Thanks to the EU COSME project, the Netherlands has determined that 276,900 of its companies are family businesses. This represents 71% of the total number of companies in the Netherlands and of these 276,900 family businesses, almost 89% employ less than ten people.  However, family businesses make up just 17% of companies employing 250 people or more. (In the fields of agriculture, forestry and fishing, 92% of companies are family businesses.)