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)."
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Number of SMEs in the Netherlands in 2022, by sector
There were estimated to be approximately ** small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) operating in the professional, scientific & technical activities sector in the Netherlands in 2022, the most of any industry sector in this year.
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