MINING Companies in Netherlands
Approximately 3,244 real businesses classified under Mining and Quarrying in Netherlands, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 3,244 real businesses operate in the Mining and Quarrying sector across Netherlands. Mining licences are public. The company holding one often is not the company running the mine. Extraction rights get granted to a specific concession-holding entity, while the real operating capital — and sometimes the real decision-making — sits a layer or two up, inside a joint venture with a foreign technical partner. The sector covers mineral, ore, coal, and petroleum extraction alongside sand, gravel, and stone quarrying. Many jurisdictions now layer resource-specific transparency rules on top of standard registration, including beneficial-ownership disclosure tied to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative — built specifically because ordinary company registers were not catching this.
173 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Mining and Quarrying companies in Netherlands follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Netherlands beneficial ownership overviewTop Mining and Quarrying Companies in Netherlands
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code B in Netherlands, as of the last reconciliation.
Section B is 0% of the Netherlands register by entity count and its 18th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Mining and Quarrying in the Netherlands runs on a two-stage permit system set out in the Mijnbouwwet (Mining Act), its implementing Mijnbouwbesluit, and the Mijnbouwregeling. An exploration permit grants the economic right to search for minerals or geothermal energy; a separate extraction permit is needed to actually exploit them, and a company can hold one without the other. By default, minerals in the deep subsurface belong to the state — the exception is older concessions that have been converted into extraction permits, where ownership of the mineral itself stays with the concession holder rather than transferring to the state.
Since the Omgevingswet (Environment and Planning Act) took effect on 1 January 2024, permitting for mining installations — including offshore ones on the Dutch Continental Shelf — runs through that unified environmental-permitting framework. Eni Energy Netherlands, for instance, filed four permit applications in March 2025 to modify offshore installations roughly 70km off Den Helder, a real, publicly-filed example of the process. For verification, a Dutch mining or quarrying operator’s actual extraction rights depend on checking which permit stage it holds and whether its mineral ownership follows the state-default rule or an older concession’s grandfathered terms.
Netherlands Mining and Quarrying, 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 B entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section B, Netherlands. 9 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses Netherlands mining and quarrying ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Exploration vs. extraction permit distinction
Dutch mining law under the Mijnbouwwet splits authorisation into two stages: an exploration permit granting economic rights to search for minerals or geothermal energy, and a separate extraction permit granting rights to actually exploit them — a company can hold one without the other.
Concession vs. permit ownership check
Minerals in the deep subsurface are state property by default, except under older concessions converted into extraction permits, where the mineral’s ownership stays with the concession holder — a legacy distinction that changes who actually owns extracted material, not just who’s authorised to extract it.
Offshore installation permit tracking
Modifying an offshore mining installation on the Dutch Continental Shelf now requires permits under the Omgevingswet (Environment and Planning Act) — Eni Energy Netherlands filed four such applications in March 2025 for installations off Den Helder, a real, checkable example of the process.
Sub-sectors within Mining and Quarrying
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own Netherlands company directory.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Mining and Quarrying companies are registered in Netherlands?
Approximately 3,244 real businesses operate under Mining and Quarrying in Netherlands.
What does the Mining and Quarrying sector include in Netherlands?
Mining licences are public. The company holding one often is not the company running the mine. Extraction rights get granted to a specific concession-holding entity, while the real operating capital — and sometimes the real decision-making — sits a layer or two up, inside a joint venture with a foreign technical partner. The sector covers mineral, ore, coal, and petroleum extraction alongside sand, gravel, and stone quarrying. Many jurisdictions now layer resource-specific transparency rules on top of standard registration, including beneficial-ownership disclosure tied to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative — built specifically because ordinary company registers were not catching this.
How is company ownership disclosed for Mining and Quarrying 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 Mining and Quarrying.
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 Mining and Quarrying companies in other countries?
Yes — the Mining and Quarrying sector directory lists every country with recorded Mining and Quarrying companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Mining and Quarrying 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 Mining and Quarrying companies in Netherlands going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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