Dutch restaurants work as sole traders, against 45% of all Dutch companies. Half are BV and NV.

Sole traders (eenmanszaak)4,55922%
Partnerships (vof and cv)5,75528%
BV and NV10,05749%
No form on record or other720.4%

Single-site: 87%
Head offices: 1,306
Branches: 1,349

All Dutch companies: 45% sole traders, 6% partnerships, 34% BV and NV.

The oldest firms in the Netherlands

Our data holds 9 Dutch restaurants from before 1900, 152 from before 1950 and 1,248 from before 1990.

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1. Veghel
1850
1. Etten-Leur
1858
1. Goor
1860
1. Losser
1868
1. Bloemendaal
1877
1. Kruiningen

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Dutch restaurants date from before 1990

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Newcomers in the Netherlands in 2026

1,464 restaurants were entered in the Dutch register so far in 2026, about 7 a working day, after 2,105 in 2025. The Netherlands as a whole saw 202,883 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.7% of the inflow.

1,2242022
1,4802023
1,7352024
2,1052025
1,4642026 so far

848 of this year's 1,464 are BV and NV.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Amstelveen710 staff
2Amstelveen710 staff
3Amstelveen710 staff
4Utrecht335 staff
5Goes80 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 58 restaurants for every one of the department stores in the Netherlands.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Restaurants	20,443	83%	68%
Car Importers	3,255	71%	85%
Candy Stores	1,337	61%	94%
Cheese Shops	1,179	68%	90%
Diy Stores	1,132	90%	40%
Department Stores	354	96%	47%

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Frequently asked questions

How many restaurants are there in the Netherlands?

There are 20,443 restaurants in the Netherlands in our data, counted on 22 October 2026. That is one in every 189 Dutch companies.

Which is the largest restaurant in the Netherlands?

Horeca Exploitatie Maatschappij Schiphol in Hoofddorp, with 1,156 staff. By revenue Vermaat Airport Horeca Exploitatie in Ijsselstein leads with $642.6 million a year.

Which Dutch city has the most restaurants?

Amsterdam, with 2,566, ahead of Rotterdam (1,092), Den Haag (1,027), Utrecht (609) and Eindhoven (375). Relative to its size, Oostburg has the most: 4.2 times the national share.

How many restaurants are there in Amsterdam?

2,566, which is 0.8% of all 341,674 Amsterdam companies and 42% above the national share.

How big is a typical restaurant?

Small. 69% of the 20,255 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 122 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Dutch restaurants sole traders or companies?

One in five (4,559) are sole traders, 28% are partnerships and 49% (10,057) are BV and NV.

How many restaurants started in 2026?

1,464 were entered in the Dutch register so far in 2026, after 2,105 in 2025. 848 of them are BV and NV.

What is the oldest restaurant in the Netherlands?

Firma V.D. Coevering-V.d. Ven in Veghel, 1848, followed by V.O.F. Chinees Indisch Restaurant Pom Lai in Etten-Leur (1850) and Cafe-Restaurant De Viersprong in Goor (1858). 9 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers restaurants?

Dutch restaurants are classified under SBI code 56111, NACE Rev. 2 code 5611. Our platform filters them on SBI 56111.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 20,443 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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