SMEs in the Netherlands employed over four million people in 2023, a figure largely made up of employees working in micro-companies. To compare, the number of people in the Netherlands who were employed in 2020 was around eight million. One should note, however, that the figures provided here do not include SMEs in finance or agriculture.
Number of people employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2023, by enterprise size
Non-financial business economy only, excluding agricultural sector and non-market service sectors
Supplementary notes
The figures have been taken from several publications.
The source does not specify whether the figures provided are in FTE or not. Instead it mentions the "number of persons employed", and not whether the figures include full-time and/or part-time employment.
Data are DIW Econ estimates for 2018, based on 2008-2016 Eurostat figures. The source adds the following information: "The data cover the ‘non-financial business economy’, which includes industry, construction, trade, and services (NACE Rev. 2 sections B to J, L, M, and N), but not enterprises in agriculture, forestry and fisheries and the largely non-market service sectors such as education and health. The following size-class definitions are applied: micro firms (0-9 persons employed), small firms (10-49 persons employed), medium-sized firms (50-249 persons employed), and large firms (250+ persons employed)."
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European Commission. (June 27, 2023). Number of people employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2023, by enterprise size [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140442/netherlands-sme-employmentby-size/
European Commission. "Number of people employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2023, by enterprise size." Chart. June 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140442/netherlands-sme-employmentby-size/
European Commission. (2023). Number of people employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2023, by enterprise size. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140442/netherlands-sme-employmentby-size/
European Commission. "Number of People Employed by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) in The Netherlands from 2008 to 2023, by Enterprise Size." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140442/netherlands-sme-employmentby-size/
European Commission, Number of people employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2023, by enterprise size Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140442/netherlands-sme-employmentby-size/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Number of people employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2023, by enterprise size [Graph], European Commission, June 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140442/netherlands-sme-employmentby-size/
