Foreign controlled enterprises in The Netherlands

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Countries Research and experimental development. Total intra-mural R&D expenditure (mln euro) Research and experimental development. Total number of R&D personnel (x 1 000)
Locus of control: domestic and foreign . .
Locus of control: domestic . .
Locus of control: foreign . .
Equally-shared control . .
European Union . .
Non EU . .
Locus of control: Extra EU-27 not allo.. . .
Locus of control: Offshore fin. centres . .
Afghanistan . .
Albania . .
Algeria . .
American-Samoa . .
American Virgin Islands . .
Andorra . .
Angola . .
Anguilla . .
Antartica . .
Antigua and Barbuda . .
Argentina . .
Armenia . .
Aruba . .
Australia . .
Azerbaijan . .
Bahamas . .
Bhutan . .
Bahrain . .
Bangladesh . .
Barbados . .
Belgium . .
Belize . .
Benin . .
Bermuda . .
Bolivia . .
Bosnia and Herzegovina . .
Botswana . .
Bouvet Island . .
Brazil . .
British Indian Ocean Territory . .
British Virgin Islands . .
Brunei . .
Bulgaria . .
Burkina Faso . .
Burundi . .
Cambodia . .
Canada . .
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba . .
Cayman Islands . .
Central African Republic . .
Chile . .
China . .
Christmas Island . .
Cocos Islands . .
Colombia . .
Comoros . .
Congo . .
Congo (Democratic Republic) . .
Cook Islands . .
Costa Rica . .
Cuba . .
Curaçao . .
Cyprus . .
Denmark . .
Djibouti . .
Dominica . .
Dominican Republic . .
Germany . .
Ecuador . .
Egypt . .
El Salvador . .
Equatorial Guinea . .
Eritrea . .
Estonia . .
Eswatini . .
Ethiopia . .
Faroe Islands . .
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) . .
Fiji . .
Philippines . .
Finland . .
France . .
French Southern Territories . .
French Polynesia . .
Gabon . .
Gambia . .
Georgia . .
Ghana . .
Gibraltar . .
Grenada . .
Greece . .
Greenland . .
Guam . .
Guatemala . .
Guernsey . .
Guinea-Bissau . .
Guinea . .
Guyana . .
Haiti . .
Heard Island and McDonald Islands . .
Honduras . .
Hungary . .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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.

Changes as of 1 September 2026:
In the "Countries" dimension, three selections differed between the Dutch and English tables. All affected selections have been removed. The marginal totals and the content of the table have not changed, as the selections concerned were either empty or contained a value of "0".

Status of the figures:
2021 until 2024 figures are final.

As of Februari 10, 2025 the figures for R&D expenditures and R&D employees have been revised. Additionally, the unit for employed persons has been changed to thousands. Also a different method for calculating confidentiality has been applied, resulting in more data being available. 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).

Changes as of October 9, 2026:
The final figures for 2024 have been added.

Changes as of July 3, 2026:
In the "Countries" dimension, three selections differed between the Dutch and English tables. All affected selections have been removed. The marginal totals and the table content have not been changed because the affected selections were either empty or filled with "0".

When will new figures be published?
New figures will appear in the fall of 2026.

Description topics

Research and experimental development.
Available only for industries B-F:
B Mining and quarrying
C Manufacturing
D Production and distribution of and trade in electricity, natural gas, steam and refrigerated air
E Water collection and distribution; waste and wastewater management and remediation
F Construction
Total intra-mural R&D expenditure
Research and experimental development includes creative work undertaken systematically to increase the body of knowledge, including knowledge of people, culture and society, and the use of this knowledge to develop new applications.
Intra-mural expenditures include all R&D (research and development) expenditures undertaken within the unit, regardless of the source of funds.
R&D spending should be distinguished from spending on a wide range of related activities, such as:
- expenditures on education and training,
- expenditures on other scientific and technological activities (e.g., information, testing and standardization, feasibility studies, etc.),
- expenditures on other industrial activities (e.g., industrial innovation n.e.c.),
- expenditures on purely financial activities (including administrative and other indirect support activities).
In-house expenditures are valued at the cost of production and include all operating expenses, including labor and capital expenditures.
Total number of R&D personnel
Research and experimental development includes creative work undertaken systematically to increase the body of knowledge, including knowledge of people, culture and society, and the use of this knowledge to develop new applications.
All persons working directly for R&D (research & development) should be counted, as well as persons providing services directly, such as managers and administrative staff working for R&D. Persons providing services indirectly, such as canteen and security personnel, are not included, even though their wages are included in the measurement of expenditures as overhead costs.
R&D personnel should be distinguished from personnel for a wide range of related activities, such as:
- personnel employed for research and training,
- personnel employed for other scientific and technological activities (e.g., information, testing and standardization, feasibility studies, etc.),
- personnel employed in other industrial activities (e.g. industrial innovation n.e.c.),
- personnel engaged in administrative and other indirect support activities.