This statistic shows the outcome of a survey question concerning the use of leasing or hire-purchase in the past six months of SMEs in the Netherlands in 2020. In 2020, approximately 58 percent of the Dutch respondents answered leasing or hire-purchase were not relevant to their enterprise. Factoring is another form of corporate finance and less common in the Netherlands then, for example, Belgium. In 2016, the total market volume of online alternative finance platforms in Belgium reached a value of approximately 51.5 million euros.
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Use of leasing or hire-purchase in the past six months of SMEs in the Netherlands in 2020
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Do not know/not applicable
2%
Not relevant to enterprise
58%
Did not use in the past six months
24%
Used in the past six months
16%
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This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Leasing or hire-purchase - Are the following sources of financing relevant to your enterprise, that is, have you used them in the past or considered using them in the future? Have you obtained new financing of this type in the past six months?"
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European Commission, & ECB. (December 2, 2020). Use of leasing or hire-purchase in the past six months of SMEs in the Netherlands in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/674776/use-of-leasing-or-hire-purchase-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/
European Commission, und ECB. "Use of leasing or hire-purchase in the past six months of SMEs in the Netherlands in 2020." Chart. December 2, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/674776/use-of-leasing-or-hire-purchase-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/
European Commission, ECB. (2020). Use of leasing or hire-purchase in the past six months of SMEs in the Netherlands in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/674776/use-of-leasing-or-hire-purchase-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/
European Commission, and ECB. "Use of Leasing or Hire-purchase in The past Six Months of Smes in The Netherlands in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/674776/use-of-leasing-or-hire-purchase-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/
European Commission & ECB, Use of leasing or hire-purchase in the past six months of SMEs in the Netherlands in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/674776/use-of-leasing-or-hire-purchase-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited June 24, 2025)
Use of leasing or hire-purchase in the past six months of SMEs in the Netherlands in 2020 [Graph], European Commission, & ECB, December 2, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/674776/use-of-leasing-or-hire-purchase-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/
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