Multinationals and non-multinationals; key figures, industry (SIC2008)

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Multinationality (SIC2008) Labour volume (x 1 000 arbeidsjaren) Labour volume for exports (x 1 000 arbeidsjaren)
Total A-U All economic activities 7,820.1 2,255.6
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 181.3 142.8
B Mining and quarrying 7.0 5.9
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 806.9 497.0
B-F Manufacturing and energy 1,325.2 536.3
C Manufacturing 737.8 467.8
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 126.1 81.8
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 15.2 10.1
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 46.7 25.8
19-21 Refineries and chemistry 62.0 54.8
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 52.2 29.4
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 108.7 63.4
26-28 Manufact of electronics, machinery 136.9 111.1
29-30 Transport equipment 39.1 32.6
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 150.9 58.8
D-E Energy, water, waste treatment 62.1 23.3
D Energy supply 27.1 9.0
E Water supply and waste management 35.0 14.3
F Construction 518.3 39.3
41 Construction buildings, development 183.4 5.6
42 Civil engineering 47.9 8.1
43 Specialised construction activities 287.0 25.6
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 1,806.7 693.4
G-N Commercial services 3,827.9 1,499.0
G Wholesale and retail trade 1,157.5 407.2
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 132.7 29.9
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 482.9 323.0
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 541.9 54.3
H Transportation and storage 368.1 239.7
I Accommodation and food serving 281.1 46.4
J Information and communication 324.3 146.7
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 52.2 20.4
61 Telecommunications 25.0 8.7
62-63 IT- and information services 247.1 117.7
K Financial institutions 197.5 43.5
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 94.5 21.2
65 Insurance and pension funding 52.4 5.1
66 Other financial services 50.6 17.3
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 66.5 7.8
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 66.5 7.8
M-N Business services 1,432.9 607.6
M Other specialised business services 701.7 310.5
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 385.8 193.1
71 Architects, technical services etc. 135.0 33.4
72 Research and development 43.2 22.9
73-75 Advertising, design and other 137.8 61.1
N Renting and other business support 731.2 297.1
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 34.1 18.9
78 Employment activities 516.2 212.0
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 16.5 10.9
900011 tekst not available 164.4 55.3
O-U Noncommercial services 2,485.7 77.5
O-Q Government and care 2,129.8 38.8
O Public administration and services 493.0 16.8
84 Public administration and services 493.0 16.8
P Education 474.6 17.1
85 Education 474.6 17.1
Q Health and social work activities 1,162.2 4.8
86 Human health activities 507.8 4.3
87-88 Care and social work 654.4 0.6
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 355.8 38.7
R Culture, sports and recreation 202.1 28.9
900048 tekst not available 97.7 16.7
93 Sports and recreation 50.5 7.2
S Other service activities 131.1 9.8
94 Membership organisations 54.0 5.0
95 Repair computers and consumergoods 11.5 2.8
96 Other personal services 119.6 7.0
T Activities of households 22.7 0.0
U Extraterritorial organisations 0.0 0.0
Small non-multinational A-U All economic activities 2,936.0 957.9
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing
B Mining and quarrying 1.2 0.9
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 296.8 156.7
B-F Manufacturing and energy 692.2 181.8
C Manufacturing 272.1 147.4
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 46.7 22.7
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 8.0 4.5
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 26.5 10.7
19-21 Refineries and chemistry 7.8 6.6
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 18.2 9.2
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 62.4 30.5
26-28 Manufact of electronics, machinery 33.8 24.9
29-30 Transport equipment 10.0 6.8
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 58.7 31.6
D-E Energy, water, waste treatment 23.4 8.4
D Energy supply 8.6 2.4
E Water supply and waste management 14.8 6.0
F Construction 395.5 25.2
41 Construction buildings, development 157.2 4.5
42 Civil engineering 22.7 2.4
43 Specialised construction activities 215.6 18.3
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 1,053.8 330.6
G-N Commercial services 2,243.8 776.1
G Wholesale and retail trade 663.8 196.8
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 94.2 19.4
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 245.7 154.6
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 323.9 22.9
H Transportation and storage 160.4 103.3
I Accommodation and food serving 229.6 30.5
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table shows how six different types of enterprises contribute to value added, employment, production and international trade in the Netherlands. The six enterprise groups are:
- Small non-multinational
- Large non-multinational
- Small Dutch multinational
- Large Dutch multinational
- Foreign multinational
- Others

Data available from: 2015.

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2015-2021 are provisional.

Changes as of 31 October 2024:
None, this is a new table.

When will new figures be published?
No new figures will be added to this table due to the revision of the national accounts.

Is there a successor?
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Labour volume
The amount of labour used to produce goods and services. This is expressed in labour years.
Labour volume for exports
The amount of labour used to produce goods and services for exports. This is expressed in labour years.