Employer business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

Employer business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

SIC 2008 Legal forms Periods 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 Sole proprietorship 2023* . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services Sole proprietorship 2023* 5,476 13,857 13,857 1,029 1,029 1,118 1,118
702 Management and business consultancy Sole proprietorship 2023* 908 . . 335 335 222 222
7022 Management en business consultancy Sole proprietorship 2023* . . . . . . .
74 Other specialised business services Sole proprietorship 2023* 709 1,744 1,744 246 246 240 240
749 Other specialised business services Sole proprietorship 2023* 209 619 619 72 72 94 94
7490 Other specialised business services Sole proprietorship 2023* . . . . . . .
N Renting and other business support Sole proprietorship 2023* 4,360 14,298 13,945 957 895 1,151 1,069
82 Other business services Sole proprietorship 2023* 337 1,039 1,039 79 79 80 80
829 Other business support activities Sole proprietorship 2023* 109 406 406 34 34 23 23
8299 Other business support activities Sole proprietorship 2023* . . . . . . .
Business economy, B-N, incl 95 Sole proprietorship 2023* . . . . . . .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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.

Description topics

Employers
Employers total
Employer population
Persons employed in employer population
Employees in employer population
Employer births
Persons employed in employer births
Employees in employer births
Employer deaths
Persons employed in employer deaths
Employees in employer deaths