Netherlands Business survey, region, month 1989-2023

Netherlands Business survey, region, month 1989-2023

Businesses/activities (SBI 2008) Regions Periods Turnover and selling prices Selling prices / rates next three months Selling prices / rates will rise (%) Turnover and selling prices Selling prices / rates next three months Selling prices / rates remain unchanged (%) Turnover and selling prices Selling prices / rates next three months Selling prices / rates will fall (%) Turnover and selling prices Selling prices / rates next three months Not applicable (%) Turnover and selling prices Selling prices / rates next three months Balance selling prices / rates (%) Assessment of finished products stocks Stocks finished products (too) large (%) Assessment of finished products stocks Stocks finished products normal (%) Assessment of finished products stocks Stocks finished products (too) small (%) Assessment of finished products stocks Not applicable (%) Assessment of finished products stocks Balance assessment stocks (%)
C Manufacturing Nederland 2022 July 41.5 56.8 1.7 . 39.9 13.8 62.0 10.0 14.2 3.7
C Manufacturing Nederland 2022 August 38.5 60.1 1.4 . 37.2 16.4 61.9 7.1 14.6 9.3
C Manufacturing Nederland 2022 September 40.2 58.3 1.5 . 38.6 16.3 61.4 7.2 15.1 9.2
C Manufacturing Nederland 2022 October 51.1 46.5 2.4 . 48.6 15.3 64.3 5.9 14.5 9.4
C Manufacturing Nederland 2022 November 48.0 48.7 3.3 . 44.7 16.9 62.2 5.7 15.2 11.2
C Manufacturing Nederland 2022 December 48.6 48.7 2.7 . 45.9 16.6 64.0 5.0 14.4 11.7
C Manufacturing Nederland 2023 January 48.9 47.7 3.4 . 45.6 15.7 67.2 4.2 12.9 11.4
C Manufacturing Nederland 2023 February 33.1 63.2 3.7 . 29.3 14.3 66.8 5.2 13.7 9.1
C Manufacturing Nederland 2023 March 24.5 71.4 4.1 . 20.5 13.4 67.1 5.2 14.3 8.2
C Manufacturing Nederland 2023 April 17.7 76.3 6.0 . 11.7 12.8 69.5 4.1 13.6 8.7
C Manufacturing Nederland 2023 May 13.6 79.8 6.6 . 7.0 13.8 66.8 4.4 15.0 9.4
C Manufacturing Nederland 2023 June 11.7 81.3 7.0 . 4.7 14.3 66.8 4.2 14.7 10.2
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022 July 44.0 52.6 3.4 . 40.6 10.6 65.0 8.9 15.5 1.8
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022 August 37.0 61.2 1.8 . 35.2 13.7 64.5 7.6 14.2 6.1
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022 September 43.3 53.2 3.5 . 39.9 9.7 67.2 8.6 14.5 1.2
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022 October 55.5 37.8 6.7 . 48.8 10.0 68.0 6.1 15.9 3.9
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022 November 46.6 46.1 7.3 . 39.3 12.5 65.0 6.7 15.8 5.7
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2022 December 51.2 45.3 3.5 . 47.8 15.0 66.1 5.3 13.6 9.8
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 January 49.9 44.9 5.2 . 44.8 13.6 68.4 6.7 11.3 6.9
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 February 31.1 63.5 5.4 . 25.6 15.4 65.6 7.1 11.9 8.3
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 March 23.9 66.8 9.3 . 14.6 12.1 65.7 8.3 13.9 3.7
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 April 20.1 70.9 9.0 . 11.1 17.0 65.1 5.8 12.1 11.2
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 May 13.0 75.1 11.9 . 1.1 16.4 66.1 2.7 14.8 13.7
C Manufacturing Noord-Nederland (LD) 2023 June 13.0 74.0 13.0 . 0.1 15.3 62.9 5.2 16.6 10.1
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022 July 42.2 56.0 1.8 . 40.5 15.1 62.6 9.2 13.1 5.9
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022 August 40.4 58.4 1.2 . 39.1 15.4 63.7 8.8 12.1 6.7
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022 September 43.8 55.2 1.0 . 42.9 15.1 63.2 9.1 12.6 6.0
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022 October 56.9 41.4 1.7 . 55.2 17.5 64.0 6.8 11.7 10.8
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022 November 54.2 43.6 2.2 . 52.0 18.9 60.9 7.2 13.0 11.6
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2022 December 52.9 44.8 2.3 . 50.6 16.5 65.2 4.8 13.5 11.7
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 January 50.5 46.8 2.7 . 47.7 16.5 67.2 4.4 11.9 12.1
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 February 32.7 63.4 3.9 . 28.8 16.2 64.7 6.3 12.8 10.0
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 March 24.9 71.4 3.7 . 21.2 14.9 66.2 6.7 12.2 8.3
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 April 17.2 76.3 6.5 . 10.7 13.6 70.2 4.0 12.2 9.5
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 May 11.9 82.3 5.8 . 6.1 12.7 68.1 4.7 14.5 7.9
C Manufacturing Oost-Nederland (LD) 2023 June 9.3 83.0 7.7 . 1.5 14.3 67.7 3.2 14.8 11.1
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2022 July 38.8 59.8 1.4 . 37.4 11.2 67.2 5.2 16.4 6.0
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2022 August 35.0 63.9 1.1 . 33.9 16.7 58.8 6.3 18.2 10.5
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2022 September 34.8 63.9 1.3 . 33.5 17.4 59.1 4.8 18.7 12.6
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2022 October 45.7 52.1 2.2 . 43.5 15.3 62.4 3.5 18.8 11.7
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2022 November 41.5 54.7 3.8 . 37.7 19.0 58.4 4.2 18.4 14.8
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2022 December 44.6 52.3 3.1 . 41.5 18.4 58.3 5.3 18.0 13.1
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2023 January 43.8 52.1 4.1 . 39.6 16.8 62.4 2.7 18.1 14.1
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2023 February 29.4 66.6 4.0 . 25.4 14.1 64.6 3.0 18.3 11.0
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2023 March 21.5 74.6 3.9 . 17.5 14.2 64.0 2.5 19.3 11.6
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2023 April 14.7 79.3 6.0 . 8.7 11.7 66.4 2.9 19.0 8.8
