How many shops are there?
On 1 January 2022, there were 83.8 thousand physical shops in the Netherlands. The largest share of these shops are clothes shops, of which there are 13.7 thousand, which accounts for over 16 percent of all physical shops. Following clothes shops, homeware shops and supermarkets are the next most common shops.
After 2010, the number of shops declined year-on-year, except for a slight increase (0.7 percent) in 2021. Compared to the peak of 97,100 shops in 2010, the Netherlands had over 13 thousand fewer shops in 2022. However, when compared to 1 January 2020, just before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of physical shops did slightly drop by 0.4 percent.
| Jaar | Number of shops |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 90.0 |
| 2007 | 94.2 |
| 2008 | 96.1 |
| 2009 | 95.7 |
| 2010 | 97.1 |
| 2011 | 96.6 |
| 2012 | 95.6 |
| 2013 | 93.3 |
| 2014 | 90.6 |
| 2015 | 90.0 |
| 2016 | 89.5 |
| 2017 | 87.7 |
| 2018 | 87.0 |
| 2019 | 85.9 |
| 2020 | 84.1 |
| 2021 | 83.2 |
| 2022* | 83.8 |
| * Provisional figures | |
Especially more food shops
The increase in the number of shops in 2021 was mainly due to the upturn in the food sector (3.4 percent). The number of shops with non-food products remained virtually the same. Bakers and confectioners recorded the highest growth in volume at 4.7 percent. This group is followed by supermarkets and other grocery shops, both increased by 4.4 percent. Bookstores and stationery shops fell the hardest, at 8.1 percent and 7.0 percent respectively. The fall in the number of bookstores in 2021 was greater than in the previous three years combined.
| omschrijving | Number of shops |
|---|---|
| Bakers and confectioners | 4.7 |
| Other grocery shops | 4.4 |
| Supermarkets | 4.4 |
| Off-licences | 3.9 |
| Hardware shops | 3.1 |
| Department stores, etc. | 3.0 |
| Shops selling perfumes and cosmetics | 2.4 |
| Fishmongers | 2.1 |
| Greengrocers | 1.7 |
| Homeware shops | 1.2 |
| Leisure shops | 1.2 |
| Florists, garden centres, pet shops | 1.1 |
| Jewellery shops | 1.1 |
| Shops selling white and brown goods | 0.7 |
| Antique and second-hand shops | 0.4 |
| Butchers and poulterers | 0.4 |
| Toy outlets | 0.3 |
| Tobacco shops | 0.2 |
| Chemists, orthopaedic shops | 0.1 |
| Clothes shops | -0.2 |
| Shops selling fabrics and textiles | -0.3 |
| Shops selling carpets and curtains | -0.5 |
| Shops selling audio and video recordings | -0.9 |
| Shops selling domestic appliances | -1.6 |
| Shops selling computers and software | -1.7 |
| Other shops | -2.1 |
| Shops selling shoes and leather goods | -2.8 |
| Shops selling communication equipment | -3.7 |
| Shops selling magazines and stationery | -7.0 |
| Book shops | -8.1 |
| * Provisional figures | |
More shops in most municipalities
The number of shops grew in 57 percent of municipalities in 2021. In percentage terms, the increase was greatest in Vlieland (18.2 percent), followed by Bergen (in Limburg) and Renswoude with 17.5 and 15.8 percent respectively. Oostzaan (–9.4 percent) and Lopik (–8.8 percent) experienced the steepest decline. Among the twenty largest municipalities, the number of shops expanded the most in Haarlemmermeer (4.3 percent) and Nijmegen (2.5 percent). In ’s-Hertogenbosch, the number of shops fell the hardest, at 1.2 percent.
At provincial level, growth was most pronounced in Zuid-Holland (1.5 percent) and Overijssel (1.2 percent). Only in the province of Groningen did the number of shops decline, at –0.7 percent.
