Employer business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

Employer business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

SIC 2008 Legal forms Periods Employer population Persons employed in employer population (number) Employer births Persons employed in employer births (number) Employer deaths Persons employed in employer deaths (number)
78 Employment activities Total legal forms all nationalities 2021* 648,318 3,088 2,332
78 Employment activities Sole proprietorship 2021* 2,560 195 191
78 Employment activities Limited liability enterprises 2021* 639,218 2,739 1,810
78 Employment activities Partnership, etc. 2021* 6,540 155 331
781 Employment placement agencies Total legal forms all nationalities 2021* 41,800 908 500
781 Employment placement agencies Sole proprietorship 2021* . 77 48
781 Employment placement agencies Limited liability enterprises 2021* 39,916 770 .
781 Employment placement agencies Partnership, etc. 2021* . 61 .
7810 Employment placement agencies Total legal forms all nationalities 2021* . . .
7810 Employment placement agencies Sole proprietorship 2021* . . .
7810 Employment placement agencies Limited liability enterprises 2021* . . .
7810 Employment placement agencies Partnership, etc. 2021* . . .
782 Provision of temporary employment Total legal forms all nationalities 2021* 526,355 2,093 1,626
782 Provision of temporary employment Sole proprietorship 2021* 2,030 117 142
782 Provision of temporary employment Limited liability enterprises 2021* 519,599 1,882 1,238
782 Provision of temporary employment Partnership, etc. 2021* 4,727 94 245
7820 Provision of temporary employment Total legal forms all nationalities 2021* . . .
7820 Provision of temporary employment Sole proprietorship 2021* . . .
7820 Provision of temporary employment Limited liability enterprises 2021* . . .
7820 Provision of temporary employment Partnership, etc. 2021* . . .
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 2020. The figures for 2021 are provisional.
Only the data on Dissolved companies for 2021 will be adjusted.

Changes as of February 9, 2024:
The provisional figures for 2021 have been added.

Two industry breakdowns have been added:
• B-S excluding O and excluding S94
• G-S excluding O and excluding S94
• K Financial institutions

When will new figures be released?
Figures on a new reporting year (T – 2) will be published in July of the current year T.

Description topics

Employer population
Persons employed in employer population
Employer births
Persons employed in employer births
Employer deaths
Persons employed in employer deaths