Employer business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

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SIC 2008 Periods Employers Employers total (number) Employer population Persons employed in employer population (number) Employer population Employees in employer population (number) Employer births Persons employed in employer births (number) Employer births Employees in employer births (number) Employer deaths Persons employed in employer deaths (number) Employer deaths Employees in employer deaths (number)
B to S excluding 64.2 2010 293,759 6,991,625 6,704,969 195,949 176,545 212,757 189,257
2011 294,548 7,044,966 6,759,954 191,992 170,909 234,971 210,673
2012 291,970 6,998,106 6,718,822 141,701 122,369 185,059 161,092
2013 287,833 6,924,362 6,649,280 155,310 137,757 176,800 154,271
2014 285,283 6,869,551 6,599,274 141,577 122,879 159,918 138,689
2015 283,412 6,881,896 6,613,563 156,917 137,237 150,102 131,100
2016 294,673 7,079,461 6,803,121 199,278 173,089 226,322 207,037
2017 299,816 7,281,052 7,005,219 166,516 143,024 158,613 136,478
2018 303,851 7,453,391 7,175,073 113,935 91,845 163,208 139,728
2019 313,390 7,603,502 7,326,107 145,358 122,982 152,663 128,243
2020 311,095 7,447,628 7,177,338 97,493 79,044 . .
2021 . . . . . . .
2022* . . . . . . .
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2020 . . . . . 74,786 54,849
2021 319,786 7,138,549 7,082,754 75,468 71,209 59,835 54,879
2022* 325,700 7,361,775 7,309,796 70,021 66,203 79,344 73,708
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 employers, employer births and deaths, and the 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 year survivors after employer 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 employers, employer births and deaths, as well as persons employed for surviving employer 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 2021. The figures for 2022 are provisional.
Only the data on Dissolved companies for 2022 will be adjusted.

Changes as of October 16, 2024:
The provisional figures for 2022 have been added.

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

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Employers
Employers total
Employer population
Persons employed in employer population
Employees in employer population
Employer births
Persons employed in employer births
Employees in employer births
Employer deaths
Persons employed in employer deaths
Employees in employer deaths