Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Netherlands
Explore more than 2,013,249 Netherlands-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.
According to our database, a total of more than 2,013,249 businesses are registered in Netherlands . That represents 4.16% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Netherlands-based companies have a share of 9.56% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.44% of all EU employees.
Netherlands: TOP Industries
According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (821,753 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (790,735) and Retail Trade (112,875).
Netherlands: TOP Industries 2,013,249 registered companies
| Industry, Number of Companies | Number of Companies |
Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Services 821,753 40.8% | 821,753 | 40.8% | ||
| Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 790,735 39.3% | 790,735 | 39.3% | ||
| Retail Trade 112,875 5.6% | 112,875 | 5.6% | ||
| Wholesale Trade 75,378 3.7% | 75,378 | 3.7% | ||
| Construction 60,692 3.0% | 60,692 | 3.0% | ||
| Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 53,854 2.7% | 53,854 | 2.7% | ||
| Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 45,289 2.2% | 45,289 | 2.2% | ||
| Manufacturing 44,429 2.2% | 44,429 | 2.2% | ||
| Unknown industry 5,640 0.3% | 5,640 | 0.3% | ||
| Public Sector 1,729 0.1% | 1,729 | 0.1% | ||
| Mining 875 0.0% | 875 | 0.0% |
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 (29.24%), Individual/family services (11.24%) and Management consulting services (2.37%).
Netherlands: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 2,013,249 registered companies
Netherlands: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales
According to our database, companies registered in the Netherlands generated € 8,517,677,053,407 in sales, which represents 9.56% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.
Netherlands: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 2,013,249 registered companies
| Company Name, Sales & Share | Sales | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. € 89.36B 1.05% | € 89.36B | 1.05% | |
| 2. | JBS N.V. € 76.2B 0.89% | € 76.2B | 0.89% | |
| 3. | Airbus SE € 69.23B 0.81% | € 69.23B | 0.81% | |
| 4. | Aramco Overseas Company B.V. € 67.35B 0.79% | € 67.35B | 0.79% | |
| 5. | Gunvor International B.V. € 52.19B 0.61% | € 52.19B | 0.61% | |
| 6. | SHELL Nederland Raffinaderij B.V. € 51.76B 0.61% | € 51.76B | 0.61% | |
| 7. | Dell Global B.V. € 50.01B 0.59% | € 50.01B | 0.59% | |
| 8. | Ingka Holding Overseas B.V. € 41.45B 0.49% | € 41.45B | 0.49% | |
| 9. | Unilever Overseas Holdings B.V. € 38.44B 0.45% | € 38.44B | 0.45% | |
| 10. | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. € 35.63B 0.42% | € 35.63B | 0.42% | |
| Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies | € 571.6B | 6.71% |
Netherlands: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees
According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 20,857,725 people, which represents 5.44% 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 Heineken Holding N.V. (88,497).
Netherlands: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 2,013,249 registered companies
| Company Name, Employees & Share | Number of Employees | Market Share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Johnson Controls International B.V. 112,000 0.54% | 112,000 | 0.54% | |
| 2. | Volvo Construction Equipment B.V. 92,260 0.44% | 92,260 | 0.44% | |
| 3. | Heineken Holding N.V. 88,497 0.42% | 88,497 | 0.42% | |
| 4. | politie 63,000 0.3% | 63,000 | 0.3% | |
| 5. | Randstad Holding Nederland B.V. 58,850 0.28% | 58,850 | 0.28% | |
| 6. | Rabobank International Holding B.V. 56,325 0.27% | 56,325 | 0.27% | |
| 7. | STMicroelectronics N.V. 51,323 0.25% | 51,323 | 0.25% | |
| 8. | Pepco Group N.V. 49,067 0.24% | 49,067 | 0.24% | |
| 9. | Action Holding B.V. 42,954 0.21% | 42,954 | 0.21% | |
| 10. | HP Europe B.V. 42,252 0.2% | 42,252 | 0.2% | |
| Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies | 656,528 | 3.15% |
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