Dutch Van Registrations by Age, User Type, and Municipality from 2018

Municipality-level data on the number of vans in the Netherlands, broken down by vehicle age class, user type (company/private), and user region. The dataset covers from 2018 onward, with provisional figures for 2021 and 2022, and is published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The population includes all vans with a valid Dutch registration active during any part of the reporting year, leading to counts higher than the number registered on a single reference date.

Use Cases

• Modeling regional commercial vehicle demand based on user type and location breakdowns.
• Analyzing vehicle fleet age distribution and turnover rates across municipalities.
• Forecasting transportation infrastructure needs based on historical van registration trends.

Strengths

• Data is broken down by municipality, providing fine-grained geographic detail.
• Covers multiple years from 2018, allowing for temporal trend analysis.
• Includes a distinction between company and private users, a key demographic variable.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Figures for recent years are provisional and subject to revision.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2018 onward

Freshness

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

Geography

Netherlands, broken down by municipalities