Currency and formatting
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Symbol
- € — placed before the amount
- Decimal places
- 2
- Formatted example
- €123.456,78
- Thousands separator
- .
- Decimal separator
- ,
- Digit grouping
- threes (3)
- Live rate
- 1 USD = 0.872067672451 EUR (ecb, 2026-07-16)
Tax
- 9% — food
- 9% — books
- 9% — culture
- 9% — medicines
Payment methods in Netherlands
Roughly ordered by real-world use — not by what a card processor would prefer you offer.
- 01 ideal
- 02 card
- 03 paypal
- 04 klarna
- 05 apple pay
- 06 google pay
- 07 sepa direct debit
Card schemes that work domestically: visa, mastercard, maestro, amex. 3-D Secure is standard practice; strong customer authentication is legally mandated.
Locale
- Primary
- nl-NL
- Official languages
- Dutch
- Regional
- Western Frisian
- Direction
- left-to-right
- Date format
- DD-MM-YYYY
- Measurement
- metric
- GDPR applies
- yes
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +31
- Mobile format
- +31 X XXXX XXXX
- Digits
- 9
Netherlands: common questions
What currency does Netherlands use?
Netherlands uses the Euro (EUR), symbol €. It uses 2 decimal places, formatted as €123.456,78.
How many decimal places does EUR have?
EUR has 2 decimal places. Charging with the wrong number of minor units is a 100× error, so this is worth getting right.
What is the BTW rate in Netherlands?
The standard BTW rate in Netherlands is 21.00%. Prices are displayed tax-inclusive.
What payment methods are used in Netherlands?
The methods that matter in Netherlands, in rough order of use: ideal, card, paypal, klarna, apple pay, google pay, sepa direct debit.
What is the dialling code for Netherlands?
Netherlands's country calling code is +31. Mobile numbers are formatted +31 X XXXX XXXX (9 digits after the country code).
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