{ "title": "Holdwise Foreign Business Index: foreign-controlled companies in the Netherlands by country of ultimate control", "publisher": { "name": "Holdwise B.V.", "url": "https://holdwise.nl", "city": "Hoofddorp, the Netherlands" }, "page": "https://holdwise.nl/en/foreign-companies-netherlands-index", "source": { "name": "Statistics Netherlands (CBS), StatLine table 85821NED, Buitenlandse zeggenschap bedrijven in Nederland; kerncijfers, bedrijfstak. Industry B-S excluding O and S94. Counts rounded to multiples of five by CBS.", "url": "https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/85821NED", "cbs_last_update": "2026-10-09", "status": "final figures for 2021 to 2024" }, "as_of": "2026-10-15", "year": 2024, "previous_year": 2023, "comparison_year": 2021, "next_cbs_update": "CBS adds new figures to the table once a year; the figures for 2025 are expected in autumn 2027.", "license": "Open data. Source: CBS StatLine 85821NED; compiled by Holdwise (holdwise.nl).", "cite_as": "Holdwise Foreign Business Index, figures for 2024 (CBS StatLine 85821NED, 9 October 2026), Holdwise B.V., https://holdwise.nl/en/foreign-companies-netherlands-index", "csv": "https://holdwise.nl/foreign-companies-netherlands-data?format=csv", "notes": { "countries": "Countries with at least 15 companies in 2024, sorted by the number of companies in 2024. Countries with the same number share a rank. The totals include all countries.", "null": "CBS shows a dot for this figure: the figure is unknown, too uncertain or confidential.", "persons_employed": "CBS gives persons employed in thousands; here they are converted to persons, so 0 means fewer than 500.", "growth_pct": "Change in the number of companies from 2021 to 2024, in percent, one decimal.", "equally_shared_control_eu": "Companies whose control is shared equally by owners from more than one EU country other than the Netherlands (CBS category A045580). They are outside the country list.", "rounding": "CBS rounds each count to a multiple of five, so parts and totals can differ slightly.", "figures_2025": "In 2025, the Invest in Holland network supported 180 investment projects by foreign companies. For 53 of them (30%), research and development was the main activity. These are new projects; this dataset counts all companies under foreign control. Source: Rijksoverheid, 12 February 2026, https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2026/02/12/aandeel-rd-binnen-buitenlandse-investeringen-neemt-toe-in-2025" }, "totals": { "companies_netherlands_2024": 2424295, "companies_netherlands_2023": 2303025, "foreign_controlled_2024": 19995, "foreign_controlled_2023": 19115, "foreign_controlled_2021": 17510, "eu_controlled_2024": 9335, "eu_controlled_2023": 8880, "eu_controlled_2021": 8135, "non_eu_controlled_2024": 10655, "non_eu_controlled_2023": 10235, "non_eu_controlled_2021": 9375, "offshore_financial_centres_2024": 375, "offshore_financial_centres_2023": 370, "offshore_financial_centres_2021": 405, "equally_shared_control_eu_2024": 5, "equally_shared_control_eu_2023": 10, "persons_employed_foreign_controlled_2024": 1365000, "persons_employed_foreign_controlled_2023": 1331000, "persons_employed_all_companies_2024": 8739000, "persons_employed_all_companies_2023": 8666000, "turnover_foreign_controlled_mln_eur_2024": 1043851, 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