Employed persons; business function

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Industry/branches (SIC 2008) Enterprise size class Business functions Employed persons (Number x 1000)
B-F Manufacturing and energy 50 or more employed persons Total 784
Core business functions 530
Support business functions 254
Production of goods and products 207
Management and administration 186
Engineering and technical services 135
Research and development 3
ICT services 43
Marketing, sales and customer services 71
Transport and logistics services 54
Other business functions 85
50 to 249 employed persons Total 324
Core business functions 221
Support business functions 103
Production of goods and products 99
Management and administration 74
Engineering and technical services 44
Research and development 1
ICT services 11
Marketing, sales and customer services 32
Transport and logistics services 24
Other business functions 39
250 and more employed persons Total 461
Core business functions 309
Support business functions 152
Production of goods and products 108
Management and administration 113
Engineering and technical services 91
Research and development 2
ICT services 32
Marketing, sales and customer services 39
Transport and logistics services 31
Other business functions 46
D Energy supply 50 or more employed persons Total 34
Core business functions 22
Support business functions 12
Production of goods and products .
Management and administration .
Engineering and technical services .
Research and development .
ICT services .
Marketing, sales and customer services .
Transport and logistics services .
Other business functions .
50 to 249 employed persons Total .
Core business functions .
Support business functions .
Production of goods and products .
Management and administration .
Engineering and technical services .
Research and development .
ICT services .
Marketing, sales and customer services .
Transport and logistics services .
Other business functions .
250 and more employed persons Total .
Core business functions .
Support business functions .
Production of goods and products .
Management and administration .
Engineering and technical services .
Research and development .
ICT services .
Marketing, sales and customer services .
Transport and logistics services .
Other business functions .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains figures on the number of employed persons in active market oriented enterprises in the Netherlands within the branches of manufacturing and energy, and commercial services. The focus is on larger enterprises with an average of at least 50 employed persons in the reference year, according to the General Business Register. Dormant (inactive) units and enterprises that have fully left the Netherlands are excluded. The figures cover all enterprises that were active for at least part of the reference period and that remained active at the end of that period. The distribution of employed persons is shown by branch according to the Standard Industrial Classification 2008 (SIC 2008) and by enterprise size class of the enterprises where they are employed, as well as by the business functions in which they work.

Data available from: 2023

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2023 are provisional.

Changes as of 27 February 2026:
None, this is a new table.

When will new figures be published?
The figures for 2026 will be published by the end of 2028.

Description topics

Employed persons
Number of employed persons at market-oriented active enterprises within the branches of manufacturing and energy, and commercial services, with at least 50 employed persons. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.

Employed person: Someone working for an enteprise located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands. Persons employed are all persons having paid jobs, even for only one or some hours a week.

The number of persons employed consists of:
- employees and directors who are on the payroll;
- employees who are on the payroll of another enterprise or institution, but work in the enterprise's own place of business and as such are in fact part of the workforce (agency staff);
- employed proprietors, partners, associates and cooperating family members;
- agency staff.

Loaned personnel (employees on the payroll, but working for another enterprise or institution) are not included under persons employed

The population consists of active enterprises in the Netherlands that are recorded in the business register. Dormant (inactive) units and enterprises that have fully exited the Netherlands are excluded. The figures cover all enterprises that were active for at least part of the reference period and that remained active at the end of that period.