Tools & 2026 figures
Dutch business calculators & key figures.
Free calculators and the numbers international founders ask about most — corporate tax, VAT, director's salary and the minimum wage. Some tools are in English, some in Dutch — each is labelled below.
Calculators
Free calculators
Several calculators are in English; the Dutch-language ones (Hulpmiddelen) are marked below — the English notes tell you what each one does.
BTW calculator · in Dutch
Add or remove 21% or 9% VAT from a price — useful for invoicing and quotes.
DGA salary · in Dutch
Check the customary salary (gebruikelijk loon) a director-shareholder must draw — €58,000 in 2026.
Minimum wage · in Dutch
Work out gross pay from the statutory hourly minimum wage — €14.99/hour (21+) in 2026.
SBI code finder · in English
Search a Dutch SBI code by number or activity — the classification you pick when you register with the KVK.
DAFT cost calculator · in English
Estimate a DAFT set-up: the €4,500 capital you keep, plus one-off KVK, notary and our indicative service fee.
Is a BV worth it? · in English
Enter expected annual profit for an indicative eenmanszaak-vs-BV comparison. Indicative, not advice.
Gross to net estimator · in English
A rough 2026 gross ↔ net estimate using box 1 brackets only — excludes tax credits and the 30% ruling. Not a payslip.
Formation cost comparison · in English
Our indicative “from €595” versus publicly advertised Firm24, Ligo, Intercompany Solutions and House of Companies prices.
Key 2026 Dutch figures, in English
The essentials for running a Dutch company this year. These are the headline figures set by the Belastingdienst and Rijksoverheid; they change periodically, so treat them as a reference and confirm your own case.
Corporate income tax (Vpb)
A BV pays 19% corporate income tax on taxable profit up to €200,000, and 25.8% on profit above that. Unchanged versus 2025.
VAT (BTW)
The standard BTW rate is 21%; a reduced 9% rate applies to items such as food, books, medicines and passenger transport. Intra-EU supplies and exports are often 0%. Under the small-business scheme (KOR), with Dutch turnover below €20,000 you can opt out of charging and filing BTW.
DGA salary (gebruikelijk loon)
A director who holds 5% or more of the shares (a DGA) must draw a customary salary — the highest of €58,000 (2026), the pay for comparable employment, or the highest-paid employee in the group. See our DGA setup for non-residents.
Minimum wage
The Netherlands sets a statutory hourly minimum wage. From 1 July 2026 it is €14.99 gross per hour for workers aged 21 and over; there is no single national monthly figure because monthly pay depends on contracted hours. Youth rates are a percentage of the adult rate.
| Figure | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Corporate income tax (Vpb) | 19% / 25.8% (threshold €200,000) |
| BTW standard / reduced | 21% / 9% |
| KOR turnover threshold | €20,000 |
| DGA customary salary | €58,000 gross/year |
| Minimum wage (21+) | €14.99 gross/hour |
This is general information, not tax advice; figures change and some are indexed. Updated: 2026-07-28. We are an independent company-formation and bookkeeping office, not a government body (KVK/Belastingdienst).
Sources
- Belastingdienst / KVK — Belastingtarieven 2026 (Vpb, BTW, DGA salary).
- Rijksoverheid — Bedragen minimumloon 2026.
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