Dutch control companies; outside and within the EU zone; Business Sector
| Countries | SIC 2008 | Periods | Foreign subsidiary (number) | Employees (x 1 000) | Revenue (mln euro) | Personnel costs (mln euro) | Investments (mln euro) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | 5,920 | 798 | 728,823 | 34,465 | 9,794 |
| Total | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | 4,455 | 168 | 491,430 | 13,435 | 4,070 |
| Total | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | 1,162 | 599 | 157,783 | 19,154 | 5,392 |
| Non EU | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | 2,555 | 446 | 557,986 | 21,201 | 6,132 |
| Non EU | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | 2,040 | 114 | 447,267 | 9,638 | 3,210 |
| Non EU | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | 407 | 322 | 83,744 | 10,769 | 2,848 |
| European Union (excl. the Netherlands) | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | 3,365 | 352 | 170,837 | 13,264 | 3,662 |
| European Union (excl. the Netherlands) | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | 2,415 | 55 | 44,162 | 3,797 | 861 |
| European Union (excl. the Netherlands) | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | 755 | 278 | 74,039 | 8,385 | 2,544 |
| Afghanistan | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Afghanistan | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Afghanistan | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Albania | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Albania | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Albania | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Algeria | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Algeria | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Algeria | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| American-Samoa | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| American-Samoa | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| American-Samoa | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| American Virgin Islands | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| American Virgin Islands | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| American Virgin Islands | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Andorra | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Andorra | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Andorra | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Angola | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Angola | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Angola | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Anguilla | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Anguilla | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Anguilla | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Antartica | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Antartica | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Antartica | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Antigua and Barbuda | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Argentina | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | 13 | 1 | 369 | 23 | 16 |
| Argentina | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | 11 | . | 321 | . | . |
| Argentina | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Armenia | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Armenia | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Armenia | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Aruba | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Aruba | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Aruba | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Australia | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | 70 | 6 | 2,357 | 350 | 35 |
| Australia | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | 56 | 1 | 924 | 153 | . |
| Australia | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | 22 |
| Azerbaijan | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Azerbaijan | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Azerbaijan | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bahamas | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bahamas | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bahamas | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bhutan | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bhutan | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bhutan | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bahrain | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bahrain | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bahrain | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bangladesh | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bangladesh | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bangladesh | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Barbados | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Barbados | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Barbados | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Belgium | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | 692 | 28 | 22,748 | 1,732 | 388 |
| Belgium | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | 456 | 6 | . | 485 | 67 |
| Belgium | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | 220 | 18 | 11,640 | 1,059 | 292 |
| Belize | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Belize | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Belize | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Benin | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Benin | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Benin | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bermuda | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bermuda | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bermuda | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bolivia | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bolivia | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bolivia | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Botswana | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Botswana | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Botswana | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bouvet Island | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bouvet Island | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Bouvet Island | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Brazil | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | 46 | 9 | 2,955 | 265 | 110 |
| Brazil | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | 42 | 8 | 2,561 | . | . |
| Brazil | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| British Virgin Islands | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2024** | . | . | . | . | . |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||
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.