Far fewer start-ups in april, but a lot more new websites

during the first five months of this year have been in the Netherlands for about 9% fewer businesses started than in the same period, by 2019. Especially in april, plunged to the number of starters in it, is evident from the Bedrijvendynamiek, a regular survey of Chamber of industry and Commerce (CHAMBER of commerce).

Because of the coronacrisis, the CHAMBER of commerce for the research to pay extra attention to the months of april and may. In may, there were still fewer startups compared to the previous year, but the decline is less pronounced.

Especially in the construction industry, financial institutions, and culture, sports and recreation, and were less and less businesses being set up. The decrease in the logistics industry and the agricultural sector was still relatively small.

the One industry contracting in the order: for the retail industry. In april and have been in this industry for more than 20% more businesses started up in 2019 and in may, the increase is as much as two-thirds of it. According to the CHAMBER of commerce in this particular by many of the online stores at this time in the first place.

Quitters, and failures

The number of companies that are in the first five months of this year, was stopped, it was 20 per cent higher, but there are places in the CHAMBER of commerce, but as a side note to this: in these figures, companies are included that are written to the registry as they have been around a long time and is no longer active.