Agriculture; crops, livestock and land use by general farm type, region

Agriculture; crops, livestock and land use by general farm type, region

Farm types Regions Periods Housed animals Number of animals Chickens Parent birds of laying hens (number) Housed animals Number of animals Chickens Parent birds of broilers (number) Housed animals Number of farms Chickens Parent birds of laying hens (number) Housed animals Number of farms Chickens Parent birds of broilers (number)
All farm types Nederland 2023 1,853,614 7,485,164 58 218
All farm types Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 282,063 808,035 10 22
All farm types Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 918,617 3,480,320 29 101
All farm types West-Nederland (LD) 2023 80,909 192,434 2 8
All farm types Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 572,025 3,004,375 17 87
All farm types Groningen (PV) 2023 42,453 257,426 1 5
All farm types Fryslân (PV) 2023 59,603 359,703 2 13
All farm types Drenthe (PV) 2023 180,007 190,906 7 4
All farm types Overijssel (PV) 2023 198,673 1,933,045 7 57
All farm types Flevoland (PV) 2023 106,199 99,438 3 6
All farm types Gelderland (PV) 2023 613,745 1,447,837 19 38
All farm types Utrecht (PV) 2023 47,167 112,663 1 5
All farm types Noord-Holland (PV) 2023 33,742 0 1 0
All farm types Zuid-Holland (PV) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zeeland (PV) 2023 0 79,771 0 3
All farm types Noord-Brabant (PV) 2023 397,202 2,793,738 10 79
All farm types Limburg (PV) 2023 174,823 210,637 7 8
All farm types Oost-Groningen (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Delfzijl en omgeving (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Overig Groningen (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noord-Friesland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Friesland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Friesland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noord-Drenthe (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Drenthe (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Drenthe (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noord-Overijssel (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Overijssel (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Twente (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Veluwe (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Achterhoek (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Arnhem/Nijmegen (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidwest-Gelderland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Utrecht (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Kop van Noord-Holland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Alkmaar en omgeving (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types IJmond (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie Haarlem (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zaanstreek (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Groot-Amsterdam (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Het Gooi en Vechtstreek (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Agglomeratie 's-Gravenhage (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Delft en Westland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Oost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Groot-Rijnmond (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Overig Zeeland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types West-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Midden-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noordoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noord-Limburg (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Midden-Limburg (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuid-Limburg (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Flevoland (CR) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Bouwhoek en Hogeland (LG) 2023 0 45,270 0 2
All farm types Veenkoloniën en Oldambt (LG) 2023 79,290 290,145 2 5
All farm types Noordelijk Weidegebied (LG) 2023 205,837 918,613 7 27
All farm types Oostelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2023 443,177 2,478,734 16 66
All farm types Centraal Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2023 260,604 477,149 8 19
All farm types IJsselmeerpolders (LG) 2023 139,941 99,438 4 6
All farm types Westelijk Holland (LG) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Waterland en Droogmakerijen (LG) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Hollands/Utrechts Weidegebied (LG) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Rivierengebied (LG) 2023 152,740 104,725 4 4
All farm types Zuidwestelijk Akkerbouwgebied (LG) 2023 0 120,609 0 4
All farm types Zuidwest-Brabant (LG) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidelijk Veehouderijgebied (LG) 2023 572,025 2,950,481 17 85
All farm types Zuid-Limburg (LG) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types De Marne (LB) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Centraal Weidegebied in Groningen (LB) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Oostelijke Bouwstreek in Groningen (LB) 2023 42,453 116,567 1 2
All farm types Westerwolde en Gron. Veenkoloniën (LB) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Groninger zuidelijk Westerkwartier (LB) 2023 0 140,859 0 3
All farm types Oostelijk Hogeland (LB) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Noordelijk Friesland (LB) 2023 0 45,270 0 2
All farm types Weidestreek in Friesland (LB) 2023 0 63,810 0 2
All farm types De Wouden (LB) 2023 59,603 250,623 2 9
All farm types Eilanden (LB) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Weidegebied van het Noorderveld (LB) 2023 37,499 0 1 0
All farm types Smilde en Centr. Zandgebied in Dr. (LB) 2023 36,837 29,428 1 1
All farm types Zuidw. Weidegebied in Drenthe (LB) 2023 46,141 17,328 2 1
All farm types Zuidelijk Zandgebied in Drenthe (LB) 2023 59,530 0 3 0
All farm types Drentse Veenkoloniën en Hondsrug (LB) 2023 0 144,150 0 2
All farm types Weidegebied in Overijssel (LB) 2023 62,594 445,993 2 12
All farm types Noordoost-Overijssel (LB) 2023 20,015 336,301 1 12
All farm types Twente (LB) 2023 116,064 1,051,416 4 29
All farm types Salland (LB) 2023 0 99,335 0 4
All farm types Noordoostelijke Polder (LB) 2023 63,791 0 2 0
All farm types Zuidelijke IJsselmeerpolders (LB) 2023 42,408 99,438 1 6
All farm types Oostelijke Veluwe (LB) 2023 69,203 0 2 0
All farm types IJsselstreek (LB) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Zuidelijk Gelderland (LB) 2023 107,740 259,279 4 8
All farm types Oostelijke Betuwe en Nijmegen (LB) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Veluwezoom en Betuwe (LB) 2023 105,573 53,760 3 2
All farm types Bommelerwaard (LB) 2023 0 0 0 0
All farm types Westelijke Veluwe (LB) 2023 191,401 402,395 6 15
All farm types Achterhoek (LB) 2023 139,828 732,403 4 13
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains data on land use, arable farming, horticulture, grassland, grazing livestock and housed animals, at regional level, by general farm type.

