In the SBI, yes. Landscapers fall under SBI 81.3, cleaning companies under 81.2. Selection by SBI group and province is possible once the source provides the SBI code; the current records have no SBI code yet.
SBI N 81
Cleaning companies, window cleaners, specialised cleaners, facility management firms, landscape gardeners and grounds maintenance firms – for suppliers of cleaning products, machines, workwear, software and temporary staff.
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: €379 (final price). Selections by province, municipality or your own filters are quoted individually.
Official statistics: 46,625 businesses in the Netherlands according to CBS StatLine, table 81589NED “Bedrijven; bedrijfstak” (reference date 1 October 2026 (provisional), table updated 15 October 2026). SBI 81: facility management (81.1), cleaning including window cleaners (81.2) and landscaping (81.3). This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
The industry is SBI division 81. CBS counts 46,625 businesses (1 October 2026): 27,915 cleaning companies, 16,760 landscaping firms and 1,945 facility management firms.
Almost nine in ten businesses are natural persons: many self-employed cleaners, window cleaners and gardeners. Large cleaning companies with hundreds of employees are in the same division.
| SBI 2008 | CBS description | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 81.1 | Combined facilities support (Facility management) | integrated facility services |
| 81.21 | General cleaning of buildings | office and building cleaning |
| 81.22 | Specialised cleaning of buildings | window cleaners (81.221), chimney sweeps (81.222) |
| 81.29 | Other cleaning | industrial cleaning, pest control, street cleaning |
| 81.3 | Landscape activities (Hoveniersbedrijven) | garden construction, grounds maintenance |
Cleaning and landscaping need no licence. There are quality marks and trade associations:
These 15 columns are included.
If you sell machines, products or software, you usually look for companies with staff and regular clients. Choose the legal form bv and a website as a mandatory field; that removes most of the self-employed. The legal form as a filter is only possible once the source provides that field; the current records have no legal form yet.
Self-employed cleaners and gardeners are sole traders. Their data is personal data and calling requires their consent; a postal campaign is the usual route for this group.
We supply cleaning machines and are looking for cleaning companies (SBI 81.21) in North Holland and Utrecht, bvs with website and phone number only. How many companies are there?
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Questions
In the SBI, yes. Landscapers fall under SBI 81.3, cleaning companies under 81.2. Selection by SBI group and province is possible once the source provides the SBI code; the current records have no SBI code yet.
CBS counts 41,745 natural persons in division 81 against 4,880 legal entities (1 October 2026). Many cleaners, window cleaners and gardeners work independently.
You may call companies that are a bv on business matters. Sole traders only with their prior consent (Article 11.7(2) of the Telecommunications Act).
46,625 businesses in the Netherlands according to CBS StatLine, table 81589NED “Bedrijven; bedrijfstak” (reference date 1 October 2026 (provisional), table updated 15 October 2026). SBI 81: facility management (81.1), cleaning including window cleaners (81.2) and landscaping (81.3). 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.