Dutch Commercial Van Registrations by Industry, 2018 Onwards

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties provides data on the number of vans registered by companies in the Netherlands, broken down by industry classification (SBI 2008). The figures cover vans with a valid Dutch registration that were active on public roads during any part of each reporting year from 2018 onward. Data for 2021 and 2022 are provisional and may be adjusted retroactively.

Use Cases

• Analyze industry-specific commercial vehicle fleet sizes based on the industry classification (SBI 2008) mentioned in the description.
• Track annual changes in commercial van registrations based on the time series data available from 2018.
• Compare operational fleet counts to registered vehicle stocks based on the description of the selection method.
• Model logistics and delivery capacity by economic sector based on the data about company-owned delivery vans.

Strengths

• Data is available from 2018, providing a multi-year time series.
• Figures are calculated using a defined new selection method for the motor vehicle park, described in a method report.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to eu_open_data, as it covers only the Netherlands.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Based on vehicle registrations and a new selection method for the motor vehicle park, using multiple external source files.

Time Range

2018 onwards

Freshness

New figures are typically expected 15 months after the end of the year under review.

Geography

Netherlands