Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA):

Assisting companies' business expansion or establishment in the Netherlands

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, Agriculture & Innovation. Throughout the years it has supported thousands of companies from all over the world to successfully establish their business in the Netherlands.

NFIA Global presence
NFIA support of foreign organisations in setting up and/or expanding their international activities in the Netherlands starts already in the country of origin. Besides its headquarters in The Hague, the NFIA has local offices in the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, India, Singapore and Malaysia,  as well as a representative office in Brazil, with extensive knowledge of country-specific issues.

In addition, the NFIA works together with Dutch embassies, consulates-general, and other organizations that represent the Dutch government abroad, such as Netherlands Business Support Offices (NBSOs) and Technical Scientific Attachés (TWAs in Dutch),

Foreign investors in the Netherlands
In all, nearly 8,000 foreign companies have established operations in the Netherlands. Among the many prominent international companies that have taken advantage of NFIA's services as they located their operations in the Netherlands, are North American companies like Bombardier, Starbucks Coffee, Boeing, Eastman Chemical, Medtronic, Cisco Systems, Abbott Laboratories, Reebok and NCR Corporation.

They also include European companies such as EMI, BOC Group, Bosch, RWE and Danone. Additionally, NFIA assisted a large number of companies from Asia and the Middle East, such as Teijin, Hitachi, Yakult, Giant, BenQ, Samsung, Daewoo, LG Electronics, Huawei, Sony Corporation, Saudi Aramco, Tata Consultancy Services and SABIC.