Lobby organisation
Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland
Business group · Business federations & chambers · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland appears in 24 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with Patriots for Europe.
In their own words
“Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland (“Royal Association SME-Netherlands”) … The SME employers organisation of the Netherlands (“MKB” is the Dutch equivalent of SME) and its mission is to promote entrepreneurship. The biggest employers organisation of the Netherlands. Its members are 150 trade associations and 600 local and regional SME chapters, in total we represent 186.000 small- and medium-sized enterprises.”
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““One voice”: since 1995 uniting all SME associations in the Netherlands under one umbrella (having its roots in 1902, declared as a royal association in 1927). Our members are grouped in five clusters: business services; retail; health and public services; industry and construction; leisure and “zakelijke gastvrijheid”. Since 2009 we share offices with VNO-NCW in The Hague. The policy department is a shared one with VNO-NCW, the two associations and its boards are independent. The Brussels office was founded in 1992 and since 2010 MKB-Nederland and V (...)”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 24 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.
The MEPs they meet most
The 15 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy | Business |
| 28 Sep 2026 | Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle | Economic development |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Jeannette Baljeu | Simplification |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski | Meeting regarding the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Lara Wolters | Exchange of views on the general workings of the ECON Committee |
| 8 Apr 2026 | Sebastian Kruis | Internal Market |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Jeannette Baljeu | EU legislation and simplification |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Dirk Gotink | Douane |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Sebastian Kruis | New years reception, Priorities Dutch companies |
| 21 Nov 2025 | Marit Maij | Dag van de ondernemer |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Mohammed Chahim | Dinnerbijeenkomst VNO-NCW en MKB-Nederland |
| 11 Oct 2025 | Jessika van Leeuwen | Dinerbijeenkomst Nederlandse bedrijfsleven |
| 11 Sep 2025 | Jeannette Baljeu | REACH, Water Framework Directive |
| 15 May 2025 | Jeannette Baljeu | CSRD |
| 18 Mar 2025 | Marit Maij | Europees arbeidsmarktbeleid |
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