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)
72 Research and development Total legal forms all nationalities 1,462 45,963 45,963 217 217 287 287
Sole proprietorship 18 44 44 . . . .
Limited liability enterprises 1,159 28,692 28,692 167 167 257 257
Partnership, etc. 285 17,227 17,227 . . . .
721 Research on natural sciences Total legal forms all nationalities 1,297 43,606 43,606 196 196 261 261
Sole proprietorship 14 . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises 1,108 27,836 27,836 . . 248 248
Partnership, etc. 175 . . 29 29 . .
7211 Research on biotechnology Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
7219 Other research on natural sciences Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
722 Research on social sciences Total legal forms all nationalities 165 2,357 2,357 21 21 27 27
Sole proprietorship 4 . . 0 0 0 0
Limited liability enterprises 51 857 857 . . 9 9
Partnership, etc. 110 . . . . 18 18
7220 Research on social sciences Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
73 Advertising and market research Total legal forms all nationalities 3,617 44,491 44,491 360 360 612 612
Sole proprietorship 498 1,229 1,229 77 77 115 115
Limited liability enterprises 2,636 41,296 41,296 234 234 420 420
Partnership, etc. 483 1,967 1,967 49 49 76 76
732 Market research and opinion polling Total legal forms all nationalities 853 14,193 14,193 86 86 126 126
Sole proprietorship 42 97 97 5 5 8 8
Limited liability enterprises 743 13,617 13,617 77 77 103 103
Partnership, etc. 68 480 480 4 4 15 15
7320 Market research and opinion polling Total legal forms all nationalities . . . . . . .
Sole proprietorship . . . . . . .
Limited liability enterprises . . . . . . .
Partnership, etc. . . . . . . .
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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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