Employed labour force; economic activity (SIC 2008), 2003-2022

Employed labour force; economic activity (SIC 2008), 2003-2022

Sex Personal characteristics SIC 2008 Periods Employed labour force (x 1 000)
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 943
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022 1st quarter 30
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B-F Manufacturing and energy 2022 1st quarter 122
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 83
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G-N Commercial services 2022 1st quarter 461
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 277
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O-Q Government and care 2022 1st quarter 197
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O-U Noncommercial services 2022 1st quarter 331
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022 1st quarter 134
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2022 1st quarter 16
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B Mining and quarrying 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour C Manufacturing 2022 1st quarter 27
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2022 1st quarter 2
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2022 1st quarter 4
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2022 1st quarter 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 20 Manufacture of chemicals 2022 1st quarter 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2022 1st quarter 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2022 1st quarter 4
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 26 Manufacture of electronic products 2022 1st quarter 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2022 1st quarter 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 29-30 Transport equipment 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022 1st quarter 13
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour D Energy supply 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 35 Energy supply 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour E Water supply and waste management 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour F Construction 2022 1st quarter 92
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 30
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour H Transportation and storage 2022 1st quarter 35
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour I Accommodation and food serving 2022 1st quarter 18
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour J Information and communication 2022 1st quarter 70
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2022 1st quarter 23
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 61 Telecommunications 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 62-63 IT- and information services 2022 1st quarter 47
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour K Financial institutions 2022 1st quarter 22
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2022 1st quarter 8
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 225
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2022 1st quarter 158
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 72 Research and development 2022 1st quarter 3
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 73-75 Advertising, design and other 2022 1st quarter 64
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 52
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 4
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour P Education 2022 1st quarter 70
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 124
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 78
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 87-88 Care and social work 2022 1st quarter 46
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour R Culture, sports and recreation 2022 1st quarter 76
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour S Other service activities 2022 1st quarter 57
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour T Activities of households 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour U Extraterritorial organisations 2022 1st quarter 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour Unknown 2022 1st quarter 13
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 565
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022 1st quarter 25
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B-F Manufacturing and energy 2022 1st quarter 114
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 64
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G-N Commercial services 2022 1st quarter 315
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 169
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O-Q Government and care 2022 1st quarter 65
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O-U Noncommercial services 2022 1st quarter 116
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022 1st quarter 51
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2022 1st quarter 12
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B Mining and quarrying 2022 1st quarter 1
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2022 1st quarter 1
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour C Manufacturing 2022 1st quarter 22
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2022 1st quarter 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2022 1st quarter 3
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2022 1st quarter 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 20 Manufacture of chemicals 2022 1st quarter 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2022 1st quarter 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022 1st quarter 1
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2022 1st quarter 4
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 26 Manufacture of electronic products 2022 1st quarter 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2022 1st quarter 1
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2022 1st quarter 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 29-30 Transport equipment 2022 1st quarter 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022 1st quarter 12
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour D Energy supply 2022 1st quarter 1
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 35 Energy supply 2022 1st quarter 1
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour E Water supply and waste management 2022 1st quarter 1
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour F Construction 2022 1st quarter 89
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 22
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour H Transportation and storage 2022 1st quarter 30
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour I Accommodation and food serving 2022 1st quarter 11
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour J Information and communication 2022 1st quarter 59
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2022 1st quarter 18
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 61 Telecommunications 2022 1st quarter 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 62-63 IT- and information services 2022 1st quarter 40
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour K Financial institutions 2022 1st quarter 17
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2022 1st quarter 6
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 138
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2022 1st quarter 104
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 72 Research and development 2022 1st quarter 2
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 73-75 Advertising, design and other 2022 1st quarter 32
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 31
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 2
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour P Education 2022 1st quarter 29
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 34
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 26
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on the economic activities where people work. The population of 15 to 74 years of age (excluding the institutionalized population) in paid employment is classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2008). A division by sex, age, level of education, professional status and working hours is available.

Due to changes in the survey design and the questionnaire of the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a revision of the figures for 2021 was carried out in the first quarter of 2022.
As a result, the numbers of 2021 and later will not be comparable to the years 2003-2020.

Data available for 2003-2022

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of August 17, 2022:
None, the table has been discontinued.

From 2021 onwards the categories ‘Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours' and ‘Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours' are stopped. From 2021 they are counted in ‘Empl. status: on-call worker' category. In addition, a new category ' Empl. status: flex, contract unknown' has been added from 2021 onwards. For the self-employed, the category ' Empl. status: other self-employed' has been removed

When will new figures be released?
Not applicable. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.

Description topics

Employed labour force
People who have paid work.

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 75 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.