Self-employed persons; income, wealth, characteristics
| Type of self-employment | Branches (SIC2008) | Person characteristics | Sex | Periods | Self-employed, main income Self-employed persons (x 1 000) | Self-employed, main income Self-employed income Average personal income (1 000 euro) | Self-employed, main income Self-employed income Median personal income (1 000 euro) | Self-employed, all incomes Self-employed persons (x 1 000) | Self-employed, all incomes Self-employed income Average personal income (1 000 euro) | Self-employed, all incomes Self-employed income Median personal income (1 000 euro) | Self-employed, all incomes Self-employed wealth Self-employed persons with comp. capital (x 1 000) |
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| Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 1,384.2 | 53.4 | 43.9 | 2,146.8 | 51.2 | 41.6 | 1,579.5 |
| Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 888.4 | 60.7 | 50.6 | 1,300.3 | 59.1 | 49.0 | 1,007.5 |
| Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 495.8 | 40.3 | 28.0 | 846.5 | 39.1 | 29.8 | 572.0 |
| Self-employed | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 53.3 | 54.8 | 49.4 | 74.5 | 53.5 | 47.6 | 60.8 |
| Self-employed | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 42.5 | 60.4 | 54.4 | 57.0 | 59.3 | 52.5 | 47.3 |
| Self-employed | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 10.7 | 32.5 | 22.9 | 17.4 | 34.7 | 27.4 | 13.5 |
| Self-employed | B-F Manufacturing and energy | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 254.1 | 50.2 | 46.5 | 306.2 | 48.9 | 44.9 | 261.5 |
| Self-employed | B-F Manufacturing and energy | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 228.8 | 52.5 | 48.2 | 266.5 | 51.6 | 47.3 | 228.5 |
| Self-employed | B-F Manufacturing and energy | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 25.3 | 29.9 | 20.8 | 39.7 | 30.6 | 24.4 | 33.0 |
| Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 265.3 | 51.5 | 42.1 | 362.8 | 48.1 | 38.8 | 303.7 |
| Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 183.3 | 56.5 | 47.5 | 245.6 | 53.0 | 44.2 | 206.6 |
| Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 82.0 | 40.2 | 29.7 | 117.1 | 37.8 | 29.0 | 97.0 |
| Self-employed | G-N Commercial services | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 680.5 | 59.3 | 49.4 | 992.3 | 57.0 | 47.2 | 794.2 |
| Self-employed | G-N Commercial services | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 474.7 | 65.4 | 55.6 | 677.2 | 63.2 | 52.7 | 550.9 |
| Self-employed | G-N Commercial services | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 205.8 | 45.4 | 34.7 | 315.2 | 43.6 | 33.9 | 243.2 |
| Self-employed | M-N Business services | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 284.7 | 61.3 | 50.7 | 443.5 | 59.5 | 48.4 | 338.7 |
| Self-employed | M-N Business services | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 181.8 | 68.7 | 58.2 | 279.2 | 67.0 | 55.6 | 217.3 |
| Self-employed | M-N Business services | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 102.9 | 48.3 | 36.9 | 164.3 | 46.7 | 36.3 | 121.4 |
| Self-employed | O-Q Government and care | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 193.5 | 57.6 | 40.9 | 373.9 | 52.1 | 39.6 | 214.3 |
| Self-employed | O-Q Government and care | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 62.0 | 78.4 | 58.0 | 126.9 | 68.7 | 53.7 | 76.6 |
| Self-employed | O-Q Government and care | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 131.5 | 47.8 | 34.3 | 247.0 | 43.5 | 33.8 | 137.7 |
| Self-employed | O-U Noncommercial services | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 325.2 | 46.4 | 30.3 | 577.5 | 45.2 | 33.7 | 361.9 |
| Self-employed | O-U Noncommercial services | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 109.5 | 61.8 | 43.6 | 207.4 | 58.3 | 45.4 | 133.5 |
| Self-employed | O-U Noncommercial services | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 215.7 | 38.5 | 24.9 | 370.2 | 37.8 | 28.2 | 228.4 |
| Self-employed | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 131.7 | 29.8 | 20.7 | 203.6 | 32.6 | 25.0 | 147.6 |
| Self-employed | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 47.5 | 40.1 | 30.9 | 80.4 | 42.0 | 35.2 | 56.9 |
| Self-employed | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 84.2 | 24.0 | 17.5 | 123.2 | 26.4 | 20.6 | 90.7 |