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2023 May 11.9 82.1 6.0 . 5.8 15.5 61.2 2.9 20.4 12.5
C Manufacturing West-Nederland (LD) 2023 June 10.5 84.1 5.4 . 5.2 16.3 62.4 2.7 18.6 13.6
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022 July 43.2 55.5 1.3 . 41.8 16.3 55.3 16.1 12.3 0.3
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022 August 41.2 57.2 1.6 . 39.6 17.8 62.8 6.6 12.8 11.1
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022 September 41.8 56.6 1.6 . 40.3 18.2 60.7 7.7 13.4 10.6
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022 October 50.8 47.2 2.0 . 48.8 15.4 65.3 7.7 11.6 7.7
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022 November 50.4 47.1 2.5 . 48.0 14.6 66.3 5.8 13.3 8.8
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2022 December 48.5 49.0 2.5 . 46.1 15.4 68.5 4.6 11.5 10.8
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 January 52.5 45.0 2.5 . 50.0 14.4 71.6 5.0 9.0 9.5
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 February 37.6 59.6 2.8 . 34.8 12.7 70.9 5.9 10.5 6.8
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 March 27.4 69.7 2.9 . 24.5 11.8 71.4 5.8 11.0 6.0
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 April 20.3 75.1 4.6 . 15.7 12.0 73.4 4.8 9.8 7.2
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 May 16.9 76.9 6.2 . 10.8 12.3 71.6 6.1 10.0 6.1
C Manufacturing Zuid-Nederland (LD) 2023 June 14.5 79.3 6.2 . 8.3 12.1 71.8 6.0 10.1 6.1
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2022 July 42.0 51.8 6.2 . 35.8 11.8 63.2 8.3 16.7 3.4
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2022 August 34.8 60.8 4.4 . 30.5 13.1 67.1 5.5 14.3 7.5
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2022 September 46.4 48.5 5.1 . 41.3 10.1 66.3 9.8 13.8 0.3
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2022 October 50.0 40.1 9.9 . 40.2 13.6 63.3 7.0 16.1 6.7
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2022 November 49.9 35.4 14.7 . 35.2 11.0 68.7 3.6 16.7 7.3
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2022 December 53.2 40.1 6.7 . 46.5 13.9 70.6 3.4 12.1 10.5
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2023 January 54.0 38.7 7.3 . 46.8 15.0 70.4 4.3 10.3 10.8
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2023 February 43.5 49.9 6.6 . 36.9 13.3 69.5 6.9 10.3 6.4
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2023 March 27.9 55.0 17.1 . 10.9 17.0 63.7 8.8 10.5 8.2
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2023 April 26.6 62.4 11.0 . 15.6 18.3 70.5 2.3 8.9 16.0
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2023 May 20.8 66.6 12.6 . 8.1 17.7 65.1 4.3 12.9 13.3
C Manufacturing Groningen (PV) 2023 June 16.5 70.8 12.7 . 3.7 15.6 64.2 5.4 14.8 10.2
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2022 July 48.2 49.2 2.6 . 45.6 10.8 67.0 11.4 10.8 -0.5
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2022 August 39.6 60.1 0.3 . 39.3 16.3 62.7 9.9 11.1 6.4
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2022 September 46.4 51.7 1.9 . 44.6 7.4 72.0 8.2 12.4 -0.8
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2022 October 62.2 33.7 4.1 . 58.1 6.1 74.6 7.0 12.3 -1.0
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2022 November 49.4 47.7 2.9 . 46.6 12.5 67.0 7.8 12.7 4.7
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2022 December 53.2 45.5 1.3 . 52.0 16.4 67.8 5.1 10.7 11.3
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2023 January 53.9 45.1 1.0 . 52.9 9.2 67.9 9.7 13.2 -0.4
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2023 February 26.0 71.2 2.8 . 23.3 14.9 62.5 7.8 14.8 7.1
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2023 March 25.3 70.2 4.5 . 20.8 5.6 69.2 6.2 19.0 -0.6
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2023 April 19.2 72.2 8.6 . 10.5 13.3 62.2 8.3 16.2 4.9
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2023 May 11.7 80.3 8.0 . 3.7 12.4 66.2 2.2 19.2 10.2
C Manufacturing Fryslân (PV) 2023 June 12.5 74.5 13.0 . -0.5 9.1 61.8 7.1 22.0 1.9
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2022 July 39.5 60.4 0.1 . 39.4 8.4 64.3 5.3 22.0 3.1
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2022 August 35.9 63.9 0.2 . 35.8 10.0 63.4 6.7 19.9 3.3
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2022 September 32.4 64.0 3.6 . 28.8 13.2 60.1 7.0 19.7 6.2
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2022 October 52.5 41.5 6.0 . 46.5 11.0 64.0 2.9 22.1 8.2
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2022 November 35.6 61.6 2.8 . 32.8 14.9 55.0 10.0 20.1 4.9
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2022 December 44.1 54.0 1.9 . 42.3 14.5 55.2 8.7 21.6 5.8
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2023 January 37.0 53.1 9.9 . 27.1 19.7 66.4 4.6 9.3 15.2
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2023 February 23.4 67.8 8.8 . 14.6 19.2 65.8 6.1 8.9 13.1
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2023 March 15.9 76.6 7.5 . 8.4 17.2 61.8 11.8 9.2 5.5
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2023 April 13.0 80.0 7.0 . 5.9 22.0 62.9 5.9 9.2 16.1
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2023 May 4.8 77.2 18.0 . -13.2 22.2 67.0 1.6 9.2 20.6
C Manufacturing Drenthe (PV) 2023 June 9.3 77.4 13.3 . -4.0 26.4 62.9 1.5 9.2 25.0
C Manufacturing Overijssel (PV) 2022 July 37.1 61.6 1.3 . 35.7 16.9 63.1 7.4 12.6 9.5
C Manufacturing Overijssel (PV) 2022 August 36.4 62.2 1.4 . 35.0 17.5 60.7 8.4 13.4 9.1
C Manufacturing Overijssel (PV) 2022 September 39.3 59.4 1.3 . 37.9 16.3 62.1 8.2 13.4 8.1
C Manufacturing Overijssel (PV) 2022 October 58.3 39.7 2.0 . 56.3 20.8 63.3 4.2 11.7 16.5
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


