Research and development; personnel, expenditure, company size, branch
| Company size | Sector/branches (SIC2008) | Periods | R&D personnel Employed persons (number) | R&D personnel Years of work (number) | Expenditure R&D on in-house activities (mln euro) | Enterprises with in-house R&D activities (number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M-N Business services | 2022** | 42,370 | 27,808 | 2,713 | . |
| Total | M Other specialised business services | 2022** | 37,598 | 25,512 | 2,539 | . |
| Total | 74 Other specialised business services | 2022** | . | . | . | . |
| Total | N Renting and other business support | 2022** | 4,772 | 2,296 | 174 | . |
| 0 to 49 employed persons | M-N Business services | 2022** | 18,856 | 10,231 | 821 | . |
| 0 to 49 employed persons | M Other specialised business services | 2022** | 16,800 | 9,237 | 757 | . |
| 0 to 49 employed persons | 74 Other specialised business services | 2022** | 619 | 432 | 24 | . |
| 0 to 49 employed persons | N Renting and other business support | 2022** | 2,056 | 994 | 64 | . |
| 50 to 249 employed persons | M-N Business services | 2022** | 9,433 | 7,068 | 649 | . |
| 50 to 249 employed persons | M Other specialised business services | 2022** | 8,827 | 6,677 | 623 | . |
| 50 to 249 employed persons | 74 Other specialised business services | 2022** | . | . | . | . |
| 50 to 249 employed persons | N Renting and other business support | 2022** | 607 | 391 | 26 | . |
| 250 and more employed persons | M-N Business services | 2022** | 14,080 | 10,508 | 1,243 | . |
| 250 and more employed persons | M Other specialised business services | 2022** | 11,971 | 9,597 | 1,159 | . |
| 250 and more employed persons | 74 Other specialised business services | 2022** | . | . | . | . |
| 250 and more employed persons | N Renting and other business support | 2022** | 2,109 | 911 | 84 | . |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||
Table explanation
This table contains figures regarding enterprises that conduct in-house Research and Development (R&D) activities with own or external personnel. Additionally figures are available regarding the personnel and the expenditure related to these R&D activities.
The figures are broken down by company size and branch of industry according to the Standard Industrial Classification 2008 (SIC 2008).
The R&D activities are conducted in-house by own or external personnel in the Netherlands. Outsourced R&D is not included in this table. Furthermore, this table only concerns the "businesses" sector. The sectors "institutions" and "higher education" are not included in this table.
Data available from: 2013
Status of the figures:
The data regarding 2013-2021 are definitive and the data regarding 2022 are revised provisional.
Changes as of 30 August 2024:
The revised provisional figures about 2022 have been published.
As of statistical year 2022, a new sample design and weighting method are used for this statistic. This makes the published data more accurate, but this change does mean that figures on the number of R&D firms can only be published in 2025.
When will new figures be published?
Mid 2025 the figures about 2023 will be published.
Description topics
- R&D personnel
- The personnel that conducts the in-house R&D activities, expressed in numbers of employed persons and years of work.
- Employed persons
- Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or for an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
In order to be included in the R&D personnel an employed person needs to spend at least 0,1 FTE annually on R&D related activities.
Employed persons are all persons having paid jobs, even for only one or some hours a week, and even if they:
- work legally as such, but without registration for income tax and social security (“undeclared work”);
- are temporarily not at work, but have continued receipt of wages or salary (for instance in case of illness or hold-ups due to frost);
- are on a temporary unpaid-leave.
Employed persons can be divided into employees and the self-employed persons. They can live in the Netherlands, but also abroad.
- Years of work
- A measure for the volume of work, calculated by converting all jobs (full-time and part-time) into full-time jobs, also known as full-time equivalents (FTE).
As such, when combined, the volume of work of two half jobs (0.5 FTE each) totals one year of work.
- Expenditure R&D on in-house activities
- Enterprises with in-house R&D activities