Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Netherlands

Explore more than 1,951,901 Netherlands-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Netherlands 1,951,901 (4.1%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,802,759 (16.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,115,226

According to our database, a total of more than 1,951,901 businesses are registered in Netherlands . That represents 4.14% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Netherlands-based companies have a share of 10.02% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.23% of all EU employees.

Netherlands: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (798,010 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (755,822) and Retail Trade (105,020).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Netherlands: TOP Industries 1,951,901 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 798,010 40.9% 798,010
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 755,822 38.7% 755,822
Retail Trade 105,020 5.4% 105,020
Wholesale Trade 93,093 4.8% 93,093
Construction 56,459 2.9% 56,459
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 51,712 2.6% 51,712
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 44,894 2.3% 44,894
Manufacturing 42,294 2.2% 42,294
Unknown industry 2,037 0.1% 2,037
Public Sector 1,682 0.1% 1,682
Mining 878 0.0% 878

Netherlands: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Netherlands are Holding company (28.57%), Civic/social association (12.95%) and Security broker/dealer (4.86%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Netherlands: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 1,951,901 registered companies

Netherlands: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Netherlands generated € 8,498,740,343,160 in sales, which represents 10.02% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Netherlands was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Netherlands: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 1,951,901 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Ahold Delhaize Global Tech B.V. € 86.98B 1.02% € 86.98B
2. Aramco Overseas Company B.V. € 70.39B 0.83% € 70.39B
3. Airbus SE € 65.45B 0.77% € 65.45B
4. SHELL Nederland Raffinaderij B.V. € 56.17B 0.66% € 56.17B
5. Gunvor International B.V. € 54.55B 0.64% € 54.55B
6. EXOR N.V. € 44.74B 0.53% € 44.74B
7. Dell Global B.V. € 42.89B 0.5% € 42.89B
8. Ingka Holding Overseas B.V. € 41.85B 0.49% € 41.85B
9. LyondellBasell Industries N.V. € 37.24B 0.44% € 37.24B
10. HP Europe B.V. € 32.91B 0.39% € 32.91B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 533.2B

Netherlands: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 19,975,860 people, which represents 5.23% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Johnson Controls International B.V. (112,000), followed by Volvo Construction Equipment B.V. (92,260) and Randstad Holding Nederland B.V. (73,120).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Netherlands: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 1,951,901 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Johnson Controls International B.V. 112,000 0.56% 112,000
2. Volvo Construction Equipment B.V. 92,260 0.46% 92,260
3. Randstad Holding Nederland B.V. 73,120 0.37% 73,120
4. politie 63,000 0.32% 63,000
5. Rabobank International Holding B.V. 56,325 0.28% 56,325
6. STMicroelectronics N.V. 51,323 0.26% 51,323
7. Philips Electronics Nederland B.V. 48,000 0.24% 48,000
8. Fortenova Group TopCo B.V. 44,286 0.22% 44,286
9. Action Holding B.V. 42,954 0.22% 42,954
10. HP Europe B.V. 42,252 0.21% 42,252
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 625,520

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