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)
ICT-sector Total legal forms all nationalities 16,511 344,633 344,633 2,518 2,518 2,491 2,491
Sole proprietorship 864 2,010 2,010 188 188 188 188
Limited liability enterprises 14,026 332,475 332,475 2,070 2,070 1,900 1,900
Partnership, etc. 1,621 10,149 10,149 260 260 403 403
465 Wholesale of ICT-equipment Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
80 Security and investigation Total legal forms all nationalities 897 33,578 33,578 162 162 248 248
Sole proprietorship 188 627 627 74 74 82 82
Limited liability enterprises 649 32,613 32,613 76 76 150 150
Partnership, etc. 60 338 338 12 12 16 16
801 Private security Total legal forms all nationalities 718 30,124 30,124 156 156 235 235
Sole proprietorship 176 . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises 488 29,235 29,235 . . . .
Partnership, etc. 54 . . 12 12 16 16
8010 Private security Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
802 Security systems service activities Total legal forms all nationalities 151 3,182 3,182 . . . .
Sole proprietorship 10 21 21 . . . .
Limited liability enterprises 135 . . 4 4 8 8
Partnership, etc. 6 . . 0 0 0 0
8020 Security systems service activities Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
ICT services Total legal forms all nationalities 16,165 334,733 334,733 2,483 2,483 2,395 2,395
Sole proprietorship 857 1,995 1,995 188 188 . .
Limited liability enterprises 13,754 322,777 322,777 2,040 2,040 1,815 1,815
Partnership, etc. 1,554 9,961 9,961 255 255 . .
ICT manufacturing Total legal forms all nationalities 346 9,900 9,900 35 35 96 96
Sole proprietorship 7 14 14 0 0 . .
Limited liability enterprises 272 9,698 9,698 29 29 84 84
Partnership, etc. 67 188 188 5 5 . .
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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