On January 1^st of this yr, there have been simply over 101 thousand lively on-line shops within the Netherlands. Because of this the quantity of on-line shops has greater than tripled there within the final decade. Moreover, the quantity of SMEs on this sector grew 252 % throughout that interval.

That is in keeping with information on the quantity of SMEs within the Netherlands, from Statistics Netherlands. In 2023, their information already confirmed that there have been 84.1 thousand on-line shops at first of that yr. For the primary time, that quantity was increased than the quantity of brick-and-mortar shops within the nation (82.1 thousand).

Enhance of 252 % in 10 years

In comparison with 2014, the quantity of SMEs within the ecommerce business has elevated by 252 %. This places the business within the Dutch prime 10 industries the place the quantity of SMEs grew the strongest up to now decade.

Ecommerce is within the prime 10 of industries the place the quantity of SMEs elevated probably the most in 10 years.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the quantity of on-line shops elevated the strongest. Many Dutch companies that didn’t already accomplish that, began promoting on-line. Since then, development has slowed down moderately.

Variety of SMEs elevated nearly 69%

The variety of SMEs additionally elevated in different industries. Since 2014, the quantity of Dutch software program publishers grew probably the most. On January 1^st, there have been 305 SMEs in that business. This was greater than six instances as many as a decade in the past. SMEs in non-public safety providers, name facilities, pipe and cable laying and the beverage business elevated fivefold in that point.

On 1 January this yr, the Netherlands had over 1.56 million SMEs.

In accordance with the info, the Netherlands counted over 1.56 million SMEs at first of this yr. Ten years in the past, there have been 927 thousand. This is a rise of virtually 69 %.