SBI H 49–53
Road hauliers, removal firms, inland shipping companies, forwarders, warehousing and distribution firms, taxi companies and couriers – for suppliers of vehicles, fuel, telematics, insurance 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: 69,735 businesses in the Netherlands according to CBS StatLine, table 81589NED “Bedrijven; bedrijfstak” (reference date 1 October 2026 (provisional), table updated 15 October 2026). Section H transportation and storage: land transport including taxis (49), water (50) and air transport (51), warehousing (52) and postal and courier activities (53). This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
The industry is SBI section H. CBS counts 69,735 businesses (1 October 2026): 40,260 in land transport, 15,255 in warehousing and transport support, 8,940 in postal and courier activities and 4,890 in water transport.
Land transport also includes 17,870 taxi businesses and many self-employed drivers. If you only want freight transport, choose SBI 49.41 (road haulage).
| SBI 2008 | CBS description | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 49.32 | Taxi operation | taxi and patient transport |
| 49.41 | Freight transport by road (excluding removals) | haulage companies with lorries and vans |
| 49.42 | Removal services | removal firms |
| 50.4 | Inland freight water transport | inland shipping operators |
| 52 | Warehousing and support activities for transport | storage, forwarding, transhipment, port services |
| 53 | Postal and courier activities | parcel delivery and couriers |
Anyone carrying goods by road for hire or reward needs a licence. There is public information about it:
These 15 columns are included.
The export contains companies whose main activity is transport or logistics. Shippers (companies that have goods transported) are listed in their own industry, for example manufacturing or wholesale. If you sell transport services, you are more likely to look in those industries.
Many small hauliers are sole traders with one vehicle; you may only call them with their consent. Transport bvs can be approached on business matters.
We sell telematics for lorries and are looking for road hauliers (SBI 49.41) in Gelderland and North Brabant, bvs with website and phone number only. How many companies are there?
Use cases
Approach haulage companies by region with an offer for fleet and maintenance.
Map carriers and logistics providers.
Approach hauliers along fixed corridors and at business parks.
Logistics companies by region for the placement of drivers and warehouse staff.
Questions
In the SBI, yes. Taxi operation has its own SBI class (49.32). Select, for example, only 49.41 (road haulage) and 52 (warehousing and forwarding). Such a selection by SBI code is only possible once the source provides the field; the current records have no SBI code yet.
No. A company that produces or trades goods and has them transported is listed in its own industry. This industry contains the carriers and logistics providers themselves.
You may call transport bvs and other legal entities on business matters. Sole traders and general partnerships only with their prior consent (Article 11.7(2) of the Telecommunications Act).
69,735 businesses in the Netherlands according to CBS StatLine, table 81589NED “Bedrijven; bedrijfstak” (reference date 1 October 2026 (provisional), table updated 15 October 2026). Section H transportation and storage: land transport including taxis (49), water (50) and air transport (51), warehousing (52) and postal and courier activities (53). 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.
