Members' Council approves 2026 rates

On 11 December 2025, the Members' Council approved the 2026 rates for members. The proposal for members of the Royal FloraHolland Executive Board handles input and feedback from the Members' Council and the Financial Committee. The executive board decides on the rates that apply to non-members (suppliers).

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The most important changes

The rate increases in 2026 are limited: the effective cost increase for membership and use of Royal FloraHolland's services is, on average, almost equal to inflation. However, the impact may vary per member, depending on the business model, the chosen member pack and the use of RFH services.

The most important changes are:

1. Association costs adjustment

The fixed association costs will be increased from €600 to €630 for main numbers and from €300 to €315 for sub-numbers. The variable association costs will be 0.630% of sales growth, up to a maximum of €1.250,000 in product revenues. This is an increase compared to 2025, when this maximum was €1.150,000. The variable association costs only apply to the Auction Clock, Auction Presales and Floriday Daytrade transactions, and therefore not to other direct transactions.

2. Adjustment to commission

In all member packs, the commission per sales method will increase by 0.1 percentage points from 1 January 2026 to finance the Real Estate Master Plan, as explained above. The image of the indicative rate structure shows what this change means for the rates in 2026 for each pack and each sales method.

3. Capital contribution

As of 1 January 2026, the capital contribution will be adjusted from 0.50% to 0.75%.

4. Adjustment of volume benefit scales

The volume benefit scales will be adjusted in 2026 in each member pack to: €2.3 to 4.6 million, €4.6 to 13.8 million and €13.8+ million. With this adjustment, the costs of the volume benefit scheme for Royal FloraHolland will not increase in 2026.

5. Indexation of rates for logistics services and transport packaging

The rates for logistics services will increase by 3%. In doing so, we will follow the DPI index1 as closely as possible. The rates for transport packaging will be increased by an average of 1.5%.

6. Destruction of unsold product costs

Since last year, Royal FloraHolland has been collaborating with a new supplier, Facilicom, which organizes the destruction of rejected or unsold flowers. Together with this supplier, a comprehensive cost analysis was carried out, which showed that the rates for this service have not been cost covering for some time. 

It has therefore been decided to increase the rates for this service. The rate per bucket will increase from €0.86 to €1.47. The maximum rate per trolley will increase from €44.84 to €73.50 and the rejection rate per bucket will increase from €1.26 to €1.87 in 2026.

Advance notice of VRM CC surcharges

The intention is to introduce two surcharges at the beginning of 2026 for CCs supplied via Veiling Rhein-Maas (VRM):

• VRM CC handling surcharge
  This surcharge is to cover the differences in handling costs between VRM and the RFH hubs for handling CCs. The surcharge will be charged for every CC supplied to VRM.
• VRM CC Imbalance Contribution Surcharge
  This surcharge is intended to cover the additional transport costs incurred due to the imbalance in CC flows between VRM and the RFH hubs in Naaldwijk, Rijnsburg and Aalsmeer. Only the largest contributors to this imbalance will pay this surcharge.

These two surcharges are levied on the lots that cause additional costs by buying and selling products on CCs via VRM. This prevents a general increase in costs for all CC users. Additional communication will follow once the surcharges have been finalised.

Renewing the tariff structure

Together with the Members' Council, Royal FloraHolland is working on a new tariff model that is expected to apply from 2027 and will do even more justice to the different varieties of growers. A broad and diverse group of members strengthens our platform and helps our cooperative to remain successful. The new tariff model should contribute to this and allow for differences between members. We will carefully guide the entire process towards 2027 together with the Members' Council and the Supervisory Board.

Gradual commission increase for financing the Real Estate Master Plan

Royal FloraHolland has started maintenance and new construction based on the Real Estate Master Plan, which will require additional investments in the coming years. The cooperative's real estate will be addressed and further developed in several areas.

To finance these additional investments, the commission and capital contribution will be increased in the coming years, as discussed during the last member sessions. The commission increase, the rate for transactions via various trading methods, will gradually rise to 0.30% in the coming years.

More information

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