Industry Breakdown of Companies in Netherlands

This statistic shows TOP industries, TOP companies by sales and number of employees and the most common SIC codes in Netherlands

The number of companies in Netherlands is 1,837,654, which represents 4.03% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. The country with the highest number of registered companies is United Kingdom with 6,756,179 companies.

Current Country:
Netherlands 1,837,654 (4.0%)
Largest Country:
United Kingdom 6,756,179 (14.8%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP Industries in Netherlands

The industry with the highest number of companies registered in Netherlands is Services with 757,620 companies followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate and Retail Trade with 688,022 and 100,428 companies respectively.

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TOP Industries in Netherlands 1,837,654 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Services 757,620 41.2% 757,620
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 688,022 37.4% 688,022
Retail Trade 100,428 5.5% 100,428
Wholesale Trade 93,494 5.1% 93,494
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 52,453 2.9% 52,453
Construction 52,217 2.8% 52,217
Manufacturing 45,169 2.5% 45,169
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 42,999 2.3% 42,999
Unknown industry 2,524 0.1% 2,524
Public Sector 1,724 0.1% 1,724
Mining 1,004 0.1% 1,004

Breakdown of Companies in Netherlands by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for Netherlands are Holding company (26.82%), Civic/social association (12.95%) and Security broker/dealer (5.28%) .

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Breakdown of Companies in Netherlands by SIC Code 1,837,654 registered companies

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Registered in Netherlands

Companies registered in Netherlands generate € 7,833,191,999,958 in sales per annum, which represents 10.12% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is Trafigura Beheer B.V. with € 171.5B followed by Stellantis Ventures B.V. and Aramco Overseas Company B.V. with € 86.68B and € 64.63B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales in Netherlands 1,837,654 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Trafigura Beheer B.V. € 171.5B 2.19% € 171.5B
2. Stellantis Ventures B.V. € 86.68B 1.11% € 86.68B
3. Aramco Overseas Company B.V. € 64.63B 0.83% € 64.63B
4. Ahold Delhaize Nederland B.V. € 62.79B 0.8% € 62.79B
5. Albert Heijn B.V. € 62.79B 0.8% € 62.79B
6. Dell Global B.V. € 53.81B 0.69% € 53.81B
7. Airbus SE € 52.15B 0.67% € 52.15B
8. Louis Dreyfus Company International Holding B.V. € 47.04B 0.6% € 47.04B
9. LyondellBasell Industries N.V. € 44.79B 0.57% € 44.79B
10. HP Europe B.V. € 44.40B 0.57% € 44.40B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Registered in Netherlands

Companies registered in Netherlands have 19,779,140 employees, which represents 5.09% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Johnson Controls International B.V. with 112,000 people followed by Volvo Construction Equipment B.V. and Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. with 92,260 and 90,731 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees in Netherlands 1,837,654 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. Johnson Controls International B.V. 112,000 0.57% 112,000
2. Volvo Construction Equipment B.V. 92,260 0.47% 92,260
3. Steinhoff International Holdings N.V. 90,731 0.46% 90,731
4. Heineken Holding N.V. 82,257 0.42% 82,257
5. Danone Nederland B.V. 80,143 0.41% 80,143
6. Randstad Holding Nederland B.V. 75,950 0.38% 75,950
7. CNH Industrial N.V. 64,016 0.32% 64,016
8. politie 63,000 0.32% 63,000
9. Home Credit Group B.V. 53,767 0.27% 53,767
10. SHV Nederland B.V. 51,038 0.26% 51,038

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