Dutch control companies; outside and within the EU zone; Business Sector

Changed on: 30/09/2025 02:00

Dutch control companies; outside and within the EU zone; Business Sector
Countries	SIC 2008	Periods	Foreign subsidiary (number)	Employees (x 1 000)
Total	B Mining and quarrying	2023	134	6
Total	B-S Total Economy (except O)	2023	21,289	2,061
Total	06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	2023	5	.
Total	08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas)	2023	63	2
Total	09 Mining support activities	2023	66	4
Total	C Manufacturing	2023	3,469	649
Total	10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	2023	790	169
Total	10 Manufacture of food products	2023	643	76
Total	11 Manufacture of beverages	2023	147	92
Total	12 Manufacture of tobacco products	2023	.	.
Total	13 Manufacture of textiles	2023	105	8
Total	13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	2023	158	10
Total	14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	2023	35	1
Total	15 Manufacture of leather and footwear	2023	18	1
Total	16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing	2023	179	16
Total	16 Manufacture of wood products	2023	77	4
Total	17 Manufacture of paper	2023	44	10
Total	18 Printing and reproduction	2023	58	2
Total	19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum	2023	1	.
Total	20 Manufacture of chemicals	2023	220	34
Total	21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals	2023	87	5
Total	22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod	2023	128	6
Total	22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products	2023	99	5
Total	23 Manufacture of building materials	2023	29	1
Total	24 Manufacture of basic metals	2023	27	2
Total	24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products	2023	458	28
Total	25 Manufacture of metal products	2023	432	26
Total	26 Manufacture of electronic products	2023	149	32
Total	27 Manufacture of electric equipment	2023	180	36
Total	28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c.	2023	360	36
Total	29 Manufacture of cars and trailers	2023	146	243
Total	29-30 Transport equipment	2023	224	250
Total	30 Manufacture of other transport	2023	78	7
Total	31 Manufacture of furniture	2023	39	2
Total	32 Manufacture of other products	2023	169	14
Total	33 Repair and installation of machinery	2023	326	11
Total	D Energy supply	2023	445	4
Total	35 Energy supply	2023	445	4
Total	E Water supply and waste management	2023	105	12
Total	36 Water collection and distribution	2023	32	1
Total	37 Sewerage	2023	.	.
Total	38 Waste collection and treatment	2023	69	11
Total	39 Remediation, other waste management	2023	4	.
Total	F Construction	2023	810	27
Total	41 Construction buildings, development	2023	386	11
Total	42 Civil engineering	2023	216	11
Total	43 Specialised construction activities	2023	208	5
Total	G Wholesale and retail trade	2023	5,572	664
Total	45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles	2023	378	29
Total	46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles)	2023	4,324	158
Total	47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles)	2023	870	477
Total	H Transportation and storage	2023	1,660	104
Total	49 Land transport	2023	537	50
Total	50 Water transport	2023	273	4
Total	51 Air transport	2023	38	1
Total	52 Warehousing, services for transport	2023	736	39
Total	53 Postal and courier activities	2023	76	9
Total	I Accommodation and food serving	2023	330	21
Total	55 Accommodation	2023	275	14
Total	56 Food and beverage service activities	2023	55	7
Total	J Information and communication	2023	1,756	81
Total	58 Publishing	2023	218	21
Total	59-60 Movies, TV and radio	2023	38	.
Total	59 Film, TV and music production etc	2023	38	.
Total	60 Programming and broadcasting	2023	.	.
Total	61 Telecommunications	2023	143	21
Total	62-63 IT- and information services	2023	1,357	39
Total	62 Support activities in the field of IT	2023	1,214	36
Total	63 Information service activities	2023	143	3
Total	K Financial institutions	2023	828	79
Total	64 Financial institutions, no insurance	2023	285	44
Total	65 Insurance and pension funding	2023	63	18
Total	66 Other financial services	2023	480	17
Total	L Renting, buying, selling real estate	2023	941	6
Total	68 Renting, buying, selling real estate	2023	941	6
Total	M Other specialised business services	2023	2,528	124
Total	69 Legal services, administration etc.	2023	139	1
Total	69-71 Management, technical consultancy	2023	2,052	101
Total	70 Holding companies (not financial)	2023	1,019	32
Total	71 Architects, technical services etc.	2023	894	68
Total	72 Research and development	2023	150	15
Total	73-75 Advertising, design and other	2023	327	8
Total	73 Advertising and market research	2023	248	4
Total	74 Other specialised business services	2023	77	4
Total	75 Veterinary activities	2023	2	.
Total	N Renting and other business support	2023	2,277	267
Total	77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods	2023	397	21
Total	78-82 Other bussiness services	2023	1,880	246
Total	78 Employment activities	2023	612	63
Total	79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc	2023	162	18
Total	80 Security and investigation	2023	55	10
Total	81 Cleaning activities, gardening etc.	2023	94	20
Total	82 Other business services	2023	957	135
Total	P Education	2023	86	2
Total	85 Education	2023	86	2
Total	Q Health and social work activities	2023	130	5
Total	86 Human health activities	2023	122	5
Total	87 Residential care and guidance	2023	.	.
Total	87-88 Care and social work	2023	.	.
Total	88 Social work without accommodation	2023	.	.
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table contains figures on turnover, employees, personnel costs, investments and the number of foreign subsidiaries over which a Dutch institutional unit has control (Outward-FATS). The data can be broken down by industry according to the Standard Industrial Classification 2008 (SIC 2008) and the country where the foreign subsidiary is located.

The nationality of a company is determined by assessing globally which institutional unit has control over the company group. For the data in this table, the Ultimate Controlling Institutional unit (UCI) of the group of companies is located in the Netherlands.

The data is collected in the context of the 'Foreign Affiliates Statistics' (FATS) statistics of the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat).

Data available from: 2021.

Status of the figures:
The figures of 2021 and 2022 are final.

Changes as of September 30, 2025:
The 2023 figures have been added and are now final.

Changes as of April 29, 2024:
Incorrect UCI determinations have been corrected in the 2021 figures, as well as corrections that could be made through analysis of several years.
Also the provisional figures of 2022 have been added.

When will new figures be available?
- In November (23 months after the reporting year) additional information will become available on the basis of which the data will be given a definitive status.

Description topics

Foreign subsidiary: A foreign subsidiary is defined as a foreign company over which predominant control can be exercised.
Employees: Employed persons include all persons who perform paid work, even if only for one or a few hours per week, even if they:
- performing work that is legal in itself, but the remuneration of which is withheld from registration by the tax or social security authorities ('undeclared work');
- do not work temporarily, but continue to be paid (for example in the event of illness or frost damage);
- have taken temporary unpaid leave.
The number of employees is shown in this table in thousands of FTE.

Full-time equivalent (FTE):
Full-time equivalent is defined as the absolute number of employed persons, converted into full working years. For example, if in a company five people work full-time on all working days and two people work half-days, this is counted as six FTE.