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

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SIC 2008 Foreign subsidiary (number) Employees (x 1 000) Revenue (mln euro) Personnel costs (mln euro) Investments (mln euro)
B Mining and quarrying 145 6 1,693 249 101
B-S Total Economy (except O) 23,638 2,291 1,421,464 117,900 54,426
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas 14 . 96 22 4
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas) 71 2 425 67 82
09 Mining support activities 60 4 1,172 160 15
C Manufacturing 3,669 637 398,805 35,182 12,100
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 814 160 63,595 6,605 3,764
10 Manufacture of food products 688 75 34,701 2,889 1,096
11 Manufacture of beverages 126 85 28,894 3,716 2,668
12 Manufacture of tobacco products . . . . .
13 Manufacture of textiles 96 8 570 163 9
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 119 9 649 182 11
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 15 1 54 8 1
15 Manufacture of leather and footwear 8 1 26 11 1
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 174 11 2,298 468 61
16 Manufacture of wood products 61 4 534 89 13
17 Manufacture of paper 35 6 1,389 293 38
18 Printing and reproduction 78 2 375 86 10
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 5 . 162 54 54
20 Manufacture of chemicals 210 36 14,595 2,021 716
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 119 7 1,716 307 351
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 169 6 1,185 233 64
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 158 6 1,116 224 .
23 Manufacture of building materials 11 . 69 9 .
24 Manufacture of basic metals 50 3 869 139 21
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 485 29 6,193 1,372 307
25 Manufacture of metal products 435 26 5,324 1,233 286
26 Manufacture of electronic products 103 31 17,916 2,201 284
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 183 36 6,711 1,717 125
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 462 41 16,782 3,353 949
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 101 228 254,612 14,764 5,140
29-30 Transport equipment 224 240 257,222 15,115 5,212
30 Manufacture of other transport 123 12 2,610 351 72
31 Manufacture of furniture 64 4 410 98 7
32 Manufacture of other products 187 14 2,464 552 130
33 Repair and installation of machinery 351 13 6,907 905 64
D Energy supply 476 8 14,965 336 9,198
35 Energy supply 476 8 14,965 336 9,198
E Water supply and waste management 152 17 2,572 655 160
36 Water collection and distribution 23 . 48 38 .
37 Sewerage . . . . .
38 Waste collection and treatment 104 16 2,403 578 156
39 Remediation, other waste management 25 1 122 39 .
F Construction 932 44 31,558 3,468 1,106
41 Construction buildings, development 426 27 22,383 2,210 565
42 Civil engineering 251 15 7,997 1,127 467
43 Specialised construction activities 255 2 1,178 130 75
G Wholesale and retail trade 5,920 798 728,823 34,465 9,794
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 303 30 79,610 1,876 331
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 4,455 168 491,430 13,435 4,070
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 1,162 599 157,783 19,154 5,392
H Transportation and storage 1,667 97 22,505 5,070 3,835
49 Land transport 449 36 6,772 1,607 173
50 Water transport 357 8 2,721 512 362
51 Air transport 86 1 431 67 19
52 Warehousing, services for transport 715 44 7,733 2,301 3,242
53 Postal and courier activities 61 8 4,849 583 39
I Accommodation and food serving 423 24 2,851 813 1,655
55 Accommodation 356 18 2,165 549 1,604
56 Food and beverage service activities 66 6 687 265 51
J Information and communication 2,456 93 28,910 7,202 3,141
58 Publishing 189 22 5,865 2,302 287
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 503 10 11,815 1,810 95
59 Film, TV and music production etc 503 10 11,815 1,810 95
60 Programming and broadcasting . . . . .
61 Telecommunications 202 25 5,612 703 1,342
62-63 IT- and information services 1,563 37 5,619 2,387 1,417
62 Support activities in the field of IT 1,364 34 4,849 2,220 368
63 Information service activities 199 3 771 168 1,049
K Financial institutions 961 86 76,177 7,049 2,589
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 323 45 26,347 4,024 1,168
65 Insurance and pension funding 85 18 38,974 1,410 40
66 Other financial services 553 24 10,857 1,615 1,381
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 1,346 7 4,977 344 3,990
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 1,346 7 4,977 344 3,990
M Other specialised business services 2,571 178 53,294 11,589 2,298
69 Legal services, administration etc. 162 13 629 472 20
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2,133 155 48,336 8,993 2,175
70 Holding companies (not financial) 1,122 74 29,590 4,025 2,035
71 Architects, technical services etc. 849 68 18,117 4,495 120
72 Research and development 159 17 3,311 2,331 108
73-75 Advertising, design and other 279 6 1,647 265 15
73 Advertising and market research 209 3 1,093 188 11
74 Other specialised business services 68 3 . 77 .
75 Veterinary activities 2 . . . .
N Renting and other business support 2,319 270 49,888 10,422 3,875
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 408 14 7,734 1,146 2,628
78-82 Other bussiness services 1,911 256 42,154 9,276 1,247
78 Employment activities 639 72 25,053 4,917 65
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 142 18 2,963 1,055 42
80 Security and investigation 48 11 485 419 4
81 Cleaning activities, gardening etc. 83 23 1,122 644 31
82 Other business services 1,000 134 12,531 2,242 1,105
P Education 89 1 207 93 20
85 Education 89 1 207 93 20
Q Health and social work activities 283 11 1,533 529 154
86 Human health activities 161 7 1,361 428 127
87 Residential care and guidance . . . . .
87-88 Care and social work . . . . .
88 Social work without accommodation . . . . .
Source: CBS.
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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 for 2021 up to and including 2023 are final.

Changes as of 23 September 2026:
The revised provisional figures for 2024 have been added.

Changes as of 30 September 2025:
The figures for 2023 are now final.

Changes as of 29 April 2024:
Incorrect UCI determinations in the 2021 figures have been corrected, along with corrections identified through the analysis of multiple years.
In addition, the provisional figures for 2022 have been added.

When will new figures be available?
The first provisional figures become available in May (16 months after the reporting year). These provisional figures are updated to revised provisional figures in September (21 months after the reporting year). The figures become final in September (33 months after the reporting year).

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.
Revenue
Net turnover consists of all income during the financial year in the context of normal business operations through the sale of goods, provision of services and/or rental income from assets (Insurance turnover consists of 'Gross premiums written' and pension fund turnover consists of from all pension contributions). The net turnover excludes: all taxes, duties and levies directly related to the income and all income that does not arise from normal business operations.
The turnover is presented in this table in millions of Euro.



Personnel costs
Personnel costs include all expenses related to employee benefits during the financial year. Employee benefits are all forms of compensation in exchange for the services provided by employees or for the termination of employment.
Investments
Gross investments in tangible fixed assets include all additions to tangible fixed assets that have been reported as such during the financial year. Excluded are increases in revaluations, reversals of previously recognized impairment losses and reclassifications (transfers) of other tangible fixed assets. The tangible fixed assets are acquired through (hire) purchase, financial or operational lease. When manufactured in-house, this concerns the full production costs. For major maintenance, this concerns the full maintenance costs.