The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce manages the official Dutch trade register.  In the Netherlands registration in the trade register is compulsory for every company and almost every other legal entity. The register provides reliable answers to questions as: Does the company with which I wish to do business actually exist? Is the person I am [...]

The “Koninklijke Bibliotheek” (KB) is the National Library of the Netherlands. The KB offers access to all Dutch publications issued by recognized publishers as well as a large portion of Dutch grey literature. Their catalogue offers access to 6 million items: 110 kilometers of (Dutch) books, newspapers and magazines. Dutch publishers are invited to deposit their [...]

This website contains PDF-versions of more than 200 reports on SMEs and Entrepreneurship, written in English. Including General Reports (also available in print) and Research Reports (electronic working papers). It also gives you online entry to a number of datasets. http://www.entrepreneurship-sme.eu/

LexisNexis is a leading global provider of business information solutions to professionals in law firms, corporations, government, law enforcement, tax, accounting, academic institutions and risk and compliance assessment. They offer news from about 90 sources from The Netherlands and Belgium. These are mainly national and regional newspapers and some business magazines. Please find below an [...]

Without a doubt, the most important news source for Dutch business information. For years MD Info (previously known as Marketing Data) delivers an excellent (subscription based) abstract and index service for researchers. This important online database covers over 200,000 (Dutch) newspaper, magazine and website articles. Both the consumer market, as well as the professional market [...]

The Dutch Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) has an excellent online database available. It enables users to compile their own tables and graphs. The information can be accessed, printed and downloaded free of charge. Further information: http://statline.cbs.nl/statweb/?LA=en.

Answers for business makes information from the Dutch government more accessible to entrepreneurs. On their website you will find for almost any line of business, an overview of the requirements, what is permitted and what the possibilities are (think of permits and rules, laws and regulations, and taxes and subsidies). You can find information on the [...]

The State directory provides you with information about the Dutch government at the state, provincial and municipal level. Every departmental description is preceded by an organizational chart, so at a glance you get an overview of a particular department, including cross references to advisory boards and other agencies which are active in a particular field. [...]

For more than a century, this annual directory offers information about private and public organizations, institutions and associations like the agricultural sector, the public authorities (ministerial departments), the chambers of commerce, corporate industrial organizations, legal practices (notary offices, lawyer’s offices, the judiciary), universities and polytechnics, health services, arts and culture (libraries and museums). Pyttersen’s contains [...]