| Gemeente | Number of shops | |
|---|---|---|
| Aa en Hunze | -2.3 | |
| Aalsmeer | 4.9 | |
| Aalten | -4.0 | |
| Achtkarspelen | -2.0 | |
| Alblasserdam | 2.5 | |
| Albrandswaard | 4.2 | |
| Alkmaar | 1.2 | |
| Almelo | -0.3 | |
| Almere | 1.9 | |
| Alphen aan den Rijn | 3.2 | |
| Alphen-Chaam | 3.9 | |
| Altena | -4.6 | |
| Ameland | 4.1 | |
| Amersfoort | 0.3 | |
| Amstelveen | 2.2 | |
| Amsterdam | 0.3 | |
| Apeldoorn | 0.7 | |
| Arnhem | 0.6 | |
| Assen | -0.3 | |
| Asten | -4.4 | |
| Baarle-Nassau | -5.2 | |
| Baarn | 1.5 | |
| Barendrecht | 5.0 | |
| Barneveld | -1.0 | |
| Beek (L.) | 6.2 | |
| Beekdaelen | -3.2 | |
| Beesel | 1.8 | |
| Berg en Dal | -3.3 | |
| Bergeijk | 1.3 | |
| Bergen (L.) | 17.5 | |
| Bergen (NH.) | 5.1 | |
| Bergen op Zoom | -0.3 | |
| Berkelland | 0.0 | |
| Bernheze | 3.5 | |
| Best | 8.6 | |
| Beuningen | -1.6 | |
| Beverwijk | -0.6 | |
| Bladel | -4.5 | |
| Blaricum | -7.7 | |
| Bloemendaal | -2.1 | |
| Bodegraven-Reeuwijk | -5.3 | |
| Boekel | -1.9 | |
| Borger-Odoorn | 1.1 | |
| Borne | 2.5 | |
| Borsele | 7.1 | |
| Boxtel | 4.4 | |
| Breda | 2.2 | |
| Brielle | 5.6 | |
| Bronckhorst | -0.5 | |
| Brummen | 3.5 | |
| Brunssum | -7.3 | |
| Bunnik | 6.1 | |
| Bunschoten | 1.6 | |
| Buren | 4.2 | |
| Capelle aan den IJssel | 3.2 | |
| Castricum | 4.7 | |
| Coevorden | 3.7 | |
| Cranendonck | 1.1 | |
| Culemborg | 0.7 | |
| Dalfsen | 2.3 | |
| Dantumadiel | 0.0 | |
| De Bilt | -5.0 | |
| De Fryske Marren | -2.3 | |
| De Ronde Venen | 2.4 | |
| De Wolden | 2.7 | |
| Delft | 3.4 | |
| Den Helder | -3.7 | |
| Deurne | 2.4 | |
| Deventer | 1.6 | |
| Diemen | 1.0 | |
| Dijk en Waard | -3.0 | |
| Dinkelland | 1.8 | |
| Doesburg | 1.3 | |
| Doetinchem | 0.3 | |
| Dongen | 6.9 | |
| Dordrecht | 1.4 | |
| Drechterland | 8.2 | |
| Drimmelen | -1.9 | |
| Dronten | 5.5 | |
| Druten | 2.2 | |
| Duiven | 5.8 | |
| Echt-Susteren | 0.6 | |
| Edam-Volendam | 2.7 | |
| Ede | -0.6 | |
| Eemnes | -3.2 | |
| Eemsdelta | -4.6 | |
| Eersel | -2.5 | |
| Eijsden-Margraten | 2.0 | |
| Eindhoven | 0.8 | |
| Elburg | -1.4 | |
| Emmen | -1.4 | |
| Enkhuizen | -4.0 | |
| Enschede | 1.7 | |
| Epe | 2.1 | |
| Ermelo | -0.8 | |
| Etten-Leur | -0.5 | |
| Geertruidenberg | 0.0 | |
| Geldrop-Mierlo | -5.7 | |
| Gemert-Bakel | 0.0 | |
| Gennep | -1.1 | |
| Gilze en Rijen | 4.7 | |
| Goeree-Overflakkee | -1.5 | |
| Goes | 0.0 | |
| Goirle | 2.2 | |
| Gooise Meren | 3.3 | |
| Gorinchem | 0.4 | |
| Gouda | 3.2 | |
| Groningen (gemeente) | -0.3 | |
| Gulpen-Wittem | -1.4 | |
| Haaksbergen | 0.9 | |
| Haarlem | 0.8 | |
| Haarlemmermeer | 4.3 | |
| Halderberge | -0.8 | |
| Hardenberg | -1.5 | |
| Harderwijk | 7.1 | |
| Hardinxveld-Giessendam | 0.0 | |
| Harlingen | -2.2 | |
| Hattem | 1.4 | |
