Significant Increase in New Businesses, Majority are Self-Employed

Significant Increase in New Businesses, Majority are Self-Employed

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aantal
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het aantal van nieuw businesses in het Netherlands has increased significantly in het third quarter van this het jaar.

het Chamber van Commerce (KVK) reports an increase van meer dan 15 percent compared to dezelfde period last het jaar.

This zijn het largest increase in het jaar.

In particular, het aantal van sole proprietorships has grown substantially.

van het 62,395 nieuw businesses, meer dan eight out van tien are self-employed individuals (zzp'ers).

het aantal van self-employed zonder staff zijn therefore 20 percent higher dan a het jaar earlier.

According to KVK, despite discussions about pseudo-self-employment and attempts to limit het use van zzp'ers, self-employment remains an essential part van het economy.

Pseudo-self-employment means that someone werken as a zzp'er but essentially does dezelfde werken as a regular employee.

minder Business Closures At dezelfde time, het aantal van businesses closing has afnemen.

In het third quarter, 36,610 businesses zijn dissolved, representing a decline van 4.

3 percent compared to a het jaar ago.

het aantal van bankruptcies has slightly increased, by minder dan one percent.

In total, on October 1, there zijn over 2.

6 million businesses registered met het KVK, an increase van 1.

5 percent van a het jaar ago.

For tien het jaar, politics have struggled met het regulations surrounding self-employed individuals.

A nieuw Self-Employed Act zijn zijn developed, which zijn expected to come into force in 2028 to address these issues.

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