| Self-employed | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 84.7 | 47.0 | 38.4 | 111.2 | 47.0 | 39.2 | 106.5 |
| Self-employed | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 58.5 | 51.3 | 41.8 | 74.5 | 51.1 | 42.4 | 71.2 |
| Self-employed | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 26.2 | 37.3 | 30.6 | 36.7 | 38.7 | 32.9 | 35.3 |
| Self-employed | B Mining and quarrying | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 0.3 | . | . | 0.4 | . | . | 0.3 |
| Self-employed | B Mining and quarrying | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 0.3 | . | . | 0.3 | . | . | 0.3 |
| Self-employed | B Mining and quarrying | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 |
| Self-employed | C Manufacturing | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 50.7 | 54.5 | 49.5 | 65.1 | 52.2 | 46.9 | 57.1 |
| Self-employed | C Manufacturing | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 40.6 | 60.0 | 54.3 | 50.2 | 57.9 | 52.0 | 44.7 |
| Self-employed | C Manufacturing | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 10.1 | 32.6 | 23.3 | 14.9 | 32.7 | 26.1 | 12.4 |
| Self-employed | D Energy supply | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 1.3 | . | 36.9 | 7.8 | 63.4 | 52.2 | 2.4 |
| Self-employed | D Energy supply | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 0.7 | . | . | 5.4 | 71.1 | 58.9 | 1.4 |
| Self-employed | D Energy supply | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 0.5 | . | . | 2.4 | . | 37.0 | 1.0 |
| Self-employed | E Water supply and waste management | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 1.0 | . | 53.7 | 1.1 | . | 52.9 | 1.0 |
| Self-employed | E Water supply and waste management | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 0.9 | . | . | 1.0 | . | 54.0 | 0.9 |
| Self-employed | E Water supply and waste management | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 0.1 | . | . | 0.1 | . | . | 0.1 |
| Self-employed | F Construction | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 200.8 | 49.0 | 45.9 | 231.8 | 47.4 | 44.2 | 200.7 |
| Self-employed | F Construction | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 186.3 | 50.7 | 47.1 | 209.5 | 49.5 | 46.1 | 181.2 |
| Self-employed | F Construction | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 14.5 | 28.0 | 19.8 | 22.3 | 27.5 | 22.2 | 19.5 |
| Self-employed | G Wholesale and retail trade | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 162.6 | 51.2 | 42.5 | 224.1 | 48.4 | 39.7 | 194.0 |
| Self-employed | G Wholesale and retail trade | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 111.1 | 57.8 | 48.4 | 150.0 | 54.6 | 46.1 | 131.5 |
| Self-employed | G Wholesale and retail trade | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 51.6 | 37.0 | 27.5 | 74.0 | 36.0 | 28.5 | 62.6 |
| Self-employed | H Transportation and storage | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 41.9 | 53.1 | 42.9 | 54.9 | 49.5 | 39.2 | 42.8 |
| Self-employed | H Transportation and storage | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 35.9 | 53.5 | 43.5 | 46.7 | 50.1 | 40.2 | 35.9 |
| Self-employed | H Transportation and storage | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 6.0 | 50.4 | 38.1 | 8.2 | 45.7 | 34.1 | 7.0 |
| Self-employed | I Accommodation and food serving | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 60.8 | 51.2 | 40.4 | 83.8 | 46.3 | 35.6 | 66.8 |
| Self-employed | I Accommodation and food serving | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 36.3 | 55.8 | 45.8 | 48.9 | 51.1 | 40.8 | 39.3 |
| Self-employed | I Accommodation and food serving | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 24.5 | 44.4 | 32.7 | 34.9 | 39.7 | 29.0 | 27.5 |
| Self-employed | J Information and communication | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 54.9 | 67.1 | 55.8 | 92.1 | 62.4 | 52.1 | 64.1 |
| Self-employed | J Information and communication | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 46.0 | 72.0 | 60.9 | 74.4 | 67.1 | 57.0 | 53.9 |
| Self-employed | J Information and communication | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 8.9 | 42.1 | 30.9 | 17.6 | 42.8 | 33.5 | 10.3 |
| Self-employed | K Financial institutions | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 61.7 | 74.3 | 67.7 | 74.9 | 75.8 | 66.9 | 71.0 |
| Self-employed | K Financial institutions | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 53.6 | 76.6 | 69.4 | 64.3 | 78.7 | 69.0 | 61.1 |
