How many fast food restaurants are there in the Netherlands?

At the beginning of 2024, there were 19 thousand fast food outlets in the Netherlands. That is over 50 percent more than a decade ago: in 2014, there were over 12.5 thousand.

In total, there are 37.8 thousand eating places in our country. Just over half of these are fast food outlets, including sandwich shops, food stalls, ice cream parlours and traditional Dutch snack bars. As numbers have grown over the past decade, fast food outlets have come to outnumber traditional restaurants. In 2014, the opposite was true. The number of places to eat has increased steadily since 2014, with the exception of one year: there were slightly fewer places to eat in early 2023 than in early 2022.

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Eateries, 2024 (x 1,000)

	Restaurants	Fast food restaurants
2014	13.125	12.560
2015	14.155	13.385
2016	14.615	14.090
2017	14.920	14.625
2018	15.495	15.435
2019	15.980	15.970
2020	16.465	16.510
2021	16.965	17.200
2022	17.735	18.510
2023	17.715	18.480
2024	18.725	19.040

20 percent in the four major cities

Most fast food restaurants can be found in densely populated areas. For example, the Netherlands’ four biggest cities combined are home to nearly 20 percent of all fast food outlets. There are 1,560 in Amsterdam, 920 in Rotterdam, 785 in The Hague, and 450 in Utrecht. In order to compare the concentration of fast food outlets, food stalls and ice cream parlours across all municipalities, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) looks at the number of outlets per thousand inhabitants.

Fast food is popular along the coast

On average, there is slightly more than one fast food restaurant per thousand residents in the Netherlands. There are more in municipalities that receive a lot of tourists, with a lot of fast food on offer along the North Sea coast, for example. The Wadden Islands have the most fast food outlets per thousand inhabitants, due to tourism. Fast food outlets are also more common in Zandvoort and the coastal towns of Zeeland. The same applies to Baarle-Nassau and Valkenburg aan de Geul in South Limburg.

In the eastern and north-eastern areas of the Netherlands, the number of fast food outlets per resident is slightly lower than average. Staphorst has the lowest number relative to its population: one fast food outlet per 3 thousand residents. That is about three times lower than the national average.

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Fastfood restaurants per thousand residents, 2024

