AMSTERDAM – New businesses start of small and usually remain that way. Even after five years, most starting entrepeneurs don’t have any staff.
This became evident from research performed by Panteia/EIM, they interviewed entrepeneurs who set up business in the first half of 2008. On commencement, only 4 per cent of these entrepeneurs had employees on their pay roll. In 2012 it rose to 13 per cent. The number of employers is not expected to grow any further because for most entrepeneurs this was never their objective. 60 per cent of these entrepeneurs have one or two employees working for them. In the meantime,30 per cent have over five members of staff working for them. Entrepeneurs who are also employers often aim to expand their workforce.
Freelancers
The number of beginning entrepeneurs with staff members used to be higher. According to the research organization this reflects the advance of the freelancer. Freelancers setting up even create limited employment for themselves. At the launch of their business, almost half (45 per cent) of these entrepeneurs work part time, in the following years the number of part time entrepeneurs slowly decreases. This number is expected to decrease even more because half of them indicate wanting to invest more hours in their business in the future. A large group of the so called intermediate form entrepeneurs will remain just that. They indicate that they have their own business next to working for a boss instead of working for a boss and having their own little business on the side.
By: NUzakelijk