In 2019, startups in the Netherlands employed around 108,000 employees. The largest number of employees worked for companies which employed between 51 and 100 employees, at 17,600. 14,000 of the employees employed by startups worked for companies which employed between 201 and 500 people.
Number of startup employees in the Netherlands in 2019, by company size
(in 1,000s)
Figures only include tech startups & scaleups founded in the Netherlands or with a HQ in Netherlands, with predominantly digital business models.
The source uses the following definition to define startups:
1. Innovative by design: both the product and/or business model are innovative
2. Tech enabled: either proprietary tech/software or business processes heavily enabled by tech
3. Rapidly scaling/scalable: once product-market fit is found, achieve high growth by leveraging its platform
4. Global ambitions: related with #3, startups have global (or at least international) ambitions
5. Venture backed: VC-backed companies mostly meet the previous criteria. But only 19% of companies in the dataset are venture backed
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Dealroom.co, & CBRE Group, & Techleap.nl. (September 3, 2019). Number of startup employees in the Netherlands in 2019, by company size (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1088849/startup-employees-in-the-netherlands-by-company-size/
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