| Heemskerk | 0.7 | |
| Heemstede | -2.4 | |
| Heerde | 3.2 | |
| Heerenveen | 1.5 | |
| Heerlen | 0.4 | |
| Heeze-Leende | 0.0 | |
| Heiloo | 2.9 | |
| Hellendoorn | 2.4 | |
| Hellevoetsluis | 4.3 | |
| Helmond | -2.0 | |
| Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht | 4.6 | |
| Hengelo (O.) | 2.0 | |
| Het Hogeland | -1.8 | |
| Heumen | 9.7 | |
| Heusden | 1.0 | |
| Hillegom | -1.0 | |
| Hilvarenbeek | 2.3 | |
| Hilversum | -1.1 | |
| Hoeksche Waard | 2.0 | |
| Hof van Twente | 4.7 | |
| Hollands Kroon | 0.4 | |
| Hoogeveen | 3.9 | |
| Hoorn | -1.3 | |
| Horst aan de Maas | -6.3 | |
| Houten | -1.9 | |
| Huizen | 0.0 | |
| Hulst | 3.1 | |
| IJsselstein | 1.5 | |
| Kaag en Braassem | 1.9 | |
| Kampen | 0.0 | |
| Kapelle | 5.7 | |
| Katwijk | -2.9 | |
| Kerkrade | -0.5 | |
| Koggenland | -5.8 | |
| Krimpen aan den IJssel | 5.2 | |
| Krimpenerwaard | -1.2 | |
| Laarbeek | 5.3 | |
| Land van Cuijk | 0.5 | |
| Landgraaf | 1.4 | |
| Landsmeer | -4.2 | |
| Lansingerland | 2.6 | |
| Laren (NH.) | 0.0 | |
| Leeuwarden | 0.9 | |
| Leiden | -1.0 | |
| Leiderdorp | 0.8 | |
| Leidschendam-Voorburg | 13.3 | |
| Lelystad | -0.9 | |
| Leudal | 4.5 | |
| Leusden | 2.7 | |
| Lingewaard | 1.7 | |
| Lisse | 2.6 | |
| Lochem | -1.7 | |
| Loon op Zand | 2.2 | |
| Lopik | -8.8 | |
| Losser | 2.8 | |
| Maasdriel | -4.4 | |
| Maasgouw | -5.1 | |
| Maashorst | 0.3 | |
| Maassluis | 2.0 | |
| Maastricht | 1.3 | |
| Medemblik | 1.1 | |
| Meerssen | -2.4 | |
| Meierijstad | 2.2 | |
| Meppel | -5.0 | |
| Middelburg (Z.) | -1.8 | |
| Midden-Delfland | 13.5 | |
| Midden-Drenthe | 3.7 | |
| Midden-Groningen | -1.8 | |
| Moerdijk | 3.1 | |
| Molenlanden | -4.0 | |
| Montferland | 2.3 | |
| Montfoort | 14.6 | |
| Mook en Middelaar | 0.0 | |
| Neder-Betuwe | -1.6 | |
| Nederweert | 1.1 | |
| Nieuwegein | -6.4 | |
| Nieuwkoop | 4.2 | |
| Nijkerk | 0.5 | |
| Nijmegen | 2.5 | |
| Nissewaard | -0.7 | |
| Noardeast-Fryslân | -0.9 | |
| Noord-Beveland | 0.0 | |
| Noordenveld | 0.6 | |
| Noordoostpolder | -4.7 | |
| Noordwijk | 1.5 | |
| Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten | 3.2 | |
| Nunspeet | 1.1 | |
| Oegstgeest | 2.2 | |
| Oirschot | -1.1 | |
| Oisterwijk | -2.1 | |
| Oldambt | -1.0 | |
| Oldebroek | 4.5 | |
| Oldenzaal | 3.9 | |
| Olst-Wijhe | 5.8 | |
| Ommen | -2.0 | |
| Oost Gelre | 0.7 | |
| Oosterhout | -2.9 | |
| Ooststellingwerf | 0.8 | |
| Oostzaan | -9.4 | |
| Opmeer | 7.6 | |
| Opsterland | -1.4 | |
| Oss | 1.7 | |
| Oude IJsselstreek | 6.3 | |
| Ouder-Amstel | -1.8 | |
| Oudewater | 2.0 | |
| Overbetuwe | 6.8 | |
| Papendrecht | -0.9 | |
| Peel en Maas | 3.7 | |
| Pekela | 4.9 | |
| Pijnacker-Nootdorp | 3.0 | |
| Purmerend | -0.3 | |
| Putten | -4.2 | |
| Raalte | 3.6 | |
| Reimerswaal | -3.1 | |
