No. Food and beverage manufacturing (SBI 10 and 11) is part of the agriculture and food industry, so you can order both target groups separately.
SBI C 12–33
Metalworking firms, machine builders, plastics processors, chemical companies, electrical manufacturers and furniture makers – for suppliers, technical wholesalers, service companies and recruiters looking for manufacturers.
Our database holds 535,638 records (as of 4 November 2026); they are not yet assigned to an industry, so there are no counts of our own per industry yet. For your request we confirm the scope and data date in advance.
Export of the whole industry: €429 (final price). Selections by province, municipality or your own filters are quoted individually.
Official statistics: 78,165 businesses in the Netherlands according to CBS StatLine, table 81589NED “Bedrijven; bedrijfstak” (reference date 1 October 2026 (provisional), table updated 15 October 2026). Section C manufacturing (88,100) excluding food products (10, 8,625) and beverages (11, 1,310); tobacco products (12) are included. This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
The industry covers SBI section C without food and beverage manufacturing (10 and 11); those are listed under agriculture and food. CBS counts 78,165 businesses within this scope (1 October 2026).
Large groups are fabricated metal products (25: 15,260 businesses), repair and installation of machinery (33: 14,795) and furniture (31: 10,440). Furniture and other manufacturing include many small craft businesses.
| SBI 2008 | CBS description | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Chemicals (Chemische industrie) | basic chemicals, paints, adhesives, cleaning products |
| 22 | Rubber and plastics (Rubber- en kunststofproductindustrie) | injection moulding, film, profiles |
| 25 | Fabricated metal products (Metaalproductenindustrie) | structural metalwork, sheet metal, machining |
| 26–27 | Electronics and electrical equipment | electronics, components, appliances |
| 28 | Machinery (Machine-industrie) | machines and installations for industry and agriculture |
| 33 | Repair and installation of machinery | maintenance and assembly of machines |
Most manufacturing activities do not need an industry-specific licence. What does exist:
These 15 columns are included.
An SBI code describes the main activity, not the machinery or capacity. A metal company under 25 can be a sole trader with one lathe or a factory with hundreds of staff. Use the legal form and a website as a mandatory field to filter out small businesses, and check the offering of key prospects on their websites yourself. The legal form as a filter is only possible once the source provides that field; the current records have no legal form yet.
A selection by province or municipality is possible. Note the difference between company and site: a manufacturer with a head office in the Randstad and a factory in Limburg appears in the export under the address given by the source.
We supply wear-resistant coatings and are looking for metalworking and machine-building firms (SBI 25 and 28) in North Brabant and Limburg, legal entities with a website only. How many records and what does it cost?
Use cases
Offer raw materials, components and semi-finished products to manufacturers in a region.
Plan field sales routes along metal and machine-building firms.
Approach machine builders and manufacturers for maintenance contracts.
An overview of manufacturers per province for recruiting technical staff.
Questions
No. Food and beverage manufacturing (SBI 10 and 11) is part of the agriculture and food industry, so you can order both target groups separately.
The number of working persons is not in the export. A good proxy is the legal form (bv, nv) and a website as a mandatory field, which removes most sole traders. The legal form as a filter is only possible once the source provides that field; the current records have no legal form yet.
You may call legal entities such as a bv or nv on business matters. Sole traders and general partnerships only with their prior consent; email requires consent for every legal form unless the company has published an address for such messages.
78,165 businesses in the Netherlands according to CBS StatLine, table 81589NED “Bedrijven; bedrijfstak” (reference date 1 October 2026 (provisional), table updated 15 October 2026). Section C manufacturing (88,100) excluding food products (10, 8,625) and beverages (11, 1,310); tobacco products (12) are included. This is an official statistic, not the size of our dataset.
Format, sources, price and the rules for email and phone (Dutch Telecommunications Act): questions about all industries.