Editing Amersfoort (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:Amersfoort Altstadt 13.jpg|thumb|right|Canal, city centre]]
[[File:Amersfoort Altstadt 09.jpg|thumb|right|Street with shops]]
[[File:Amersfoort Havik 3.JPG|thumb|right|Havik]]
The city is a main location for several international companies:
* Royal [[VolkerWessels]] Stevin N.V., a major European construction-services business.
* [[FrieslandCampina]], a Dutch dairy cooperative.
* [[Royal HaskoningDHV]], consultants and engineers.
* [[Golden Tulip Hospitality Group]], international hotel chain Golden Tulip Hotels, Inns and Resorts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.goldentulip.com/contact/default.aspx?Language=EN |title=Contact |publisher=[[Golden Tulip Hospitality Group]] |access-date=27 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912213325/http://corporate.goldentulip.com/contact/default.aspx?Language=EN |archive-date=12 September 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Nutreco]], animal feed and human foodstuffs
* [[Yokogawa Electric]], an electrical engineering and software company, the European headquarters for which are located in Amersfoort

It also has a number of [[non-governmental organization]]s and foundations:
* [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|Christian Union]], a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands.
* [[Oikocredit]], headquarters of global cooperative society, financing economic development focused on poverty alleviation.
* [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]], a left-wing social-democratic political party in The Netherlands.
* [[Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association|KNLTB]], the Dutch national [[tennis|lawn-tennis]] association.
* Vereniging Eigen Huis, the largest home-owners association in the Netherlands; with 700,000 members, it is also the largest in the world