Employed labour force; economic activity

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Employed labour force; economic activity
Sex Personal characteristics SIC 2008 Periods Employed labour force (x 1 000)
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour A-U All economic activities 2023 1,037
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023 30
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B-F Manufacturing and energy 2023 140
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023 99
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G-N Commercial services 2023 509
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour M-N Business services 2023 302
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O-Q Government and care 2023 223
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O-U Noncommercial services 2023 358
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023 135
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023 20
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B Mining and quarrying 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2023 2
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour C Manufacturing 2023 26
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2023 2
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2023 3
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 20 Manufacture of chemicals 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2023 4
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 26 Manufacture of electronic products 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 29-30 Transport equipment 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2023 14
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour D Energy supply 2023 3
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 35 Energy supply 2023 3
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour E Water supply and waste management 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour F Construction 2023 109
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G Wholesale and retail trade 2023 38
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour H Transportation and storage 2023 36
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour I Accommodation and food serving 2023 25
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour J Information and communication 2023 77
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2023 25
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 61 Telecommunications 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 62-63 IT- and information services 2023 51
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour K Financial institutions 2023 22
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023 9
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour M Other specialised business services 2023 241
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2023 163
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 72 Research and development 2023 3
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 73-75 Advertising, design and other 2023 75
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour N Renting and other business support 2023 61
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O Public administration and services 2023 6
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour P Education 2023 75
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour Q Health and social work activities 2023 141
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 86 Human health activities 2023 85
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 87-88 Care and social work 2023 56
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour R Culture, sports and recreation 2023 77
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour S Other service activities 2023 57
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour T Activities of households 2023 1
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour U Extraterritorial organisations 2023 0
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour Unknown 2023 11
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour A-U All economic activities 2023 624
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023 26
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B-F Manufacturing and energy 2023 131
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023 73
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G-N Commercial services 2023 348
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour M-N Business services 2023 186
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O-Q Government and care 2023 68
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O-U Noncommercial services 2023 123
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023 55
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023 16
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour B Mining and quarrying 2023 1
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2023 1
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour C Manufacturing 2023 22
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2023 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2023 2
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2023 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 20 Manufacture of chemicals 2023 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2023 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2023 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2023 4
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 26 Manufacture of electronic products 2023 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2023 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2023 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 29-30 Transport equipment 2023 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2023 13
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour D Energy supply 2023 2
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 35 Energy supply 2023 2
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour E Water supply and waste management 2023 1
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour F Construction 2023 106
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G Wholesale and retail trade 2023 27
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour H Transportation and storage 2023 33
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour I Accommodation and food serving 2023 14
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour J Information and communication 2023 65
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2023 18
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 61 Telecommunications 2023 0
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 62-63 IT- and information services 2023 46
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour K Financial institutions 2023 19
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023 6
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour M Other specialised business services 2023 147
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2023 108
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 72 Research and development 2023 2
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 73-75 Advertising, design and other 2023 38
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour N Renting and other business support 2023 38
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O Public administration and services 2023 3
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour P Education 2023 32
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour Q Health and social work activities 2023 33
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 86 Human health activities 2023 23
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.

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

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

Changes as of February 14, 2024:
The figures for 4th quarter and year 2023 are added.

Changes as of November 15, 2022:
In the previous version, the self-employed variable was not published in the personal characteristics dimension for employment status. This has been added in this version.

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?
New figures will be published on May 15, 2024.

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.