Business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008

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Business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008
SIC 2008	Legal forms	Periods	Enterprises Total (aantal)	Enterprises Births (aantal)	Enterprises Deaths (aantal)	Enterprise population Persons employed (aantal)	Enterprise population Employees (aantal)	Newly born enterprises Persons employed (aantal)	Newly born enterprises Employees (aantal)	Non-surviving enterprises Persons employed (aantal)	Non-surviving enterprises Employees (aantal)
B Mining and quarrying	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	653	76	51	7,954	7,675	38	.	16	.
B Mining and quarrying	Sole proprietorship	2022*	341	61	24	232	.	33	.	10	0
B Mining and quarrying	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	252	13	18	7,347	7,316	.	.	.	.
B Mining and quarrying	Partnership, etc.	2022*	60	2	9	375	.	.	.	.	.
B-E Industry (no construction), energy	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
B-E Industry (no construction), energy	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
B-E Industry (no construction), energy	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
B-E Industry (no construction), energy	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
061 Extraction of crude petroleum	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
061 Extraction of crude petroleum	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
061 Extraction of crude petroleum	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
061 Extraction of crude petroleum	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
062 Extraction of natural gas	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
062 Extraction of natural gas	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
062 Extraction of natural gas	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
062 Extraction of natural gas	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas)	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas)	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas)	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas)	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
081 Mining of stone, sand and clay	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
081 Mining of stone, sand and clay	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
081 Mining of stone, sand and clay	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
081 Mining of stone, sand and clay	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
089 Other mining and quarrying	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
089 Other mining and quarrying	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
089 Other mining and quarrying	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
089 Other mining and quarrying	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
09 Mining support activities	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
09 Mining support activities	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
09 Mining support activities	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
09 Mining support activities	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
091 Services for mining of oil and gas	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
091 Services for mining of oil and gas	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
091 Services for mining of oil and gas	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
091 Services for mining of oil and gas	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
099 Services for other mining	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
099 Services for other mining	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
099 Services for other mining	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
099 Services for other mining	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
C Manufacturing	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	83,511	6,248	4,689	752,244	703,924	4,289	967	2,143	556
C Manufacturing	Sole proprietorship	2022*	50,587	4,870	2,689	45,437	8,243	2,826	36	1,155	40
C Manufacturing	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	22,917	923	1,130	670,383	668,162	847	776	423	403
C Manufacturing	Partnership, etc.	2022*	10,007	455	870	36,423	27,519	616	155	566	113
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	9,163	915	783	144,853	139,496	684	168	468	132
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Sole proprietorship	2022*	4,500	621	417	6,172	2,896	378	11	202	16
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	2,502	156	162	121,512	121,345	149	140	79	77
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	Partnership, etc.	2022*	2,161	138	204	17,168	15,255	157	18	186	38
10 Manufacture of food products	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
10 Manufacture of food products	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
10 Manufacture of food products	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
10 Manufacture of food products	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
101 Slaughtering, processing of meat	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
101 Slaughtering, processing of meat	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
101 Slaughtering, processing of meat	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
101 Slaughtering, processing of meat	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
102 Processing of fish	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
102 Processing of fish	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
102 Processing of fish	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
102 Processing of fish	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
103 Processing of vegetables and fruit	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
103 Processing of vegetables and fruit	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
103 Processing of vegetables and fruit	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
103 Processing of vegetables and fruit	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
105 Manufacture of dairy products	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
105 Manufacture of dairy products	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
105 Manufacture of dairy products	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
105 Manufacture of dairy products	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
106 Grain milling and starch products	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
106 Grain milling and starch products	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
106 Grain milling and starch products	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
106 Grain milling and starch products	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
107 Manufacture of bakery products	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
107 Manufacture of bakery products	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
107 Manufacture of bakery products	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
107 Manufacture of bakery products	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
108 Manufacture of other food	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
108 Manufacture of other food	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
108 Manufacture of other food	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
108 Manufacture of other food	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
109 Manufacture of animal foods	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
109 Manufacture of animal foods	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
109 Manufacture of animal foods	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
109 Manufacture of animal foods	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	Total legal forms all nationalities	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	Sole proprietorship	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	Limited liability enterprises	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
11 Manufacture of beverages	Partnership, etc.	2022*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table includes information on business demography according to the European standard. Figures in this table are also submitted in this form to Eurostat. Information concerns the population of active enterprises, enterprise births and deaths, and the 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 year survivors after birth, broken down by size class based on number of employees and by the National Classification of Economic Activity 2008 (NCEA 2008, based on NACE Rev 2.0). Data also includes persons employed and employees in active enterprises, births and deaths, as well as persons employed for surviving births at the start and end of the survival period.

