Current trends and insights: changes in the business landscape

  • 25 November 2024
  • 1 min

Are you looking for up-to-date figures on entrepreneurship or the regional economy? Or do you want to know more about differences between business sectors? KVK Figures and Trends provides quarterly up-to-date and reliable insight in the Trend Report. Useful for entrepreneurs, researchers and policymakers.

How did business develop in the third quarter of 2024?

Fewer starters and more stoppers

The number of starters fell in the third quarter of 2024. There were 7.8 per cent fewer new businesses registered compared to the same period last year. The number of starters has been falling for 5 quarters in a row. At the same time, more businesses stopped than a year earlier. The number of businesses ending rose by 15 per cent year-on-year. Nevertheless, 22,000 establishments were added. So, on balance, more businesses started than stopped in July, August, and September: 59,105 to 34,087. Want to know more? Download the KVK Trend Report (only available in Dutch) or read the press release.

Trends over 10 years and per quarter

The KVK Trend Report provides insight into economic developments compared to the same quarter a year ago. But you will also find information on how the economy has developed over the past 10 years.

For example, the report contains figures on the number of branches of companies, or on the number of starters, stoppers, and bankruptcies. You will also find information on business sectors, provinces, legal forms, gender, and age of entrepreneurs. The development of the economic climate and staffing levels are also covered.

Previous publications

The KVK Trend Reports are only available in Dutch. You can read the summary of the following reports in English:

You can find a list of all available KVK Trend Reports in the Dutch version of this article.