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As of 4 November 2026, 2,726 research institutes & think tanks companies 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
- 2,726
- Hiring now
- 22 · 9 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Health services research groups · 472
- Top city
- Amsterdam · 250
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 69,951
Research institutes & think tanks in Netherlands, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Health services research groups | 472 | 17% |
| Biomedical research groups | 461 | 17% |
| Humanities social research projects | 441 | 16% |
| University research labs | 267 | 10% |
| Other research institutes & think tanks | 250 | 9% |
| Eu technology research consortia | 171 | 6% |
| Policy think tanks | 167 | 6% |
| Sustainability energy research | 161 | 6% |
| Environmental & agri research | 156 | 6% |
| Multidisciplinary research institutes | 145 | 5% |
| Biodiversity conservation research | 126 | 5% |
| Cultural heritage research projects | 121 | 4% |
| Local history societies | 117 | 4% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 99 | 4% |
| Ai & society research | 79 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,060 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 862 · 7 |
| 11-50 employees | 603 · 5 |
| 51-200 employees | 150 · 3 |
| 201-500 employees | 30 · 4 |
| 501-1000 employees | 8 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 6 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 5 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 250 | 9% |
| Utrecht | 153 | 6% |
| Rotterdam | 74 | 3% |
| 's-Gravenhage | 71 | 3% |
| Leiden | 66 | 2% |
| Groningen | 65 | 2% |
| Nijmegen | 61 | 2% |
| Maastricht | 52 | 2% |
| Delft | 46 | 2% |
| Eindhoven | 34 | 1% |
| eMvelo | 32 | 1% |
| Enschede | 21 | 1% |
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Netherlands
Public, community & associations in Netherlands, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 32,272 →
Amateur sports clubs · 15,914 →
Charitable foundations · 15,895 →
Churches congregations · 6,875 →
Membership associations & unions · 6,374 →
Public programmes & agencies · 3,081 →
Municipal government · 688 →
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2,726 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in Netherlands; 22 are hiring right now and Amsterdam has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/netherlands/research_institutes_and_think_tanks)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
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How many research institutes & think tanks companies are there in Netherlands?
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