What Atlas holds for The Netherlands
Source: the Atlas database, updated automatically.
The official records
KvK (Kamer van Koophandel) runs the Handelsregister, the statutory register that every Dutch company, branch and self-employed ZZP'er must join. Each entry carries an eight-digit KvK number and is exposed through a documented public API, which makes the Netherlands one of the easier European markets to query at source. CBS, the national statistics office, counts roughly 2.3 million businesses, around 1.4 million of them one-person ZZP operations, and 99.8% of the total SMEs.
How to use the register
- Start from the register, not from a bought list. It is the legal record of every company.
- Read the status field. Registers keep closed companies too. See how many have closed in other registers.
- Check the website belongs to the company, with the registration number or a distinguishing name on the page.
Sources
Descriptions are based on the national sources above. Figures in the text are rounded and change over time. Found an error? Write to atlasforgex@proton.me. More countries: business data by country and registers by country.