Coffeeshop policy and legislation in one overview
Tracked locally and connected nationally: policy, legislation, licences, meetings and case law.
No payment during the trial. Or first view the free policy overview by municipality. Also read how professionals follow policy on the page following coffeeshop policy or read the policy updates.
Live figures from the register — updated on 16 October 2026.
What you get access to
Eight registers that update daily and are linked to each other. Click through to see what a register looks like.
Coffeeshop places register
How many licensed places each municipality allows, how many are occupied and where the maximum-number system leaves room — at licence level, not at personal level.
Licence register
Applied for, granted, refused and expiring — with term, end date and the expected timing of a new allocation round.
Case law register
All relevant rulings with full summary, court, municipality, opposing party and the coffeeshop concerned.
Lawyer register
15,025 case links: who litigates where, against which municipality, and with what result.
Municipality and policy register
Policy profile per municipality, of which 103 with coffeeshop policy: 102 with an established coffeeshop, plus 4 with a formally adopted no-coffeeshop policy: maximum-number system, no-coffeeshop policy, licence term and policy changes.
Motions and decisions
National and local motions, votes and decisions on cannabis policy and the closed coffeeshop supply chain experiment.
Council meetings
Agendas and documents from the tracked council information systems, automatically filtered for coffeeshop policy.
Media monitor
National and local news sources, automatically classified for relevance and linked to municipality and file.
Who wins which cases, and where
Automatically extracted from published rulings: role, operative part, court, municipality and outcome per lawyer. With a subscription you see the full profile with all cases.
Most successful lawyers in coffeeshop cases
| Lawyer | Area of law / subject | Cases | Won | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mr. G.A.C. BeckersSittard | 92 | 27 | 46% | |
| mr. I.A. Kamans | 57 | 21 | 40% | |
| mr. F.A. Pommer | 42 | 21 | 51% | |
| mr. F.J.H.M. Berndsen | 20 | 15 | 78% | |
| mr. S.A.R. LelyMaastricht | 22 | 14 | 78% | |
| mr. S.B.H. FijnemanRotterdam | 21 | 13 | 62% | |
| mr. M. Veldman | 37 | 11 | 42% | |
| mr. R. Osterwald | 17 | 10 | 77% | |
| mr. S.T. Blom | 20 | 8 | 47% | |
| mr. R. Nomden | 17 | 8 | 50% |
Where litigation is most frequent
Green won, blue partly, red lost — counted from the coffeeshop's side.
Outcomes per year
Coffeeshop cases with an established operative part.
What the data looks like
Click a segment or bar to see the corresponding municipalities in the table below.
Municipalities in the monitor
342
Coffeeshops in the register (unique establishments)
554
Experiment municipalities
10
Policy category per municipality
103 municipalities with source-based coffeeshop policy. Separately, the register lists 554 coffeeshops in 102 municipalities; the presence of a shop is not proof of policy. Municipalities without established policy appear only under all municipalities.
Municipalities with the most coffeeshops
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Coffeeshops per province
Click a province to see all coffeeshop municipalities there.
Municipalities behind the chart
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No selection yet — click a pie segment, municipality or province.
What the monitor spots for you
Active licence alerts and the proceedings monitor are part of the Intelligence subscription. The registers and rulings they are based on are already included in Professional.
Licence expiring
The monitor tracks the term of every licence and alerts you as soon as a municipality moves towards a new allocation round — including the expected timing.
608 licence files monitored
New ruling
Every ruling is collected with its full summary and automatically linked to the municipality, coffeeshop, lawyer and opposing party.
306,021 rulings in the archive
Policy change
Municipal announcements, council documents and by-laws are scanned for changes to the maximum-number system, distance criteria and no-coffeeshop policy.
3,081 policy documents analysed
What you find in the dashboard
Instead of searching dozens of websites and sources, you get structured information that is connected.
Daily dashboard
See at a glance which meetings are coming up, which policy documents have been published and where action is needed.
Licences & establishment opportunities
Follow applied-for, granted and expiring coffeeshop licences. Discover available places and the timing of new licence rounds.
Municipalities & policy
Compare municipal policy, maximum-number systems and policy changes in a clear matrix.
Case law & lawyers
Search thousands of rulings, link proceedings to coffeeshops and analyse litigation patterns per municipality or party.