Municipality	Fastfood restaurants per duizend inwoners
Aa en Hunze	0.46
Aalsmeer	0.81
Aalten	0.70
Achtkarspelen	0.57
Alblasserdam	0.89
Albrandswaard	0.49
Alkmaar	1.25
Almelo	1.10
Almere	1.29
Alphen aan den Rijn	0.82
Alphen-Chaam	1.24
Altena	0.81
Ameland	4.70
Amersfoort	1.17
Amstelveen	0.97
Amsterdam	1.67
Apeldoorn	1.19
Arnhem	1.38
Assen	0.69
Asten	0.69
Baarle-Nassau	2.12
Baarn	1.32
Barendrecht	0.62
Barneveld	0.65
Beek	1.36
Beekdaelen	1.06
Beesel	1.12
Berg en Dal	0.87
Bergeijk	1.04
Bergen (L.)	1.14
Bergen (NH.)	1.64
Bergen op Zoom	1.41
Berkelland	0.66
Bernheze	0.83
Best	0.96
Beuningen	1.20
Beverwijk	2.00
Bladel	0.81
Blaricum	1.02
Bloemendaal	0.76
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk	0.60
Boekel	0.62
Borger-Odoorn	0.85
Borne	0.77
Borsele	0.56
Boxtel	1.06
Breda	1.26
Bronckhorst	0.58
Brummen	1.13
Brunssum	1.22
Bunnik	0.68
Bunschoten	1.06
Buren	0.79
Capelle aan den IJssel	0.88
Castricum	0.93
Coevorden	1.04
Cranendonck	0.91
Culemborg	0.80
Dalfsen	0.67
Dantumadiel	0.42
De Bilt	0.62
De Fryske Marren	1.14
De Ronde Venen	1.00
De Wolden	0.49
Delft	1.17
Den Helder	0.92
Deurne	1.15
Deventer	1.12
Diemen	1.06
Dijk en Waard	0.82
Dinkelland	0.75
Doesburg	1.44
Doetinchem	0.99
Dongen	0.81
Dordrecht	1.06
Drechterland	0.59
Drimmelen	0.96
Dronten	0.65
Druten	1.02
Duiven	1.17
Echt-Susteren	1.28
Edam-Volendam	1.14
Ede	0.61
Eemnes	0.41
Eemsdelta	0.84
Eersel	0.94
Eijsden-Margraten	0.73
Eindhoven	1.46
Elburg	0.59
Emmen	1.09
Enkhuizen	0.69
Enschede	1.25
Epe	0.75
Ermelo	0.86
Etten-Leur	0.71
Geertruidenberg	0.91
Geldrop-Mierlo	1.10
Gemert-Bakel	1.18
Gennep	0.96
Gilze en Rijen	0.84
Goeree-Overflakkee	0.91
Goes	1.21
Goirle	0.82
Gooise Meren	1.08
Gorinchem	1.16
Gouda	0.92
Groningen	1.32
Gulpen-Wittem	1.35
Haaksbergen	0.94
Haarlem	1.30
Haarlemmermeer	1.09
Halderberge	0.93
Hardenberg	0.79
Harderwijk	0.89
Hardinxveld-Giessendam	0.48
Harlingen	1.30
Hattem	1.43
Heemskerk	0.68
Heemstede	0.98
Heerde	0.68
Heerenveen	1.02
Heerlen	1.55
Heeze-Leende	0.89
Heiloo	0.53
Hellendoorn	0.96
Helmond	1.21
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	0.67
Hengelo	1.08
Het Hogeland	0.39
Heumen	0.53
Heusden	0.85
Hillegom	0.74
Hilvarenbeek	0.63
Hilversum	1.39
Hoeksche Waard	0.85
Hof van Twente	0.56
Hollands Kroon	0.63
Hoogeveen	1.08
Hoorn	1.06
Horst aan de Maas	0.89
Houten	0.69
Huizen	0.70
Hulst	1.17
IJsselstein	0.87
Kaag en Braassem	0.51
Kampen	1.01
Kapelle	0.69
Katwijk	0.70
Kerkrade	1.10
Koggenland	0.55
Krimpen aan den IJssel	0.57
Krimpenerwaard	0.73
Laarbeek	0.95
Land van Cuijk	0.95
Landgraaf	1.24
Landsmeer	1.03
Lansingerland	0.82
Laren	0.87
Leeuwarden	1.13
Leiden	1.32
Leiderdorp	0.61
Leidschendam-Voorburg	0.95
Lelystad	1.20
Leudal	0.94
Leusden	0.69
Lingewaard	0.95
Lisse	0.73
Lochem	0.47
Loon op Zand	0.71
Lopik	0.75
Losser	0.68
Maasdriel	0.73
