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 4,015
A-F Agriculture and industry 937
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 58
B-F Industry and energy 879
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 600
B Mining and quarrying 6
C Manufacturing 539
D Electricity and gas supply 27
E Water supply and waste management 28
F Construction 279
G-N Commercial services 2,130
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 947
G Wholesale and retail trade 581
H Transportation and storage 252
I Accommodation and food serving 114
J Information and communication 222
K Financial institutions 157
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 42
M-N Business services 763
M Other specialised business services 375
N Renting and other business support 387
O-U Noncommercial services 948
O-Q Government and care 863
O Public administration and services 412
P Education .
Q Health and social work activities 272
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 86
R Culture, sports and recreation 43
S Other service activities 42
0 to 9 employed persons A-U All economic activities 522
A-F Agriculture and industry 108
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 17
B-F Industry and energy 91
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 37
B Mining and quarrying 0
C Manufacturing 35
D Electricity and gas supply 1
E Water supply and waste management 1
F Construction 53
G-N Commercial services 370
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 149
G Wholesale and retail trade 104
H Transportation and storage 18
I Accommodation and food serving 27
J Information and communication 35
K Financial institutions 22
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 13
M-N Business services 151
M Other specialised business services 122
N Renting and other business support 29
O-U Noncommercial services 44
O-Q Government and care 26
O Public administration and services 0
P Education .
Q Health and social work activities 20
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 971
A-F Agriculture and industry 296
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 30
B-F Industry and energy 266
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 164
B Mining and quarrying 2
C Manufacturing 155
D Electricity and gas supply 2
E Water supply and waste management 6
F Construction 102
G-N Commercial services 597
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 324
G Wholesale and retail trade 206
H Transportation and storage 65
I Accommodation and food serving 53
J Information and communication 67
K Financial institutions 17
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 11
M-N Business services 178
M Other specialised business services 100
N Renting and other business support 78
O-U Noncommercial services 78
O-Q Government and care 45
O Public administration and services 3
P Education .
Q Health and social work activities 30
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 33
R Culture, sports and recreation 18
S Other service activities 15
100 or more employed persons A-U All economic activities 2,522
A-F Agriculture and industry 533
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 11
B-F Industry and energy 522
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 399
B Mining and quarrying 4
C Manufacturing 349
D Electricity and gas supply 25
E Water supply and waste management 21
F Construction 123
G-N Commercial services 1,163
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 474
G Wholesale and retail trade 271
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 definite. Figures for 2025 are provisional.

Changes as of 21 April 2026:
Provisional figures for 2025 are added.
The figures for 2025 are excluding the selections: ‘Type of employment contract: full-time’, ‘Type of employment contract: part-time’ for the branche ‘P Education’

When will new figures be published?
The final figures for 2025 will be published in October 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.