No. Telecommunications (SBI 61), publishing (58) and film and television (59–60) are outside this scope. On request we include them in a custom selection.
SBI J 62 · J 63
Software developers, IT consultancies, managed service providers, hosting companies, data centres and web portals – for hardware, cloud and licence vendors, partner programmes and recruiters.
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: 104,835 businesses in the Netherlands according to CBS StatLine, table 81589NED “Bedrijven; bedrijfstak” (reference date 1 October 2026 (provisional), table updated 15 October 2026). SBI 62 IT services (95,160) and 63 information service activities (9,675) combined; publishing and telecommunications are not included. This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
The industry covers IT services (SBI 62: 95,160 businesses) and information service activities (63: 9,675). Publishing, film and telecommunications are not included. CBS counts 104,835 businesses in total (1 October 2026).
About two thirds are natural persons: self-employed developers and consultants. Software development (49,085) and IT consultancy (36,680) are the largest subclasses.
| SBI 2008 | CBS description | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 62.01 | Software development (Softwareontwikkeling) | custom and standard software, apps |
| 62.02 | IT consultancy (Adviesbureaus op het gebied van IT) | IT consulting and architecture |
| 62.03 | Computer facilities management | managed services, systems management |
| 62.09 | Other IT services | installation and other IT services |
| 63.11 | Data processing, hosting and related activities | hosting, data centres, cloud |
| 63.12 | Web portals | online platforms and portals |
There is no licence or professional register for IT services. What does exist:
These 15 columns are included.
A large part of the industry consists of self-employed people working on secondment at clients. For a partner programme or hardware sales, agencies with their own clients are more interesting. So choose the legal form bv and a website as a mandatory field. The legal form as a filter is only possible once the source provides that field; the current records have no legal form yet.
IT companies are easy to reach online, but here too commercial email is only allowed with consent or to an address the company has published for such messages, even for a bv.
We are looking for partners for our cloud software: IT consultancies and managed service providers (SBI 62.02 and 62.03) in the Randstad, bvs with website and phone number only. How many records are there?
Use cases
Recruit IT companies as resellers or partners.
Find implementation partners by region.
Approach IT companies with staff for recruiting developers.
Approach growing IT agencies in a city.
Questions
No. Telecommunications (SBI 61), publishing (58) and film and television (59–60) are outside this scope. On request we include them in a custom selection.
Through SBI class 63.11 (data processing and web hosting), once the source provides the SBI code (the current records have no SBI code yet). CBS counts 4,500 businesses there (1 October 2026).
Only with prior consent or to an address the company itself has published for such messages (Article 11.7(3) of the Telecommunications Act). A general contact address does not automatically qualify.
104,835 businesses in the Netherlands according to CBS StatLine, table 81589NED “Bedrijven; bedrijfstak” (reference date 1 October 2026 (provisional), table updated 15 October 2026). SBI 62 IT services (95,160) and 63 information service activities (9,675) combined; publishing and telecommunications are not 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.