Maasgouw	1.19
Maashorst	1.11
Maassluis	0.73
Maastricht	1.44
Medemblik	0.65
Meerssen	0.70
Meierijstad	1.09
Meppel	0.64
Middelburg	1.40
Midden-Delfland	0.93
Midden-Drenthe	0.85
Midden-Groningen	0.81
Moerdijk	0.81
Molenlanden	0.60
Montferland	0.89
Montfoort	0.65
Mook en Middelaar	1.35
Neder-Betuwe	0.43
Nederweert	1.09
Nieuwegein	1.03
Nieuwkoop	0.61
Nijkerk	0.71
Nijmegen	1.20
Nissewaard	0.87
Noardeast-Fryslân	0.96
Noord-Beveland	1.76
Noordenveld	0.79
Noordoostpolder	0.84
Noordwijk	1.22
Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten	0.83
Nunspeet	0.79
Oegstgeest	0.77
Oirschot	0.52
Oisterwijk	0.79
Oldambt	1.12
Oldebroek	0.54
Oldenzaal	0.82
Olst-Wijhe	0.37
Ommen	0.74
Oost Gelre	0.43
Oosterhout	0.97
Ooststellingwerf	0.81
Oostzaan	0.82
Opmeer	0.57
Opsterland	0.60
Oss	0.97
Oude IJsselstreek	0.71
Ouder-Amstel	0.90
Oudewater	0.39
Overbetuwe	0.76
Papendrecht	0.68
Peel en Maas	0.70
Pekela	0.72
Pijnacker-Nootdorp	0.69
Purmerend	1.10
Putten	0.72
Raalte	0.73
Reimerswaal	0.56
Renkum	0.60
Renswoude	0.35
Reusel-De Mierden	0.88
Rheden	0.76
Rhenen	1.09
Ridderkerk	0.67
Rijssen-Holten	0.85
Rijswijk	0.89
Roerdalen	1.11
Roermond	1.43
Roosendaal	1.17
Rotterdam	1.37
Rozendaal	0.55
Rucphen	1.09
Schagen	1.11
Scherpenzeel	0.58
Schiedam	1.01
Schiermonnikoog	2.06
Schouwen-Duiveland	1.91
's-Gravenhage	1.39
's-Hertogenbosch	1.28
Simpelveld	1.27
Sint-Michielsgestel	0.80
Sittard-Geleen	1.41
Sliedrecht	0.76
Sluis	2.12
Smallingerland	1.15
Soest	0.96
Someren	0.99
Son en Breugel	0.78
Stadskanaal	1.09
Staphorst	0.34
Stede Broec	0.59
Steenbergen	0.94
Steenwijkerland	1.17
Stein	1.01
Stichtse Vecht	0.70
Súdwest-Fryslân	0.84
Terneuzen	1.07
Terschelling	4.08
Texel	1.95
Teylingen	0.91
Tholen	0.71
Tiel	1.20
Tilburg	1.23
Tubbergen	0.51
Twenterand	0.68
Tynaarlo	0.58
Tytsjerksteradiel	0.55
Uitgeest	1.27
Uithoorn	0.82
Urk	0.78
Utrecht	1.20
Utrechtse Heuvelrug	0.79
Vaals	0.99
Valkenburg aan de Geul	1.70
Valkenswaard	0.85
Veendam	1.13
Veenendaal	1.01
Veere	2.31
Veldhoven	0.79
Velsen	1.00
Venlo	1.45
Venray	0.96
Vijfheerenlanden	0.79
Vlaardingen	0.89
Vlieland	6.36
Vlissingen	1.21
Voerendaal	1.05
Voorne aan Zee	0.89
Voorschoten	0.47
Voorst	0.67
Vught	0.90
Waadhoeke	0.72
Waalre	0.61
Waalwijk	0.97
Waddinxveen	0.76
Wageningen	0.82
Wassenaar	1.11
Waterland	0.80
Weert	1.12
West Betuwe	0.87
West Maas en Waal	0.89
Westerkwartier	0.65
Westerveld	0.60
Westervoort	0.73
Westerwolde	1.05
Westland	0.77
Weststellingwerf	0.79
Wierden	0.60
Wijchen	0.82
Wijdemeren	0.61
Wijk bij Duurstede	0.58
Winterswijk	1.23
Woensdrecht	0.81
Woerden	1.01
Wormerland	0.66
Woudenberg	0.41
Zaanstad	1.10
Zaltbommel	1.18
Zandvoort	2.06
Zeewolde	0.63
Zeist	0.89
Zevenaar	1.11
Zoetermeer	0.88
Zoeterwoude	0.82
Zuidplas	0.59
Zundert	0.71
Zutphen	0.98
Zwartewaterland	0.55
Zwijndrecht	0.69
Zwolle	1.27