Enterprises

Manufacturing industry expects to invest less this year

25-11-2008Press release Manufacturing companies expect to invest 2 percent less this year than in 2007. In the spring forecast they still reported that investment would rise by 11 percent.

Number of video shops reduced by half over the past decade

18-11-2008Web magazine The number of video shops was reduced by half over the period 1998–2008.

Record number of companies in the Netherlands

02-10-2008Web magazine

Foreign companies pay better salaries than Dutch companies

24-07-2008Web magazine Personnel costs of foreign companies are nearly one third higher than those of Dutch companies. American subsidiaries pay the highest salaries, followed by Japanese companies.

More entrepreneurs in the Netherlands

10-07-2008Web magazine The number of people setting up their own business in the Netherlands has gradually risen since the 1990s, but the proportion of business owners was still lagging behind the EU 15 average in 2006. The investment climate in the Netherlands is compared with 19 benchmark countries.

Sustained growth for e-commerce

27-03-2008Web magazine In 2006, Dutch companies generated nearly 11 percent of their turnover through e-commerce.

Substantial reduction in corporate tax burden

18-03-2008Web magazine In 2006, the burden of corporate tax for the largest non-financial companies in the Netherlands was 20.9 percent. This was 7.4 percentage points lower than in 2004.

Large companies depend largely on foreign participation

29-01-2008Web magazine In the last ten years the net yearly profit of the largest non-financial companies in the Netherlands has varied between 10 billion euro in 2002, to over 70 billion euro in 2006.