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 11,277 126,624 126,624 896 896 1,261 1,261
Sole proprietorship 3,125 7,416 7,416 340 340 438 438
Limited liability enterprises 6,018 111,995 111,995 396 396 565 565
Partnership, etc. 2,134 7,213 7,213 160 160 258 258
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 29,989 533,422 533,422 2,541 2,541 4,184 4,184
Sole proprietorship 1,964 5,135 5,135 250 250 326 326
Limited liability enterprises 24,875 509,599 509,599 1,911 1,911 3,344 3,344
Partnership, etc. 3,150 18,689 18,689 381 381 514 514
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) Total legal forms all nationalities 34,667 828,885 814,395 4,734 3,811 8,581 6,890
Sole proprietorship 10,813 46,902 43,032 1,792 1,432 2,439 1,879
Limited liability enterprises 13,721 689,304 687,401 1,704 1,601 3,570 3,352
Partnership, etc. 10,133 92,678 83,963 1,238 778 2,573 1,658
771 Renting of motor vehicles Total legal forms all nationalities 317 8,643 8,643 58 58 48 48
Sole proprietorship 18 . . 9 9 . .
Limited liability enterprises 282 8,468 8,468 49 49 . .
Partnership, etc. 17 . . 0 0 . .
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 2023. The figures for 2024 are provisional.
Only the data on Dissolved companies for 2024 will be adjusted.

Changes as of September 30, 2026:
The provisional figures for 2024 have been added, and the figures for 2023 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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