Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Local food Audience in Netherlands

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Local food in Netherlands — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Local food has an estimated audience of 1,674,443 people in Netherlands.

The average Local food fan in Netherlands is 44.8 years old, more female, and lives primarily in North Holland.

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

Top brand affinities include Organic farming, Child development, Cookbook, with strongest over-indexing on Organic farming (3.76× the country average).

Demographically, the Local food audience skews more female with an average age of 44.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Healthy Lifestyle, Early Adopter Mentality.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 11 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Local food fan in Netherlands is more female, around 44.8 years old, with strong Healthy Lifestyle tendencies and a notable affinity for Organic farming.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic

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 Local food profile in Netherlands.

Audience size
1.7M
in Netherlands
Gender
62.1%
37.9% male
Age
44.8
average years
Country rank
#713
Topic in Netherlands
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+7%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Local food fans

62.1% are female, 37.9% are male, average age 44.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

62.1%
Female
37.9%
Male
Demographic split for Local food audience in Netherlands
MetricValue
Female62.1%
Male37.9%
Average age44.8
Estimated audience size1,674,443
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.8
average years
Age distribution of the Local food audience in Netherlands
Age bracketShare%
16-1910%
20-2915%
30-3917%
40-4922%
50+36%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.8%

of the worldwide Local food audience comes from Netherlands.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Local food
CountryShare
United States18.0%
Japan9.7%
Italy5.7%
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 Local food audience in Netherlands is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Local food fans by region: top regions in Netherlands
#RegionReachAffinity×
01North Holland~400K1.17×
02Flevoland~50K1.08×
03Zeeland~40K1.08×
04Friesland~70K1.04×
05Groningen~60K1.00×
06Limburg~100K0.98×
07Overijssel~100K0.97×
08North Brabant~300K0.95×
09Utrecht~100K0.94×
10Gelderland~200K0.93×
11Zuid-Holland~300K0.87×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Local food audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Mediterranean cuisineFood & Beverages4.43×
02BrunchFood & Beverages4.06×
03Organic farmingFood & Beverages3.76×
04Natural foodsFood & Beverages3.72×
05CookbookFood & Beverages3.62×
06Fast casual restaurantsFood & Beverages3.52×
07Vegan nutritionHealth3.39×
08Organic productFood & Beverages3.26×
09Landscape designBusiness & Career3.21×
10HouseplantHome & Garden3.05×
11Vegetarian cuisineFood & Beverages2.87×
12Child developmentBusiness & Career2.83×
13PastryFood & Beverages2.77×
14Take-outFood & Beverages2.62×
15FoodserviceFood & Beverages2.28×
16HandicraftHome & Garden2.12×
17RyanairTravel & Leisure2.07×
18Organic foodFood & Beverages1.98×
19Home improvementHome & Garden1.58×
20PrimarkShopping1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Local food 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 Local food audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.88×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.61×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.26×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Local food audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.60×
IndividualismJOY0.67×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.83×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Local food have in Netherlands?

Local food has an estimated audience of 1,674,443 people in Netherlands, concentrated in North Holland and Zuid-Holland.

02

What is the gender split and age of Local food fans?

62.1% of Local food fans are female, 37.9% are male, with an average age of 44.8 years.

03

Which brands do Local food fans like most?

Local food fans show strongest brand affinity for Organic farming (3.76×), Child development (2.83×), and Cookbook (3.62×) over the country average.

04

Where do Local food fans live in Netherlands?

Local food fans in Netherlands are most concentrated in North Holland (reach ~400K), Zuid-Holland (reach ~300K), and North Brabant (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Local food fans also like?

Beyond Local food itself, the audience over-indexes on Child development (2.83×), Cookbook (3.62×), Mediterranean cuisine (4.43×), and Organic product (3.26×) 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 Local food. 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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