Employed labour force; economic activity (2013-2025)
| Sex | Personal characteristics | SIC 2008 | Periods | Employed labour force (x 1 000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total male and female | Total persons | M-N Business services | 2025 | 1,326 |
| Total male and female | Total persons | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 884 |
| Total male and female | Total persons | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 443 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: less than 12 hours a week | M-N Business services | 2025 | 91 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: less than 12 hours a week | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 45 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: less than 12 hours a week | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 46 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: less than 20 hours a week | M-N Business services | 2025 | 166 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: less than 20 hours a week | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 78 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: less than 20 hours a week | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 89 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: part-time | M-N Business services | 2025 | 543 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: part-time | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 327 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: part-time | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 216 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week | M-N Business services | 2025 | 75 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 32 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 43 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week | M-N Business services | 2025 | 376 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 249 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 127 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: full-time | M-N Business services | 2025 | 784 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: full-time | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 557 |
| Total male and female | Working hours: full-time | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 227 |
| Total male and female | Age: 15 to 24 years | M-N Business services | 2025 | 156 |
| Total male and female | Age: 15 to 24 years | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 71 |
| Total male and female | Age: 15 to 24 years | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 85 |
| Total male and female | Age: 25 to 44 years | M-N Business services | 2025 | 576 |
| Total male and female | Age: 25 to 44 years | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 398 |
| Total male and female | Age: 25 to 44 years | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 177 |
| Total male and female | Age: 25 to 34 years | M-N Business services | 2025 | 304 |
| Total male and female | Age: 25 to 34 years | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 212 |
| Total male and female | Age: 25 to 34 years | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 92 |
| Total male and female | Age: 35 to 44 years | M-N Business services | 2025 | 272 |
| Total male and female | Age: 35 to 44 years | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 186 |
| Total male and female | Age: 35 to 44 years | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 86 |
| Total male and female | Age: 45 to 54 years | M-N Business services | 2025 | 275 |
| Total male and female | Age: 45 to 54 years | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 193 |
| Total male and female | Age: 45 to 54 years | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 82 |
| Total male and female | Age: 45 to 74 years | M-N Business services | 2025 | 595 |
| Total male and female | Age: 45 to 74 years | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 415 |
| Total male and female | Age: 45 to 74 years | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 180 |
| Total male and female | Age: 55 to 64 years | M-N Business services | 2025 | 246 |
| Total male and female | Age: 55 to 64 years | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 171 |
| Total male and female | Age: 55 to 64 years | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 75 |
| Total male and female | Age: 65 to 74 years | M-N Business services | 2025 | 74 |
| Total male and female | Age: 65 to 74 years | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 50 |
| Total male and female | Age: 65 to 74 years | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 24 |
| Total male and female | 1 Primary, lower secondary | M-N Business services | 2025 | 183 |
| Total male and female | 1 Primary, lower secondary | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 57 |
| Total male and female | 1 Primary, lower secondary | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 126 |
| Total male and female | 2 Upper secondary | M-N Business services | 2025 | 410 |
| Total male and female | 2 Upper secondary | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 220 |
| Total male and female | 2 Upper secondary | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 190 |
| Total male and female | 3 Tertiary | M-N Business services | 2025 | 726 |
| Total male and female | 3 Tertiary | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 605 |
| Total male and female | 3 Tertiary | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 121 |
| Total male and female | Level of educ: unknown | M-N Business services | 2025 | 7 |
| Total male and female | Level of educ: unknown | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 2 |
| Total male and female | Level of educ: unknown | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 5 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: employee | M-N Business services | 2025 | 918 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: employee | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 557 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: employee | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 362 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: permanent employee | M-N Business services | 2025 | 647 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: permanent employee | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 423 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: permanent employee | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 224 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: flexible employee | M-N Business services | 2025 | 271 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: flexible employee | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 134 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: flexible employee | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 138 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect | M-N Business services | 2025 | 76 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 48 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 28 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year | M-N Business services | 2025 | 38 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 22 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 16 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temporary < 1 year | M-N Business services | 2025 | 32 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temporary < 1 year | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 19 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temporary < 1 year | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 13 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: on-call worker | M-N Business services | 2025 | 85 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: on-call worker | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 31 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: on-call worker | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 54 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temp. agency worker | M-N Business services | 2025 | 33 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temp. agency worker | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 13 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: temp. agency worker | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 21 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: flex, contract unknown | M-N Business services | 2025 | 8 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: flex, contract unknown | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 3 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: flex, contract unknown | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 5 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: self-employed | M-N Business services | 2025 | 408 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: self-employed | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 327 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: self-employed | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 81 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour | M-N Business services | 2025 | 311 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 255 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 56 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products | M-N Business services | 2025 | 18 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 13 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 6 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: contributing family worker | M-N Business services | 2025 | 4 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: contributing family worker | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 2 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: contributing family worker | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 1 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: self-employed w. employees | M-N Business services | 2025 | 74 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: self-employed w. employees | M Other specialised business services | 2025 | 57 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: self-employed w. employees | N Renting and other business support | 2025 | 18 |
| Total male and female | Empl. status: solo self-employed | M-N Business services | 2025 | 330 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||
Table explanation
This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on the economic activities where people work. The population of 15 to 74 years of age (excluding the institutionalized population) in paid employment is classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2008). A division by sex, age, level of education, professional status and working hours is available.
Data available from 2013 to 2025
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.
Changes as of May 21, 2026:
None, the table has been discontinued.
Changes as of August 17, 2022:
None, this is a new table. This table has been compiled on the basis of the Labor Force Survey (LFS). Due to changes in the research design and the questionnaire of the LFS, the figures for 2021 are not automatically comparable with the figures up to and including 2020. The key figures in this table have therefore been made consistent with the (non-seasonally adjusted) figures in the table Arbeidsdeelname, kerncijfers seizoengecorrigeerd (see section 4), in which the outcomes for the period 2013-2020 have been recalculated to align with the outcomes from 2021. When further detailing the outcomes according to job and personal characteristics, there may nevertheless be differences from 2020 to 2021 as a result of the new method.
When will new figures be released?
Not applicable. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.
Data available from 2013 to 2025
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.
Changes as of May 21, 2026:
None, the table has been discontinued.
Changes as of August 17, 2022:
None, this is a new table. This table has been compiled on the basis of the Labor Force Survey (LFS). Due to changes in the research design and the questionnaire of the LFS, the figures for 2021 are not automatically comparable with the figures up to and including 2020. The key figures in this table have therefore been made consistent with the (non-seasonally adjusted) figures in the table Arbeidsdeelname, kerncijfers seizoengecorrigeerd (see section 4), in which the outcomes for the period 2013-2020 have been recalculated to align with the outcomes from 2021. When further detailing the outcomes according to job and personal characteristics, there may nevertheless be differences from 2020 to 2021 as a result of the new method.
When will new figures be released?
Not applicable. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.
Description topics
- Employed labour force
- People who have paid work.
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 75 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.