Companies in retail and specialized business services in the Netherlands had the most M&A transactions going for them of all SMEs in 2021, with both sectors having over 1.4 thousand deals each. The source defined SME (or mkb, a Dutch abbreviation of midden- en kleinbedrijf) as a company having between two to 249 employees, as well as companies with one employee that are not classified as a freelancer/self-employed person. SMEs were the
Number of mergers and acquisitions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2021, per sector
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Statistics on SMEs in the Benelux
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- Premium Statistic Number of people employed by SMEs in the Netherlands 2008-2022, by size
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (February 7, 2022). Number of mergers and acquisitions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2021, per sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140501/manda-deals-of-smes-in-the-netherlands-per-sector/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Number of mergers and acquisitions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2021, per sector." Chart. February 7, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140501/manda-deals-of-smes-in-the-netherlands-per-sector/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2022). Number of mergers and acquisitions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2021, per sector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140501/manda-deals-of-smes-in-the-netherlands-per-sector/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Number of Mergers and Acquisitions of Small and Medium Enterprises (Smes) in The Netherlands from 2007 to 2021, per Sector." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140501/manda-deals-of-smes-in-the-netherlands-per-sector/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Number of mergers and acquisitions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2021, per sector Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140501/manda-deals-of-smes-in-the-netherlands-per-sector/ (last visited January 31, 2023)
Number of mergers and acquisitions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2021, per sector [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, February 7, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1140501/manda-deals-of-smes-in-the-netherlands-per-sector/