Netherlands
EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites
62.2composite, 0–100
22 / 45rank · 21 of 27 in EU-27
+0.9change since 2015, time-varying indicators
NetherlandsEU-27 average
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EU-27 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 56.3 | 28 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 81.9 | 3 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 13 / 20 |
| Legal | 38.6 | 32 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 78.8 | 2 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 9 / 16 |
| Financial | 55.5 | 24 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 62.2 | 22 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 39 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
NetherlandsEU-27 average
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 None (adjacent: National Plan MVI 2021-2025, SER Advisory Report 2021-2025, National Circular Economy Programme 2023-2030) | 0/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 No named SE unit; City Deal Impact Ondernemen (ministries, cities and SE networks) · source | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 National Plan for Socially Responsible Procurement (MVI) 2021-2025; 5% social return (SROI) requirement; MVI criteria tool, PIANOo MVI-loket · source | 2/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 None | 0/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 None; BV-m (social-purpose add-on to private limited company) announced in coalition agreement, not enacted | 0/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 General incubators/accelerators; Circular Netherlands Accelerator; EU-funded social innovation competence centre · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 EU-funded national competence centre on social innovation; EIB loan guarantees via banks; Horizon Europe, ERDF, LIFE for circularity · source | 1/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 No dedicated national SE funding line; public support mainly through EU-co-financed national programmes (competence centres, training) and the City Deal Impact Ondernemen (BZK, EZK and SZW with local partners, 2021, extended) · source | 1/2 |
Policy composite 37.5 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Netherlands: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/netherlands/