Self-employed persons; income, wealth, characteristics; 2007-2016

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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 persons (x 1 000)	Self-employed, main income Self-employed income Median personal income (1 000 euro)	Self-employed, main income Self-employed wealth Median wealth (1 000 euro)	Self-employed, all incomes Self-employed persons (x 1 000)	Self-employed, all incomes Self-employed income Median personal income (1 000 euro)	Self-employed, all incomes Self-employed wealth Median wealth (1 000 euro)
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	A-U All economic activities	2016*	22.0	7.4	178.0	34.7	13.8	168.9
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	2016*	1.2	7.2	188.7	1.9	13.5	188.2
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	B-F Manufacturing and energy	2016*	5.9	7.2	139.0	9.1	12.0	136.2
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering	2016*	6.5	5.2	150.3	9.8	11.6	148.6
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	G-N Commercial services	2016*	10.6	6.0	145.8	16.7	13.0	146.0
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	M-N Business services	2016*	3.2	7.8	144.6	5.5	15.5	146.7
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	O-Q Government and care	2016*	1.8	12.0	239.4	3.3	21.9	199.1
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	O-U Noncommercial services	2016*	2.7	10.0	205.1	5.0	20.1	167.9
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	R-U Culture, recreation, other services	2016*	0.9	6.0	135.7	1.7	16.0	118.8
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2016*	2.8	9.9	546.0	3.8	13.2	531.9
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	B Mining and quarrying	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	C Manufacturing	2016*	1.2	7.2	184.3	1.8	13.5	182.9
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	D Energy supply	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	E Water supply and waste management	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	F Construction	2016*	4.7	7.2	129.9	7.2	12.0	125.3
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	G Wholesale and retail trade	2016*	4.1	6.0	202.9	6.3	12.5	189.1
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	H Transportation and storage	2016*	0.8	6.8	117.4	1.1	12.0	125.6
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	I Accommodation and food serving	2016*	1.7	0.0	72.3	2.4	7.5	78.3
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	J Information and communication	2016*	0.5	6.5	86.8	0.8	14.8	88.8
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	K Financial institutions	2016*	0.2	10.0	121.6	0.3	17.6	148.2
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	L Renting, buying, selling real estate	2016*	0.2	10.0	257.1	0.3	17.8	212.1
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	M Other specialised business services	2016*	2.4	8.3	162.5	4.1	16.2	161.4
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	N Renting and other business support	2016*	0.9	6.6	106.2	1.4	13.9	112.0
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	O Public administration and services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	P Education	2016*	0.4	6.5	151.9	0.8	18.4	132.5
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	Q Health and social work activities	2016*	1.4	13.8	276.0	2.6	22.9	225.6
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	R Culture, sports and recreation	2016*	0.3	6.0	157.0	0.7	15.9	129.3
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	S Other service activities	2016*	0.6	6.1	128.2	1.0	16.0	113.9
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	T Activities of households	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	U Extraterritorial organisations	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Total persons	Unknown	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.1	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	A-U All economic activities	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	B-F Manufacturing and energy	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	G-N Commercial services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	M-N Business services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	O-Q Government and care	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	O-U Noncommercial services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	R-U Culture, recreation, other services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	B Mining and quarrying	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	C Manufacturing	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	D Energy supply	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	E Water supply and waste management	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	F Construction	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	G Wholesale and retail trade	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	H Transportation and storage	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	I Accommodation and food serving	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	J Information and communication	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	K Financial institutions	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	L Renting, buying, selling real estate	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	M Other specialised business services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	N Renting and other business support	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	O Public administration and services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	P Education	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	Q Health and social work activities	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	R Culture, sports and recreation	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	S Other service activities	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	T Activities of households	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	U Extraterritorial organisations	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 0 to 14 years	Unknown	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	A-U All economic activities	2016*	0.2	5.7	52.9	0.3	10.5	59.2
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	B-F Manufacturing and energy	2016*	0.1	.	.	0.1	9.8	41.8
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.1	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	G-N Commercial services	2016*	0.1	.	.	0.1	10.2	55.0
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	M-N Business services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	O-Q Government and care	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	O-U Noncommercial services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	R-U Culture, recreation, other services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.1	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	B Mining and quarrying	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	C Manufacturing	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	D Energy supply	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	E Water supply and waste management	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	F Construction	2016*	0.1	.	.	0.1	10.2	41.8
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	G Wholesale and retail trade	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	H Transportation and storage	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	I Accommodation and food serving	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	J Information and communication	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	K Financial institutions	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	L Renting, buying, selling real estate	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	M Other specialised business services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	N Renting and other business support	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	O Public administration and services	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	P Education	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Q Health and social work activities	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	R Culture, sports and recreation	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	S Other service activities	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	T Activities of households	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	U Extraterritorial organisations	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Unknown	2016*	0.0	.	.	0.0	.	.
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	A-U All economic activities	2016*	9.2	7.5	94.3	14.5	13.5	90.5
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	2016*	0.5	7.6	111.0	0.8	14.2	115.3
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	B-F Manufacturing and energy	2016*	2.8	7.5	73.7	4.4	12.2	76.3
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering	2016*	2.7	5.9	78.1	4.0	11.8	78.1
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	G-N Commercial services	2016*	4.3	6.1	75.5	6.8	12.8	74.7
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	M-N Business services	2016*	1.2	7.8	69.9	2.1	15.0	71.5
Family worker	Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	O-Q Government and care	2016*	0.5	11.3	85.0	0.9	21.9	65.6
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

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 persons: Persons for whom self-employment provides for the main source of income.

Self-employed income

The income as a self-employed person comprises income from a self-owned company or practice, directorial wage, and other self-employed income (e.g. as a freelancer).

Median personal income: The gross income of an individual is made up of; income from work, income from enterprise, benefits from income insurance and social benefits (except child allowances).

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.

Median wealth: Balance of assets and liabilities of a household, allocated to the people in that household as an indicator of personal wealth.

Self-employed, all incomes

All persons with income from self-employed labour.

Self-employed persons: Persons for whom self-employment provides for the main source of income.

Self-employed income

The income as a self-employed person comprises income from a self-owned company or practice, directorial wage, and other self-employed income (e.g. as a freelancer).

Median personal income: The gross income of an individual is made up of; income from work, income from enterprise, benefits from income insurance and social benefits (except child allowances).

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.

Median wealth: Balance of assets and liabilities of a household, allocated to the people in that household as an indicator of personal wealth.