Data available from: 2010

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final for 2010 to 2021. The figures for 2022 are provisional.
Only the data on Dissolved companies for 2022 will be adjusted.

Changes as of October 16, 2024:
The provisional figures for 2022 have been added.

When will new figures be released?
Figures on a new reporting year (T – 2) will be published in July of the current year T.

Description topics

Enterprises

Total: Enterprise:
The actual transactor in the production process characterised by independence in deciding on that process and in offering its products to third parties.

It follows from this definition, and in particular from the element of independence, that an enterprise can comprise more than one establishment, but also more than one legal unit. (Legal units include both natural and legal persons.) This is the case when the separate establishments or legal units do not operate independently. Conversely, it is possible to distinguish between different parts within a legal unit that operate independently in terms of production. These then constitute as many enterprises as defined. The latter is especially the case for larger groups with diverse activities.
When a unit thus defined extends over several countries, the Dutch part will be considered as a whole company for the sake of national statistics.

In official CBS terminology the enterprise as defined here is called the enterprise unit (BE), so that there is no confusion with the term enterprise used in common parlance, which is not very precise in this respect.

The statistical unit enterprise is an operationalisation of the kind-of-activity unit, as defined by Eurostat. This definition combines two requirements that may conflict: contributing to one activity versus corresponding to one or more operational units. The Netherlands gives priority to the second requirement when operationalising to the statistical enterprise unit.

Births: An enterprise birth is the creation of a new enterprise.

This means that economic criteria for an enterprise must be met: there must be information on employment or turnover of the enterprise. Furthermore, it is important that the enterprise is actually new. The continuation of one or more existing enterprises is therefore not an enterprise birth.

There is no enterprise birth in the case of
- enterprises that are created as a result of a merger, division or demerger;
- takeover or privatisation of part of a company;
- change of name;
- change of legal form;
- change of ownership;
- gradual change of activity;
- relocation;
- reactivation.

Deaths: An enterprise death is the termination of an existing enterprise.

This means that there is no question of a significant part of the activities being continued by another enterprise. An enterprise death only occurs when the enterprise (with the associated employment) no longer belongs to the enterprise population. The best-known example of this is bankruptcy.

There is no enterprise death in the case of:
- enterprises that disappear as a result of a merger, division or demerger;
- takeover or privatisation of part of an enterprise;
- change of name;
- change of legal form;
- change of owner;
- gradual change of activity
- relocation;
- reactivation.

Enterprise population

Persons employed: The number of persons employed consists of:
- employees and directors who are on the payroll;
- employees who are on the payroll of another enterprise or institution, but work in the enterprise's own place of business and as such are in fact part of the workforce (agency staff);
- employed proprietors, partners, associates and cooperating family members;
- agency staff. Loaned personnel (employees on the payroll, but working for another enterprise or institution) are not included under persons employed.

Employees: The number of employees is determined on the basis of the employees on the payroll excluding director-major shareholders. The number of employees per company is calculated from wage tax data from the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration.

Newly born enterprises

Persons employed: The number of persons employed consists of:
- employees and directors who are on the payroll;
- employees who are on the payroll of another enterprise or institution, but work in the enterprise's own place of business and as such are in fact part of the workforce (agency staff);
- employed proprietors, partners, associates and cooperating family members;
- agency staff. Loaned personnel (employees on the payroll, but working for another enterprise or institution) are not included under persons employed.

Employees: The number of employees is determined on the basis of the employees on the payroll excluding director-major shareholders. The number of employees per company is calculated from wage tax data from the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration.

Non-surviving enterprises

Persons employed: The number of persons employed consists of:
- employees and directors who are on the payroll;
- employees who are on the payroll of another enterprise or institution, but work in the enterprise's own place of business and as such are in fact part of the workforce (agency staff);
- employed proprietors, partners, associates and cooperating family members;
- agency staff. Loaned personnel (employees on the payroll, but working for another enterprise or institution) are not included under persons employed.

Employees: The number of employees is determined on the basis of the employees on the payroll excluding director-major shareholders. The number of employees per company is calculated from wage tax data from the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration.