Business demography, European standard; size class,SIC2008

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Business demography, European standard; size class,SIC2008
SIC 2008	Persons employed	Periods	Enterprises Total (number)	Enterprises Births (number)	Enterprises Deaths (number)	Newly born enterprise survivals Newly born enterprises surviving year 1 (number)	Newly born enterprise survivals Newly born enterprises surviving year 2 (number)	Newly born enterprise survivals Newly born enterprises surviving year 3 (number)	Newly born enterprise survivals Newly born enterprises surviving year 4 (number)	Newly born enterprise survivals Newly born enterprises surviving year 5 (number)	Enterprise population Persons employed (number)	Enterprise population Employees (number)
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
061 Extraction of crude petroleum	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
061 Extraction of crude petroleum	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
061 Extraction of crude petroleum	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
061 Extraction of crude petroleum	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
061 Extraction of crude petroleum	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
062 Extraction of natural gas	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
062 Extraction of natural gas	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
062 Extraction of natural gas	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
062 Extraction of natural gas	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
062 Extraction of natural gas	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
09 Mining support activities	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
09 Mining support activities	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
09 Mining support activities	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
09 Mining support activities	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
09 Mining support activities	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
C Manufacturing	Total	2023*	85,945	6,272	3,897	5,998	6,617	4,947	4,727	3,900	768,939	720,315
C Manufacturing	0 employees	2023*	63,244	5,940	3,748	5,710	6,304	4,706	4,484	3,664	48,059	0
C Manufacturing	1 to 4 employees	2023*	9,758	307	123	239	250	195	185	194	19,889	19,431
C Manufacturing	5 to 9 employees	2023*	3,816	15	10	28	38	24	36	27	25,713	25,609
C Manufacturing	10 employees or more	2023*	9,127	10	16	21	25	22	22	15	675,278	675,275
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Total	2023*	9,299	795	584	859	1,093	653	597	453	149,135	143,882
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	0 employees	2023*	6,080	729	559	800	1,027	614	549	407	4,745	0
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	1 to 4 employees	2023*	1,040	62	20	49	49	27	30	32	2,572	2,170
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	5 to 9 employees	2023*	597	2	2	7	10	8	11	9	4,174	4,071
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	10 employees or more	2023*	1,582	2	3	3	7	4	7	5	137,643	137,641
10 Manufacture of food products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
10 Manufacture of food products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
10 Manufacture of food products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
10 Manufacture of food products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
10 Manufacture of food products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
105 Manufacture of dairy products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
105 Manufacture of dairy products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
105 Manufacture of dairy products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
105 Manufacture of dairy products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
105 Manufacture of dairy products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
107 Manufacture of bakery products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
107 Manufacture of bakery products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
107 Manufacture of bakery products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
107 Manufacture of bakery products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
107 Manufacture of bakery products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
108 Manufacture of other food	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
108 Manufacture of other food	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
108 Manufacture of other food	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
108 Manufacture of other food	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
108 Manufacture of other food	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
109 Manufacture of animal foods	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
109 Manufacture of animal foods	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
109 Manufacture of animal foods	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
109 Manufacture of animal foods	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
109 Manufacture of animal foods	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
110 Manufacture of beverages	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
110 Manufacture of beverages	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
110 Manufacture of beverages	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
110 Manufacture of beverages	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
110 Manufacture of beverages	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
12 Manufacture of tobacco products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
12 Manufacture of tobacco products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
12 Manufacture of tobacco products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
12 Manufacture of tobacco products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
12 Manufacture of tobacco products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
120 Manufacture of tobacco products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
120 Manufacture of tobacco products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
120 Manufacture of tobacco products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
120 Manufacture of tobacco products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
120 Manufacture of tobacco products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
13 Manufacture of textiles	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
13 Manufacture of textiles	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
13 Manufacture of textiles	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
13 Manufacture of textiles	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
13 Manufacture of textiles	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
13-14 Manufacture of textiles, apparel	Total	2023*	5,927	448	364	486	623	418	340	313	15,372	12,385
13-14 Manufacture of textiles, apparel	0 employees	2023*	5,171	441	355	467	612	411	331	308	2,987	0
13-14 Manufacture of textiles, apparel	1 to 4 employees	2023*	401	7	9	17	10	6	7	5	757	757
13-14 Manufacture of textiles, apparel	5 to 9 employees	2023*	133	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	896	896
13-14 Manufacture of textiles, apparel	10 employees or more	2023*	222	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	10,732	10,732
139 Manufacture of other textiles	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
139 Manufacture of other textiles	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
139 Manufacture of other textiles	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
139 Manufacture of other textiles	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
139 Manufacture of other textiles	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table includes information on business demography according to the European standard. Figures in this table are also submitted in this form to Eurostat. Information concerns the population of active enterprises, enterprise births and deaths, broken down by legal form and by the National Classification of Economic Activity 2008 (NCEA 2008, based on NACE Rev 2.0). Data also includes persons employed and employees in these enterprises.

