Construction industry; employment and finance, SIC'93, 2006 - 2008

Construction industry; employment and finance, SIC'93, 2006 - 2008

Sector/branches (SIC'93) Periods Jobs persons employed, annual average Jobs persons employed (x 1 000) Jobs persons employed, annual average Labour volume persons employed (x 1 000)
45 Building and construction 2008 499.1 456.7
451 Site preparation 2008 20.0 17.7
452 Building of complete constructions 2008 247.6 230.6
4521 General building of complete con.. 2008 153.4 143.4
45211 General construction of buildings 2008 130.4 121.5
4521c Engineering works, cables/pipes 2008 23.0 21.9
4522 Erection of roof covering and .. 2008 11.9 10.8
4523 Construction of highways 2008 41.5 38.3
4524 Construction of water projects 2008 6.9 6.6
4525 Other construction work, building.. 2008 33.9 31.4
453 Building installation 2008 152.5 138.1
4531 Installation of electrical wiring 2008 62.1 57.8
4532 Insulation work activities 2008 5.3 4.7
4533 Plumbing and fitting 2008 72.9 64.2
4534 Other building installation 2008 12.2 11.4
454 Building completion 2008 70.7 62.7
4541 Plastering 2008 12.6 10.9
4542 Joinery installation 2008 12.8 11.3
4543 Floor and wall covering 2008 10.7 9.1
4544 Painting and glazing 2008 32.2 29.3
4545 Other building completion 2008 2.5 2.1
455 Renting, construction eq. with .. 2008 8.3 7.6
4511a Construction of buildings, .. 2008 161.5 150.0
4511b Civil engineering 2008 85.5 79.5
4525a Construction, no general .. 2008 252.1 227.3
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table shows relevant data for the economic sector 'construction
industry', e.g. the number of persons employed, costs and revenues,
turnover and other financial results. The figures can be divided by a
number of branches according to Statistics Netherlands' Standard
Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities 1993 (SIC'93).

The survey questionnaire was changed slightly in 2007. Up to and including
2006, wage subsidies were counted as (other) business returns. From 2007
onwards these subsidies are deducted from business costs. Because of these
changes, results for 2007 are not fully comparable with results for 2006.
The effect of these changes on business returns and business costs are
small for most of the branches.

Data available from 2006 - 2008.

Status of the figures: All data are definite.

Changes as of 1 September 2011:
This table has been stopped. Two important points in the processing of the
data on 2009 have changed :
- a new version of the Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic
Activities has been implemented (SIC 2008);
- the statistical unit has been changed.
Due to these changes, the figures are no longer comparable to those of the
previous years. Therefore new table has been started from 2009 onwards
(see also heading 3).

Description topics

Jobs persons employed, annual average
A job is a position occupied by an employed person.
Includes all employees on the company payroll minus staff employed
elsewhere on a temporary basis plus personnel hired from other companies,
temps/seconded staff and other employed persons, e.g. participating owners
and partners.
Jobs persons employed
The average number of persons employed in the fiscal or financial year.
Labour volume persons employed
The labour volume of persons employed in the fiscal or financial year, in
terms of full labour years. A labour year is a measure for the labour
volume. A full labour year is calculated by converting all jobs
(full-time and part-time) to FTEs (full-time equivalent). For example,
two jobs
half time (0,5 FTE each), add up to one year of labour volume.