Explosive growth of the number of startups that turn into a scale up.
The ScaleUp Dashboard is an annual research conducted by the Erasmus Centre of Entrepreneurship, that answers various questions surrounding the phenomenon of scale-ups. How many scale-ups does the Netherlands have and what is the impact of these fast-growing organisations in terms of job creation and the Dutch economy?
The Scale-up Dashboard 2017 shows that:
The number of scale-ups in The Netherlands has increased to 3237. This means that the number of scale-ups increased by 5.4% in the past year compared to the previous year.
The number of startups becoming scale-ups rises tremendously. Over the past two years, this has increased by no less than 220%. One in ten scale-ups in the Netherlands arise from a start-up.
Top sectors count relatively many scale-ups. The top sectors Energy, High-tech and Life Sciences & Health are at the frontrunners.
An increasing number of companies in the Netherlands are hardly, if at all, growing. Almost a third of Dutch companies are even shrinking.
Listen to Special Envoy Constantijn van Oranje comments on this report at BNR Zakendoen: Read here