Businesses; company size and legal form

This table contains data on the number of companies and institutions by main economic activity, based on the Standard Industrial Classification 2008 (SBI 2008). The SBI in this table is limited to industries 3rd digit. The companies are further classified by company size based on the number of employees and by legal form. This is the business population of the Netherlands. The company population is a snapshot on the first day of each quarter. Data available from: 1 January 2007. Status of the figures: The figures up to and including 2021 are final, the figures for 2022 are further provisional and the figures for 2023 are provisional. Changes as of July 14, 2023: The data for the 3rd quarter of 2023 has been added. Data for 2022 and 2023 may have been adjusted based on subsequent information. When will new numbers come out? The figures for each quarter are published in the first month of each quarter.