Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Netherlands

Explore more than 1,931,618 Netherlands-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Netherlands 1,931,618 (4.3%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,223,983 (15.9%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 45,389,639

According to our database, a total of more than 1,931,618 businesses are registered in Netherlands . That represents 4.26% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Netherlands-based companies have a share of 10.44% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.25% of all EU employees.

Netherlands: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (796,152 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (724,952) and Retail Trade (108,996).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Netherlands: TOP Industries 1,931,618 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 796,152 41.2% 796,152
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 724,952 37.5% 724,952
Retail Trade 108,996 5.6% 108,996
Wholesale Trade 95,189 4.9% 95,189
Construction 57,110 3.0% 57,110
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 53,335 2.8% 53,335
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 45,904 2.4% 45,904
Manufacturing 44,955 2.3% 44,955
Unknown industry 2,349 0.1% 2,349
Public Sector 1,702 0.1% 1,702
Mining 974 0.1% 974

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 (27.26%), Civic/social association (12.68%) and Security broker/dealer (5.02%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Netherlands: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 1,931,618 registered companies

Netherlands: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Netherlands generated € 9,058,634,751,005 in sales, which represents 10.44% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Netherlands was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Netherlands: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 1,931,618 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Ahold Delhaize Global Tech B.V. € 86.98B 0.96% € 86.98B
2. Aramco Overseas Company B.V. € 77.04B 0.85% € 77.04B
3. Airbus SE € 65.45B 0.72% € 65.45B
4. SHELL Nederland Raffinaderij B.V. € 63.79B 0.7% € 63.79B
5. Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP € 57.3B 0.63% € 57.3B
6. EXOR N.V. € 44.74B 0.49% € 44.74B
7. Ingka Holding Overseas B.V. € 44.3B 0.49% € 44.3B
8. LyondellBasell Industries N.V. € 41.14B 0.45% € 41.14B
9. HP Europe B.V. € 36.86B 0.41% € 36.86B
10. Viterra B.V. € 34.3B 0.38% € 34.3B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 551.9B

Netherlands: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 20,281,255 people, which represents 5.25% 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 Randstad Holding Nederland B.V. (73,120).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Netherlands: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 1,931,618 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Johnson Controls International B.V. 112,000 0.55% 112,000
2. Volvo Construction Equipment B.V. 92,260 0.45% 92,260
3. Randstad Holding Nederland B.V. 73,120 0.36% 73,120
4. politie 63,000 0.31% 63,000
5. Randstad Digital B.V. 60,210 0.3% 60,210
6. Rabobank International Holding B.V. 56,325 0.28% 56,325
7. STMicroelectronics N.V. 51,323 0.25% 51,323
8. SHV Holdings N.V. 51,314 0.25% 51,314
9. Philips Electronics Nederland B.V. 48,000 0.24% 48,000
10. DTEK RENEWABLES INTERNATIONAL B.V. 47,700 0.24% 47,700
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 655,252

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