Bike sharing options and market size in Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2019

There were roughly 18,000 Swapfiets bicycles in Dutch capital Amsterdam in 2019. This made the commercial B2C bike sharing platform much more popular than the public alternative: OV-fiets (Public Transport Bike). Although the two platforms are listed here as competitors in shared bicycle mobility, their business models are very different. Whereas Swapfiets uses a subscription-based model where users pay a monthly fee to 'have' their own bicyce, OV-fiets is a station-based sharing platform, with depots located only near train stations. Aside from these two platforms, Amsterdam has many small tourism-oriented bicycle sharing and/or rental companies.