Business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

Business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

SIC 2008 Legal forms Periods Enterprise population Persons employed (aantal) Newly born enterprises Persons employed (aantal) Non-surviving enterprises Persons employed (aantal)
78 Employment activities Total legal forms all nationalities 2021* 654,923 2,721 355
78 Employment activities Sole proprietorship 2021* 7,126 547 .
78 Employment activities Limited liability enterprises 2021* 640,001 1,857 .
78 Employment activities Partnership, etc. 2021* 7,796 317 121
781 Employment placement agencies Total legal forms all nationalities 2021* 46,831 1,000 196
781 Employment placement agencies Sole proprietorship 2021* . 444 .
781 Employment placement agencies Limited liability enterprises 2021* 40,278 375 .
781 Employment placement agencies Partnership, etc. 2021* . 181 59
7810 Employment placement agencies Total legal forms all nationalities 2021* . . .
7810 Employment placement agencies Sole proprietorship 2021* . . .
7810 Employment placement agencies Limited liability enterprises 2021* . . .
7810 Employment placement agencies Partnership, etc. 2021* . . .
782 Provision of temporary employment Total legal forms all nationalities 2021* 527,901 1,646 .
782 Provision of temporary employment Sole proprietorship 2021* 2,776 101 .
782 Provision of temporary employment Limited liability enterprises 2021* 520,011 1,410 60
782 Provision of temporary employment Partnership, etc. 2021* 5,114 136 62
7820 Provision of temporary employment Total legal forms all nationalities 2021* . . .
7820 Provision of temporary employment Sole proprietorship 2021* . . .
7820 Provision of temporary employment Limited liability enterprises 2021* . . .
7820 Provision of temporary employment Partnership, etc. 2021* . . .
Source: CBS.
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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, and the 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 year survivors after birth, broken down by size class based on number of employees 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 active enterprises, births and deaths, as well as persons employed for surviving births at the start and end of the survival period.

Data available from: 2010

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final for 2010 to 2020. The figures for 2021 are provisional.
Only the data on Dissolved companies for 2021 will be adjusted.

Changes as of February 9, 2024:
The provisional figures for 2021 have been added.

Two industry breakdowns have been added:
• B-S excluding O and excluding S94
• G-S excluding O and excluding S94
• K Financial institutions

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

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.
Newly born enterprises
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.
Non-surviving enterprises
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.