🇳🇱 Country Profile

Space Companies in Netherlands

22 space organizations headquartered in Netherlands driving innovation in the global aerospace industry.

Quick Facts

Agency established
1919
Agency headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tracked organizations
22 space companies & agencies
Industry active since
1919
Primary space hub
Delft (7 companies)
Leading sector
satellite-manufacturing (4 companies)

About NLR (Netherlands Aerospace Centre)

The Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), founded in 1919 and based in Amsterdam, is the Netherlands’ leading aerospace research organization. NLR provides expertise across a broad spectrum of the aerospace sector, encompassing aviation, space technology, and unmanned systems. Core areas of expertise include aircraft ope…

Official site
22
Total Companies
0
Public Companies
6
Space Hubs
43
Sectors
Top Cities: Delft (7) Amsterdam (6) Noordwijk (3) Leiden (2) Heerle (1) Utrecht (1)

Top Sectors

Quick Stats

Companies with funding
0
Active/Operational
16
In Development
6

All Companies (22)

Additive Industries

operational

Netherlands pioneer in industrial metal 3D printers. MetalFabG2 used by SWISSto12 with 1000+ product…

manufacturing communications

Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands

operational
Leiden Est. 1968

Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands, located in Leiden, Netherlands, is a division of Airbus focuse…

satellite manufacturing spacecraft components power systems

Arceon

operational

Dutch NewSpace company producing Carbeon ceramic matrix composites with temperature resistance to 16…

launch services materials

Arcsec

operational
Leiden Est. 2015

Arcsec develops high-accuracy ADCS for small satellites including the Sagitta star tracker with arc-…

components

Bradford Space

operational
Heerle Est. 2019

Bradford Space develops green propulsion and attitude control systems. Provides ECAPS HPGP thrusters…

propulsion satellite manufacturing

Brunel Aerospace

operational
Amsterdam Est. 1975

Brunel Aerospace, founded in 1975 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is a global recruitme…

recruitment staffing aerospace

ESA Business Incubation Centres

operational
Noordwijk Est. 2004

ESA BIC is Europe's largest network of space incubators with 36 centres across 23 countries. Provide…

incubator education

FSO Instruments

operational
Delft Est. 2023

FSO Instruments develops and manufactures laser communication equipment for satellites and ground st…

optical communications laser communications ground systems

Hiber

operational
Amsterdam Est. 2016

Hiber operates a satellite IoT network providing global connectivity for remote assets. The Dutch co…

satellite communications iot

Hyperion Technologies

operational
Delft Est. 2013

Hyperion Technologies develops miniaturized satellite subsystems including sun sensors, reaction whe…

components sensors

ISILaunch

operational
Delft Est. 2006

ISILaunch is the launch services division of Innovative Solutions In Space (ISIS), providing ridesha…

satellite services rideshare

ISISpace (Innovative Solutions In Space)

operational
Delft Est. 2006

ISISpace (Innovative Solutions In Space) is a Dutch NewSpace company founded in 2006 and based in De…

satellite manufacturing launch services

NLR (Netherlands Aerospace Centre)

operational
Amsterdam Est. 1919

The Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), founded in 1919 and based in Amsterdam, is the Netherlands’ …

research aerospace aviation

OTB Ventures

operational
Amsterdam Est. 2017

OTB Ventures is an Amsterdam/Warsaw-based deeptech VC managing over $300M with a dedicated OTB Space…

investment

TU Delft Aerospace

operational
Delft

Delft University of Technology's Faculty of Aerospace Engineering is Europe's largest and most compr…

propulsion research engineering

TU Delft Space Institute

operational
Delft Est. 2017

TU Delft Space Institute coordinates aerospace research and education at the Delft University of Tec…

research education

Karman+

development
Amsterdam Est. 2021

Karman+ is an asteroid prospecting and resource extraction startup with operations in Amsterdam and …

asteroid mining in space services spacecraft

Overstory

development
Amsterdam Est. 2018

Founded in 2018 and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Overstory provides vegetation intelligence solu…

earth observation ai analytics

Satelligence

development
Utrecht Est. 2016

Satelligence, founded in 2016 and based in Utrecht, Netherlands, is a company focused on environment…

earth observation analytics data services

Satsearch

development
Noordwijk Est. 2016

Satsearch, founded in 2016 and based in Noordwijk, Netherlands, operates as a premier search engine …

small satellites satellite manufacturing components

SpacePower (ESA)

development
Noordwijk Est. 2022

SpacePower, established in 2022 and based in Noordwijk, Netherlands, is an initiative of the Europea…

power systems research space agency

SteamJet Space Systems

development
Delft Est. 2017

SteamJet Space Systems, founded in 2017 and based in Delft, Netherlands, is a space technology compa…

propulsion small satellites cubesats