As you might already know, I'm Dutch. This simply means that I was born and live in a country called The Netherlands (a.k.a. Holland). When looking at prejudices: The country of cheese, wooden shoes, windmills and (legal) drugs.

But I'm not the only one having roots in this part of the world. A couple of (big) companies started their business here. Some of them became really big and grew to international sizes.

Today, I present you a list with business logos from companies that have their roots in the Netherlands. One this really noticed me when making this list: Loads of logos use the colour blue.

I have to admit: These logos are not the most beautiful ones I've ever seen. Still, I'm pretty sure you can draw some inspiration by looking at these. Get ready to get your identity design fluids going!

Dutch Company Logos

Do you think any international/multinational Dutch company is missing on this list? Feel free to share! And which logo did you like the most?

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Cryothic - IKEA?   2009-11-09 11:08:47 Being dutch myself, I can't stop wondering what IKEA is doing in this list. Since it's a Swedish company, and opened a first IKEA store in The Netherlands 35 years after the company started (according to Wikipedia) But, nice list, with some nice logo's. The problem with these company-logo's is that most could use a nice restyle. But then the would lose some recognision, I guess. So I doubt they will do that any time soon Reply | Quote

Marco   2009-11-09 12:42:13 Hi Cryothic! First off - thanks for your comment . You're absolutely right about IKEA - I was stunned myself when I came across the company when making this list. It was indeed founded in Sweden, but since it is owned by a Dutch-registered foundation and the headquarters are in The Netherlands, I did include it in this list. I guess I should have added that in this post, I hope you understand . Philips recently did a logo redesign, but only slightly changed their font and color. Akzo Nobel has made even more changes to their logo . Glad you enjoyed the list! Reply | Quote

Cryothic   2009-11-09 16:38:34 Ah, it's all clear now, thanks And when you know, you can see Philips' restyle indeed. Didn't notice it before. Only losing the Shield logo some time ago Reply | Quote

Marco   2009-11-10 08:56:45 Yup - losing the "shield" was a good decision in my opinion. Still, the "old" (text-only) logo was pretty good too! Guess they have too much money . Reply | Quote

Tom Ross - Great logos!   2009-11-09 16:30:55 Some really great logos here, I love the AkzoNobel one especially. I was going to mention Ikea, that's really interesting that it's Dutch owned. Reply | Quote

Marco   2009-11-10 08:59:36 The AkzoNobel logo change was pretty good (especially when looking at their old logo), but it's a large logo too - on small sizes, it might be hard to see. Thanks for your comment Tom! Reply | Quote

Janko   2009-11-09 21:06:10 Ah, I am very, very familiar with Heineken and Grolsch. They inspire in so many ways Reply | Quote

Marco   2009-11-10 08:55:34 Hahaha ! Glad you enjoyed the list Janko - I'm pretty sure many people will know Heineken and Grolsch. And not only by their logo . Thanks for the comment! Reply | Quote

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