BAG: Addresses and Buildings Registry for All Properties in the Netherlands

The BAG registry contains data for all addresses and buildings in the Netherlands, managed by the Kadaster. It includes information on five object types—buildings, residences, number designations, public spaces, and residences—with attributes like status, surface area, geometry, and year of construction. The Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations is responsible for the system, with municipalities acting as source holders for data quality.

Use Cases

• Urban planning and development analysis based on building geometry and purpose attributes.
• Address validation and geocoding services based on the national registry of addresses and public spaces.
• Property market and demographic studies based on building surface area and year of construction data.
• Municipal infrastructure management based on the status and location of all registered buildings.

Strengths

• Covers all addresses and buildings in the Netherlands, indicating national completeness.
• Includes five distinct object types with attributes like geometry, surface area, and year of construction.
• Managed by the authoritative Kadaster organization with municipalities responsible for source data quality.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML projects.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Municipalities are source holders, responsible for inclusion and quality, with data collected in a National Provisions (BAG LV).

Time Range

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Freshness

unknown

Geography

Netherlands