Official publications by gazette: most Gemeenteblad (municipal gazette) (560,560 publications), then Staatscourant (government gazette) and Waterschapsblad (water board gazette)

Official publications by gazette, 2025, in publications. Total: 695,682; the largest 12 of 13 categories are shown. Gemeenteblad (municipal gazette) is 81% of the total. By publication date (dcterms.available). The publications add up exactly to the total.

Source: KOOP, Zoekdienst Overheid.nl (SRU 1.2, officiële publicaties) · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026 · selection: x-connection=oep (officiële publicaties); publicatiedatum in 2025Open the table Single block

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Overheid.nl search service (SRU)

Kennis- en exploitatiecentrum Officiële Overheidspublicaties

The search service behind overheid.nl: one SRU address for official announcements (Government Gazette, municipal gazettes, parliamentary papers …), local regulations of municipalities, provinces and water boards, the laws in force and the products and services of government bodies. On 16 October 2026 it held 6.7 million official publications, 344,109 local regulations, 148,592 law texts and 54,667 products. You get metadata in XML with a link to the document.

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Licence: CC0 1.0 (volgens data.overheid.nl, dataset officiële bekendmakingen)
Table: SRU 1.2, collectie oep
Latest figure: 2025
Fetched: 25 October 2026

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curl "https://zoekdienst.overheid.nl/sru/Search?version=1.2&operation=searchRetrieve&x-connection=oep&startRecord=1&maximumRecords=0&query=publicationname%3D%3D%22Gemeenteblad%22%20and%20dcterms.available%3E%3D2025-01-01%20and%20dcterms.available%3C%3D2025-12-31"

curl "https://zoekdienst.overheid.nl/sru/Search?version=1.2&operation=searchRetrieve&x-connection=oep&startRecord=1&maximumRecords=0&query=dcterms.available%3E%3D2025-01-01%20and%20dcterms.available%3C%3D2025-12-31"

Official publications by gazette: most Gemeenteblad (municipal gazette) (560,560 publications), then Staatscourant (government gazette) and Waterschapsblad (water board gazette)

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