Living in the Netherlands

Looks up a Dutch-registered car by its number plate (kenteken) in the official RDW register: make, model, first registration, fuel, CO2 emission, catalogue price, empty weight, when the periodic inspection (APK) is due and whether it is insured. With a taxable income it also gives the company car tax (bijtelling) for 2026, including the electric-car rate locked for 60 months from first registration. Live data from RDW Open Data.

What is left each month in a Dutch city: net salary (2026 tax, optional 30% ruling and holiday allowance) minus a typical unregulated-sector rent for the home size in that city, the basic health insurance premium (less any healthcare allowance), an average energy bill and the municipal charges for a renter. Cities with their own figures: Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Haarlem, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Helmond, Leeuwarden, Zwolle; any other city uses the national average rent and leaves out municipal charges. Food, transport, internet and water board charges are not included.

Current Dutch amounts that change every year, each with the period it applies to and its official source, so an answer does not rely on outdated knowledge. Topics: health_deductible (Healthcare deductible (eigen risico)), child_benefit (Child benefit (kinderbijslag)), passport_id_fees (Passport and identity card fees), ind_fees (IND application fees (residence permits and naturalisation)), rent_limits (Rent limits and maximum rent increases), minimum_wage (Minimum wage (wettelijk minimumloon)). Ask by topic, or with a short question. For income tax figures use the tax server's dutch_tax_figures tool.

For a rented independent home (zelfstandige woning: own front door, kitchen and toilet) in the Netherlands: from its points under the points system (woningwaarderingsstelsel, WWS), the rental sector (social up to 143 points, regulated mid-rent up to 186, free sector above), the legal maximum basic monthly rent (kale huur) for 2026, whether a current rent is above it, and the maximum yearly rent increase for that sector. The points come from the government's Huurprijscheck on huurcommissie.nl. Rooms (onzelfstandige woonruimte) use a different table and are not covered.