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)
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services Total legal forms all nationalities 42,564 586,947 586,947 6,727 6,727 7,659 7,659
Sole proprietorship 5,476 13,857 13,857 1,029 1,029 1,118 1,118
Limited liability enterprises 31,443 503,088 503,088 4,858 4,858 5,528 5,528
Partnership, etc. 5,645 70,002 70,002 841 841 1,013 1,013
702 Management and business consultancy Total legal forms all nationalities 11,628 105,873 105,873 2,784 2,784 2,537 2,537
Sole proprietorship 908 . . 335 335 222 222
Limited liability enterprises 9,805 96,729 96,729 2,136 2,136 2,071 2,071
Partnership, etc. 915 . . 313 313 245 245
7022 Management en business consultancy Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
74 Other specialised business services Total legal forms all nationalities 3,685 30,371 30,371 824 824 1,083 1,083
Sole proprietorship 709 1,744 1,744 246 246 240 240
Limited liability enterprises 2,265 25,459 25,459 447 447 677 677
Partnership, etc. 711 3,168 3,168 130 130 166 166
749 Other specialised business services Total legal forms all nationalities 1,904 18,470 18,470 382 382 583 583
Sole proprietorship 209 619 619 72 72 94 94
Limited liability enterprises 1,269 15,720 15,720 228 228 395 395
Partnership, etc. 426 2,130 2,130 83 83 93 93
7490 Other specialised business services Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
N Renting and other business support Total legal forms all nationalities 19,413 927,538 926,762 3,851 3,755 4,122 3,996
Sole proprietorship 4,360 14,298 13,945 957 895 1,151 1,069
Limited liability enterprises 12,339 888,659 888,595 2,437 2,429 2,515 2,505
Partnership, etc. 2,714 24,580 24,222 456 431 456 422
82 Other business services Total legal forms all nationalities 1,955 47,207 47,207 374 374 322 322
Sole proprietorship 337 1,039 1,039 79 79 80 80
Limited liability enterprises 1,375 41,250 41,250 261 261 202 202
Partnership, etc. 243 4,918 4,918 34 34 40 40
829 Other business support activities Total legal forms all nationalities 906 19,466 19,466 193 193 110 110
Sole proprietorship 109 406 406 34 34 23 23
Limited liability enterprises 704 15,200 15,200 142 142 67 67
Partnership, etc. 93 3,860 3,860 17 17 20 20
8299 Other business support activities Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
Business economy, B-N, incl 95 Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
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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