High-growth enterprises, European standard; SIC2008

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SIC 2008 High-growth enterprise population (number) Employees in high-growth enterprises (number)
089 Other mining and quarrying 0 0
099 Services for other mining 1 .
108 Manufacture of other food 24 1,769
139 Manufacture of other textiles 16 .
15 Manufacture of leather and footwear 1 .
151 Manufacture of leather products 0 0
205 Manufacture of other chemicals 7 671
234 Manufacture other ceramic products 1 .
239 Manufacture other mineral products 1 .
243 Other first processing of steel 3 .
256 Other treatment of metals, machining 51 2,316
259 Manufacture of other metal products 12 622
279 Manufacture other electric equipment 5 .
289 Manufacture other special machinery 36 25,382
30 Manufacture of other transport 14 1,140
32 Manufacture of other products 39 3,399
329 Manufacture of other products n.e.c. 7 228
39 Remediation, other waste management 5 .
390 Remediation, other waste management 5 .
429 Other civil engineering 4 73
439 Other specialised construction 46 2,403
466 Wholesale of other machinery 201 10,481
467 Other specialised wholesale 147 12,798
475 Shops for other household equipment 65 3,966
477 Shops selling other goods 170 22,113
532 Other postal and courier activities 48 11,379
559 Other accommodation 0 0
619 Other telecommunications activities 5 .
62 Support activities in the field of IT 636 48,674
620 Support in the field of IT 636 48,674
639 Other information services 3 .
649 Other financial services 35 1,466
66 Other financial services 88 8,453
M Other specialised business services 1,089 68,998
74 Other specialised business services 91 .
749 Other specialised business services 59 3,525
N Renting and other business support 926 190,313
773 Renting of machinery and other goods 32 3,056
82 Other business services 71 8,815
829 Other business support activities 40 3,183
952 Repair of other consumergoods 5 .
96 Other personal services 60 4,507
960 Other personal services 60 4,507
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 high-growth enterprises. These are enterprises with an average yearly employee growth of at least 10%, over a period of three subsequent years. Data is 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 employees in these enterprises. NACE is taken at the end of the growth period.

Data available from: 2010

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of September 4, 2025:
The final data for 2023 has been added.

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

High-growth enterprise population
High-growth enterprises, based on employment. A high-growth enterprise or fast grower is an enterprise with an average annual growth rate of 10% or more, over a period of 3 consecutive years, measured by number of employees.

This means that a total growth of at least 33.1% must be achieved over a period of 3 years. In addition, enterprises must have at least 10 employees at the beginning of the growth period and enterprises established in the starting year of the growth period are not counted.

Thus, a high-growth enterprise in year t has achieved growth of at least 33.1% in the period t-3 to t, has a minimum of 10 employees in year t-3 and is established before year t-3.
Employees in high-growth enterprises
Employees in high-growth enterprises, based on employment. The number of employees is determined based on the employees on the payroll excluding director-major shareholders. The number of employees per enterprise is calculated from wage tax data of the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration.