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 | M-N Business services | 2020 | 37,526 | 23,359 | 2,269 | 4,780 |
| Total | M Other specialised business services | 2020 | 33,133 | 21,525 | 2,136 | 3,865 |
| Total | 74 Other specialised business services | 2020 | 1,031 | 734 | 47 | 275 |
| Total | N Renting and other business support | 2020 | 4,393 | 1,834 | 133 | 915 |
| 0 to 49 employed persons | M-N Business services | 2020 | 16,057 | 8,231 | 583 | 4,305 |
| 0 to 49 employed persons | M Other specialised business services | 2020 | 14,435 | 7,586 | 545 | 3,550 |
| 0 to 49 employed persons | 74 Other specialised business services | 2020 | 794 | 530 | 33 | 265 |
| 0 to 49 employed persons | N Renting and other business support | 2020 | 1,622 | 645 | 38 | 755 |
| 50 to 249 employed persons | M-N Business services | 2020 | 8,021 | 5,576 | 501 | 340 |
| 50 to 249 employed persons | M Other specialised business services | 2020 | 7,372 | 5,106 | 468 | 245 |
| 50 to 249 employed persons | 74 Other specialised business services | 2020 | . | . | . | 10 |
| 50 to 249 employed persons | N Renting and other business support | 2020 | 650 | 470 | 33 | 90 |
| 250 and more employed persons | M-N Business services | 2020 | 13,448 | 9,551 | 1,184 | 135 |
| 250 and more employed persons | M Other specialised business services | 2020 | 11,326 | 8,833 | 1,122 | 65 |
| 250 and more employed persons | 74 Other specialised business services | 2020 | . | . | . | . |
| 250 and more employed persons | N Renting and other business support | 2020 | 2,122 | 719 | 62 | 65 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||
Table description
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 26 August 2022:
The definitive figures about 2020 have been published.
When will new figures be published?
Mid 2023 definitive figures about 2021 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