Employer business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

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SIC 2008 Legal forms 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-E Industry (no construction), energy Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages Total legal forms all nationalities 3,219 144,390 143,882 430 381 607 533
Sole proprietorship 452 2,885 2,802 142 123 103 87
Limited liability enterprises 1,799 125,708 125,682 192 189 270 267
Partnership, etc. 968 15,797 15,398 96 69 234 179
11 Manufacture of beverages Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
110 Manufacture of beverages Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
31-32 Furniture and other industry Total legal forms all nationalities 3,044 37,050 37,050 276 276 473 473
Sole proprietorship 668 1,582 1,582 87 87 114 114
Limited liability enterprises 1,900 33,941 33,941 153 153 279 279
Partnership, etc. 476 1,527 1,527 36 36 80 80
463 Wholesale of food and beverages Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
56 Food and beverage service activities Total legal forms all nationalities 28,988 411,490 387,360 8,024 6,495 10,294 7,896
Sole proprietorship 9,107 65,559 59,682 2,362 1,840 3,138 2,364
Limited liability enterprises 8,361 231,311 229,104 3,001 2,869 3,323 3,130
Partnership, etc. 11,520 114,620 98,574 2,662 1,787 3,833 2,402
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 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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