Trade and industry; employment and finance per sector, SIC 2008

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Operating costs Personnel costs Insurance premiums and other costs Employer-paid social insurance premiums (x mln euro) Operating costs Personnel costs Insurance premiums and other costs Other social insurance costs (x mln euro)
016 Support activities for agriculture . .
B Mining and quarrying . .
B-E Industry (no construction), energy . .
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas . .
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas) . .
09 Mining support activities . .
C Manufacturing . .
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages . .
10 Manufacture of food products . .
101 Slaughtering, processing of meat . .
1011 Slaughterhouses (no poultry) . .
1012 Slaughterhouses (poultry) . .
1013 Processing of meat (no dishes) . .
102 Processing of fish . .
103 Processing of vegetables and fruit . .
1031 Processing of potatoes . .
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats . .
105 Manufacture of dairy products . .
106 Grain milling and starch products . .
1061 Manufacture of grain mill products . .
1062 Manufacture of starches . .
107 Manufacture of bakery products . .
1071 Manufacture of bread, fresh pastry . .
1072 Manufacture of preserved pastry . .
108 Manufacture of other food . .
1082 Manufacture of cocoa,confectionary . .
109 Manufacture of animal foods . .
11 Manufacture of beverages . .
1105 Manufacture of beer . .
1107 Manufacture of soft drinks . .
12 Manufacture of tobacco products . .
13 Manufacture of textiles . .
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts . .
139 Manufacture of other textiles . .
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel . .
15 Manufacture of leather and footwear . .
16+23 Man of wooden and buildingmaterial . .
16 Manufacture of wood products . .
161 Sawmilling and planing of wood . .
162 Manufacture of products of wood . .
1623 Manufacture other builders' joinery . .
17 Manufacture of paper . .
17-18 Manufacture of paper and printing . .
171 Manufacture of pulp, paper, -board . .
172 Manufacture of articles of paper . .
1721 Manufacture corrugated paper(board) . .
18 Printing and reproduction . .
181 Printing and services for printing . .
1812 Other printing . .
182 Reproduction of recorded media . .
19-22 Refineries and chemistry . .
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum . .
19201 Refining of petroleum . .
20 Manufacture of chemicals . .
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals . .
201 Manufacture of basic chemicals . .
2013 Manuf. other inorganic basic chemic . .
2014 Manufacture organic basic chemicals . .
20141 Manufacture of petrochemicals . .
20149 Manufacture other organic chemical . .
2015 Manufacture of fertilisers . .
2016 Manufacture plastics (primary form) . .
203 Manufacture of paints and ink . .
205 Manufacture of other chemicals . .
206 Manufacture of man-made fibres . .
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals . .
211 Manufacture of basic pharmaceuticals . .
212 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals . .
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products . .
221 Manufacture of rubber products . .
222 Manufacture of plastic products . .
2221 Manufacture plastic plates, tubes . .
2229 Manufacture other plastic products . .
23 Manufacture of building materials . .
231 Manufacture of glass . .
236 Manufacture concrete etc. products . .
2361 Manufacture of concrete products . .
237 Stone dressing . .
24 Manufacture of basic metals . .
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products . .
24-30, 33 Metalectro . .
241 Manufacture of iron and steel . .
244 Manufacture of non-ferrous metals . .
245 Casting of metals . .
25 Manufacture of metal products . .
251 Manufacture metal structures, doors . .
255 Forging, pressing, stamping . .
256 Other treatment of metals, machining . .
2561 Treatment and coating of metals . .
2562 Machining . .
257 Manufacture of hardware . .
259 Manufacture of other metal products . .
26 Manufacture of electronic products . .
26-28 Manufact of electronics, machinery . .
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry . .
261 Manufacture of electronic components . .
262 Manufacture of computers . .
263 Manufacture communication equipment . .
264 Manufacture of consumer electronics . .
265 Manufacture of measuring instruments . .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table shows relevant economic data for trade and industry sectors, e.g. the number of persons employed, costs and revenues, turnover and other financial results. The figures can be divided by a number of sectors/ branches according to Statistics Netherlands' Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities 2008 (SIC 2008).

Data available from: 2009.

Status of the figures:
All data in the table are definite.

Changes as of April 18, 2025:

Figures of 2023 have been added.


When will new figures be published?

Results are made available circa 15 months after the year under review. In March/April 2026, new figures will be published for 2024.


Description topics

Operating costs
The costs made to achieve the operating profits, that is the purchase value of the turnover, labour costs, and depreciation on assets, and other business expenditure.

Since 2007, wage (cost) subsidies are no longer included in net
operating returns. Therefore, wage (cost) subsidies are deducted from operating costs.
Personnel costs
This category comprises expenses like
- gross wages and salaries of employees, including social
security and pension scheme contributions
- payments for temporary workers and hired personnel
- costs of schooling and training
- recruitment and selection costs
- canteen costs
- costs for health and safety provisions
- working clothes
- anniversary celebrations, etc.
Insurance premiums and other costs
Employers' social contributions: The premiums paid by employers to social security on the gross wages.
These include imputed and actual social premiums and actual pension premiums, and payments made directly by the employer.



other social insurance costs:

- contributions to health insurance;

- costs of staff relocation and housing;

- costs of child care, etc.
Employer-paid social insurance premiums
The part of social insurance premiums paid by employers.

From 2021 onwards this subject is only available as part of the 'Insurance premiums and other costs
Other social insurance costs
This category includes:

- contributions to health insurance;

- costs of staff relocation and housing;

- costs of child care, etc.



From 2021 onwards this subject is only available as part of the 'Insurance premiums and other costs