Businesses in the Netherlands in figures

Analyses

• Business locations by province 2026Business locations in the twelve provinces on 1 January 2026, growth since 2025 and per 1,000 inhabitants.
• Business start-ups and closures 2021–2025Businesses started and closed per year and per SBI section; 2025 provisional.
• Businesses in the EU member states 2024Number of businesses in all 27 EU countries, share of the EU total and businesses per 1,000 inhabitants (Eurostat).

Where the figures come from

All figures on these pages come from official statistics: for the Netherlands from CBS (including 81578NED, 83148NED and 81589NED), for the EU from Eurostat. We retrieved the tables via the open data API on 25 October 2026 and used them unchanged; our own values are simple calculations on top (shares, growth, values per 1,000 inhabitants).

These are not figures from our dataset. They describe how many businesses exist, not how many would be in a contactendatabase.nl export or have a phone number. We state the size of a concrete selection in the quotation.

What applies to all analyses

• Businesses and locations. CBS counts businesses (statistical units) and business locations (sites). One business can have several locations; per province, CBS publishes locations. Each page states which counting method applies.
• Provisional figures. The most recent figures are provisional and may be revised. We state the status with each table.
• Rounding. CBS rounds business counts to multiples of five; totals may therefore differ slightly.
• We do not interpret causes. The tables show levels and differences. Why a province or sector scores differently cannot be read from them.

Using the figures

You may reuse the figures with attribution: CBS publishes them under CC BY 4.0, Eurostat allows reuse with acknowledgement of the source. State the official source with table and date; each page contains a citation example. If you need a figure that is missing here, write to info@contactendatabase.nl.