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)
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*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
106 Grain milling and starch products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
106 Grain milling and starch products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
106 Grain milling and starch products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
106 Grain milling and starch products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
106 Grain milling and starch 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*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
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*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
151 Manufacture of leather products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
151 Manufacture of leather products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
151 Manufacture of leather products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
151 Manufacture of leather products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
151 Manufacture of leather products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
16 Manufacture of wood products	Total	2023*	3,646	271	173	256	274	192	187	152	17,778	15,521
16 Manufacture of wood products	0 employees	2023*	2,689	258	165	245	257	178	174	138	2,257	0
16 Manufacture of wood products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	433	13	5	8	15	13	11	13	875	875
16 Manufacture of wood products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	177	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	1,221	1,221
16 Manufacture of wood products	10 employees or more	2023*	347	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	13,425	13,425
162 Manufacture of products of wood	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
162 Manufacture of products of wood	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
162 Manufacture of products of wood	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
162 Manufacture of products of wood	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
162 Manufacture of products of wood	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
18 Printing and reproduction	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
18 Printing and reproduction	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
18 Printing and reproduction	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
18 Printing and reproduction	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
18 Printing and reproduction	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
182 Reproduction of recorded media	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
182 Reproduction of recorded media	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
182 Reproduction of recorded media	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
182 Reproduction of recorded media	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
182 Reproduction of recorded media	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
191 Manufacture of coke oven products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
191 Manufacture of coke oven products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
191 Manufacture of coke oven products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
191 Manufacture of coke oven products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
191 Manufacture of coke oven products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
202 Manufacture agrochemical products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
202 Manufacture agrochemical products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
202 Manufacture agrochemical products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
202 Manufacture agrochemical products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
202 Manufacture agrochemical products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products	Total	2023*	1,498	79	55	58	52	47	49	32	34,286	33,871
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products	0 employees	2023*	595	65	53	53	47	41	43	24	415	0
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	291	14	1	4	5	5	5	6	581	581
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	144	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	948	948
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products	10 employees or more	2023*	468	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	32,342	32,342
221 Manufacture of rubber products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
221 Manufacture of rubber products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
221 Manufacture of rubber products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
221 Manufacture of rubber products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
221 Manufacture of rubber products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
222 Manufacture of plastic products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
222 Manufacture of plastic products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
222 Manufacture of plastic products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
222 Manufacture of plastic products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
222 Manufacture of plastic products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
232 Manufacture of refractory products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
232 Manufacture of refractory products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
232 Manufacture of refractory products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
232 Manufacture of refractory products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
232 Manufacture of refractory products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
234 Manufacture other ceramic products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
234 Manufacture other ceramic products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
234 Manufacture other ceramic products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
234 Manufacture other ceramic products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
234 Manufacture other ceramic products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
236 Manufacture concrete etc. products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
236 Manufacture concrete etc. products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
236 Manufacture concrete etc. products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
236 Manufacture concrete etc. products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
236 Manufacture concrete etc. products	10 employees or more	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
239 Manufacture other mineral products	Total	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
239 Manufacture other mineral products	0 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
239 Manufacture other mineral products	1 to 4 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
239 Manufacture other mineral products	5 to 9 employees	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
239 Manufacture other mineral products	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.