ICT use by companies by sector of industry (SIC 2008) and size of company
Sector of Industry SIC 2008 | Size of company | ICT specialists and users on 31 December Staff working with a computer (in % of total number of employed persons) | ICT specialists and users on 31 December Staff working with internet (in % of total number of employed persons) | ICT specialists and users on 31 December Teleworkers (in % of total number of employed persons) | Companies with software/ICT applications ERP software (in % of total number of companies) |
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Total | 10 and more employed persons | 66 | 57 | 18 | 22 |
Total | 10-50 employed persons | 60 | 52 | 16 | 17 |
Total | 50-250 employed persons | 64 | 55 | 17 | 45 |
Total | 250 and more employed persons | 70 | 60 | 19 | 55 |
C Manufacturing | 10 and more employed persons | 53 | 41 | 12 | 40 |
C Manufacturing | 10-50 employed persons | 45 | 37 | 8 | 29 |
C Manufacturing | 50-250 employed persons | 56 | 43 | 12 | 74 |
C Manufacturing | 250 and more employed persons | 56 | 42 | 13 | 90 |
D-E Public utility, sewerage and waste | 10 and more employed persons | 66 | 61 | 24 | 32 |
D-E Public utility, sewerage and waste | 10-50 employed persons | 46 | 35 | 8 | 19 |
D-E Public utility, sewerage and waste | 50-250 employed persons | 57 | 50 | 15 | 54 |
D-E Public utility, sewerage and waste | 250 and more employed persons | 74 | 71 | 31 | 73 |
F Construction | 10 and more employed persons | 40 | 38 | 15 | 14 |
F Construction | 10-50 employed persons | 30 | 27 | 7 | 10 |
F Construction | 50-250 employed persons | 40 | 37 | 11 | 38 |
F Construction | 250 and more employed persons | 58 | 55 | 31 | 83 |
G Wholesale and retail trade | 10 and more employed persons | 65 | 51 | 16 | 29 |
G Wholesale and retail trade | 10-50 employed persons | 70 | 59 | 17 | 25 |
G Wholesale and retail trade | 50-250 employed persons | 69 | 57 | 18 | 59 |
G Wholesale and retail trade | 250 and more employed persons | 56 | 38 | 14 | 69 |
H Transportation and storage | 10 and more employed persons | 49 | 37 | 17 | 12 |
H Transportation and storage | 10-50 employed persons | 38 | 33 | 9 | 6 |
H Transportation and storage | 50-250 employed persons | 39 | 30 | 8 | 31 |
H Transportation and storage | 250 and more employed persons | 60 | 42 | 25 | 63 |
I Accommodation and food serving | 10 and more employed persons | 34 | 27 | 6 | 3 |
I Accommodation and food serving | 10-50 employed persons | 33 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
I Accommodation and food serving | 50-250 employed persons | 33 | 24 | 3 | 17 |
I Accommodation and food serving | 250 and more employed persons | 34 | 32 | 14 | 51 |
J Information and communication | 10 and more employed persons | 96 | 93 | 46 | 26 |
J Information and communication | 10-50 employed persons | 98 | 94 | 44 | 20 |
J Information and communication | 50-250 employed persons | 96 | 95 | 49 | 45 |
J Information and communication | 250 and more employed persons | 96 | 92 | 45 | 66 |
K Financial services (partly) | 10 and more employed persons | 97 | 87 | 38 | 12 |
K Financial services (partly) | 10-50 employed persons | 95 | 88 | 33 | 7 |
K Financial services (partly) | 50-250 employed persons | 99 | 90 | 32 | 18 |
K Financial services (partly) | 250 and more employed persons | 97 | 87 | 39 | 39 |
L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 10 and more employed persons | 89 | 82 | 25 | 22 |
L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 10-50 employed persons | 87 | 80 | 20 | 17 |
L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 50-250 employed persons | 88 | 86 | 26 | 48 |
L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 250 and more employed persons | 91 | 80 | 30 | 50 |
M Other specialised business services | 10 and more employed persons | 92 | 87 | 36 | 20 |
M Other specialised business services | 10-50 employed persons | 90 | 85 | 30 | 16 |
M Other specialised business services | 50-250 employed persons | 93 | 86 | 33 | 40 |
M Other specialised business services | 250 and more employed persons | 93 | 89 | 45 | 53 |
N Renting and other business support | 10 and more employed persons | 72 | 68 | 13 | 12 |
N Renting and other business support | 10-50 employed persons | 59 | 55 | 15 | 9 |
N Renting and other business support | 50-250 employed persons | 68 | 61 | 16 | 21 |
N Renting and other business support | 250 and more employed persons | 77 | 75 | 12 | 44 |
Q Health and social work activities | 10 and more employed persons | 66 | 57 | 11 | 11 |
Q Health and social work activities | 10-50 employed persons | 67 | 54 | 18 | 9 |
Q Health and social work activities | 50-250 employed persons | 67 | 57 | 14 | 10 |
Q Health and social work activities | 250 and more employed persons | 66 | 57 | 10 | 16 |
Source: CBS. |
Table explanation
This table contains figures on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) by companies. These include:
- use of computers;
- internal and external networks, including the internet;
- software and its application;
- Supply Chain Management;
- Automated Data Exchange;
- communication with government via the internet;
- the extent to which companies use the internet for buying and selling;
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
The figures refer to companies with 10 and more employed persons. Reference date is 31 December.
Data available from: 2008.
Status of the figures:
The figures are final.
Changes as of 8 March 2019:
None, this table is discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore
Description topics
- ICT specialists and users on 31 December
- ICT stands for information and communication technology.
An ICT specialist is an employee who may specify, design, develop,
install, administer and manage ICT systems, including network management
and conducting evaluations and ICT research, such as a software developer,
system administrator or a 'head IT department'.
An ICT user is an employee using a computer and standard packages (such as
word processing, spreadsheets, databases) and/or office-related software
(such as accounting packages, CAD/CAM packages, SPSS) at work.- Staff working with a computer
- Number of employed persons who work at a computer at least once a week.
- Staff working with internet
- Number of employed persons regularly using a computer with internet
access for their work.
- Teleworkers
- Number of employed persons who regularly, at least half a day a week,
work outside their place of work and have access to the ICT system of the
company. The employed person must have access to files and/or software,
not just email.
- Companies with software/ICT applications
- ICT applications: special software with a limited application (e.g. an
accounting package).- ERP software
- Number of companies using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.
ERP software systematically integrates data of various units within the
company, such as planning, purchasing, logistics and production.