| Renkum | -3.3 | |
| Renswoude | 15.8 | |
| Reusel-De Mierden | -7.7 | |
| Rheden | 0.0 | |
| Rhenen | 0.0 | |
| Ridderkerk | -0.5 | |
| Rijssen-Holten | -4.4 | |
| Rijswijk (ZH.) | 1.8 | |
| Roerdalen | 3.6 | |
| Roermond | 1.4 | |
| Roosendaal | 2.6 | |
| Rotterdam | 1.2 | |
| Rucphen | 9.0 | |
| Schagen | -0.7 | |
| Scherpenzeel | 0.0 | |
| Schiedam | 1.6 | |
| Schiermonnikoog | 15.4 | |
| Schouwen-Duiveland | 0.8 | |
| 's-Gravenhage (gemeente) | 1.5 | |
| 's-Hertogenbosch | -1.2 | |
| Simpelveld | 0.0 | |
| Sint-Michielsgestel | 1.0 | |
| Sittard-Geleen | -3.1 | |
| Sliedrecht | 3.8 | |
| Sluis | -1.4 | |
| Smallingerland | 1.0 | |
| Soest | 2.8 | |
| Someren | 3.1 | |
| Son en Breugel | 4.9 | |
| Stadskanaal | 0.5 | |
| Staphorst | 3.3 | |
| Stede Broec | 1.9 | |
| Steenbergen | 4.3 | |
| Steenwijkerland | -0.4 | |
| Stein (L.) | -0.9 | |
| Stichtse Vecht | 0.7 | |
| Súdwest-Fryslân | -2.5 | |
| Terneuzen | 0.4 | |
| Terschelling | 0.0 | |
| Texel | 1.7 | |
| Teylingen | 0.0 | |
| Tholen | 1.8 | |
| Tiel | 0.0 | |
| Tilburg | 2.3 | |
| Tubbergen | -3.6 | |
| Twenterand | -2.3 | |
| Tynaarlo | 0.7 | |
| Tytsjerksteradiel | 4.6 | |
| Uitgeest | 2.2 | |
| Uithoorn | -2.6 | |
| Urk | 0.0 | |
| Utrecht (gemeente) | 2.1 | |
| Utrechtse Heuvelrug | -1.7 | |
| Vaals | -1.4 | |
| Valkenburg aan de Geul | -1.9 | |
| Valkenswaard | 0.0 | |
| Veendam | -0.8 | |
| Veenendaal | 0.6 | |
| Veere | 6.1 | |
| Veldhoven | -1.6 | |
| Velsen | 4.4 | |
| Venlo | -0.9 | |
| Venray | 1.6 | |
| Vijfheerenlanden | -1.9 | |
| Vlaardingen | -1.7 | |
| Vlieland | 18.2 | |
| Vlissingen | 4.1 | |
| Voerendaal | -4.0 | |
| Voorschoten | -1.0 | |
| Voorst | -1.7 | |
| Vught | -0.8 | |
| Waadhoeke | -1.0 | |
| Waalre | 1.7 | |
| Waalwijk | 3.1 | |
| Waddinxveen | 3.7 | |
| Wageningen | 1.3 | |
| Wassenaar | -0.7 | |
| Waterland | -6.7 | |
| Weert | 1.0 | |
| Weesp | -2.3 | |
| West Betuwe | -1.6 | |
| West Maas en Waal | 2.1 | |
| Westerkwartier | -0.4 | |
| Westerveld | 2.7 | |
| Westervoort | -8.6 | |
| Westerwolde | 3.3 | |
| Westland | 4.2 | |
| Weststellingwerf | 4.3 | |
| Westvoorne | -1.3 | |
| Wierden | -3.5 | |
| Wijchen | -1.1 | |
| Wijdemeren | -1.1 | |
| Wijk bij Duurstede | 3.4 | |
| Winterswijk | 2.4 | |
| Woensdrecht | 2.9 | |
| Woerden | 0.7 | |
| Wormerland | 8.3 | |
| Woudenberg | 1.8 | |
| Zaanstad | 1.3 | |
| Zaltbommel | -1.9 | |
| Zandvoort | 5.2 | |
| Zeewolde | -2.2 | |
| Zeist | -0.3 | |
| Zevenaar | 0.5 | |
| Zoetermeer | 1.0 | |
| Zoeterwoude | 0.0 | |
| Zuidplas | -1.4 | |
| Zundert | 0.0 | |
| Zutphen | 4.3 | |
| Zwartewaterland | 4.9 | |
| Zwijndrecht | -2.5 | |
| Zwolle | 2.3 | |
| Rozendaal | 0 | |
| * Provisional figures | ||
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