NAKB has a team of professional inspectors and a modern laboratory where samples can be examined for 80 viruses, thus covering almost the entire spectrum of known viruses. The proximity of supplying businesses is a great advantage for the floricultural sector in the Netherlands. Greenhouse builders, computer technology firms, irrigation system specialists, engineering firms and of course plant breeding and seed production companies. The plant breeding and seed production sector is diverse. There are seed producers of cut flowers, and garden plants.
Some businesses breed plants themselves and develop new breeds.
They may market their products themselves or leave it to someone else. There are also businesses that are licenced to grow and sell breeds that are patented by others. Finally there are businesses that only buy and sell seed. Some businesses are Dutch, others have a foreign mother company. Most are active on the international market.