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First fall in number of breweries since 2010
On 1 January 2025, there were 740 breweries in the Netherlands: 40 fewer than in early 2024.
Triadic Pattern Detection on Inter-Industry Production Networks
production networks, intermediate supply and use, economic resilience, complex networks, network reconstruction
Enterprise population keeps growing
At the beginning of 2023, the Netherlands had more than 2.1 million enterprises, 79 thousand more than one year previously.
20 percent more business closures in 2020
In 2020, over 140 thousand companies were dissolved. This is over 20 percent more than in 2019, when the number of company dissolutions stood at 115 thousand.
68 thousand more companies in 2020 despite COVID-19
In 2020, the number of companies in the Netherlands increased by 68 thousand (3.7 percent).
Intermittent exporting: unusual business or business as usual?
We construct an empirically supported definition of intermittent and perennial exporting and investigate to what extent intermittent exporters are distinguishable from non-exporters and perennial...
Record number of enterprise births in 2019
In 2019, over 207 thousand new enterprises were established in the Netherlands, 23 thousand more than in the previous year. The number of enterprise births within one year has never been this high.
Number of brewers more than quadrupled since 2007
The number of beer breweries in the Netherlands has more than quadrupled.
80% more cheese shops in Amsterdam in 10 years’ time
The number of cheese shops has risen by over one-quarter over the past ten years.
Two CBS teams at Mathematics Olympiad for Businesses
The latter is held for the sponsors of the student contest
More focus on Dutch exports to non-EU countries
Growing exports to non-EU countries.
Brief research description: SME & entrepreneurship - Business dynamics; employers (Dutch only)
This research document is in Dutch only.
Brief research description: SME & entrepreneurship - Business dynamics; start-ups (Dutch only)
This research document is in Dutch only.
Wider range of shops in many shopping centres
The 15 shopping centres offering the widest variety of shops in 2012 had on average 63.3 different types of shops versus 61.8 in 2008 and 64.8 in 2004.
Less and less variety in shopping centres
The number of different types of shops to be found in shopping centres is decreasing.