Municipality in Noord-Holland
Zaanstad has about as many businesses per resident as the rest of the Netherlands. The difference is in the mix: construction is much bigger here than average. Someone asking for a quote looks at your service area and your photos on their phone. We help you with that, with hosting and email that simply work.
Nearby
Wormer is 5.5 km from Zaanstad. Oostzaan and Wormerland are 7.1 km away, Uitgeest 7.4 km and Beverwijk 8.7 km. Within the municipality itself you find Wormerveer and Westzaan, among others.
For a building firm, the service area is the first thing a visitor wants to know. Write down which places you serve, for example Wormer, Uitgeest and Beverwijk. That way people find their own town.
In figures
According to CBS, Zaanstad had 17,705 business locations on 1 January 2021, and 23,695 on 1 January 2026. Part of that jump comes from new registrations, sole proprietorships included.
Zaanstad has relatively few employee jobs for so many business locations. So many businesses are small, or people live and work elsewhere. For your site it makes little difference: a customer just wants to see quickly what you do.
162,828
Ranks 4th of 44 municipalities in Noord-Holland
604
CBS 2025
17percent
Same as national, CBS 2024
33.1thousand euro
National 34.9 thousand, CBS 2024
4,860
CBS 2025
Trades
Construction and business services are almost equal in size. Only construction is much bigger here than average, and business services smaller. Transport and storage stands out too: almost twice as big as nationally.
16.5% of business locations1.6 times the national average
In Zaanstad, anyone in construction shows their work. Put your service area on the site, photos of finished jobs and a simple quote form. With 3,905 construction firms in Zaanstad, that helps. SEO is work by the hour for us.
16.8% of business locations
Among the 3,975 business service locations, a consultant or designer often works alone. A page for each service and an email address on your own domain is enough. It shows you will still be around next year.
5.4% of business locations1.9 times the national average
Clients want to know quickly which area you cover and what you carry, even among 1,280 colleagues in Zaanstad. Keep the page short and readable on a phone, with one clear route to email or message you. We host PHP and static sites.
Pricing
One fixed price per month, excl. VAT. Personal help over WhatsApp comes with every plan.
Hosting for your website, from WordPress to custom builds
€9 per month, excl. VAT
or €90 per year
Your own mailboxes on your own domain
€6 per month, excl. VAT
or €60 per year
Our pick
Everything in one place, one invoice
€13 per month, excl. VAT
or €130 per year
Questions
What you do, where you work and how someone asks for a quote. Photos of finished work help more than long texts. A form with three or four fields is enough. We take care of hosting and SSL.
Both, and the numbers do not say which. More customers come, and more colleagues. A clear site with your service area and your own email address is still the first thing a customer sees.
Name the places in a normal sentence, for example on your contact page. That way a visitor from Wormer or Beverwijk finds their own town right away, and knows you work in his town.
It comes along. Your email addresses keep working and move to your own domain. The old site and email stay reachable until you change the nameservers, so there is no gap.
Yes, with the Maintenance add-on. We handle updates and security for WordPress. For small text changes there is Changes. For a custom plugin or SEO we work by the hour.
A question about your site or email? Send a WhatsApp message and a real person answers. We are available Monday to Sunday, 9:00 to 21:00.
Hi, I have a business in Zaanstad. Can you migrate my site?
Yes, and it's free. What is your domain name?
yourbusiness.com
Great, we'll take care of it and message you when it's done.
Example
An example situation
In Zaanstad a roofer has a quote form that sometimes does not arrive. His email runs through a free provider and ends up in spam. He misses work and does not notice.
From Zaanstad, one WhatsApp message is enough. We put the form and email on his own domain, test it and keep the old site online until everything works. If his yearly contract with his current host has not ended yet, the Switch deal covers it and up to 9 remaining months are free.
By trade
What your website needs depends on what you do. Pick your trade.
Sources: Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods 2025 (86165NED), 2025; Business locations by industry and municipality (81575NED), 1 January 2026 (provisional), compared with 1 January 2021; Employee jobs in December by economic activity and region (83582NED), 2025. Licence: CC BY 4.0, CBS. Distances are as the crow flies.
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