Reception places at COA locations by municipality: most Amsterdam (5,196 places), then Rotterdam and Westerwolde

Reception places at COA locations by municipality, October 2026, in places. Total: 68,779; the largest 12 of 160 categories are shown. Amsterdam is 8% of the total. Reception places according to the 261 COA location pages (251 state a capacity), 68,779 places together. That is capacity, not how many people live there now. Crisis emergency shelters run by municipalities and safety regions are not included. Municipality from the address (BAG) and the 2025 municipal boundaries.

Source: COA, locatiepagina's op coa.nl (wekelijks gelezen door Open Data Index) · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026Open the table Single block

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COA reception locations

Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers

The COA has no open file or API with its locations. Each location does have its own page on coa.nl with the capacity, the type of reception (reception centre, emergency shelter, housing for unaccompanied minors …), the term of the agreement with the municipality and the address. We read those pages every Monday, look up the address in the BAG and place it in the municipal boundaries. That gives the number of reception places per municipality and province.

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Access: Open
Licence: Niet vermeld (website van het COA)
Table: COA-locatiepagina's (eigen oogst)
Latest figure: oktober 2026
Fetched: 25 October 2026

Fetch exactly these figures yourself

curl "https://www.coa.nl/sitemap.xml?page=1"

curl "https://www.coa.nl/nl/locatie/ter-apel-ter-apelervenen"

Reception places at COA locations by municipality: most Amsterdam (5,196 places), then Rotterdam and Westerwolde

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