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Where startups in Benelux are based

1,488 funded startups in Benelux have raised money in rounds we track, $35B between them. 1,075 of them are placed on the map by their city; Amsterdam leads with 352, then Ghent with 61.

1,488startups
135cities on the map
$35Braised between them
Amsterdamleading city (352)
Den Bosch: 1 startupsNoordwijk-Binnen: 1 startups's-hertogenbosch: 1 startupsGRONINGEN: 1 startupsVoorschoten: 1 startupsBussum: 1 startupsCastricum: 1 startupsSassenheim: 1 startupsOldenzaal: 1 startupsHoorn: 1 startupsHelmond: 1 startupsVeghel: 1 startupsLeusden: 1 startupsGorinchem: 1 startupsDiemen: 1 startupsCapelle a/d IJssel: 1 startupsGeldermalsen: 1 startups's-Gravenhage: 1 startupsEde: 1 startupsZwaag: 1 startupsHeerlen: 1 startupsWijchen: 1 startupsBergen: 1 startupsAmsterdam-Zuidoost: 1 startupsDeventer: 1 startupsLosser: 1 startupsDrachten: 1 startupsRijen: 1 startupsElst: 1 startupsZaltbommel: 1 startupsNieuwegein: 1 startupsAssen: 1 startupsArlon: 1 startupsRoeselare: 1 startupsbrussels: 1 startupsTurnhout: 1 startupsKnokke-heist: 1 startupsBraine-l'Alleud: 1 startupsSint-Jans-Molenbeek: 1 startupsFleurus: 1 startupsHarelbeke: 1 startupsWondelgem: 1 startupsZele: 1 startupsTienen: 1 startupsMaaseik: 1 startupsAth: 1 startupsSaint-Gilles: 1 startupsLouvain: 1 startupsDeurne: 1 startupsGeel: 1 startupsEvergem: 1 startupsBraine-l'alleud: 1 startupsTournai: 1 startupsMons: 1 startupsSint-truiden: 1 startupsLommel: 1 startupsGembloux: 1 startupsBruxelles: 1 startupsJette: 1 startupsEsch-sur-alzette: 2 startupsEsch-sur-Alzette: 2 startupsVenlo: 2 startupsNoordwijk: 2 startupsLeeuwarden: 2 startupsZaandam: 2 startupsHeerenveen: 2 startupsWeesp: 2 startupsAlphen aan den Rijn: 2 startupsGouda: 2 startupsBilthoven: 2 startupsAlmere: 2 startupsBest: 2 startupsApeldoorn: 2 startupsWoerden: 2 startupsWaalwijk: 2 startupsBreda: 2 startupsAuderghem: 2 startupsSeraing: 2 startupsLiège: 2 startupsAsse: 2 startupsWavre: 2 startupsKortrijk: 2 startupsTilburg: 3 startupsAlkmaar: 3 startupsBergen op Zoom: 3 startupsOss: 3 startupsHilversum: 3 startupsHoofddorp: 3 startupsNaarden: 3 startupsKontich: 3 startupsNivelles: 3 startupsGenk: 3 startupsMechelen: 3 startupsSaint-Josse-ten-Noode: 3 startupsAalst: 3 startupsDiepenbeek: 3 startupsLiege: 3 startupsHeverlee: 3 startupsHaarlem: 4 startupsZeist: 4 startupsGeleen: 4 startupsOegstgeest: 4 startupsZwolle: 4 startupsHasselt: 4 startupsAnderlecht: 4 startupsEtterbeek: 4 startupsIxelles: 4 startupsAmstelveen: 5 startupsLouvain-la-Neuve: 5 startupsAmersfoort: 6 startupsRijswijk: 6 startupsDen Haag: 6 startupsArnhem: 7 startups's-Hertogenbosch: 7 startupsAntwerpen: 7 startupsMaastricht: 8 startupsCharleroi: 8 startupsEnschede: 9 startupsGent: 9 startupsNijmegen: 13 startupsWageningen: 14 startupsGroningen: 16 startupsLuxembourg City: 17 startupsLuxembourg: 17 startupsThe Hague: 20 startupsLeiden: 25 startupsLeuven: 27 startupsAntwerp: 33 startupsBrussels: 36 startupsRotterdam: 38 startupsEindhoven: 42 startupsDelft: 45 startupsUtrecht: 47 startupsGhent: 61 startupsAmsterdam: 352 startupsAmsterdamGhentDelftEindhovenLuxembourgGroningenCharleroiMaastricht

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

Leading cities

  1. Amsterdam352$8.6B
  2. Ghent61$658M
  3. Utrecht47$724M
  4. Delft45$799M
  5. Eindhoven42$951M
  6. Rotterdam38$660M
  7. Brussels36$1.3B
  8. Antwerp33$349M
  9. Leuven27$332M
  10. Leiden25$575M
  11. The Hague20$192M
  12. Luxembourg17$226M
  13. Luxembourg City17$125M
  14. Groningen16$172M
  15. Wageningen14$71M

By country

  1. Netherlands996$27B
  2. Belgium421$6.8B
  3. Luxembourg71$1.4B

Best-funded

  1. Nebius GroupNetherlands · $4.2B
  2. RReturnNetherlands · $1.3B
  3. KplerBelgium · $1.0B
  4. Your.WorldNetherlands · $834M
  5. Delta HydrocarbonsNetherlands · $750M
  6. Yondr GroupNetherlands · $717M
  7. GIGA StorageNetherlands · $634M
  8. OOdooBelgium · $631M
  9. Global Fashion GroupLuxembourg · $602M
  10. Eastern European Electric CompanyNetherlands · $560M
  11. Urban IndustrialNetherlands · $546M
  12. Nearfield InstrumentsNetherlands · $527M

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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