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As of 4 November 2026, 2,122 chemicals & materials production companies are based in Netherlands; 50 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
- 2,122
- Hiring now
- 50 · 14 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Paint & coatings manufacturers · 295
- Top city
- Amsterdam · 59
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 41,360
Chemicals & materials production in Netherlands, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paint & coatings manufacturers | 295 | 14% |
| Construction chemicals & adhesives | 257 | 12% |
| Cleaning & household chemicals manufacturers | 242 | 11% |
| Industrial chemicals manufacturers | 219 | 10% |
| Biobased & recycled materials | 196 | 9% |
| Fertiliser manufacturers | 195 | 9% |
| Other chemicals & materials production | 175 | 8% |
| Polymer & plastics raw materials | 109 | 5% |
| Agrochemical manufacturers | 76 | 4% |
| Biotech reagents & ingredients | 72 | 3% |
| Concrete & mortar products | 71 | 3% |
| Other building products manufacturing | 56 | 3% |
| Lubricant manufacturers | 53 | 2% |
| Food ingredient & flavour manufacturers | 28 | 1% |
| Steel & non ferrous metal producers | 26 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 86 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,221 · 5 |
| 11-50 employees | 574 · 20 |
| 51-200 employees | 178 · 13 |
| 201-500 employees | 38 · 6 |
| 501-1000 employees | 11 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 9 · 3 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 4 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 59 | 3% |
| Rotterdam | 33 | 2% |
| Eindhoven | 23 | 1% |
| Haarlem | 18 | 1% |
| Enschede | 17 | 1% |
| Breda | 16 | 1% |
| Harderwijk | 16 | 1% |
| Nieuwegein | 16 | 1% |
| Delft | 15 | 1% |
| Dordrecht | 15 | 1% |
| Lelystad | 15 | 1% |
| 's-Hertogenbosch | 14 | 1% |
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The stack of chemicals & materials production in Netherlands
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2,122 chemicals & materials production companies are based in Netherlands; 50 are hiring right now and Amsterdam has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/netherlands/chemicals_and_materials_production)
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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.
Chemicals & materials production in Netherlands: questions
How many chemicals & materials production companies are there in Netherlands?
2,122 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Chemicals & materials production → leaf niches such as paint & coatings manufacturers, construction chemicals & adhesives, cleaning & household chemicals manufacturers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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