Fireworks retailers can apply for compensation because a ban on consumer fireworks will prevent individuals from setting off fireworks at the coming turn of the year. To qualify, retailers must show that they sold New Year’s fireworks during the 2025–2026 season and in December of at least one earlier year between 2022 and 2024. Compensation is based on a fixed average profit rate applied to the value of earlier purchases, with a choice of reference year, and is adjusted for inflation. Retailers can also receive a one-off allowance of 15 percent for additional costs and €3,500 per sales location, for up to five locations. Applications can be submitted to the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) until 18 January; the agency plans to pay 80 percent of approved applications by 1 March 2027.

Fireworks retailers are dissatisfied with the scheme. Frans Köhler, chairman of the Vruwijkcheck Foundation, said it offered only limited compensation and warned that businesses dependent on winter fireworks sales could face bankruptcy or costly adaptations. He also said the ban could encourage the illegal fireworks market. A questionnaire among about 3,000 young people found that some still intended to set off fireworks despite the ban, with Germany, Belgium and Poland mentioned as places to buy them; police said they would carry out additional checks. Municipalities are reportedly unlikely to grant exemptions to neighborhood groups and associations in the coming year, citing limited preparation time, too few enforcement officers and uncertainty over liability. Exemptions would require strict safety measures.