Marktplaats

Marktplaats is the Netherlands' best-known classifieds site, operated by Marktplaats B.V. in Amsterdam. It launched in May 1999, was sold to eBay in 2004 and moved to Adevinta in 2021. By 2024 it reported more than 8 million unique monthly visitors and around 350,000 new listings per day.

Features

• Ads for new and second-hand goods, cars, services, flats and holiday items, in Dutch.
• Free basic ads for private sellers, paid options for premium categories and commercial sellers.
• Chat between buyers and sellers and optional protected payment and shipping.

Ownership and limits

Adevinta belongs to the Aurelia group. According to the UK company register (Companies House, October 2025) and the 2026 reports of eBay and Vend Marketplaces, funds advised by Permira (London) hold about 37 percent, Blackstone about 29 percent, General Atlantic about 8 percent and TCV about 4 percent, while Vend Marketplaces (Oslo) holds 14 percent and eBay about 8 percent. Owners based in Europe thus hold slightly more than half. Marktplaats serves the Dutch market only, and the Belgian sister platform is called 2dehands and 2ememain.