# Dutch millionaire households rise by 81,000 to 547,000

> Statistics Netherlands (CBS) says 6.6% of households held at least €1m on 1 January 2025, mainly because house prices rose.

Economy · published 2026-10-27 05:48 · https://nlnow.nl/a/dutch-millionaire-households-rise-by-81-000-to-547-000/

On 1 January 2025, 547,000 Dutch households had assets of €1m or more, 81,000 more than a year earlier, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS). That is 6.6% of all households. CBS says the rise is mainly due to higher house prices.

The figures include the value of people's own homes and any mortgage debt. Millionaire households had median wealth of €1.5m in 2025. Non-millionaire households had €131,000.

**Millionaire households have more than tripled since 2011** (thousand households; source: CBS (2025 figure provisional))

- 2011: 170.2
- 2013: 168.5
- 2015: 179.5
- 2017: 206.9
- 2019: 253.4
- 2021: 316.2
- 2022: 409.5
- 2023: 434.7
- 2024: 466
- 2025: 547.1

Two thirds of millionaires hold €1m to €2m, a quarter hold €2m to €5m, and 3% hold €10m or more.

Main earners in millionaire households were on average 61, nine years older than in other households. Just under 3% of millionaires are younger than 35; almost 70% are 55 or older, against 46% of non-millionaires.

Substantial holdings (aanmerkelijk belang, at least 5% of a company's shares) and business assets make up 39% of millionaires' assets. The own home averages 29%. For non-millionaires the own home is almost 80% and these business holdings 3%.

The highest shares of millionaires are in Bloemendaal (38%) and Laren (37%), followed by Rozendaal (32%) and Blaricum and Heemstede (both 28%). Relative to the number of households, Noord-Holland and Utrecht have the most, at 8% and 9%. Groningen, Flevoland, Limburg and Fryslân have fewer than 5%. The lowest shares are in Brunssum, Heerlen, Kerkrade and Pekela.

## Background

- **CBS (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)**: Statistics Netherlands, the independent government body that produces the official statistics on the Dutch economy and society.
- **aanmerkelijk belang**: A substantial holding is a shareholding of at least 5% of a company's shares, held privately by a person, alone or together with a partner or relatives. Dividends and gains from such a holding fall under Box 2 of the Dutch income tax system, which taxes substantial holdings separately from savings and investments. It matters in Dutch wealth and tax statistics because owners of these holdings, often company founders or directors, are counted separately from people whose wealth sits mainly in a home or savings.

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