About NFIA

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency:

Jump-Starting Your European Operations 

For foreign companies wishing to establish their business in the Netherlands and to take advantage of the Dutch business environment as a strategic base to cover Europe, the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA) is the first port of call.

The NFIA was established for the specific purpose of helping and advising such companies by providing them with advice, information and practical assistance, quickly and on a confidential basis, as well as providing them access to a broad network of  business partners and government institutions, all free of charge.

Founded 30 years ago, the NFIA is an operational unit of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Throughout the years it has supported thousands of companies from all over the world to successfully establish their business in the Netherlands.

Global Presence

The NFIA has offices in Europe (HQ in The Hague, London), the US (New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, San Mateo), Asia (Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Seoul, New Delhi, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur) and in the Gulf Region (Dubai).

Many large international companies have utilized the NFIA's services to choose the Netherlands for their initial investment or expansion. These include US companies such as GE Plastics, Dow Chemical, which runs its largest production site outside the US in the Netherlands, NCR Corp., Starbucks, Medtronic, Eastman Chemical, Boeing, Abbott Laboratories and Cisco Systems, which has its European HQ, and all its shared services and distribution activities in the country.

They also include European companies such as EMI, BOC Group, Bosch and Wuppermann. Moreover, a large number of Asian companies are in the Netherlands, such as Teijin, Hitachi, Yakult, Giant, BenQ, Samsung, Daewoo, LG Electronics, Huawei, Canon and Sony Corporation, which has its European distribution centre in the Netherlands.