HOSPITALITY AND FOOD SERVICE Companies in Netherlands
Approximately 279,169 real businesses classified under Accommodation and Food Service Activities in Netherlands, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 279,169 real businesses operate in the Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector across Netherlands. The hotel's name on the sign and the company that owns the building are usually not the same entity — and neither of those is necessarily the one running day-to-day operations. Hospitality routinely separates the property owner from the brand licensor from the operating manager, across hotels, resorts, restaurants, and catering. Verifying who owns a given hotel means picking which of those three questions you are actually asking.
116 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in Netherlands follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Netherlands beneficial ownership overviewTop Accommodation and Food Service Activities Companies in Netherlands
Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.
Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code I in Netherlands, as of the last reconciliation.
Section I is 4% of the Netherlands register by entity count and its 11th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Accommodation and Food Service in the Netherlands runs on a two-licence system distinct from company registration. Operating a public establishment — a restaurant, hotel, café, snack bar or similar — requires an exploitatievergunning (operating licence) issued by the mayor, generally valid for an indefinite period once granted. A separate Alcoholwet licence (the successor to the former drank- en horecavergunning) is needed specifically to serve alcoholic drinks, meaning a venue can be validly operating under an exploitatievergunning while still lacking authorisation to serve alcohol.
Each municipality sets its own additional conditions for horeca establishments through its General Local Ordinance (Algemene Plaatselijke Verordening, APV), covering public order and safety requirements on top of the two core licences, and decisions on new licence applications are due within 8 weeks of a complete application, extendable once. For verification, a Dutch accommodation or food-service venue’s actual authority to operate and to serve alcohol depends on checking both licences separately, against the specific municipality’s own local rules.
Netherlands Accommodation and Food Service Activities, by the register
Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.
Entities by sub-sector
SIC division level, live from official registries.
Active vs. inactive
Section I entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section I, Netherlands. 276 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses Netherlands accommodation and food service activities ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Exploitatievergunning verification
Operating a public establishment in the Netherlands — restaurant, hotel, café, snack bar — requires an exploitatievergunning (operating licence) from the mayor, generally valid indefinitely once granted, separate from the Alcoholwet licence needed to actually serve alcohol.
Alcoholwet vs. exploitatievergunning distinction
The Alcoholwet licence (successor to the former drank- en horecavergunning) authorises alcohol service specifically, while the exploitatievergunning covers general operation — a venue can hold one without the other, so confirming both is necessary.
Municipal variation and processing time
Each Dutch municipality sets its own conditions for horeca establishments through its General Local Ordinance (APV), and decisions on new applications are due within 8 weeks (extendable once) — a real, checkable timeline and a reminder that requirements vary locally.
Sub-sectors within Accommodation and Food Service Activities
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own Netherlands company directory.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies are registered in Netherlands?
Approximately 279,169 real businesses operate under Accommodation and Food Service Activities in Netherlands.
What does the Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector include in Netherlands?
The hotel's name on the sign and the company that owns the building are usually not the same entity — and neither of those is necessarily the one running day-to-day operations. Hospitality routinely separates the property owner from the brand licensor from the operating manager, across hotels, resorts, restaurants, and catering. Verifying who owns a given hotel means picking which of those three questions you are actually asking.
How is company ownership disclosed for Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in Netherlands?
The same national framework applies here as for every other sector in Netherlands — there is no sector-specific beneficial-ownership regime for Accommodation and Food Service Activities.
Can I see all industries present in Netherlands?
Yes — the Netherlands company directory lists every industry with recorded companies for that jurisdiction, alongside the full beneficial-ownership overview for Netherlands.
Can I see Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in other countries?
Yes — the Accommodation and Food Service Activities sector directory lists every country with recorded Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in Netherlands over time?
A directory listing is a snapshot, not a live feed. Zavia's monitoring API tracks changes to registered shareholders, officers, and group structure for Accommodation and Food Service Activities companies in Netherlands going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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