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)
271 Manufacture of electric motors etc. Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
291 Manufacture of motor vehicles Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
304 Manufacture of fighting vehicles Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Total legal forms all nationalities 11,116 122,194 121,471 1,041 943 1,292 1,163
Sole proprietorship 3,193 7,712 7,557 389 352 411 373
Limited liability enterprises 5,703 106,755 106,636 438 421 551 531
Partnership, etc. 2,220 7,727 7,278 214 170 329 259
451 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
452 Specialised repair of motor vehicles Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
453 Sale of motor vehicle parts. Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
454 Sale and repair of motorcycles Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) Total legal forms all nationalities 29,441 525,194 525,194 2,410 2,410 3,338 3,338
Sole proprietorship 2,147 5,546 5,546 259 259 392 392
Limited liability enterprises 24,015 500,837 500,837 1,859 1,859 2,494 2,494
Partnership, etc. 3,279 18,811 18,811 292 292 452 452
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) Total legal forms all nationalities 35,166 828,269 812,633 4,652 3,669 8,572 6,909
Sole proprietorship 11,187 48,084 43,743 1,768 1,386 2,513 1,906
Limited liability enterprises 13,319 683,228 681,228 1,673 1,551 3,764 3,559
Partnership, etc. 10,660 96,958 87,662 1,211 731 2,295 1,444
771 Renting of motor vehicles Total legal forms all nationalities 294 8,810 8,810 44 44 19 19
Sole proprietorship 16 . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises 261 8,672 8,672 . . . .
Partnership, etc. 17 . . . . . .
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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