Parliamentary files
Automatic monitoring of standing parliamentary files, motions and decisions on cannabis policy and the closed coffeeshop supply chain experiment.
AI classification & alerts
Incoming sources are automatically classified for relevance, so you immediately see what affects your work.
Professional insight into the coffeeshop market
The monitor is built for anyone who needs structured insight into Dutch coffeeshop policy, licences and case law.
- Entrepreneurs assessing establishment opportunities
- Policymakers comparing municipal policy
- Journalists keeping track of developments
- Researchers analysing trends and case law
- Investors following market developments
- Trade associations preparing advocacy
Choose the tier that fits your work
Take advantage of our introductory prices now. This price continues to apply as long as the subscription remains active without interruption. Different rates may apply to new customers in the future.
Basis
News and policy monitoring
Stay informed daily, without analysis features
What you get:
- News and policy monitorIncluded
- Case lawLimited
- Saved files and searchesLimited
Professional
Most popularAnalysis, comparison and all registers
All registers included, plus full case law
Everything in Basis, plus:
- Case lawlimited on Basis → included
- Municipal profiles and policy comparisonnot available on Basis → included
- Advanced search, filtering and AI summariesnot available on Basis → included
- Saved files and searcheslimited on Basis → included
- Lawyer registernot available on Basis → included
- Coffeeshop registernot available on Basis → included
- Licence registernot available on Basis → included
- Linked proceedings and historynot available on Basis → included
Intelligence
Establishment opportunities and alerts
The only tier with establishment opportunities and active alerts
Everything in Professional, plus:
- European and internationalnot available on Professional → included
- AI Intelligence and trend analysesnot available on Professional → included
- Establishment opportunities monitornot available on Professional → included
- Licence alerts and proceedings monitornot available on Professional → included
- Exclusive research filesnot available on Professional → included
Differences per module
Choose a tier and see per module exactly what you get, what you gain compared with the tier below and what you miss compared with the tier above.
Professional
All registers included, plus full case law
9 of 14 components included
What you gain vs. Basis
- Case lawlimited → included
- Municipal profiles and policy comparisonnot available → included
- Advanced search, filtering and AI summariesnot available → included
- Saved files and searcheslimited → included
- Lawyer registernot available → included
- Coffeeshop registernot available → included
- Licence registernot available → included
- Linked proceedings and historynot available → included
All modules on Professional
Highlighted = new or broader than on Basis.
- IncludedNews and policy monitor
Daily national and local news coverage, policy documents and parliamentary files.
- IncludedCase lawNew vs. Basis
Rulings with official summary, judges and proceedings.
limited on Basis → included here
- IncludedMunicipal profiles and policy comparisonNew vs. Basis
Policy by municipality side by side, including historical changes.
not available on Basis → included here
- IncludedAdvanced search, filtering and AI summariesNew vs. Basis
Full-text search of documents, with an AI summary per document.
not available on Basis → included here
- IncludedSaved files and searchesNew vs. Basis
Your own files, notes and saved searches with notifications.
limited on Basis → included here
- IncludedLawyer registerNew vs. Basis
Lawyers and authorised representatives per case, with rankings and litigation experience.
not available on Basis → included here
- IncludedCoffeeshop registerNew vs. Basis
All known coffeeshops per municipality, including history and evidence.
not available on Basis → included here
- IncludedLicence registerNew vs. Basis
Applied-for, granted and refused licences with end dates.
not available on Basis → included here
- IncludedLinked proceedings and historyNew vs. Basis
Cases, licences and policy documents automatically linked to each other.
not available on Basis → included here
- Not availableEuropean and international
EUR-Lex, EUDA and international research publications.
- Not availableAI Intelligence and trend analyses
Intelligence dashboard, trend charts and AI interpretation across all sources.
- Not availableEstablishment opportunities monitor
Where room arises for a new establishment, with substantiation per municipality.
- Not availableLicence alerts and proceedings monitor
Active notifications for expiring licences and new proceedings.
- Not availableExclusive research files
In-depth files and weekly briefings published only on Intelligence.
What you miss vs. Intelligence
- European and internationalhere not available, on Intelligence included
- AI Intelligence and trend analyseshere not available, on Intelligence included
- Establishment opportunities monitorhere not available, on Intelligence included
- Licence alerts and proceedings monitorhere not available, on Intelligence included
- Exclusive research fileshere not available, on Intelligence included
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