Now in its sixth year, Kantar BrandZ’s Most Valuable Dutch Brands ranking once again highlights how Dutch brands have adapted to thrive. This year, the total value of the Netherlands’ Top 30 grew almost 20%.
Highlights from this report, which includes the opinions of 57,000 respondents about 975 brands across 70 categories 89,000 people about 1,200 brands across 85 categories, reveal:
• Booking.com has held onto the number one position for the second year, growing by 48%
• Heineken ($12.9bn) and ING ($10.2bn) retained their spots as the Netherlands’ second and third most valuable brands
• 23 of the brands in the Netherlands Top 30 have increased their value this year, with ten brands growing by 25% or more
• Value-driven retailer Action is one of the Netherlands’ Top 30 fastest-rising brands for the third year running, having grown its brand value by 52%
• Expansion into Asia has fuelled the growth of Rituals (No.16; $1.2bn), the fourth fastest-riser (+33%).
• This year, the average brand in the Dutch Top 30 has a higher Meaningful Difference than the average ranked brand in any other European market. In all, 20 of the Dutch Top 30 have scored as highly Meaningfully Different.
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Once again, 11 categories are represented in the Dutch Top 30. Among them, the Retail category placed the most brands on the list, at nine. Meanwhile, there are only two Consumer Technology and Services Platforms brands – Booking.com and Just Eat Takeaway.com – but together they contribute more than a quarter of the ranking’s total brand value.
Top 30 Video
Watch to learn which brands made the latest ranking. There are many dimensions across which a brand can find new opportunities to grow, for example emphasising new uses, creating new premium or value variants, or meeting new emotional needs. Ultimately, it’s about finding the biggest possible market in which a brand can be Meaningfully Different to consumers. Kantar’s Blueprint for Brand Growth – guides brands on ways to achieve growth by building Meaningful Difference.
Methodology
To be eligible for inclusion in this ranking, the brand must have been created in the market and be owned by an enterprise listed on a recognised stock exchange. For those owned by private companies, financial statements must be available in the public domain. Unicorn brands must have their most recent valuation publicly available. Watch the video to learn more about the methodology behind Kantar BrandZ brand valuation rankings, which is based on a three-step process, combining financial value and brand contribution to determine a brand’s value.
Top Dutch brands have this year outgrown the general economy – proving once again, that strong brands matter.
Over the past year, Dutch brands have had to contend with inflation, energy shortages and the war in Ukraine. And yet, the total value of the top 30 most valuable Dutch brands has increased by 10%, to reach almost $80 billion.
Highlights from this latest report, which is based on the opinions of more than 52,000 people, about 930 unique brands across 69 categories reveal:
• Booking.com is the most valuable Dutch brand, soaring in value by 40% to $16bn
• Heineken is in second place, with a brand value of $13.3bn, followed by ING at No.3
• Action (No.7; $3.2bn) is the highest-rising brand for the second year, up 41%
• The recently launched telecom player, Odido, enters the ranking at No.12
• 24 of the Dutch Top 30 brands have above-average Demand Power - the ‘want it’ factor - that predisposes consumers to choose a particular brand in the marketplace.
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While the Netherlands is a relatively small country, the Dutch economy has long played an outsized role both in Europe and on the world stage. Its strengths lie in its strong institutions and political stability, well-trained workforce, excellent infrastructure, and geographical advantages that have long made it the gateway to European trade.
The top 30 most valuable Dutch brands are worth US$72.7bn, with the overall brand value of the ranking increasing by 10% over the past two years. This is down to a combination of successful pricing strategies, overseas expansion, and creating value through meaningful difference. When brands achieve meaningful difference, they have connected with consumers and are seen as unique compared to other brands.
Highlights from the new brand valuation ranking and analysis, which is based on the opinions of more than 42,190 respondents about 930 brands across 69 categories, reveals:
- Iconic beer brand, Heineken, is the most valuable Dutch brand, worth US$13.7bn
- Online travel services platform, Booking.com, takes second place with a brand value of US$11.4bn
- Discount store chain Action (No.10; $2.3bn), is the highest-rising brand, up 75% since 2021
- Alcohol is the largest category in the ranking, representing 22% of total brand value, and featuring three other beer brands: Amstel (No.12; $1.5bn), Hertog Jan (No.26; $284m) and Grolsch (No.27; $275m)
- Retail is one of the highest-growing categories, with ten retailers in the Top 40, led by Spar (No.9; US$2.3bn)
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While the Netherlands is a relatively small country, the Dutch economy has long played an outsized role both in Europe and on the world stage. Its strengths lie in its strong institutions and political stability, well-trained workforce, excellent infrastructure, and geographical advantages that have long made it the gateway to European trade.
The top 30 most valuable Dutch brands are worth $72.7bn, with the overall brand value of the ranking increasing by 10% over the past two years. This is down to a combination of successful pricing strategies, overseas expansion, and creating value through meaningful difference. When brands achieve meaningful difference, they have connected with consumers and are seen as unique compared to other brands.
Highlights from the new brand valuation ranking and analysis, which is based on the opinions of more than 42,190 respondents about 930 brands across 69 categories, reveals:
- Iconic beer brand, Heineken, is the most valuable Dutch brand, worth $13.7bn
- Online travel services platform, Booking.com, takes second place with a brand value of $11.4bn
- Discount store chain Action (No.10; $2.3bn), is the highest-rising brand, up 75% since 2021
- Alcohol is the largest category in the ranking, representing 22% of total brand value, and featuring three other beer brands: Amstel (No.12; $1.5bn), Hertog Jan (No.26; $284m) and Grolsch (No.27; $275m)
- Retail is one of the highest-growing categories, with ten retailers in the Top 40, led by Spar (No.9; $2.3bn)
Our research consistently shows that to be successful, brands need to navigate the present without giving up on the long-term efforts that build value. Brands that pursue short-term measures to overcome present challenges, while staying on track with harder tasks that build sustainable, transparent, and meaningfully different brands over time can expect future returns.
In the Netherlands, we have seen time and again that strong brands retain more of their value during tough economic times and recover more quickly when market conditions begin to improve. This was the case during the banking crisis of 2013 and shows every indication of holding true today.
Amidst unprecedented macro-economic challenges, Shell is the Netherlands’ number one most valuable brand for the third year. The value of the BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable Dutch Brands 2021 remains concentrated at the top, with Royal Dutch Shell (no.1; $14.9 billion), Philips (no.2; $11.9 billion) and Heineken (no.3; $11.6 billion) comprising almost half of the total value.
Drugstores Kruidvat (no.27; $0.23 billion) and Etos (no.28; $0.21 billion) are new entries.
Douwe Egberts (no.19; $0.76 billion) recorded a year-on-year growth of 59% in brand value to make it the fastest riser.
Discover all the top performers, how brands can find growth against an evolving landscape, and the imperative for sustainability, corporate responsibility and trust, in our full report.
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