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Enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities in Netherlands

Enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities in the Netherlands was 516,471 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 12.1% from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, count516,471
Change on 2023+12.1%
Rank3rd of 27EU countries ranked
Series high516,4712024
Series low129,5272008

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Enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities in Netherlands, 2008 to 2024

100K200K300K400K500K600K2008201120142017202020242008: 129,527 count2009: 141,008 count2010: 201,715 count2011: 216,346 count2012: 237,597 count2013: 301,740 count2014: 314,906 count2015: 328,470 count2016: 345,527 count2017: 352,926 count2018: 373,678 count2019: 395,117 count2020: 413,127 count2021: 417,435 count2022: 443,617 count2023: 460,904 count2024: 516,471 count100K200K300K400K500K600K2008201420242008: 129,527 count2009: 141,008 count2010: 201,715 count2011: 216,346 count2012: 237,597 count2013: 301,740 count2014: 314,906 count2015: 328,470 count2016: 345,527 count2017: 352,926 count2018: 373,678 count2019: 395,117 count2020: 413,127 count2021: 417,435 count2022: 443,617 count2023: 460,904 count2024: 516,471 count
count. Source: Eurostat, Structural business statistics, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 17 values
Periodcount
2024516,471
2023460,904
2022443,617
2021417,435 Series break
2020413,127
2019395,117
2018373,678
2017352,926
2016345,527
2015328,470
2014314,906
2013301,740
2012237,597
2011216,346
2010201,715
2009141,008
2008129,527

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2024
Netherlands516,471
European Union (27)5,385,126

Netherlands compared with nearby places

Austria: 99,066 countBelgium: 206,796 countBulgaria: 49,961 countCyprus: 13,789 countCzechia: 220,439 countGermany: 482,544 countDenmark: 43,023 countEstonia: 28,453 countSpain: 449,295 countFinland: 73,174 countFrance: 763,213 countGreece: 167,255 countCroatia: 41,615 countHungary: 152,349 countIreland: 54,634 countItaly: 923,356 countLithuania: 49,191 countLuxembourg: 11,248 countLatvia: 20,526 countMalta: 9,637 countNetherlands: 516,471 countPoland: 391,054 countPortugal: 162,717 countRomania: 120,118 countSweden: 187,608 countSlovenia: 41,792 countSlovakia: 105,802 count
  • Under 42K
  • 42K to 62K
  • 62K to 160K
  • 160K to 360K
  • 360K and over
Enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities, 2024, count. Netherlands is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Number of enterprises active at any time during the year in professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev.

More on how it is measured
  • 2 section M), 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, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), 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, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act) (Enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities, 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, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), Enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities, 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-professional-scientific/netherlands. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Structural business statistics, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities, 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-professional-scientific/netherlands.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Structural business statistics, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act), Enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities, 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-professional-scientific/netherlands (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities in the Netherlands was 516,471 in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 12.1% from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

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Eurostat, European Commission. Structural business statistics, Professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE Rev. 2 section M), enterprises, number (sbs_ovw_act). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest enterprises in professional, scientific and technical activities in Netherlands?

516,471 in 2024, the highest value since 2008 in this series.

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