Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Decathlon Target Market in Netherlands

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Decathlon in Netherlands — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Decathlon has an estimated audience of 2,068,345 people in Netherlands.

The average Decathlon fan in Netherlands is 43.2 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Zuid-Holland.

The audience is concentrated in Zuid-Holland, North Holland, North Brabant.

Top brand affinities include HEMA, Voetbalprimeur, Bol.com, with strongest over-indexing on HEMA (1.71× the country average).

Demographically, the Decathlon audience skews balanced with an average age of 43.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Risk Appetite.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 12 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Decathlon fan in Netherlands is balanced, around 43.2 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for HEMA.

Category: Shopping · Type: Brand

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-12.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Decathlon profile in Netherlands.

Audience size
2.1M
in Netherlands
Gender
54.0%
46.0% male
Age
43.2
average years
Country rank
#525
Brand in Netherlands
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+1%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Customer demographics of Decathlon

54.0% are female, 46.0% are male, average age 43.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.0%
Female
46.0%
Male
Demographic split for Decathlon audience in Netherlands
MetricValue
Female54.0%
Male46.0%
Average age43.2
Estimated audience size2,068,345
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 43.2
average years
Age distribution of the Decathlon audience in Netherlands
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2916%
30-3922%
40-4926%
50+26%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.4%

of the worldwide Decathlon audience comes from Netherlands.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Decathlon
CountryShare
France12.4%
Germany8.5%
Italy8.5%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Netherlands average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Decathlon audience in Netherlands is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Decathlon customers by region in Netherlands
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Limburg~200K1.32×
02North Brabant~400K1.31×
03Gelderland~300K1.27×
04North Holland~400K1.18×
05Zuid-Holland~600K1.17×
06Overijssel~200K1.12×
07Friesland~90K1.09×
08Flevoland~50K0.89×
09Groningen~60K0.87×
10Drenthe~50K0.81×
11Utrecht~80K0.51×
12Zeeland~20K0.47×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Decathlon audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Decathlon audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Under ArmourFashion & Accessoires3.02×
02ASICSFashion & Accessoires2.30×
03SunwebTravel & Leisure2.07×
04WE FashionFashion & Accessoires2.05×
05OmodaShopping1.82×
06MangoShopping1.79×
07New BalanceFashion & Accessoires1.77×
08Bol.comShopping1.75×
09VakantieVeilingenTravel & Leisure1.73×
10HEMAShopping1.71×
11Black Friday (shopping)Shopping1.65×
12RunningSports1.65×
13CruisesTravel & Leisure1.58×
14Real propertyHome & Garden1.58×
15Voetbal InternationalSports1.57×
16VoetbalprimeurSports1.53×
17EtosHealth1.53×
18WalkingSports1.51×
19SunglassesFashion & Accessoires1.51×
20JD SportsShopping1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Decathlon audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Decathlon audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.32×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.31×
Sports ActivityPOWER1.25×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Decathlon audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndividualismJOY0.91×
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.91×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.95×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

Who is Decathlon's target market in Netherlands?

Decathlon's target market in Netherlands covers an estimated 2,068,345 people, concentrated in Zuid-Holland and North Holland.

02

What is the gender split and age of Decathlon customers?

54.0% of the Decathlon audience are female, 46.0% are male, with an average age of 43.2 years.

03

Which brands do Decathlon fans like most?

Decathlon fans show strongest brand affinity for HEMA (1.71×), Voetbalprimeur (1.53×), and Bol.com (1.75×) over the country average.

04

Where do Decathlon fans live in Netherlands?

Decathlon fans in Netherlands are most concentrated in Zuid-Holland (reach ~600K), North Holland (reach ~400K), and North Brabant (reach ~400K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Decathlon fans also like?

Beyond Decathlon itself, the audience over-indexes on Voetbalprimeur (1.53×), Bol.com (1.75×), Etos (1.53×), and Voetbal International (1.57×) compared to the Netherlands average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Netherlands who actively search for Decathlon. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Netherlands. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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