Data available from: 2010

Status of the figures:

The figures in this table are final for 2010 through 2022. The figures for 2023 are provisional. Only the data on Dissolved companies for 2023 will be adjusted.

Changes as of September 4, 2025:
The provisional figures for 2023 have been added, and the figures for 2022 have been adjusted and finalized.

When will new figures be released?
Figures on a new reporting year (T – 2) will be published in July of the current year T.

Description topics

Enterprises

Total: Enterprise:
The actual transactor in the production process characterised by independence in deciding on that process and in offering its products to third parties.

It follows from this definition, and in particular from the element of independence, that an enterprise can comprise more than one establishment, but also more than one legal unit. (Legal units include both natural and legal persons.) This is the case when the separate establishments or legal units do not operate independently. Conversely, it is possible to distinguish between different parts within a legal unit that operate independently in terms of production. These then constitute as many enterprises as defined. The latter is especially the case for larger groups with diverse activities.
When a unit thus defined extends over several countries, the Dutch part will be considered as a whole company for the sake of national statistics.

In official CBS terminology the enterprise as defined here is called the enterprise unit (BE), so that there is no confusion with the term enterprise used in common parlance, which is not very precise in this respect.

The statistical unit enterprise is an operationalisation of the kind-of-activity unit, as defined by Eurostat. This definition combines two requirements that may conflict: contributing to one activity versus corresponding to one or more operational units. The Netherlands gives priority to the second requirement when operationalising to the statistical enterprise unit.

Births: An enterprise birth is the creation of a new enterprise.

This means that economic criteria for an enterprise must be met: there must be information on employment or turnover of the enterprise. Furthermore, it is important that the enterprise is actually new. The continuation of one or more existing enterprises is therefore not an enterprise birth.

There is no enterprise birth in the case of
- enterprises that are created as a result of a merger, division or demerger;
- takeover or privatisation of part of a company;
- change of name;
- change of legal form;
- change of ownership;
- gradual change of activity;
- relocation;
- reactivation.

Deaths: An enterprise death is the termination of an existing enterprise.

This means that there is no question of a significant part of the activities being continued by another enterprise. An enterprise death only occurs when the enterprise (with the associated employment) no longer belongs to the enterprise population. The best-known example of this is bankruptcy.

There is no enterprise death in the case of:
- enterprises that disappear as a result of a merger, division or demerger;
- takeover or privatisation of part of an enterprise;
- change of name;
- change of legal form;
- change of ownership;
- gradual change of activity
- relocation;
- reactivation.

Newly born enterprise survivals

Newly born enterprises surviving year 1: An enterprise birth is the creation of a new enterprise. Here, it concerns enterprise births that took place in the year preceding the reporting year and are still active.

Newly born enterprises surviving year 2: An enterprise birth is the creation of a new enterprise. Here, it concerns enterprise births that took place two years prior to the reporting year and are still active.

Newly born enterprises surviving year 3: An enterprise birth is the creation of a new enterprise. Here, it concerns enterprise births that took place three years prior to the reporting year and are still active.

Newly born enterprises surviving year 4: An enterprise birth is the creation of a new enterprise. Here, it concerns enterprise births that took place four years prior to the reporting year and are still active.

Newly born enterprises surviving year 5: An enterprise birth is the creation of a new enterprise. Here, it concerns enterprise births that took place five years prior to the reporting year and are still active.

Enterprise population

Persons employed: The number of persons employed consists of:
- employees and directors who are on the payroll;
- employees who are on the payroll of another enterprise or institution, but work in the enterprise's own place of business and as such are in fact part of the workforce (agency staff);
- employed proprietors, partners, associates and cooperating family members;
- agency staff. Loaned personnel (employees on the payroll, but working for another enterprise or institution) are not included under persons employed.

Employees: The number of employees is determined on the basis of the employees on the payroll excluding director-major shareholders. The number of employees per company is calculated from wage tax data from the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration.