How Dutch is business software?
Dutch support, a Dutch-language app, data in the EU, iDEAL, Peppol and a company in the Netherlands: this is how often the tools in our guide meet those points.
53 of 347
tools meet all the points of the Netherlands check that count for their category.
47%
demonstrably keep your data in the EU. For the rest it is no, or the vendor does not say clearly.
172 of 334
tools offer no support in Dutch, or do not say that they do.
By point
| Point | Yes | No | Unknown | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support in Dutch | 162 | 6 | 166 | |
| App in Dutch | 143 | 16 | 175 | |
| Data in the EU | 162 | 68 | 117 | |
| Data processing agreement | 257 | 3 | 75 | |
| iDEAL | 67 | 7 | 36 | |
| Peppol e-invoices | 17 | 5 | 14 | |
| Company in the Netherlands | 169 | 175 | 3 |
By category
Number of tools that meet the point.
| Category | Support in Dutch | App in Dutch | Data in the EU | Data processing agreement | iDEAL | Peppol e-invoices | Company in the Netherlands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting (24) | 19 (79%) | 20 (83%) | 17 (71%) | 21 (88%) | 15 (63%) | 12 (50%) | 16 (67%) |
| CRM (25) | 11 (44%) | 14 (56%) | 20 (80%) | 23 (92%) | n/a | n/a | 9 (36%) |
| Email marketing (19) | 9 (47%) | 7 (37%) | 12 (63%) | 18 (95%) | n/a | n/a | 7 (37%) |
| Scheduling and HR (17) | 11 (65%) | 9 (53%) | 9 (53%) | 14 (82%) | n/a | n/a | 14 (82%) |
| Online store (10) | 7 (70%) | 7 (70%) | 2 (20%) | 6 (60%) | 10 (100%) | n/a | 5 (50%) |
| Payroll (10) | 7 (70%) | 7 (70%) | 8 (80%) | 7 (70%) | n/a | n/a | 7 (70%) |
| Time tracking (13) | 9 (69%) | 9 (69%) | 5 (38%) | 8 (62%) | n/a | n/a | 9 (69%) |
| POS systems (13) | 10 (77%) | 1 (8%) | 3 (23%) | 8 (62%) | n/a | n/a | 8 (62%) |
| Payment providers (12) | 9 (75%) | 4 (33%) | 3 (25%) | 8 (67%) | 12 (100%) | n/a | 9 (75%) |
| Website builders (12) | 6 (50%) | 5 (42%) | 3 (25%) | 9 (75%) | 7 (58%) | n/a | 5 (42%) |
| Appointments and bookings (17) | 8 (47%) | 7 (41%) | 9 (53%) | 14 (82%) | 8 (47%) | n/a | 9 (53%) |
| E-signatures (14) | 5 (36%) | 9 (64%) | 11 (79%) | 13 (93%) | n/a | n/a | 6 (43%) |
| Invoicing (12) | 8 (67%) | 6 (50%) | 9 (75%) | 10 (83%) | 6 (50%) | 5 (42%) | 6 (50%) |
| Business phone (12) | 7 (58%) | 4 (33%) | 5 (42%) | 9 (75%) | n/a | n/a | 7 (58%) |
| Project management (16) | 3 (19%) | 8 (50%) | 7 (44%) | 15 (94%) | n/a | n/a | 5 (31%) |
| Business bank account (12) | 7 (58%) | 7 (58%) | 1 (8%) | n/a | 7 (58%) | n/a | 7 (58%) |
| Forms and surveys (11) | 4 (36%) | 4 (36%) | 7 (64%) | 10 (91%) | 2 (18%) | n/a | 4 (36%) |
| Social media scheduling (8) | 2 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (38%) | 5 (63%) | n/a | n/a | 2 (25%) |
| Customer service and chat (13) | 4 (31%) | 3 (23%) | 6 (46%) | 10 (77%) | n/a | n/a | 6 (46%) |
| Reviews and testimonials (8) | 5 (63%) | 4 (50%) | 4 (50%) | 5 (63%) | n/a | n/a | 5 (63%) |
| SEO tools (10) | 3 (30%) | 3 (30%) | 1 (10%) | 4 (40%) | n/a | n/a | 5 (50%) |
| AI assistants and meeting notes (19) | 4 (21%) | 2 (11%) | 5 (26%) | 15 (79%) | n/a | n/a | 4 (21%) |
| AI tools (14) | 2 (14%) | 1 (7%) | 3 (21%) | 5 (36%) | n/a | n/a | 3 (21%) |
| Video and screen recording (6) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (17%) | 5 (83%) | n/a | n/a | 0 (0%) |
| Developer tools (13) | n/a | n/a | 5 (38%) | 11 (85%) | n/a | n/a | 7 (54%) |
| Webinars and video hosting (7) | 2 (29%) | 2 (29%) | 3 (43%) | 4 (57%) | n/a | n/a | 4 (57%) |
Where are the makers based?
Country of the headquarters, according to the vendor's own website or terms. A Dutch office of a foreign company does not count as Dutch.
| Country | Tools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 173 | 50% |
| United States | 89 | 26% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 3% |
| Belgium | 10 | 3% |
| Germany | 10 | 3% |
| Canada | 8 | 2% |
| France | 6 | 2% |
| Not found | 5 | 1% |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1% |
| Spain | 4 | 1% |
| Israel | 4 | 1% |
| Australia | 3 | 1% |
| Denmark | 3 | 1% |
| Ireland | 3 | 1% |
| India | 2 | 1% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0% |
| Estonia | 1 | 0% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 0% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0% |
| Norway | 1 | 0% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0% |
| Poland | 1 | 0% |
| Singapore | 1 | 0% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0% |
Why these points
- Support in Dutch
- You would rather ask a question in Dutch, to someone who knows how things work in the Netherlands.
- App in Dutch
- An app in Dutch is quicker to use and avoids mistakes, also for colleagues who read less English.
- Data in the EU
- Data in the EU falls under the GDPR. Outside the EU, especially in the US, other laws can give access to your data.
- Data processing agreement
- If a tool processes personal data of your customers, the GDPR requires you to sign a data processing agreement.
- iDEAL
- Most Dutch people pay online with iDEAL. If customers cannot pay with iDEAL, they drop out sooner.
- Peppol e-invoices
- Peppol is the network for e-invoices. The government already asks for it, and the EU is making e-invoicing between businesses mandatory in the coming years.
- Company in the Netherlands
- A Dutch company falls under Dutch law. For some businesses that matters, for example in a dispute.
Method
We check every point on the vendor's website: help centre, terms, privacy statement and data processing agreement. "Yes" means the vendor says so itself. "Unknown" means we could not find it; that is not a no.
This covers the 347 tools in our guide, checked up to 5 November 2026. That is not a sample of the whole market: we include tools that Dutch business owners search for. The raw data is in the CSV, free to use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution.
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