Half Amsterdam-based companies are actually freelancers
Friday 27 July 2012
Half of the 94,000 companies registered in Amsterdam are actually freelancers with no personnel, according to new research by the city council's statistics office O&S.
Since 2006, the number of freelancers, known as zzp'ers in Dutch, has almost doubled, the O&S research shows. The growth is due to a number of factors including an increasingly flexible jobs market and a reduction in the red tape attached to starting a company.
Most freelancers work in commercial services, their average age is 46 and they earn an average of €30,500 a year.
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Readers' comments (2)
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And as freelancers we have the least rights and are generally treated like shit by the government and Tax office alike, banks think we are not worth talking to and yet we contribute the most to the system. Yeah, I think Holland is not nice to its freelancers.
By AndyT | July 27, 2012 4:09 PM