There are 3,867,736 companies and businesses in the Netherlands in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 1,330,771 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in the Netherlands
The Netherlands has 3,867,736 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 1,330,771 of them are corporations. We build the records from the KvK (Chamber of Commerce) and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 88% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in the Netherlands, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 3,867,736 Dutch companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Dutch company database.
3,867,736 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies3,867,736
Corporations1,330,771
Provinces12
Largest provinceZuid-Holland 22%
Employees1-4
Revenue$1-100K
Email48%
Phone29%
Website45%
Dutch company list: all 3,867,736 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in the Netherlands, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. Search all 3,867,736 Dutch businesses in the Netherlands business directory.
Stellantis N.V.Stellantis N.V.
| 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 | Stellantis N.V. | Netherlands | Hoofddorp | Taurusavenue 1 | Noord-holland | 2132 LS | *****.com | 2014 | $165,899,740,024 | 248,243 | Corporation | 1333 | 60372958 |
| 2 | Maripaan Groep B.V. | Netherlands | Groningen | Griffeweg 4 | Groningen | 9724 GG | *****.nl | 1991 | $118,837,768,177 | 741 | Corporation | 29 | 39050631 |
| 3 | Maripaan Vastgoed B.V. | Netherlands | Groningen | Griffeweg 4 | Groningen | 9724 GG | *****.nl | 2015 | $118,837,768,177 | 4 | Corporation | 29 | 63423367 |
| 4 | Stellantis & You Nederland B.V. | Netherlands | Veenendaal | Traverse 1 8ste Verdieping | Utrecht | 3905 NL | *****.nl | 2016 | $102,505,724,556 | 34 | Corporation | 1333 | 67165214 |
| 5 | Stellantis Ventures B.V. | Netherlands | Hoofddorp | Taurusavenue 1 | Noord-holland | 2132 LS | *****.com | 2019 | $102,505,724,556 | 2 | Corporation | 1333 | 75225174 |
| 6 | Ahold Delhaize Coffee Company B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Hoofdtocht 3 | Noord-holland | 1507 CJ | *****.nl | 2005 | $94,494,684,848 | 127 | Corporation | 4235 | 35012055 |
| 7 | Holla Beheer B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 1997 | $94,494,684,848 | 2 | Corporation | 4235 | 14012200 |
| 8 | Ahold Brazil B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 1997 | $94,494,684,848 | 2 | Corporation | 4235 | 35025259 |
| 9 | Ahold Real Estate Czech Republic B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | N/A | 2002 | $94,494,684,848 | 2 | Corporation | 4235 | 35027630 |
| 10 | Ahold Delhaize Nederland B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 2001 | $94,494,684,848 | 6,600 | Corporation | 4235 | 34166262 |
| 11 | Ahold Real Estate Europe B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 2002 | $94,494,684,848 | 60 | Corporation | 4235 | 34169221 |
| 12 | Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 1887 | $94,494,684,848 | 83,773 | Corporation | 4235 | 35000363 |
| 13 | Ahold Polska B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 1996 | $94,494,684,848 | 2 | Corporation | 4235 | 35010649 |
| 14 | Etos B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.nl | 2005 | $94,494,684,848 | 4,000 | Corporation | 4235 | 35014093 |
| 15 | Ahold Europe Real Estate & Construction B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.nl | 2002 | $94,494,684,848 | 66 | Corporation | 4235 | 35016446 |
| 16 | Maxis Beheer B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.nl | 1983 | $94,494,684,848 | 2 | Corporation | 4235 | 02038507 |
| 17 | Delhaize 'the Lion' Nederland B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 2018 | $94,494,684,848 | 6 | Corporation | 4235 | 27240134 |
| 18 | Ahold Sustainable Trade Development B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 1988 | $94,494,684,848 | 2 | Corporation | 4235 | 35019792 |
| 19 | Ahold Tsjechië B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 1993 | $94,494,684,848 | 65 | Corporation | 4235 | 35019563 |
| 20 | Ahold Delhaize USA Nl B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 1987 | $94,494,684,848 | 2 | Corporation | 4235 | 35019294 |
| 21 | Ahold Indonesia B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 1997 | $94,494,684,848 | 2 | Corporation | 4235 | 35026499 |
| 22 | Bol Financial Services B.V. | Netherlands | Utrecht | Papendorpseweg 100 | Utrecht | 3528 BJ | *****.com | 2025 | $94,494,684,848 | 4 | Corporation | 4235 | 97243833 |
