Research and development; personnel, expenditure, company size, branch

Changed on: 30/08/2024 02:00

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	A-U All economic activities	2022**	191,662	133,950	14,806	.
Total	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2022**	4,569	3,020	325	.
Total	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	2022**	67,706	53,120	7,630	.
Total	B Mining and quarrying	2022**	420	198	30	.
Total	C Manufacturing	2022**	65,815	52,094	7,494	.
Total	10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	2022**	4,121	3,268	376	.
Total	10 Manufacture of food products	2022**	3,934	3,130	361	.
Total	11 Manufacture of beverages	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	12 Manufacture of tobacco products	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	2022**	511	339	37	.
Total	13 Manufacture of textiles	2022**	349	223	26	.
Total	14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	2022**	30	11	1	.
Total	15 Manufacture of leather and footwear	2022**	132	105	10	.
Total	16+23 Man of wooden and buildingmaterial	2022**	1,071	500	39	.
Total	16 Manufacture of wood products	2022**	377	131	8	.
Total	17-18 Manufacture of paper and printing	2022**	646	426	34	.
Total	17 Manufacture of paper	2022**	488	315	26	.
Total	18 Printing and reproduction	2022**	158	110	7	.
Total	19-22 Refineries and chemistry	2022**	9,922	8,287	1,306	.
Total	19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals	2022**	7,364	6,308	932	.
Total	20 Manufacture of chemicals	2022**	4,689	3,901	597	.
Total	21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals	2022**	2,675	2,407	334	.
Total	22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	23 Manufacture of building materials	2022**	694	370	31	.
Total	24-30, 33 Metalectro	2022**	47,848	38,128	5,609	.
Total	24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products	2022**	5,447	2,762	272	.
Total	24 Manufacture of basic metals	2022**	987	705	97	.
Total	25 Manufacture of metal products	2022**	4,460	2,057	175	.
Total	26-28 Manufact of electronics, machinery	2022**	37,308	31,769	5,013	.
Total	26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry	2022**	13,658	11,778	1,621	.
Total	26 Manufacture of electronic products	2022**	9,295	8,227	1,207	.
Total	27 Manufacture of electric equipment	2022**	4,363	3,551	414	.
Total	28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c.	2022**	23,650	19,992	3,392	.
Total	29-30 Transport equipment	2022**	3,739	2,837	256	.
Total	29 Manufacture of cars and trailers	2022**	1,983	1,704	161	.
Total	30 Manufacture of other transport	2022**	1,756	1,132	95	.
Total	31 Manufacture of furniture	2022**	313	171	12	.
Total	32 Manufacture of other products	2022**	1,383	975	81	.
Total	33 Repair and installation of machinery	2022**	1,355	760	69	.
Total	D Energy supply	2022**	743	436	72	.
Total	35 Energy supply	2022**	743	436	72	.
Total	E Water supply and waste management	2022**	728	393	35	.
Total	F Construction	2022**	2,744	1,527	118	.
Total	G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering	2022**	15,671	10,448	913	.
Total	G Wholesale and retail trade	2022**	13,141	8,573	747	.
Total	H Transportation and storage	2022**	2,299	1,774	156	.
Total	I Accommodation and food serving	2022**	232	102	10	.
Total	J Information and communication	2022**	39,724	27,775	2,053	.
Total	58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	58 Publishing	2022**	1,338	947	126	.
Total	59 Film, TV and music production etc	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	60 Programming and broadcasting	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	61 Telecommunications	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	62-63 IT- and information services	2022**	32,008	21,628	1,599	.
Total	62 Support activities in the field of IT	2022**	29,993	20,285	1,505	.
Total	63 Information service activities	2022**	2,015	1,343	94	.
Total	K Financial institutions	2022**	8,527	4,949	533	.
Total	L Renting, buying, selling real estate	2022**	72	53	4	.
Total	68 Renting, buying, selling real estate	2022**	72	53	4	.
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	69-71 Management, technical consultancy	2022**	15,550	7,576	616	.
Total	69 Legal services, administration etc.	2022**	618	323	38	.
Total	70 Holding companies (not financial)	2022**	3,636	1,637	115	.
Total	71 Architects, technical services etc.	2022**	11,296	5,616	463	.
Total	72 Research and development	2022**	19,577	16,289	1,820	.
Total	73-75 Advertising, design and other	2022**	2,471	1,647	103	.
Total	73 Advertising and market research	2022**	1,536	1,007	65	.
Total	74 Other specialised business services	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	75 Veterinary activities	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	N Renting and other business support	2022**	4,772	2,296	174	.
Total	O-Q Government and care	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	O Public administration and services	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	84 Public administration and services	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	P Education	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	85 Education	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	Q Health and social work activities	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	87-88 Care and social work	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	R-U Culture, recreation, other services	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	R Culture, sports and recreation	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	S Other service activities	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	T Activities of households	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	U Extraterritorial organisations	2022**	.	.	.	.
Total	99 Extraterritorial organisations	2022**	.	.	.	.
0 to 49 employed persons	A-U All economic activities	2022**	59,677	31,406	2,170	.
0 to 49 employed persons	A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2022**	1,362	579	32	.
0 to 49 employed persons	B-E Industry (no construction), energy	2022**	12,557	6,374	446	.
0 to 49 employed persons	B Mining and quarrying	2022**	.	.	.	.
0 to 49 employed persons	C Manufacturing	2022**	12,128	6,136	432	.
0 to 49 employed persons	10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	2022**	297	129	8	.
0 to 49 employed persons	10 Manufacture of food products	2022**	257	104	7	.
0 to 49 employed persons	11 Manufacture of beverages	2022**	39	25	1	.
0 to 49 employed persons	12 Manufacture of tobacco products	2022**	0	0	0	.
0 to 49 employed persons	13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	2022**	196	87	5	.
0 to 49 employed persons	13 Manufacture of textiles	2022**	.	.	.	.
0 to 49 employed persons	14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	2022**	.	.	.	.
0 to 49 employed persons	15 Manufacture of leather and footwear	2022**	.	.	.	.
0 to 49 employed persons	16+23 Man of wooden and buildingmaterial	2022**	.	.	.	.
0 to 49 employed persons	16 Manufacture of wood products	2022**	.	.	.	.
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

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