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As of 4 November 2026, 4,246 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in Netherlands; 57 are hiring right now and Rotterdam has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 4,246
- Hiring now
- 57 · 11 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Construction materials distribution · 567
- Top city
- Rotterdam · 98
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 97,199
Industrial & chemical distribution in Netherlands, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Construction materials distribution | 567 | 13% |
| General trading houses | 431 | 10% |
| Industrial parts distribution | 398 | 9% |
| Other industrial & chemical distribution | 306 | 7% |
| Paint & coatings distribution | 304 | 7% |
| Packaging & plastics distribution | 283 | 7% |
| Cleaning & hygiene distribution | 272 | 6% |
| Pipes valves & fittings distribution | 233 | 5% |
| Agricultural inputs distribution | 169 | 4% |
| Fuel & lubricant distribution | 146 | 3% |
| Food ingredients distribution | 139 | 3% |
| Chemical raw materials distribution | 125 | 3% |
| Building materials webshops | 107 | 3% |
| Adhesives & technical consumables | 103 | 2% |
| Interior finishing material webshops | 90 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 243 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 3,037 · 15 |
| 11-50 employees | 764 · 18 |
| 51-200 employees | 164 · 18 |
| 201-500 employees | 22 · 5 |
| 501-1000 employees | 14 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam | 98 | 2% |
| Amsterdam | 97 | 2% |
| Breda | 48 | 1% |
| Eindhoven | 47 | 1% |
| Apeldoorn | 39 | 1% |
| Almere | 31 | 1% |
| Dordrecht | 30 | 1% |
| 's-Gravenhage | 29 | 1% |
| Tilburg | 24 | 1% |
| Almelo | 23 | 1% |
| Ridderkerk | 23 | 1% |
| Waddinxveen | 21 | 0% |
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The stack of industrial & chemical distribution 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 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 4,157 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 3,853 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 3,815 →
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4,246 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in Netherlands; 57 are hiring right now and Rotterdam has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/netherlands/industrial_and_chemical_distribution)
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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.
Industrial & chemical distribution in Netherlands: questions
How many industrial & chemical distribution companies are there in Netherlands?
4,246 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Industrial & chemical distribution → leaf niches such as construction materials distribution, general trading houses, industrial parts distribution. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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