Dutch Commercial Van Fleet by Industry and Company Size, 2018 Onwards

Data on the number of vans registered by companies, their traffic performance in kilometers driven, and average annual mileage in the Netherlands. The figures are broken down by industry (SBI 2008), company size, and vehicle age, covering vehicles active during any part of the reporting year from 2018 onward. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling commercial vehicle emissions and environmental impact based on mileage and fleet age data.
• Analyzing fleet composition and utilization trends across different industries and business sizes.
• Forecasting demand for electric or alternative-fuel commercial vans based on current usage patterns.

Strengths

• Data covers multiple years, with provisional figures for 2021-2022 and final figures for earlier years.
• Includes breakdowns by three key dimensions: industry, company size, and vehicle age.
• Uses a refined selection method for the motor vehicle park, detailed in a separate methodology report.

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 modeling.
• The description notes that calculated numbers are higher than active registrations on a reference date, which requires careful interpretation.

Provenance

Source

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

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 added 15 months after the reporting year ends; provisional data for 2022 was added in February 2024.

Geography

Netherlands