KVK ZZP monitor: fewer starters and more stoppers in December 2024
- 13 January 2025
- 1 min
The number of self-employed professionals in the Netherlands is constantly changing. With the monthly KVK ZZP monitor, you can closely follow the development of self-employed people in the Netherlands.
21,000 self-employed professionals stopped in December
The number of self-employed starters fell in December 2024. Some 13% fewer self-employed people registered than in the same period last year. At the same time, the number of people stopping went up by 54%. Just over 21,000 self-employed people ended their businesses in December. A year earlier, the figure was just under 14,000.
Overall, the number of self-employed people is still growing, but less rapidly than a year earlier. In a number of sectors, the number of self-employed professionals has already decreased. The steepest decline was seen in market and opinion research agencies (-5.3%) and couriers (-4.9%).
The Netherlands Tax Administration will take stricter action from 2025 if it turns out that an employment relationship does not involve entrepreneurship, but rather wage employment and temporary work. Enforcement of this false self-employment may affect the number of self-employed professionals registered in the Business Register. The monitor is published in Dutch and comes out on the first day of the month.
This is what you get from the KVK ZZP monitor
1. Numbers of self-employed people
Every month, you can find the total number of self-employed professionals, the total number of starters, and the total number of stoppers. You can immediately see whether the number is higher or lower than in the same month a year earlier.
2. Self-employed trends over several years
The monitor also shows the development of self-employed professionals over the past few years in a single graph. At a glance, you can see the development compared to the same month a year earlier.
3. Sectors with the sharpest decline
The monitor shows the 5 sectors where the decrease in the number of self-employed persons was the strongest. An Excel file is available with detailed figures on the 100 sectors with the most self-employed professionals.
4. Notable data
What else stands out? You can read about the most important developments of the past month in the KVK ZZP monitor.
More information
More up-to-date figures and trends and reliable insights on Dutch business can be found at KVK Figures and Trends.Â