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 insights in the Trend Report. Useful for entrepreneurs, researchers, and policymakers.
How did business develop in the first quarter of 2025?
Again fewer starters and more stoppers
In the first quarter of 2025, the number of starters declined. There were 17% fewer starters registered compared to the same period last year. At the same time, the number of businesses that stopped rose sharply. The number of stoppers rose by 37%. This is the sharpest increase in the last 10 years. The number of stoppers increased in all sectors.
Want to know more? Download the KVK Trend Report for Q1 2025Â (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.