Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Netherlands

Explore more than 1,938,166 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 1,938,166 (4.3%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,982,498 (15.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 44,794,804

According to our database, a total of more than 1,938,166 businesses are registered in Netherlands . That represents 4.33% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Netherlands-based companies have a share of 10.57% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.32% of all EU employees.

Netherlands: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (798,168 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (727,283) and Retail Trade (109,602).

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 1,938,166 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 798,168 41.2% 798,168
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 727,283 37.5% 727,283
Retail Trade 109,602 5.7% 109,602
Wholesale Trade 95,295 4.9% 95,295
Construction 57,565 3.0% 57,565
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 53,560 2.8% 53,560
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 46,106 2.4% 46,106
Manufacturing 45,221 2.3% 45,221
Unknown industry 2,668 0.1% 2,668
Public Sector 1,719 0.1% 1,719
Mining 979 0.1% 979

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 (12.64%) 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 1,938,166 registered companies

Netherlands: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Netherlands generated € 9,015,007,394,674 in sales, which represents 10.57% 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 1,938,166 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Aramco Overseas Company B.V. € 91.41B 1.01% € 91.41B
2. Albert Heijn B.V. € 86.98B 0.96% € 86.98B
3. Ahold Delhaize Global Tech B.V. € 86.98B 0.96% € 86.98B
4. Pfizer B.V. € 74.37B 0.82% € 74.37B
5. Airbus SE € 65.45B 0.73% € 65.45B
6. SHELL Nederland Raffinaderij B.V. € 63.79B 0.71% € 63.79B
7. Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP € 57.3B 0.64% € 57.3B
8. AlpInvest Partners Primary Fund Investments 2008 I B.V. € 57.3B 0.64% € 57.3B
9. ABP Life Cycle Holding B.V. € 57.3B 0.64% € 57.3B
10. Malapolski Investments Holding B.V. € 57.3B 0.64% € 57.3B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 698.2B

Netherlands: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 20,657,698 people, which represents 5.32% 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 1,938,166 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Johnson Controls International B.V. 112,000 0.54% 112,000
2. Volvo Construction Equipment B.V. 92,260 0.45% 92,260
3. Randstad Holding Nederland B.V. 73,120 0.35% 73,120
4. politie 63,000 0.3% 63,000
5. Randstad Digital B.V. 60,210 0.29% 60,210
6. Rabobank International Holding B.V. 56,325 0.27% 56,325
7. PPF NIPOS B.V. 55,000 0.27% 55,000
8. TMT Hungary Holdco B.V. 55,000 0.27% 55,000
9. DC Outsourcing Holding B.V. 52,332 0.25% 52,332
10. STMicroelectronics N.V. 51,323 0.25% 51,323
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 670,570

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