In 2014, 37 percent of all entrepreneurs were female, and it was 31 percent in 2007. Women tend to start businesses in retail, as outsourced management or organisers, or in the hairdressing and beauty sector.
Also, many women are self-employed in the care or home care sector. In all companies, entrepreneurial women now account for a share of 34 percent, according to CBS.
Care
The proportion of women in healthcare been increasing for years. Many female start in this sector to start a company in the category of other paramedical practices and alternative healers. The main appeals are dietitians, dental hygienists, podiatrists, or radiodiagnostic employee, all examples of paramedical professions which lead into entrepreneurialism.
Men hardly start companies in the healthcare and home care sector. But the men who do, mainly target companies in the same category as the majority of women.
Trade
Women were also in the majority among the founders of companies in trade, and education. Especially in hairdressing and beauty care, child care, tutoring, and cultural and artistic sectors hav more women than men started busineses.
Survival rates
The survival of a company that was started by a woman, is almost as large and comparable to companies set up by a man. Of all the companies established in 2007, an average of 91 percent were still functioning a year later. After five years, this share has fallen to 44 percent. In 2014, it was 42 percent.
The survival of a company depend on the sector and the size of a company. Whether a company is internationally active, has great influence on survival. If the founder is a man or a woman is found to be less relevant