Employer business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

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Employer business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008
SIC 2008	Legal forms	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)
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	3,219	144,390	143,882	430	381	607	533
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Sole proprietorship	2023*	452	2,885	2,802	142	123	103	87
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	1,799	125,708	125,682	192	189	270	267
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Partnership, etc.	2023*	968	15,797	15,398	96	69	234	179
11 Manufacture of beverages	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
110 Manufacture of beverages	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
110 Manufacture of beverages	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
110 Manufacture of beverages	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
110 Manufacture of beverages	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
E Water supply and waste management	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	673	30,708	30,708	38	38	80	80
E Water supply and waste management	Sole proprietorship	2023*	18	.	.	.	.	.	.
E Water supply and waste management	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	621	30,414	30,414	.	.	73	73
E Water supply and waste management	Partnership, etc.	2023*	34	.	.	.	.	.	.
37 Sewerage	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
37 Sewerage	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
37 Sewerage	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
37 Sewerage	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
370 Sewerage	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
370 Sewerage	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
370 Sewerage	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
370 Sewerage	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
39 Remediation, other waste management	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
39 Remediation, other waste management	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
39 Remediation, other waste management	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
39 Remediation, other waste management	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
390 Remediation, other waste management	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
390 Remediation, other waste management	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
390 Remediation, other waste management	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
390 Remediation, other waste management	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
463 Wholesale of food and beverages	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
463 Wholesale of food and beverages	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
463 Wholesale of food and beverages	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
463 Wholesale of food and beverages	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
H Transportation and storage	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	11,682	403,949	403,732	1,850	1,844	2,783	2,774
H Transportation and storage	Sole proprietorship	2023*	2,060	6,349	6,342	542	541	671	668
H Transportation and storage	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	7,641	378,052	377,906	1,055	1,050	1,581	1,579
H Transportation and storage	Partnership, etc.	2023*	1,981	19,548	19,485	253	253	531	527
521 Warehousing and storage	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
521 Warehousing and storage	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
521 Warehousing and storage	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
521 Warehousing and storage	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
56 Food and beverage service activities	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	28,988	411,490	387,360	8,024	6,495	10,294	7,896
56 Food and beverage service activities	Sole proprietorship	2023*	9,107	65,559	59,682	2,362	1,840	3,138	2,364
56 Food and beverage service activities	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	8,361	231,311	229,104	3,001	2,869	3,323	3,130
56 Food and beverage service activities	Partnership, etc.	2023*	11,520	114,620	98,574	2,662	1,787	3,833	2,402
6203 Computer facilities management	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	153	2,022	2,022	25	25	18	18
6203 Computer facilities management	Sole proprietorship	2023*	20	44	44	.	.	.	.
6203 Computer facilities management	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	117	1,907	1,907	.	.	11	11
6203 Computer facilities management	Partnership, etc.	2023*	16	71	71	.	.	.	.
663 Fund management	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
663 Fund management	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
663 Fund management	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
663 Fund management	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
6832 Management of real estate	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
6832 Management of real estate	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
6832 Management of real estate	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
6832 Management of real estate	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
702 Management and business consultancy	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	11,628	105,873	105,873	2,784	2,784	2,537	2,537
702 Management and business consultancy	Sole proprietorship	2023*	908	.	.	335	335	222	222
702 Management and business consultancy	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	9,805	96,729	96,729	2,136	2,136	2,071	2,071
702 Management and business consultancy	Partnership, etc.	2023*	915	.	.	313	313	245	245
7022 Management en business consultancy	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7022 Management en business consultancy	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7022 Management en business consultancy	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7022 Management en business consultancy	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7311 Advertising agencies	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7311 Advertising agencies	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7311 Advertising agencies	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7311 Advertising agencies	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
781 Employment placement agencies	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	1,850	49,221	49,221	460	460	545	545
781 Employment placement agencies	Sole proprietorship	2023*	149	.	.	43	43	59	59
781 Employment placement agencies	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	1,597	47,451	47,451	390	390	.	.
781 Employment placement agencies	Partnership, etc.	2023*	104	.	.	27	27	.	.
7810 Employment placement agencies	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7810 Employment placement agencies	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7810 Employment placement agencies	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7810 Employment placement agencies	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	874	19,629	19,629	105	105	210	210
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc	Sole proprietorship	2023*	128	323	323	29	29	26	26
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	571	18,091	18,091	60	60	176	176
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc	Partnership, etc.	2023*	175	1,215	1,215	16	16	9	9
791 Travel agencies and tour operators	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	730	17,970	17,970	92	92	195	195
791 Travel agencies and tour operators	Sole proprietorship	2023*	110	271	271	24	24	.	.
791 Travel agencies and tour operators	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	516	17,389	17,389	.	.	.	.
791 Travel agencies and tour operators	Partnership, etc.	2023*	104	310	310	.	.	.	.
7911 Travel agencies	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7911 Travel agencies	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7911 Travel agencies	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
7911 Travel agencies	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
811 Facility management	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	232	5,698	5,698	49	49	39	39
811 Facility management	Sole proprietorship	2023*	32	153	153	11	11	8	8
811 Facility management	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	177	5,426	5,426	.	.	.	.
811 Facility management	Partnership, etc.	2023*	23	119	119	.	.	.	.
8110 Facility management	Total legal forms all nationalities	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
8110 Facility management	Sole proprietorship	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
8110 Facility management	Limited liability enterprises	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
8110 Facility management	Partnership, etc.	2023*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Source: CBS.

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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 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 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.

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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