From 1969 to 2012 Schiphol conducted an annual employment survey of organisations established at the airport. On the basis of these data – some of which has been supplemented with data from other research reports – a more detailed explanation and a breakdown is given below of economic activity and employment in the aviation chain. The companies and organisations in question have been divided into five categories:
- 77 airlines: 23,870 employees (of whom 23,071 are employed by one of the 11 Dutch airlines)
- 19 aircraft handlers and/or aircraft suppliers: 3,172 employees
- 136 air cargo offices/transhipment and cargo forwarding companies: 2,920 employees1
- 1 airport operator: 2,447 employees
- Air traffic control (LVNL): 980 employees
- Together, these aviation organisations employ 36,398 people (46% of all jobs in Dutch aviation). Of these, 5,148 employees working for airline maintenance divisions (chiefly KLM Engineering & Maintenance) have been accounted for under the aviation industry (Category 5).
The above types of aviation organisations are located primarily at Schiphol. This is not the case with air cargo offices, transhipment and cargo forwarding companies and aircraft suppliers, which are also partly located in neighbouring municipalities.
- 7 security firms: 5,012 employees
- 14 cleaning companies: 1,528 employees
- 97 providers of services to aviation companies: 1,567 employees
- 23 recruitment and staffing organisations/employment agencies: 204 employees
- 9 facility management organisations: 102 employees
- The providers of services to the aviation industry that are not located at Schiphol have not been included in these figures. Therefore, the actual number of jobs and volume of economic activity in this category are greater and more diverse than shown here.
- 23 hotels and restaurants: 3,438 employees
- 32 various providers of services to passengers and/or visitors: 3,796 employeess
- 38 retail outlets for passengers and/or visitors: 1,853 employees
- 10 public transport and taxi companies: 1,212 employees
- 23 banks or financial institutions: 801 employees
Jobs at hotels in the neighbouring municipalities have not been included in these figures.
- The Dutch Border Police (Royal Netherlands Marechaussee): 1,832 employees
- The Dutch Tax and Customs Administration – Schiphol Cargo: 710 employees
- The Dutch Tax and Customs Administration – Schiphol Passengers: 596 employees
- The Aviation Police Unit (Luchtvaartpolitie) : 110 employees
- The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND): 96 employees
- These government screening services are mainly located at Schiphol, with the exception of the Dutch Tax Administration, which is also partly located in Hoofddorp.
- Airline maintenance divisions
- Suppliers to the aircraft construction industry (systems and components)
- Companies performing maintenance on aircrafts, components and systems (not affiliated with any airline
- Companies performing maintenance on aircrafts, components and systems (not affiliated with any airline
- Airport construction contractors and consulting/engineering firms
Aviation companies located at Schiphol provide jobs to 5,148 people. Outside Schiphol, there are another 12,452 people employed by the aviation industry, a large proportion of whom are based at various Fokker Technologies sites in the Netherlands (Woensdrecht, Helmond, Hoofddorp, Hoogerheide, Hoogeveen and Papendrecht).