Netherlands: SME share in value added 2021

SMEs in the Netherlands were responsible for roughly 61.4 percent of the total value added of the non-financial business economy in the country in 2021. The source mentions this was well above the average in the EU-28, which was 51.8 percent during that same year. Especially the medium-sized enterprises played an important, as they made up nearly 23 percent of all the value added. As of 2021, there were approximately 1.28 million SMEs in the country, not counting businesses in agriculture.

Share of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in total value added in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2021

Characteristic	Micro (0-9 employees)	Small (10-49 employees)	Medium-sized (50-249 employees)
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Release date

June 2022

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2011 to 2021

Special properties

Non-financial business economy only, excluding agricultural sector and non-market service sectors

Supplementary notes

The figures have been taken from several publications.

Data are DIW Econ estimates for 2018, based on 2008-2016 Eurostat figures. The source adds the following information: "The data cover the ‘non-financial business economy’, which includes industry, construction, trade, and services (NACE Rev. 2 sections B to J, L, M and N), but not enterprises in agriculture, forestry and fisheries and the largely non-market service sectors such as education and health. The following size-class definitions are applied: micro firms (0-9 persons employed), small firms (10-49 persons employed), medium-sized firms (50-249 persons employed), and large firms (250+ persons employed)."

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