Dutch Market
Country of opportunities
The Netherlands has a strong business reputation with a global footprint that consistently ranks highly on multiple international indexes with respect of other countries. It managed to create solid international trade relationships with other countries and has become one of the top trading nations in the world. Besides this, it also created an attractive business climate and welcoming location for foreign businesses and highly skilled workforce. The developments and investments in the past opened up a future full of possibilities and opportunities for businesses and global talents in different sectors and industries. As a result of this, many foreign businesses and global talents prefer the Netherlands as their destination.
- Gateway to Europe
The Netherlands is a Member State of the European Union and provides access to the European single market that consists of 27 countries and 500 million potential customers. In other words, it serves as a gateway to Europe and provides foreign businesses the privilge to access multiple markets all at the same time. Moreover, this membership of the Netherlands removes technical, legal and bureaucratic barriers and paves the way to trade and conduct business in a free way. In addition, exchange rates are important in global trading markets whereby Euro is a strong currency that enables companies to diversify the currency portfolio, enhances investment power and puts businesses in an adventageous position. These elements will fuel business growth to your business and will make everyday life of your company and consumers easier.
- Business-friendly environment
The Netherlands is a safe, prosperous, secure, and peaceful country. It has a stable political landscape and pro-business climate and operates based on the principles of free market economy. The political and economic policies developed and implemented serve as a support and encouragement to businesses from different sizes and industries to innovate, excel and grow. This is realized through a variety of grant schemes, exemptions, exceptions, tax benefits, innovation credit, incentives and subsidies. In addition, the legal and tax structure to set up operational business are supportive and business-friendly. Therefore, from small and mid-sized to large corporations prefer the Netherlands as their host country for their headquarters and gateway to Europe.
- Advanved Infrastructure
The Netherlands is a logistics hub with an advanced physical and digital infrastructure. The country has Europe’s largest port (the port of Rotterdam) and a world-class airport (Amsterdam Schiphol Airport). The efficient roadways, airways, railways, waterways, superior logistics network and highly developed technology infrastructure connects the country domestically as well as internationally and facilitates business growth for companies. As a result of these elements, the Netherlands has become one of the top trading countries in the world.
- Highly Skilled Workforce
The Netherlands has a well-educated, high quality, multilingual, local as well as international human resources. The country is a preferred destination and manages to attract a great number of highly skilled migrants worldwide on an annual basis. This contributes to the availability of a dynamic and diverse workforce on the labour market who can contribute to your business success.
To conclude, The Netherlands is a preferred host country for headquarters of global corporation as well as other international organisations, and preferred gateway to Europe. The strategic location of the Netherlands at Europe’s front door offers a perfect starting point for accessing the European market. All these benefits allow foreign business to gain competitive advantages and a stronger position in the international arena. As a result of this, the country is among the largest recipients and sources of foreign direct investment in a wide range of sectors and industries. However, this is just the tip of the icerberg. In order to benefit from these advantages in an optimum and effective way it is important to start on the right feet and find your way around. Feel free to get in touch with us and let’s start.