Employment; sex; type of employment contract, size of company, SIC2008

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Size of company Industry classes / branches (SIC2008) Employment Jobs (x 1 000)
Total A-U All economic activities 4,012
A-F Agriculture and industry 940
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 58
B-F Industry and energy 882
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 608
B Mining and quarrying 6
C Manufacturing 548
D Electricity and gas supply 26
E Water supply and waste management 28
F Construction 274
G-N Commercial services 2,141
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 966
G Wholesale and retail trade 598
H Transportation and storage 254
I Accommodation and food serving 114
J Information and communication 224
K Financial institutions 157
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 41
M-N Business services 753
M Other specialised business services 363
N Renting and other business support 389
O-U Noncommercial services 931
O-Q Government and care 846
O Public administration and services 392
P Education 192
Q Health and social work activities 262
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 85
R Culture, sports and recreation 43
S Other service activities 41
0 to 9 employed persons A-U All economic activities 520
A-F Agriculture and industry 110
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 18
B-F Industry and energy 92
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 39
B Mining and quarrying 0
C Manufacturing 37
D Electricity and gas supply 1
E Water supply and waste management 1
F Construction 54
G-N Commercial services 365
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 153
G Wholesale and retail trade 108
H Transportation and storage 18
I Accommodation and food serving 27
J Information and communication 36
K Financial institutions 23
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 14
M-N Business services 139
M Other specialised business services 111
N Renting and other business support 28
O-U Noncommercial services 45
O-Q Government and care 26
O Public administration and services 0
P Education 6
Q Health and social work activities 19
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 19
R Culture, sports and recreation 9
S Other service activities 10
10 to 99 employed persons A-U All economic activities 987
A-F Agriculture and industry 299
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 29
B-F Industry and energy 270
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 168
B Mining and quarrying 2
C Manufacturing 159
D Electricity and gas supply 2
E Water supply and waste management 6
F Construction 102
G-N Commercial services 606
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 331
G Wholesale and retail trade 211
H Transportation and storage 67
I Accommodation and food serving 52
J Information and communication 68
K Financial institutions 17
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 11
M-N Business services 179
M Other specialised business services 101
N Renting and other business support 77
O-U Noncommercial services 82
O-Q Government and care 48
O Public administration and services 4
P Education 15
Q Health and social work activities 29
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 33
R Culture, sports and recreation 19
S Other service activities 15
100 or more employed persons A-U All economic activities 2,506
A-F Agriculture and industry 531
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 12
B-F Industry and energy 520
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 401
B Mining and quarrying 4
C Manufacturing 353
D Electricity and gas supply 23
E Water supply and waste management 20
F Construction 119
G-N Commercial services 1,170
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 482
G Wholesale and retail trade 278
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table comprises yearly figures on the main aspects of employment, wages and working hours in the Netherlands. The information in this table is broken down by sex of the employee, type of employment contract, size of enterprise and classification according to Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (SIC 2008)

Data available from: 2009.

Status of the figures:
Figures for the years 2009 to 2024 are final.

Changes as of 10 October 2025:
Provisional figures for 2024 are replaced by final figures.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional figures for 2025 will be published in May 2026.

Description topics

Employment
Jobs
A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit, specifying that labour will be carried out in return for remuneration (financial or otherwise). An employed person may have more than one job at a time. In that case the person has a main job and a secondary job. Each job counts separately. For the calculation of the average number of jobs in a certain period the starting date and end date of a job is taking into account. The weekly working hours are left out of account. Two successive jobs both with a 6-month working period will always count as one job in the average number of jobs, regardless of whether these jobs are full-time or part-time.