Netherlands Online Retail Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2026
Summary
Online Retail in the Netherlands industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2016-21, and forecast to 2026). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
Key Highlights
- The online retail market includes all sales within Clothing & Footwear, Electricals, Food & Grocery, Health & Beauty, Home and Other (Books, News & Stationery, Jewelry & Watches, Luggage & Leather Goods, Music, Video & Entertainment Software, Sports & Leisure Equipment and others) segments, provided they take place over the internet, where the payment does not occur in-store on a later occasion. Data is included irrespective of whether the vendor is a pure-play internet company or the online offering of a bricks and mortar retailer. Online specialists retailers include sell only via the internet. Other online retail is a sell done online by retailers that also operate via offline channels (in-store, mail order, direct selling, etc.)
- The Dutch online retail market had total revenues of $30,909.0m in 2021, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.8% between 2017 and 2021.
- Online Specialists account for the largest proportion of sales in the Dutch online retail market in 2021, sales through this channel generated $16,238.2m, equivalent to 52.5% of the market's overall value.
- iDeal is the most used payment method in the Netherlands. iDeal allows consumers to make purchases via direct online transfers from their bank accounts. Credit card, PayPal, gift certificates, AfterPay, and Klarna are other payment mechanisms commonly used in the Netherlands.
- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the online retail market in the Netherlands
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the online retail market in the Netherlands
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key online retail market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Netherlands online retail market with five year forecasts
- What was the size of the Netherlands online retail market by value in 2021?
- What will be the size of the Netherlands online retail market in 2026?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Netherlands online retail market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- How large is the Netherlands’s online retail market in relation to its regional counterparts?
- 1 Executive Summary
- 1.1. Market value
- 1.2. Market value forecast
- 1.3. Category segmentation
- 1.4. Geography segmentation
- 1.5. Market rivalry
- 1.6. Competitive Landscape
- 2 Market Overview
- 2.1. Market definition
- 2.2. Market analysis
- 3 Market Data
- 3.1. Market value
- 4 Market Segmentation
- 4.1. Category segmentation
- 4.2. Geography segmentation
- 4.3. Market distribution
- 5 Market Outlook
- 5.1. Market value forecast
- 6 Five Forces Analysis
- 6.1. Summary
- 6.2. Buyer power
- 6.3. Supplier power
- 6.4. New entrants
- 6.5. Threat of substitutes
- 6.6. Degree of rivalry
- 7 Competitive Landscape
- 7.1. Who are the leading players?
- 7.2. What are the main business models in the market?
- 7.3. What strategies do the leading players follow?
- 7.4. Who are the main challengers to the incumbents?
- 8 Company Profiles
- 8.1. bol.com bv
- 8.2. Coolblue BV
- 8.3. Albert Heijn BV
- 8.4. Zalando SE
- 8.5. RFS Holland Holding BV
- 8.6. Amazon.com, Inc.
- 9 Macroeconomic Indicators
- 9.1. Country data
- 10 Appendix
- 10.1. Methodology
- 10.2. Industry associations
- 10.3. Related MarketLine research
- 10.4. About MarketLine
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Netherlands online retail sector value: $ million, 2016–21
- Table 2: Netherlands online retail sector category segmentation: % share, by value, 2016–2021
- Table 3: Netherlands online retail sector category segmentation: $ million, 2016-2021
- Table 4: Netherlands online retail sector geography segmentation: $ million, 2021
- Table 5: Netherlands online retail sector distribution: % share, by value, 2021
- Table 6: Netherlands online retail sector value forecast: $ million, 2021–26
- Table 7: bol.com bv: key facts
- Table 8: Coolblue BV: key facts
- Table 9: Coolblue BV: Key Employees
- Table 10: Albert Heijn BV: key facts
- Table 11: Albert Heijn BV: Key Employees
- Table 12: Zalando SE: key facts
- Table 13: Zalando SE: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 14: Zalando SE: Key Employees
- Table 15: RFS Holland Holding BV: key facts
- Table 16: RFS Holland Holding BV: Key Employees
- Table 17: Amazon.com, Inc.: key facts
- Table 18: Amazon.com, Inc.: Annual Financial Ratios
- Table 19: Amazon.com, Inc.: Key Employees
- Table 20: Amazon.com, Inc.: Key Employees Continued
- Table 21: Netherlands size of population (million), 2017–21
- Table 22: Netherlands gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2017–21
- Table 23: Netherlands gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2017–21
- Table 24: Netherlands inflation, 2017–21
- Table 25: Netherlands consumer price index (absolute), 2017–21
- Table 26: Netherlands exchange rate, 2017–21
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Netherlands online retail sector value: $ million, 2016–21
- Figure 2: Netherlands online retail sector category segmentation: $ million, 2016-2021
- Figure 3: Netherlands online retail sector geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2021
- Figure 4: Netherlands online retail sector distribution: % share, by value, 2021
- Figure 5: Netherlands online retail sector value forecast: $ million, 2021–26
- Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the online retail sector in the Netherlands, 2021
- Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the online retail sector in the Netherlands, 2021
- Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the online retail sector in the Netherlands, 2021
- Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the online retail sector in the Netherlands, 2021
- Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the online retail sector in the Netherlands, 2021
- Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the online retail sector in the Netherlands, 2021
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