| Self-employed | K Financial institutions | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 8.1 | 58.8 | 53.1 | 10.6 | 58.3 | 51.3 | 9.9 |
| Self-employed | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 14.0 | 70.1 | 58.8 | 19.1 | 68.8 | 55.5 | 16.7 |
| Self-employed | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 10.1 | 75.7 | 63.8 | 13.6 | 75.2 | 60.9 | 12.0 |
| Self-employed | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 3.9 | 55.7 | 44.7 | 5.5 | 52.8 | 41.5 | 4.7 |
| Self-employed | M Other specialised business services | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 219.9 | 65.3 | 54.8 | 336.9 | 64.3 | 52.6 | 268.7 |
| Self-employed | M Other specialised business services | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 139.3 | 73.4 | 63.2 | 211.3 | 72.7 | 61.1 | 171.2 |
| Self-employed | M Other specialised business services | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 80.5 | 51.2 | 40.0 | 125.6 | 50.1 | 39.5 | 97.5 |
| Self-employed | N Renting and other business support | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 64.8 | 47.9 | 40.3 | 106.6 | 44.2 | 36.8 | 69.9 |
| Self-employed | N Renting and other business support | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 42.4 | 53.3 | 46.0 | 67.9 | 49.1 | 42.4 | 46.1 |
| Self-employed | N Renting and other business support | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 22.4 | 37.9 | 27.1 | 38.7 | 35.5 | 27.4 | 23.9 |
| Self-employed | O Public administration and services | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 0.5 | . | . | 10.6 | 57.8 | 50.6 | 1.7 |
| Self-employed | O Public administration and services | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 0.1 | . | . | 5.7 | 66.2 | 58.8 | 0.7 |
| Self-employed | O Public administration and services | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 0.3 | . | . | 4.9 | 47.8 | 39.2 | 1.0 |
| Self-employed | P Education | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 53.8 | 36.6 | 27.1 | 135.4 | 41.2 | 33.4 | 71.9 |
| Self-employed | P Education | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 23.9 | 43.7 | 35.1 | 59.1 | 50.1 | 42.2 | 33.0 |
| Self-employed | P Education | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 29.9 | 30.9 | 21.3 | 76.3 | 34.3 | 27.3 | 38.9 |
| Self-employed | Q Health and social work activities | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 139.3 | 65.8 | 48.3 | 227.9 | 58.2 | 42.9 | 140.7 |
| Self-employed | Q Health and social work activities | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 38.0 | 100.3 | 82.6 | 62.0 | 86.7 | 67.3 | 42.9 |
| Self-employed | Q Health and social work activities | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 101.3 | 52.9 | 39.5 | 165.8 | 47.6 | 36.6 | 97.8 |
| Self-employed | R Culture, sports and recreation | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 55.2 | 35.4 | 25.6 | 98.8 | 37.5 | 30.5 | 69.3 |
| Self-employed | R Culture, sports and recreation | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 29.3 | 40.3 | 30.2 | 54.1 | 42.1 | 35.0 | 38.2 |
| Self-employed | R Culture, sports and recreation | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 25.9 | 29.9 | 21.4 | 44.6 | 31.9 | 25.8 | 31.1 |
| Self-employed | S Other service activities | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 76.4 | 25.8 | 18.3 | 104.8 | 27.9 | 21.3 | 78.3 |
| Self-employed | S Other service activities | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 18.1 | 39.9 | 32.3 | 26.3 | 41.8 | 35.7 | 18.7 |
| Self-employed | S Other service activities | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 58.3 | 21.4 | 16.4 | 78.5 | 23.3 | 18.8 | 59.6 |
| Self-employed | T Activities of households | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 |
| Self-employed | T Activities of households | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 |
| Self-employed | T Activities of households | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 |
| Self-employed | U Extraterritorial organisations | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 |
| Self-employed | U Extraterritorial organisations | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 |
| Self-employed | U Extraterritorial organisations | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 | . | . | 0.0 |
