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As of 4 November 2026, 2,014 general & specialty stores are based in Netherlands; 22 are hiring right now and Amsterdam has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 2,014
- Hiring now
- 22 · 7 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Other general & specialty stores · 192
- Top city
- Amsterdam · 30
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 97,199
General & specialty stores in Netherlands, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Other general & specialty stores | 192 | 10% |
| Tile & flooring webshops | 189 | 9% |
| Kitchen & bathroom showrooms | 150 | 7% |
| Party supply webshops | 96 | 5% |
| Antique & vintage dealers | 91 | 5% |
| General merchandise webshops | 88 | 4% |
| Garden plant webshops | 87 | 4% |
| Consumer electronics appliance webshops | 81 | 4% |
| Independent supermarkets | 81 | 4% |
| Convenience stores & kiosks | 79 | 4% |
| Charity & thrift shops | 70 | 3% |
| Home decor webshops | 64 | 3% |
| Gift & giftware webshops | 61 | 3% |
| Kitchenware household goods webshops | 60 | 3% |
| Construction materials distribution | 50 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 202 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,597 · 4 |
| 11-50 employees | 147 · 5 |
| 51-200 employees | 40 · 5 |
| 201-500 employees | 17 · 6 |
| 501-1000 employees | 3 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 6 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 30 | 1% |
| 's-Gravenhage | 26 | 1% |
| Almere | 18 | 1% |
| Assen | 17 | 1% |
| Breda | 16 | 1% |
| Leeuwarden | 15 | 1% |
| Rotterdam | 14 | 1% |
| Tilburg | 14 | 1% |
| Utrecht | 14 | 1% |
| Almelo | 13 | 1% |
| Haarlem | 12 | 1% |
| Amersfoort | 10 | 0% |
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The stack of general & specialty stores in Netherlands
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Other segments of commerce & trade in Netherlands
Commerce & trade in Netherlands, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 47,795 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 16,087 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 14,179 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 9,745 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 9,158 →
Industrial & chemical distribution · 4,246 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 4,157 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 3,853 →
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2,014 general & specialty stores are based in Netherlands; 22 are hiring right now and Amsterdam has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/netherlands/general_and_specialty_stores)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
General & specialty stores in Netherlands: questions
How many general & specialty stores are there in Netherlands?
2,014 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → General & specialty stores → leaf niches such as other general & specialty stores, tile & flooring webshops, kitchen & bathroom showrooms. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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