| 23 | Bol Payment Services B.V. | Netherlands | Utrecht | Papendorpseweg 100 | Utrecht | 3528 BJ | *****.com | 2025 | $94,494,684,848 | 3 | Corporation | 4235 | 97261459 |
| 24 | Bol Credit Services B.V. | Netherlands | Utrecht | Papendorpseweg 100 | Utrecht | 3528 BJ | *****.com | 2025 | $94,494,684,848 | 3 | Corporation | 4235 | 97261564 |
| 25 | Albert Heijn Support B.V. | Netherlands | Zaandam | Provincialeweg 11 | Noord-holland | 1506 MA | *****.com | 2010 | $94,494,684,848 | 429 | Corporation | 4235 | 34305784 |
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Companies and businesses in the Netherlands
3,867,736
2 November 2026
There are 3,867,736 companies and businesses in the Netherlands in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 1,330,771 corporations (BV and NV), 1,729,010 sole traders (eenmanszaak) and 229,355 partnerships (vof and cv). On top of those come 550,757 non-profit organisations, 9,277 branches of foreign companies and 6,434 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 3,357,496 87%
- Head offices
- 368,396
- Branch locations
- 141,844
Legal form
- Corporations
- 1,330,771 34%
- Sole traders
- 1,729,010
- Partnerships
- 229,355
Per working day this year
≈ 931
new companies registered · 202,883 so far in 2026
How to search the Dutch company register, or pull these counts yourself with the KvK API.
Largest companies in the Netherlands
Which are the largest companies in the Netherlands? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Stellantis, with 248,243 staff, ahead of Volvo Construction Equipment and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize. It is also the largest company by yearly revenue, ahead of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize and Aramco Overseas Company. Below are the top companies of the Netherlands ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in the Netherlands. 59 Dutch companies employ more than 10,000 people and 3,918 report more than $1 billion a year.
Stellantis has the largest headcount of any company in the Netherlands in our data. 59 Dutch companies list more than 10,000 people, 2,206 more than 500.
- 1248,243 staff
- 292,260 staff
- 383,773 staff
- 467,823 staff
- 567,044 staff
- 651,323 staff
- 751,038 staff
- 849,272 staff
- 938,000 staff
- 1035,246 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Stellantis is the largest company in the Netherlands by revenue; 3,918 Dutch companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$165.9B
- 2$94.5B
- 3$76.2B
- 4$53.2B
- 5$47.8B
Politie is the largest public body in our data for the Netherlands, with 63,000 staff.
- 163,000 staff
- 237,000 staff
- 319,284 staff
- 410,000 staff
- 59,864 staff
- 69,644 staff
9,277 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in the Netherlands.
- 19,237 worldwide
- 28,878 worldwide
- 35,678 worldwide
- 43,450 worldwide
- 52,128 worldwide
- 62,005 worldwide
- 71,350 worldwide
- 81,085 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in the Netherlands.
By employee size · 3,660,712 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 3,225,059 | 88% | |
| 5-9 | 286,333 | 8% | |
| 10-19 | 82,585 | 2% | |
| 20-49 | 40,229 | 1% | |
| 50-99 | 13,860 | 0.4% | |
| 100-199 | 6,854 | 0.2% | |
| 200-499 | 3,586 | <0.1% | |
| 500+ | 2,206 | <0.1% |
88% have 1 to 4 employees; 2,206 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 2,824,079 | 76% | |
| $100K-$500K | 641,901 | 17% | |
| $500K-$1M | 126,009 | 3% | |
| $1M-$5M | 75,533 | 2% | |
| $5M-$10M | 9,571 | 0.3% | |
| $10M-$100M | 19,052 | 0.5% | |
| $100M-$1B | 15,619 | 0.4% | |
| $1B+ | 3,918 | 0.1% |
19,537 companies report more than $100 million; 3,918 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in the Netherlands
Most companies in the Netherlands are small businesses. Of the 3,660,712 with a known headcount, 3,511,392 (96%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 122,814 are small (10 to 49) and 24,300 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 2,206 employ 500 people or more, so 99.94% of Dutch companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 3,511,392 | 96% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 122,814 | 3% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 24,300 | 0.7% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 2,206 | <0.1% |
3,225,059
companies have 1 to 4 employees (88%). 2,824,079 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
1,729,010
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
95%
of the 202,883 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (184,887). Only 56 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in the Netherlands based?
