Revenue
What a company earned from its ordinary trading over the financial year — before any costs are deducted.
Revenue is a company's income from selling goods and services in the ordinary course of business, net of discounts and VAT. It excludes financial income such as interest or exchange gains.
It is the most commonly used measure of a company's size and the figure rankings are built on. It should be read carefully, though: high revenue says nothing about whether a company is profitable. A wholesaler turning over tens of millions can earn less than a small consultancy.
One thing that matters in the Netherlands: micro and small entities are not required to file an income statement. For most companies in the Handelsregister, revenue is therefore not public at all — that is an obligation that does not exist, rather than a gap in the data.
Revenue in figures
The ranking fills up as companies with published reports arrive.
Where this figure comes from
Read from the income statement in the annual accounts.
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