Retail and wholesale

Rules and regulations for your sector

Retail and wholesale general (29 regulations)Selling animals and animal feed (12 regulations)Selling flowers and plants (7 regulations)Selling food and beverages (13 regulations)Selling medicines (7 regulations)Selling non-food products (29 regulations)Selling outside a store (10 regulations)Vehicle sales and maintenance (17 regulations)

Applying for a display permit

Do you want to display something in front of your business premises? In some municipalities, you must apply for a display permit. You may need a permit to display, for example: planters or flowerpots...

Applying for a market permit

Market permits are issued by the local municipal authority. To be eligible for a market permit (marktvergunning), you must be registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KVK). A market permit gives...

Applying for a market trader's licence

Do you want to trade from a stall or a van, on or along a (public)? You need a market trader's licence (standplaatsvergunning). You apply for a market trader’s licence to the municipality where you...

Applying for a street trader's licence

Do you sell a product or offer a service worth more than €50? Then you must comply with the rules on door-to-door selling and street trade. Market trader's licence Do you want to sell food or goods...

Applying for an event licence

The information in this article may change after 1 January 2024 Some of the information on this page may change after the Environment and Planning Act comes into effect on 1 January 2024. It will be...

Door-to-door selling and street trade

Do you sell outside of a salesroom or shop? For instance door-to-door? You must keep to more rules than when selling from a shop or salesroom. You must, for instance, inform your customer clearly....

Municipal tax on encroachments on or above public land (precario)

Do you use a plot of municipal land, for instance by: installing an outdoor terrace, billboard, scaffolding, or container on it suspending a canopy, awning, or flag above it installing cables,...

Permit for activities in recreational areas

Do you want to carry out commercial activities or organise an event in a recreational area? Then you may need to apply for a permit or an exemption. Permits from recreation board In the Netherlands...

Permit for closing a public road

The responsible road authority can either be the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat, RWS), the municipal authority, or the provincial authority. You can look up...

Public order and safety (General Municipal By-law)

Do you have a commercial building, such as a shop or a catering establishment? You will have to comply with the rules in the General Municipal By-Law. The General Municipal By-Law (Algemene...

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