Research and development; personnel, expenditure, company size, branch

Research and development; personnel, expenditure, company size, branch

Company size Sector/branches (SIC2008) Periods R&D personnel Employed persons (number) R&D personnel Years of work (number) Expenditure R&D on in-house activities (mln euro) Enterprises with in-house R&D activities (number)
Total 29-30 Transport equipment 2021 4,571 3,275 289 240
Total 30 Manufacture of other transport 2021 1,689 996 74 140
Total 33 Repair and installation of machinery 2021 1,112 594 49 205
Total G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2021 14,809 9,751 786 2,470
Total H Transportation and storage 2021 2,288 1,696 128 240
0 to 49 employed persons 29-30 Transport equipment 2021 1,532 893 66 155
0 to 49 employed persons 30 Manufacture of other transport 2021 . . . 90
0 to 49 employed persons 33 Repair and installation of machinery 2021 . . . 170
0 to 49 employed persons G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2021 4,404 2,196 137 1,900
0 to 49 employed persons H Transportation and storage 2021 . . . 185
50 to 249 employed persons 29-30 Transport equipment 2021 720 449 40 65
50 to 249 employed persons 30 Manufacture of other transport 2021 396 222 19 35
50 to 249 employed persons 33 Repair and installation of machinery 2021 241 140 11 20
50 to 249 employed persons G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2021 5,239 3,818 331 440
50 to 249 employed persons H Transportation and storage 2021 . . . 20
250 and more employed persons 29-30 Transport equipment 2021 2,319 1,933 183 20
250 and more employed persons 30 Manufacture of other transport 2021 . . . 15
250 and more employed persons 33 Repair and installation of machinery 2021 . . . 15
250 and more employed persons G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2021 5,166 3,738 319 130
250 and more employed persons H Transportation and storage 2021 1,750 1,257 108 40
Source: CBS.
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This table contains figures regarding enterprises that conduct in-house Research and Development (R&D) activities with own or external personnel. Additionally figures are available regarding the personnel and the expenditure related to these R&D activities.

The figures are broken down by company size and branch of industry according to the Standard Industrial Classification 2008 (SIC 2008).

The R&D activities are conducted in-house by own or external personnel in the Netherlands. Outsourced R&D is not included in this table. Furthermore, this table only concerns the "businesses" sector. The sectors "institutions" and "higher education" are not included in this table.

Data available from: 2013

Status of the figures:
All figures are definitive.

Changes as of 7 August 2023:
The definitive figures about 2021 have been published.

When will new figures be published?
Mid 2024 definitive figures about 2022 will be published.

Description topics

R&D personnel
The personnel that conducts the in-house R&D activities, expressed in numbers of employed persons and years of work.
Employed persons
Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or for an institution or private household in the Netherlands.

In order to be included in the R&D personnel an employed person needs to spend at least 0,1 FTE annually on R&D related activities.

Employed persons are all persons having paid jobs, even for only one or some hours a week, and even if they:
- work legally as such, but without registration for income tax and social security (“undeclared work”);
- are temporarily not at work, but have continued receipt of wages or salary (for instance in case of illness or hold-ups due to frost);
- are on a temporary unpaid-leave.
Employed persons can be divided into employees and the self-employed persons. They can live in the Netherlands, but also abroad.

Years of work
A measure for the volume of work, calculated by converting all jobs (full-time and part-time) into full-time jobs, also known as full-time equivalents (FTE).

As such, when combined, the volume of work of two half jobs (0.5 FTE each) totals one year of work.
Expenditure R&D on in-house activities
Enterprises with in-house R&D activities