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 Total persons M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 1,283
Total male and female Total persons M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 852
Total male and female Total persons N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 430
Total male and female Working hours: less than 12 hours a week M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 79
Total male and female Working hours: less than 12 hours a week M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 38
Total male and female Working hours: less than 12 hours a week N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 41
Total male and female Working hours: less than 20 hours a week M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 144
Total male and female Working hours: less than 20 hours a week M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 62
Total male and female Working hours: less than 20 hours a week N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 82
Total male and female Working hours: part-time M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 507
Total male and female Working hours: part-time M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 304
Total male and female Working hours: part-time N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 203
Total male and female Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 65
Total male and female Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 25
Total male and female Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 40
Total male and female Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 363
Total male and female Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 242
Total male and female Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 122
Total male and female Working hours: full-time M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 776
Total male and female Working hours: full-time M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 548
Total male and female Working hours: full-time N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 227
Total male and female Age: 15 to 24 years M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 143
Total male and female Age: 15 to 24 years M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 71
Total male and female Age: 15 to 24 years N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 72
Total male and female Age: 25 to 44 years M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 581
Total male and female Age: 25 to 44 years M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 395
Total male and female Age: 25 to 44 years N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 186
Total male and female Age: 25 to 34 years M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 320
Total male and female Age: 25 to 34 years M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 219
Total male and female Age: 25 to 34 years N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 102
Total male and female Age: 35 to 44 years M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 261
Total male and female Age: 35 to 44 years M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 176
Total male and female Age: 35 to 44 years N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 85
Total male and female Age: 45 to 54 years M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 303
Total male and female Age: 45 to 54 years M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 213
Total male and female Age: 45 to 54 years N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 91
Total male and female Age: 45 to 74 years M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 558
Total male and female Age: 45 to 74 years M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 387
Total male and female Age: 45 to 74 years N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 172
Total male and female Age: 55 to 64 years M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 213
Total male and female Age: 55 to 64 years M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 143
Total male and female Age: 55 to 64 years N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 70
Total male and female Age: 65 to 74 years M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 42
Total male and female Age: 65 to 74 years M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 31
Total male and female Age: 65 to 74 years N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 11
Total male and female Level of educ: 1. Low M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 167
Total male and female Level of educ: 1. Low M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 50
Total male and female Level of educ: 1. Low N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 118
Total male and female Level of educ: 2 Intermediate M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 402
Total male and female Level of educ: 2 Intermediate M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 222
Total male and female Level of educ: 2 Intermediate N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 179
Total male and female Level of educ: 3 High M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 705
Total male and female Level of educ: 3 High M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 578
Total male and female Level of educ: 3 High N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 127
Total male and female Level of educ: unknown M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 9
Total male and female Level of educ: unknown M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 2
Total male and female Level of educ: unknown N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 6
Total male and female Empl. status: employee M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 922
Total male and female Empl. status: employee M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 562
Total male and female Empl. status: employee N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 360
Total male and female Empl. status: permanent employee M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 645
Total male and female Empl. status: permanent employee M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 416
Total male and female Empl. status: permanent employee N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 229
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 277
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 146
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 131
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 93
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 59
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 33
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 38
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 21
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 17
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary < 1 year M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 41
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary < 1 year M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 24
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary < 1 year N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 16
Total male and female Empl. status: on-call worker M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 70
Total male and female Empl. status: on-call worker M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 28
Total male and female Empl. status: on-call worker N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 41
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. agency worker M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 30
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. agency worker M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 11
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. agency worker N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 19
Total male and female Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 6
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 4
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 361
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 290
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 70
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 358
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 289
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 70
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 297
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 240
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 56
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour M-N Business services 2022 1st quarter 277
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.