Self-employed persons; income, wealth, characteristics; 2007-2016
| Type of self-employed | Sex | Characteristics of persons | Sector/Branches (SIC 2008) | Periods | Self-employed, main income Self-employed wealth Self-employed with company capital (x 1 000) | Self-employed, all incomes Self-employed wealth Self-employed persons with comp. capital (x 1 000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | A-U All economic activities | 2016* | 124.2 | 168.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2016* | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2016* | 22.4 | 25.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2016* | 17.8 | 25.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | G-N Commercial services | 2016* | 61.5 | 84.6 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | M-N Business services | 2016* | 30.2 | 41.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | O-Q Government and care | 2016* | 16.0 | 23.3 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | O-U Noncommercial services | 2016* | 33.8 | 48.3 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2016* | 17.8 | 25.0 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2016* | 5.7 | 8.8 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | B Mining and quarrying | 2016* | . | . |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | C Manufacturing | 2016* | 4.0 | 5.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | D Energy supply | 2016* | . | 0.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | E Water supply and waste management | 2016* | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | F Construction | 2016* | 18.2 | 20.0 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2016* | 11.7 | 17.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | H Transportation and storage | 2016* | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | I Accommodation and food serving | 2016* | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | J Information and communication | 2016* | 7.3 | 9.9 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | K Financial institutions | 2016* | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2016* | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | M Other specialised business services | 2016* | 25.1 | 34.8 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | N Renting and other business support | 2016* | 5.1 | 6.7 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | O Public administration and services | 2016* | . | 0.0 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | P Education | 2016* | 5.8 | 8.7 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | Q Health and social work activities | 2016* | 10.1 | 14.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | R Culture, sports and recreation | 2016* | 10.4 | 15.0 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | S Other service activities | 2016* | 7.4 | 10.0 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | T Activities of households | 2016* | . | . |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | U Extraterritorial organisations | 2016* | . | . |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | Unknown | 2016* | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | A-U All economic activities | 2016* | 301.8 | 412.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2016* | 12.2 | 15.9 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2016* | 74.7 | 85.0 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2016* | 46.1 | 65.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | G-N Commercial services | 2016* | 160.7 | 222.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | M-N Business services | 2016* | 69.1 | 99.0 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | O-Q Government and care | 2016* | 23.4 | 35.8 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | O-U Noncommercial services | 2016* | 37.9 | 58.6 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2016* | 14.5 | 22.8 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2016* | 26.4 | 37.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | B Mining and quarrying | 2016* | . | 0.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | C Manufacturing | 2016* | 11.6 | 15.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | D Energy supply | 2016* | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | E Water supply and waste management | 2016* | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | F Construction | 2016* | 62.5 | 69.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2016* | 30.3 | 44.6 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | H Transportation and storage | 2016* | 10.4 | 12.6 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | I Accommodation and food serving | 2016* | 5.4 | 7.9 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | J Information and communication | 2016* | 13.6 | 19.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | K Financial institutions | 2016* | 28.2 | 33.8 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2016* | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | M Other specialised business services | 2016* | 58.9 | 85.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | N Renting and other business support | 2016* | 10.1 | 13.9 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | O Public administration and services | 2016* | . | 0.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | P Education | 2016* | 7.6 | 13.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | Q Health and social work activities | 2016* | 15.8 | 22.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | R Culture, sports and recreation | 2016* | 8.5 | 14.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | S Other service activities | 2016* | 6.0 | 8.3 |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | T Activities of households | 2016* | . | . |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | U Extraterritorial organisations | 2016* | . | . |
| Self-employed without employee | Total male and female | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | Unknown | 2016* | 2.1 | 9.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | A-U All economic activities | 2016* | 82.1 | 106.6 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2016* | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2016* | 21.5 | 24.0 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2016* | 13.4 | 18.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | G-N Commercial services | 2016* | 42.7 | 57.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | M-N Business services | 2016* | 18.2 | 24.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | O-Q Government and care | 2016* | 5.0 | 7.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | O-U Noncommercial services | 2016* | 12.4 | 17.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2016* | 7.4 | 10.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2016* | 5.0 | 7.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | B Mining and quarrying | 2016* | . | . |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | C Manufacturing | 2016* | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | D Energy supply | 2016* | . | . |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | E Water supply and waste management | 2016* | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | F Construction | 2016* | 18.0 | 19.6 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2016* | 8.6 | 12.3 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | H Transportation and storage | 2016* | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | I Accommodation and food serving | 2016* | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | J Information and communication | 2016* | 6.2 | 8.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | K Financial institutions | 2016* | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2016* | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | M Other specialised business services | 2016* | 15.0 | 20.4 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | N Renting and other business support | 2016* | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | O Public administration and services | 2016* | . | 0.0 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | P Education | 2016* | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | Q Health and social work activities | 2016* | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | R Culture, sports and recreation | 2016* | 5.7 | 8.1 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | S Other service activities | 2016* | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | T Activities of households | 2016* | . | . |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | U Extraterritorial organisations | 2016* | . | . |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner without partner | Unknown | 2016* | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | A-U All economic activities | 2016* | 260.1 | 349.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2016* | 11.4 | 14.7 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | B-F Manufacturing and energy | 2016* | 73.2 | 82.6 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2016* | 39.5 | 55.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | G-N Commercial services | 2016* | 140.0 | 193.5 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | M-N Business services | 2016* | 57.7 | 83.3 |
| Self-employed without employee | Male | Pos. in hh.: main earner with partner | O-Q Government and care | 2016* | 13.8 | 22.0 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||
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This table contains statistics regarding income and capital of self-employed persons in the Netherlands. A distinction is made between, on the one hand, persons for whom self-employment provides for the main source of income, and on the other hand all persons with income from self-employed work. The number of sources of self-employed income is reported as well. The figures in this table are broken down by type of self-employed person, sector, gender, age, migration background, position in the household, and by income and wealth decile groups.
All statistics in this table are at the individual level, this includes capital; (corporate) assets are summed per household and then assigned to all household members, thus serving as a measure of personal prosperity. The sample date for both population and capital is the first of January of the reporting year. For the older years 2007 up to and including 2010, capital is sampled on the first of January of the year following the reporting year.
The General Business Register (ABR) is used to determine the sector (SBI) of self-employed persons. The ABR has been subject to various trend breaks in the period 2007-2011. This leads to a sharp decrease in the number of self-employed persons in the financial services (sector K) in 2010. Therefore caution is advised when consulting sector trends or comparing numbers across sectors.
Data available for 2007-2016.
Status of the figures:
All figures are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, the status will remain fixed.
Changes as of 2019 March 1:
None, the table has been discontinued
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.
Description topics
- Self-employed, main income
- Persons for whom self-employment provides for the main source of income.
- Self-employed wealth
- The capital of the household to which the self-employed person belongs, assigned to all household members as a measure of wealth.
- Self-employed with company capital
- The number of self-employed persons residing in households where at least one member owns company capital; business assets or substantial interest.
- Self-employed, all incomes
- All persons with income from self-employed labour.
- Self-employed wealth
- The capital of the household to which the self-employed person belongs, assigned to all household members as a measure of wealth.
- Self-employed persons with comp. capital
- The number of self-employed persons residing in households where at least one member owns company capital; business assets or substantial interest.