Economy
The city is a main location for several international companies:
- DHV (nl), consultants and engineers.
- Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, international hotel chain Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns and Resorts.* Nutreco, animal feed and human foodstuffs
- Yokogawa, an electrical engineering and software company, the European headquarters for which are located in Amersfoort
It also has a number of non-profit associations and foundations:
- KNLTB, the Dutch national lawn-tennis association.
- NVA, the national association of insurance agents
- {{ill|nl|Vereniging Eigen Huis]], the largest home-owners association in the Netherlands; with 700,000 members, it is also the largest in the world
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