The Netherlands:
Taking Care of Business

The Netherlands, long Europe's trading crossroads, is an obvious choice when it comes to finding the best place to locate a pan-European business. The NFIA has been set up for the specific purpose of helping and advising those businesses who wish to take advantage of the Dutch business environment as a strategic base to cover Europe.

Knowledge Center

Our Knowledge Center supplies you with the facts, figures and web links on business in the Netherlands. You can also subscribe to our newsletter and request more information here.

The place to do business

"In a world where people, capital, information and products move through markets more and more easily, the Netherlands is the place to work, to do business, and to live, " affirms Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade, Frank Heemskerk.

News

• Netherlands in top 20 of World Knowledge Competitiveness Index 2008
• Amsterdam ranks 25th in Mercer Worldwide Cost of Living survey 2008 city ranking
• Provinces of Utrecht and Flevoland realise highest economic growth rate in 2007
• Government allocates € 25 million for innovation in transport and logistics
• Substantial growth number of households in the Randstad in 2025
• First quarter economic growth adjusted to 3.3 percent

Why invest in Holland?

Find out why companies like Samsung Electronics, Tata Consultancy Services, FedEx, Cisco Systems, Abbott Laboratories, Nike, and Starbucks Corporation have already invested in Holland.