Zuid-Holland has more companies than any other province in the Netherlands: 839,225, or 22% of the total, ahead of Noord-Holland (806,252) and Noord-Brabant (551,330). Below you find all twelve provinces and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
twelve provinces
| Province | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zuid-Holland | 839,225 | 22% | |
| Noord-Holland | 806,252 | 21% | |
| Noord-Brabant | 551,330 | 14% | |
| Gelderland | 432,585 | 11% | |
| Utrecht | 326,850 | 8% | |
| Overijssel | 217,572 | 6% | |
| Limburg | 197,096 | 5% | |
| Friesland | 124,464 | 3% | |
| Groningen | 104,806 | 3% | |
| Flevoland | 87,932 | 2% | |
| Drenthe | 87,665 | 2% | |
| Zeeland | 73,965 | 2% |
Ten busiest cities
- Amsterdam341,674
- Rotterdam163,288
- Den Haag150,814
- Utrecht95,304
- Eindhoven53,232
- Groningen48,546
- Breda44,852
- Almere44,343
- Haarlem43,454
- Hoofddorp42,223
Main industries in the Netherlands
Professional, scientific and technical is the biggest sector in the Netherlands by number of companies: 667,335, or 18% of all firms with an industry code. Half of these professional firms (332,528) are sole traders: the eenmanszaak of the Dutch freelancer, the zzp'er. Next come finance and insurance (557,754) and other services (451,328). Four in five of the finance companies (436,143) are holding companies (SBI 642), the personal holding BV that many Dutch entrepreneurs put above their business. Dutch companies are classified by their SBI code, the Standaard Bedrijfsindeling, from the KvK; 3,813,126 have one in our data. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 97 industry lists for the Netherlands.
- Professional, scientific and technical667,33518%
- Finance and insurance557,75415%
- Other services451,32812%
- Wholesale and retail344,8489%
- Health and social work317,4308%
- Construction281,4047%
- Arts and recreation226,8426%
- Administrative and support167,7414%
- Information and communication164,1374%
- Education157,6664%
- Manufacturing101,6243%
- Accommodation and food96,9073%
- Real estate92,8052%
- Agriculture85,3342%
- Transport and storage84,9102%
- Public administration5,5000.1%
- Energy4,9030.1%
- Water and waste3,332<0.1%
- Mining1,227<0.1%
- Households as employers60<0.1%
- Extraterritorial organisations39<0.1%
Records without an SBI code are not in this chart. Click a section for its industry pages.
Largest industries in the Netherlands
496,223
SBI 64: Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
- 167,823 staff
- 251,323 staff
- 338,000 staff
332,580
Head offices and management consultancy
SBI 70: Activities of head offices and management consultancy
- 129,873 staff
- 211,439 staff
- 37,898 staff
302,151
Membership organisations
SBI 94: Activities of membership organisations
- 120,629 staff
- 25,566 staff
- 33,300 staff
200,874
Human health
SBI 86: Human health activities
- 13,500 staff
- 22,039 staff
- 31,991 staff
157,666
Education
SBI 85: Education
- 1799 staff
- 2601 staff
- 3500 staff
153,062
Specialised construction
SBI 43: Specialised construction activities
- 13,013 staff
- 22,879 staff
- 31,793 staff
136,960
SBI 90: Arts creation and performing arts activities
- 1471 staff
- 2350 staff
- 3337 staff
Discover more: all Dutch industries, cities and regions
Every Dutch list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
A · Agriculture
B · Mining
C · Manufacturing
D · Energy
F · Construction
G · Wholesale and retail
- Antique dealers
- Bicycle repair shop
- Bicycle shops in the
- Bookstores
- Butchers in the
- Candy stores in the
- Cheese shops
- Department stores in the
- Diy stores in the
- Electronics stores in the
- Floor shops
- Florists in the
- FMCG companies in the
- Furniture stores in the
- Kitchen stores
- Lamp stores
- Liquor stores in the
- Market traders
- Phone shops in the
- Sports stores in the
- Supermarkets in the
- Thrift stores in the
- Tobacco shops in the
- Truck dealers in the
- Water sports shops
H · Transport and storage
I · Accommodation and food
J · Information and communication
K · Finance and insurance
L · Real estate
M · Professional, scientific and technical
N · Administrative and support
Q · Health and social work
R · Arts and recreation
S · Other services
More industries
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in the Netherlands? (2026)
202,883 new companies and startups registered in the Netherlands so far in 2026, about 931 every working day, after a record 292,462 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 95% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 69,897 of them are corporations (BV and NV).
