's-Hertogenboschruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Provincial government, courts & public administration
Provincie Noord-Brabant, Rechtbank Oost-Brabant, gemeente 's-Hertogenbosch, regional agencies
As the capital of the Netherlands' second-most-populous province, Den Bosch carries an administrative and legal layer far larger than its size — the province, the district court, and the policy and consultancy firms that orbit both.
Banking, insurance & professional services
Van Lanschot Kempen, Achmea and insurance back offices, regional accountancy and law firms
Van Lanschot Kempen — the Netherlands' oldest independent private bank, tracing to 1737 — is headquartered here with around two thousand staff, which gives the city a wealth-management and private-banking cluster you would not predict from the map.
Logistics, distribution & inland shipping
De Rietvelden and Ertveld estates, Port of 's-Hertogenbosch, regional distribution centres
The A2 corridor and the Máximakanaal make this one of the Netherlands' better-connected inland freight positions, with barge access to the Maas and road access to Rotterdam, the Ruhr and Antwerp inside two hours.
Food, drink & manufacturing
Heineken's Den Bosch brewery, Mars Veghel nearby, Bosch Rexroth Boxtel, regional food processors
Brabant's food industry is a serious regional employer and Den Bosch sits in the middle of it. The brewery has been part of the city's industrial fabric since the 1950s.
Health & care
Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Reinier van Arkel, Vivent, regional care providers
The Jeroen Bosch hospital is the main regional hospital for a wide catchment, and Reinier van Arkel claims to be one of the oldest psychiatric institutions in Europe. Care is the city's largest single employment sector by headcount.
Data science, design & higher education
Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS), Avans Hogeschool, Koning Willem I College
JADS is a joint Eindhoven University of Technology and Tilburg University venture set up with the municipality and the province, housed in the former Mariënburg monastery and opened by Queen Máxima in December 2016 — a small but genuinely national institution, with office space attached for data-science companies.
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