Services; employment and finance per sector, SIC'93, 2006 - 2008
Explanation of symbols
Table explanation
This table shows relevant data for the economic sector 'commercial
services', e.g. the number of persons employed, costs and revenues,
turnover and other financial results. The figures can be divided by a
number of branches according to Statistics Netherlands' Standard
Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities 1993 (SIC'93).
The survey questionnaire was changed slightly in 2007. Up to and including
2006, wage subsidies were counted as (other) business returns. From 2007
onwards these subsidies are deducted from business costs. Because of these
changes, results for 2007 are not fully comparable with results for 2006.
The effect of these changes on business returns and business costs are
small for most of the branches.
Data available from 2006 - 2008.
Status of the figures: All data are definite.
Changes as of 1 September 2011:
This table has been stopped. Two important points in the processing of
the data on 2009 have changed :
- a new version of the Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic
Activities has been implemented (SIC 2008);
- the statistical unit has been changed.
Due to these changes, the figures are no longer comparable to those of the
previous years. Therefore new table has been started from 2009 onwards
(see also heading 3).
Description topics
- Business returns
- Turnover generated under regular operating conditions.
This includes selling of goods and services plus the value of
stock changes, work at hand, activated output for use in the company,
subsidies and damage compensation. Activated production includes fixed
assets manufactured by the company for own use, e.g. machinery and
buildings valued at cost price.
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Since 2007, wage cost subsidies are no longer included.- Total business returns
- Business turnover, net
- Business returns, excluding VAT (value added taxes) from the selling of
goods and services to customers.
Turnover is calculated after deduction of discounts, bonuses, returnable
deposits and on-charged freight costs.
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Customers could be private persons and companies outside (the Dutch part)
of the concern.- Net total turnover
- Net turnover from principal activity
- The principal activity which contributes most to the value added.
Generally, most working hours are spent on a company's principal activity.
- Net turnover from secondary activities
- Secondary activities do not generate the highest value added. In general,
secondary activities are activities which do not require many working
hours.
- Other business returns
- This category comprises revenues not included in net turnover, such as
- financial compensation for personnel working on a temporary basis for
another company
- changes in stocks of finished products and work at hand
- activated production includes fixed assets manufactured by the company
for own use, e.g. machinery and buildings valued at cost price (up to
2006; as from 2007 no longer included)
- wage (cost)subsidies and other subsidies and export restitutions
- revenues from licenses, royalties and copyright
- damage compensation
- Business costs
- Business costs
All costs made to generate revenues.
Since 2007, wage (cost) subsidies are no longer included in net
business returns. Therefore, wage (cost)subsidies are deducted from
business costs.- Total business costs
- Other business costs
- This category includes the costs of energy, housing, machinery and
equipment, inventory, etc, transport, sales and promotions, communication,
costs of services provided by third parties and other costs not classified
elsewhere.- Other business costs, total
- Energy costs
- Including energy costs for machinery and equipment, lighting and/or
heating.
- Housing costs
- Including rent, lease and repair and maintenance of housing and premises,
cleaning services and insurance premiums water consumption, furniture,
etc.
- Equipment and inventory costs
- Rent and lease of machinery, equipment and computers (excluding software)
and (office) furniture and equipment.
- Transport costs
- Costs related to means of transport, including
- rental costs and lease costs
- repair and maintenance
- costs of insurances and road tax
- fuel costs.
- Sales costs
- Costs of sales and promotion, including advertising, commercial fairs,
representation, goodwill, travel and hotel costs.
- Communication costs
- Walkie-talkies, (mobile) phones, fax machines, Internet, e-mail, messenger
services, etc.
- Services provided by third parties
- - banking costs (excluding interest costs and currency losses)
- insurance premiums paid to third parties (not classified elsewhere)
- research and development costs by third parties, - -
- accountancy, legal aid and assistance, etc.
- ICT services provided by third parties, including hardware and software
- separately paid transport costs
- costs of waste disposal and waste processing
- Business costs, not elsewhere classified
- This category includes costs and payments for activities like
licenses, copyright, royalties, lease and rent of software, overhead
costs and taxes, office supplies, etc.
- Depreciation fixed assets
- Depreciation of durable means of production, e.g. machinery buildings,
transport equipment, computers and software due to normal usage and
economic obsolescence. Depreciation of intangible assets, e.g. costs of
research and development, acquisition of intellectual rights and goodwill.