Users and deployment of delivery vans in the Netherlands

The delivery van is the workhorse of both companies and the self-employed within the Dutch economy. And with good reason: it is a multifunctional and flexible mode of transport and compared to (smaller) trucks and cars it is allo cheap to buy and use. Moreover, a drivering license B is sufficient to drive a delivery van, which means that many people in the Netherlands can use such a vehicle. All of these are reasons why the Netherlands has more than 923,000 delivery vans, or roughly 1 delivery van per 9 working Dutchman. However, in the Netherlands relatively littie is known about the deployment of delivery vans compared to other modes of transportation