≈ 931
new companies register every working day in 2026
95%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
292,462
new companies in 2025, a record year
Companies founded per year
- 236,8982022
- 254,8312023
- 271,0752024
- 292,4622025
- 202,8832026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 14,521 staff
- 23,334 staff
- 33,013 staff
- 41,170 staff
- 5710 staff
Find the new businesses of 2026 by city and trade in the Netherlands business directory.
Oldest companies in the Netherlands
The oldest company in the Netherlands that still trades is Wessanen, founded in 1765. Older still is Gemeente Deventer, from 1123, the oldest organisation in our data that is still active. In total our data holds 553 Dutch organisations founded before 1700, 863 before 1800, 4,998 before 1900 and 32,638 before 1950.
Oldest organisations still active
- 11231,003 staff
- 1188150 staff
- 12301,100 staff
- 1231200 staff
- 1233167 staff
- 1233125 staff
Oldest large trading companies
- 1765$719.0M
- 1765$290.6M
- 1799$3.4B
The founding year is the year a business traces itself to, as recorded in the register and company filings, not the incorporation date of the current legal entity. Trading companies listed here report $100 million or more a year.
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257,135
Dutch companies were founded before 1990
17,502
were founded in 1990
3,598,573 Dutch companies, 93% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 257,135 are older.
Types of companies in the Netherlands
One in three Dutch businesses in our data is a corporation (BV and NV), and two in five are sole traders (eenmanszaak). Partnerships (vof and cv) make up 6%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations1,330,77134%
- No legal form on record2,562<0.1%
- Sole traders1,729,01045%
- Partnerships229,3556%
- Foreign companies9,2770.2%
- Non-profit organisations550,75714%
- Cooperatives9,5050.2%
- Public bodies6,4340.2%
- Joint ventures65<0.1%
Which Dutch companies are part of a group?
Most Dutch companies stand alone: 87% are single-site businesses. The other 510,240 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 368,396 head offices or 141,844 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize, with 4,235 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 14,235 companies
- 21,333 companies
- 31,329 companies
- 41,278 companies
- 5994 companies
- 6936 companies
- 7908 companies
- 8705 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 3,867,736; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Dutch companies
1,742,265 Dutch companies have a website on record (45%), 1,125,328 a phone number (29%) and 1,842,277 an email address (48%). Corporations are easier to reach online: 48% have a website and 45% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 1,742,265 | 45% | |
| Phone | 1,125,328 | 29% | |
| 1,842,277 | 48% |
Questions about companies in the Netherlands
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
3,867,736. That includes 1,729,010 sole traders and 229,355 partnerships.
1,330,771 corporations, 34% of all Dutch businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 3,660,712 Dutch companies with a known headcount, 3,658,506 have fewer than 500 employees: 3,511,392 micro, 122,814 small and 24,300 medium-sized. 2,206 are large enterprises.
Stellantis, with $165.9 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize ($94.5B) and Aramco Overseas Company ($76.2B).
Stellantis, with 248,243 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
Among large trading companies, Wessanen, founded in 1765. The oldest organisation still active is Gemeente Deventer, 1123.
839,225, 22% of all Dutch companies (2 November 2026).
202,883 so far in 2026, about 931 per working day, after a record 292,462 in 2025.
From the KvK (Chamber of Commerce) and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
1,742,265, 45% of all Dutch companies. 1,125,328 have a phone number and 1,842,277 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 3,867,736 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Dutch company database.
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All 3,867,736 companies in the Netherlands with address, SBI code, legal form, employees, revenue, founding year, website, phone and email where we hold them. Excel, CSV or API. The product details are in our Dutch company database.
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