| Self-employed | Unknown | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 39.6 | 43.8 | 25.1 | 159.5 | 44.4 | 33.0 | 55.4 |
| Self-employed | Unknown | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 16.9 | 68.4 | 51.3 | 74.8 | 58.0 | 45.6 | 23.4 |
| Self-employed | Unknown | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 22.8 | 25.6 | 17.3 | 84.7 | 32.3 | 24.3 | 32.0 |
| Solo self-employed | A-U All economic activities | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 1,079.0 | 48.5 | 39.4 | 1,807.4 | 47.9 | 38.9 | 1,254.5 |
| Solo self-employed | A-U All economic activities | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 686.2 | 55.6 | 47.0 | 1,082.5 | 55.4 | 46.4 | 799.9 |
| Solo self-employed | A-U All economic activities | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 392.8 | 36.3 | 25.0 | 724.9 | 36.8 | 28.3 | 454.5 |
| Solo self-employed | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 35.7 | 47.1 | 43.3 | 55.2 | 48.3 | 43.2 | 42.2 |
| Solo self-employed | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total persons | Male | 2022* | 29.1 | 52.0 | 48.4 | 42.9 | 53.1 | 48.2 | 33.6 |
| Solo self-employed | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | Total persons | Female | 2022* | 6.6 | 25.3 | 17.9 | 12.3 | 31.4 | 25.0 | 8.5 |
| Solo self-employed | B-F Manufacturing and energy | Total persons | Total male and female | 2022* | 207.0 | 47.0 | 44.4 | 252.7 | 46.2 | 43.3 | 209.9 |
| 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 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 from: 2007.
Status of the figures:
The figures for 2006 to 2021 are final. The figures for 2022 are preliminary.
Changes as of November 8 2023:
Figures for 2021 have been finalized. Figures for 2022 have been added.
Changes as of March 2022:
Figures on the wealth of the self-employed in 2010 were incorrect, and have been removed. For this year the wealth of 2011 applies, as 2011 marks a shift in sample date from December 31 to January 1. Missing wealth figures for 2013 have been supplemented.
Changes as of July 2021:
Revised data for 2006 to 2019 have been added. Due to the availability of new sources and improvements in the methodology, wealth figures have changed. Additionally everyone with personnel is now classified as self-employed with employee (formerly this distinction was based solely on the enterprise constituting the main source of income).
When will new figures be published?
New figures for 2023 will be published in December 2024.
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).
- Average personal income
- Personal income is defined as income from labor, income from self-employment, allowances from income insurances (like unemployment benefits) and social facilities (except for child benefits). Premiums for income insurances (except for national insurances like social welfare) are deducted from the personal income.
- Median personal income
- Personal income is defined as income from labor, income from self-employment, allowances from income insurances (like unemployment benefits) and social facilities (except for child benefits). Premiums for income insurances (except for national insurances like social welfare) are deducted from the personal income. The median is defined as the value separating the higher half from the lower half of the distribution. In simple terms, it may be thought of as the "middle" value of a data set.
- 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).
- Average personal income
- Personal income is defined as income from labor, income from self-employment, allowances from income insurances (like unemployment benefits) and social facilities (except for child benefits). Premiums for income insurances (except for national insurances like social welfare) are deducted from the personal income.
- Median personal income
- Personal income is defined as income from labor, income from self-employment, allowances from income insurances (like unemployment benefits) and social facilities (except for child benefits). Premiums for income insurances (except for national insurances like social welfare) are deducted from the personal income. The median is defined as the value separating the higher half from the lower half of the distribution. In simple terms, it may be thought of as the "middle" value of a data set.
- 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.