Foreign controlled enterprises in The Netherlands

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Foreign controlled enterprises in The Netherlands
SIC 2008 Countries Periods Number of active enterprises (aantal)
B-S excluding O and excluding S94 Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 2,052,685
B-S excluding O and excluding S94 Locus of control: foreign 2021 17,510
B-S excluding O and excluding S94 Foreign countries 2021 .
B Mining and quarrying Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 590
B Mining and quarrying Locus of control: foreign 2021 65
B Mining and quarrying Foreign countries 2021 .
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 35
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas Locus of control: foreign 2021 15
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas Foreign countries 2021 .
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas) Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 130
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas) Locus of control: foreign 2021 20
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas) Foreign countries 2021 .
09 Mining support activities Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 420
09 Mining support activities Locus of control: foreign 2021 35
09 Mining support activities Foreign countries 2021 .
C Manufacturing Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 78,665
C Manufacturing Locus of control: foreign 2021 2,105
C Manufacturing Foreign countries 2021 .
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 8,460
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages Locus of control: foreign 2021 245
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages Foreign countries 2021 .
10 Manufacture of food products Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 7,280
10 Manufacture of food products Locus of control: foreign 2021 225
10 Manufacture of food products Foreign countries 2021 .
11 Manufacture of beverages Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 1,160
11 Manufacture of beverages Locus of control: foreign 2021 15
11 Manufacture of beverages Foreign countries 2021 .
12 Manufacture of tobacco products Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 20
12 Manufacture of tobacco products Locus of control: foreign 2021 5
12 Manufacture of tobacco products Foreign countries 2021 .
13 Manufacture of textiles Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 2,865
13 Manufacture of textiles Locus of control: foreign 2021 35
13 Manufacture of textiles Foreign countries 2021 .
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 6,300
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts Locus of control: foreign 2021 60
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts Foreign countries 2021 .
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 2,695
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel Locus of control: foreign 2021 10
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel Foreign countries 2021 .
15 Manufacture of leather and footwear Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 735
15 Manufacture of leather and footwear Locus of control: foreign 2021 10
15 Manufacture of leather and footwear Foreign countries 2021 .
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 7,025
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing Locus of control: foreign 2021 130
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing Foreign countries 2021 .
16 Manufacture of wood products Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 3,240
16 Manufacture of wood products Locus of control: foreign 2021 15
16 Manufacture of wood products Foreign countries 2021 .
17 Manufacture of paper Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 375
17 Manufacture of paper Locus of control: foreign 2021 85
17 Manufacture of paper Foreign countries 2021 .
18 Printing and reproduction Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 3,410
18 Printing and reproduction Locus of control: foreign 2021 30
18 Printing and reproduction Foreign countries 2021 .
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 45
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum Locus of control: foreign 2021 15
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum Foreign countries 2021 .
20 Manufacture of chemicals Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 1,185
20 Manufacture of chemicals Locus of control: foreign 2021 230
20 Manufacture of chemicals Foreign countries 2021 .
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 250
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals Locus of control: foreign 2021 55
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals Foreign countries 2021 .
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 3,590
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod Locus of control: foreign 2021 215
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod Foreign countries 2021 .
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 1,425
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products Locus of control: foreign 2021 155
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products Foreign countries 2021 .
23 Manufacture of building materials Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 2,165
23 Manufacture of building materials Locus of control: foreign 2021 60
23 Manufacture of building materials Foreign countries 2021 .
24 Manufacture of basic metals Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 425
24 Manufacture of basic metals Locus of control: foreign 2021 45
24 Manufacture of basic metals Foreign countries 2021 .
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 14,745
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products Locus of control: foreign 2021 215
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products Foreign countries 2021 .
25 Manufacture of metal products Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 14,320
25 Manufacture of metal products Locus of control: foreign 2021 170
25 Manufacture of metal products Foreign countries 2021 .
26 Manufacture of electronic products Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 1,680
26 Manufacture of electronic products Locus of control: foreign 2021 160
26 Manufacture of electronic products Foreign countries 2021 .
27 Manufacture of electric equipment Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 1,215
27 Manufacture of electric equipment Locus of control: foreign 2021 85
27 Manufacture of electric equipment Foreign countries 2021 .
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 3,415
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. Locus of control: foreign 2021 305
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. Foreign countries 2021 .
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 800
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers Locus of control: foreign 2021 45
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers Foreign countries 2021 .
29-30 Transport equipment Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 2,260
29-30 Transport equipment Locus of control: foreign 2021 85
29-30 Transport equipment Foreign countries 2021 .
30 Manufacture of other transport Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 1,455
30 Manufacture of other transport Locus of control: foreign 2021 40
30 Manufacture of other transport Foreign countries 2021 .
31 Manufacture of furniture Locus of control: domestic and foreign 2021 10,310
Source: CBS.
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This table covers the financial data (such as operating expenses and revenues) and employment of companies in the Netherlands controlled by an institutional unit abroad. The data are consistent with Eurostat's Foreign Affiliates Statistics (FATS).

Data available from: 2021.

Status of the figures:
2021 figures are final.

Changes as of March 11, 2024:
None, this is a new table. This table is the successor of the table "Foreign control companies in the Netherlands; 2008-2020" which reports at a different SBI level. Data in this table can be compared, where SBI, UCI and subject match (see paragraph 3).

When will new figures be published?
New figures will appear in the fall of 2024.

Description topics

Number of active enterprises
A count of the number of enterprises belonging to the population in the business register. Inactive enterprises are excluded. This statistic should include all companies that have been active for at least part of the reference period.
Enterprise:
The actual transactor in the production process characterized by independence with respect to decisions about that process and by offering its products to third parties.
It follows from this definition and in particular from the element of independence that a business may have more than one establishment, but it can also have more than one legal entity (legal entities are understood to include both natural and legal persons). This is the case when the individual establishments or legal units do not operate independently. Conversely, it may be the case that within a legal unit there are several parts that operate independently in terms of production. Based on the definition, these then constitute as more than one enterprise. The latter occurs mainly in larger companies with diverse activities. When an enterprise thus extends over several countries, the Dutch part is regarded as a whole enterprise for the purposes of national statistics.
In the official CBS terminology, the enterprise as defined here is called business unit (BE), so that no confusion can arise with the term business in common parlance, which is not very precise in this respect.
The statistical unit business is an operationalization of the kind-of-activity unit, as defined by Eurostat. This definition combines two requirements that may conflict: contributing to one activity versus corresponding to one or more operational units. In operationalizing to the statistical unit enterprise, the Netherlands gives priority to the second requirement.