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Young entrepreneurs in numbers (VLAIO).

Last updated: 22 May 2026

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What is it?

The VLAIO page “Young entrepreneurs in numbers” contains interesting data & trends about young entrepreneurship.

What do you get?

  • A starting point to VLAIO figures about young entrepreneurship.
  • A link to “Young entrepreneurship in numbers” with downloadable infographics per year.

Key figures (most recent – 2024)

  • 41,132 young people (18–25) had a self-employment status at the end of 2024 (≈ 7% of all 18–25 year-olds).
  • Breakdown (end of 2024): 34,391 self-employed 18–25 (excluding student self-employed) + 6,741 student self-employed.
  • 16% of self-employed people up to 25 are student self-employed (2024).
  • Compared to 2014: +47% growth among self-employed up to 25 (vs +29% among 25+).
  • Transition: of the 3,541 students active as student self-employed at the end of 2017, 47% were still active as self-employed by end 2024 (28% main occupation, 19% secondary).

Practical

On the source page you can download infographics “Young people and entrepreneurship in Flanders” for multiple years (e.g. 2022, 2023, 2024).

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