Boating & watersports in Netherlands
As of 4 November 2026, 2,135 boating & watersports companies are based in Netherlands; 9 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
- 2,135
- Hiring now
- 9 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Leisure boat rental · 1,148
- Top city
- Amsterdam · 147
- Parent market
- Hospitality & travel · 54,157
Boating & watersports in Netherlands, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Leisure boat rental | 1,148 | 54% |
| Sightseeing & passenger cruises | 665 | 31% |
| Yacht charter | 516 | 24% |
| Watersports centres general | 167 | 8% |
| Kayak rafting operators | 121 | 6% |
| Watersports schools | 82 | 4% |
| Angling fisheries & sport fishing | 57 | 3% |
| Other boating & watersports | 48 | 2% |
| Adventure & outdoor travel operators | 47 | 2% |
| Campsites & holiday parks | 41 | 2% |
| Dive centres | 28 | 1% |
| Holiday house & cottage rentals | 26 | 1% |
| Cruise travel specialists | 19 | 1% |
| Guided day tour operators | 19 | 1% |
| Hunting & fishing travel outfitters | 10 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,214 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 804 · 5 |
| 11-50 employees | 92 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 23 · 3 |
| 201-500 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 147 | 7% |
| Giethoorn | 29 | 1% |
| Utrecht | 27 | 1% |
| Rotterdam | 23 | 1% |
| Enkhuizen | 22 | 1% |
| Harlingen | 18 | 1% |
| Leeuwarden | 18 | 1% |
| 's-Gravenhage | 16 | 1% |
| Sneek | 15 | 1% |
| Kampen | 14 | 1% |
| Leiden | 13 | 1% |
| 's-Hertogenbosch | 12 | 1% |
The biggest boating & watersports companies in Netherlands
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The stack of boating & watersports in Netherlands
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Other segments of hospitality & travel in Netherlands
Hospitality & travel in Netherlands, the whole market →
Restaurants pubs cafes · 30,389 →
Holiday rentals & guesthouses · 12,583 →
Hotels inns & holiday accommodation · 6,021 →
Travel agencies booking · 5,366 →
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2,135 boating & watersports companies are based in Netherlands; 9 are hiring right now and Amsterdam has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/hospitality_travel/netherlands/boating_and_watersports)
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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.
Boating & watersports in Netherlands: questions
How many boating & watersports companies are there in Netherlands?
2,135 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Hospitality & travel → Boating & watersports → leaf niches such as leisure boat rental, sightseeing & passenger cruises, yacht charter. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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