The figures in this table are derived from the agricultural census. Data collection for the agricultural census is part of a combined data collection for a.o. agricultural policy use and enforcement of the manure law.

Regional breakdown is based on the main location of the holding. Due to this the region where activities (crops, animals) are allocated may differ from the location where these activities actually occur.

The agricultural census is also used as the basis for the European Farm Structure Survey (FSS). Data from the agricultural census do not fully coincide with the FSS. In the FSS years (2000, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2010) additional information was collected to meet the requirements of the FSS.

Reference date for livestock is 1 April and for crops 15 May.

In 2022, equidae are not part of the Agricultural Census. This affects the farm type and the total number of farms in the Agricultural Census. Farms with horses, ponies and donkeys that were previously classified as ‘specialist grazing livestock' could be classified, according to their dominant activity, as another farm type in 2022.

From 2020 onwards, the SO2017, based on the years 2015 to 2019, will apply (see also the explanation for SO: Standard Output).

From 2018 onwards the number of calves for fattening, pigs for fattening, chicken and turkey are adjusted in the case of temporary breaks in the production cycle (e.g. sanitary cleaning).
The agricultural census is a structural survey, in which adjustment for temporary breaks in the production cycle is a.o. relevant for the calculation of the economic size of the holding, and its farm type.
In the livestock surveys the number of animals on the reference day is relevant, therefore no adjustment for temporary breaks in the production cycle are made.
This means that the number of animals in the tables of the agricultural census may differ from those in the livestock tables (see ‘links to relevant tables and relevant articles).

From 2017 onwards, animal numbers are increasingly derived from I&R registers (Identification and Registration of animals), instead of by means of the combined data collection. The I&R registers are the responsibility of RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency). Since 2017, cattle numbers are derived from I&R cattle, and from 2018 sheep, goats and poultry are also derived from the relevant I&R registers. The registration of cattle, sheep and goats takes place directly at RVO. Poultry data is collected via the designated database Poultry Information System Poultry (KIP) from Avined. Avined is a branch organization for the egg and poultry meat sectors. Avined passes the data on to the central database of RVO. Due to the transition to the use of I&R registers, a change in classification will occur for sheep and goats from 2018 onwards.

Since 2016, information of the Dutch Business Register is used to define the agricultural census. Registration in the Business Register with an agricultural standard industrial classification code (SIC), related to NACE/ISIC, (in Dutch SBI: ‘Standaard BedrijfsIndeling’) is leading to determine whether there is an agricultural holding. This aligns the agricultural census as closely as possible to the statistical regulations of Eurostat and the (Dutch) implementation of the definition of 'active farmer' as described in the common agricultural policy.

The definition of the agricultural census based on information from the Dutch Business Register mainly affects the number of holdings, a clear deviation of the trend occurs. The impact on areas (except for other land and rough grazing) and the number of animals (except for sheep, horses and ponies) is limited. This is mainly due to the holdings that are excluded as a result of the new delimitation of agricultural holdings (such as equestrian centres, city farms and organisations in nature management).

In 2011 there were changes in geographic assignment of holdings with a foreign main seat. This may influence regional figures, mainly in border regions.

Until 2010 the economic size of agricultural holdings was expressed in Dutch size units (in Dutch NGE: 'Nederlandse Grootte Eenheid'). From 2010 onwards this has become Standard Output (SO). This means that the threshold for holdings in the agricultural census has changed from 3 NGE to 3000 euro SO. For comparable time series the figures for 2000 up to and including 2009 have been recalculated, based on SO coefficients and SO typology. The latest update took place in 2016.

Data available from: 2000

Status of the figures: The figures are final.

Changes as of March 29, 2024: the final figures for 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
According to regular planning provisional figures are published in November and the definite figures will follow in March of the following year.

Description topics

Housed animals
Includes pigs, poultry, rabbits and furred animals.
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In the case of poultry, rabbits and furred animals groups of fewer than 25 animals are not included, in order to separate animals kept commercially from those kept as a hobby.
Number of animals
Chickens
From 2018 onwards, the poultry data are derived from the I&R register (Identification and Registration) for poultry. This may, in comparison with the previous data collection method, affect the number of animals and the distribution between the different categories.

From 2018 onwards the animal numbers for poultry, calves for fattening and pigs for fattening are corrected for temporary breaks in the production cycle (e.g. sanitary cleaning).
This means that the number of animals in the tables of the agricultural census may differ from those in the animal production tables (see also the table explanation).
Parent birds of laying hens
Parents for the production of eggs for laying hens.
Parent birds of broilers
Parents for the production of eggs for broilers.
Number of farms
Note: the sum of underlying parts may be bigger than the total for the whole group, because a holding may have several activities (such a holding is counted for each activity, but only once in the total).
Chickens
From 2018 onwards, the poultry data are derived from the I&R register (Identification and Registration) for poultry. This may, in comparison with the previous data collection method, affect the number of animals and the distribution between the different categories.

From 2018 onwards the animal numbers for poultry, calves for fattening and pigs for fattening are corrected for temporary breaks in the production cycle (e.g. sanitary cleaning).
This means that the number of animals in the tables of the agricultural census may differ from those in the animal production tables (see also the table explanation).
Parent birds of laying hens
Parents for the production of eggs for laying hens.
Parent birds of broilers
Parents for the production of eggs for broilers.