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Enterprises in information and communication in Netherlands

Enterprises in information and communication in the Netherlands was 138,370 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 9.6% from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, count138,370
Change on 2023+9.6%
Rank3rd of 27EU countries ranked
Series high138,3702024
Series low28,7492008

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Enterprises in information and communication in Netherlands, 2008 to 2024

25K50K75K100K125K150K2008201120142017202020242008: 28,749 count2009: 31,759 count2010: 52,968 count2011: 57,015 count2012: 62,801 count2013: 81,021 count2014: 84,219 count2015: 88,499 count2016: 92,838 count2017: 95,597 count2018: 101,406 count2019: 106,735 count2020: 111,594 count2021: 113,469 count2022: 122,007 count2023: 126,226 count2024: 138,370 count050K100K150K2008201420242008: 28,749 count2009: 31,759 count2010: 52,968 count2011: 57,015 count2012: 62,801 count2013: 81,021 count2014: 84,219 count2015: 88,499 count2016: 92,838 count2017: 95,597 count2018: 101,406 count2019: 106,735 count2020: 111,594 count2021: 113,469 count2022: 122,007 count2023: 126,226 count2024: 138,370 count
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 17 values
Periodcount
2024138,370
2023126,226
2022122,007
2021113,469 Series break
2020111,594
2019106,735
2018101,406
201795,597
201692,838
201588,499
201484,219
201381,021
201262,801
201157,015
201052,968
200931,759
200828,749

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Netherlands138,370
European Union (27)1,544,575

Netherlands compared with nearby places

Austria: 33,297 countBelgium: 52,978 countBulgaria: 18,388 countCyprus: 4,629 countCzechia: 70,211 countGermany: 133,980 countDenmark: 20,384 countEstonia: 14,593 countSpain: 85,835 countFinland: 22,474 countFrance: 238,216 countGreece: 27,179 countCroatia: 15,685 countHungary: 48,508 countIreland: 20,366 countItaly: 120,531 countLithuania: 16,417 countLuxembourg: 3,435 countLatvia: 8,590 countMalta: 2,914 countNetherlands: 138,370 countPoland: 231,200 countPortugal: 37,724 countRomania: 63,423 countSweden: 67,259 countSlovenia: 12,870 countSlovakia: 35,119 count
  • Under 15K
  • 15K to 21K
  • 21K to 44K
  • 44K to 83K
  • 83K and over
Enterprises in information and communication, 2024, count. Netherlands is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

Definition

Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in information and communication (NACE Rev.

More on how it is measured
  • 2 section J), from Eurostat structural business statistics.
  • An enterprise is the smallest combination of legal units that produces goods or services with some autonomy in its decisions; one enterprise can have several local units.

Eurostat structural business statistics. From 2021 the series come from sbs_ovw_act under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 on European business statistics; 2005 to 2020 come from the earlier table sbs_na_sca_r2. Values for 2021 are flagged as a break: value added moved from factor cost to basic prices and some activities changed coverage, so the change from 2020 to 2021 is not all real. Amounts are published in euros for every country, including those outside the euro area. Not the same as active_companies (INE business register, Spain) or employer_firms (US Census Bureau).

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Eurostat. Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Enterprises in information and communication, Netherlands, 2008 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table

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Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), Enterprises in information and communication, Netherlands, 2008 to 2024. Eurostat, European Commission, 30 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprises-information-communication/netherlands. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Enterprises in information and communication, Netherlands, 2008 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/enterprises-information-communication/netherlands.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), Enterprises in information and communication, Netherlands, 2008 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/sbs_ovw_act/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/enterprises-information-communication/netherlands (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Enterprises in information and communication in the Netherlands was 138,370 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 9.6% from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Information and communication (NACE Rev. 2 section J), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest enterprises in information and communication in Netherlands?

138,370 in 2024, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

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