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 R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022 1st quarter 134
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 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022 1st quarter 13
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 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 S Other service activities 2022 1st quarter 57
Total male and female Empl. status: other self-employed R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: other self-employed 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: other self-employed 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: other self-employed M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: other self-employed 73-75 Advertising, design and other 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: other self-employed N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: other self-employed S Other service activities 2022 1st quarter .
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022 1st quarter 51
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 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 M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 138
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 S Other service activities 2022 1st quarter 11
Male Empl. status: other self-employed R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022 1st quarter .
Male Empl. status: other self-employed 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2022 1st quarter .
Male Empl. status: other self-employed 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022 1st quarter .
Male Empl. status: other self-employed M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter .
Male Empl. status: other self-employed 73-75 Advertising, design and other 2022 1st quarter .
Male Empl. status: other self-employed N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter .
Male Empl. status: other self-employed S Other service activities 2022 1st quarter .
Female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022 1st quarter 83
Female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2022 1st quarter 1
Female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022 1st quarter 1
Female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter 87
Female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 73-75 Advertising, design and other 2022 1st quarter 32
Female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter 21
Female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour S Other service activities 2022 1st quarter 45
Female Empl. status: other self-employed R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2022 1st quarter .
Female Empl. status: other self-employed 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2022 1st quarter .
Female Empl. status: other self-employed 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2022 1st quarter .
Female Empl. status: other self-employed M Other specialised business services 2022 1st quarter .
Female Empl. status: other self-employed 73-75 Advertising, design and other 2022 1st quarter .
Female Empl. status: other self-employed N Renting and other business support 2022 1st quarter .
Female Empl. status: other self-employed S Other service activities 2022 1st quarter .
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.