The purpose of this table is to provide current information on the opinions of Dutch producers about performance, expectations and assessment concerning their enterprises. The survey covers enterprises in commercial services, retail trade and manufacturing industry. The Business sentiment survey makes it possible to indicate turning points
in sentiment at an early stage. In this way a change in the trend of economic activity of Dutch companies is available at a early stage. The questions put to the companies relate to production,sales, prices, orders, stocks, investment, competitiveness,economic climate, workforce and the factors limiting production. In answering the questions relating to developments in the past three months and expectations for the next tree months, the enterpreneurs are asked for a comparison with the preceding period of three months.
This publication is created using co-financing by the European Commission.

Status of the figures: All data are definite.

Data available from Services: April 1992 - June 2023
Data available from Retail Trade: May 2008 - June 2023
Data available from Industry: February 1989 - June 2023

Changes as of 27 July 2023;
This table has been discontinued. The reason for this is that the results of this table have been moved to other, new tables in which the results comply with the stricter confidentiality rules due to an adjusted industry classification.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable.
This table is followed by Business survey Netherlands; to regions (active on August 15, 2023). See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Turnover and selling prices
The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "Our turnover / marketing in the last three months increased
remained unchanged or decreased? "
- "Our turnover / marketing in the next three months will grow,
remain unchanged or decrease? "
- "Our selling prices / rates over the next three months
will increase, remain unchanged or decrease? ".
Selling prices / rates next three months
Selling prices / rates next three months
weighted response rates to the question:
- "Our selling prices / rates over the next three months will
rise, remain unchanged or fall? "
Selling prices / rates will rise
Weighted response rate of producers who expect selling
prices / rates in the next three months will rise.
Selling prices / rates remain unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers who expect selling prices
/ rates in the next three months will remain unchanged.
Selling prices / rates will fall
Weighted response rate of producers who expect selling
prices / rates in the next three months will fall.
Not applicable
The weighted response rate of producers who consider selling
prices / rates not as relevant for their bussiness plus the weighted
response rate of producers who were not asked the question.
Balance selling prices / rates
The weighted response rate of producers who expect a
rise of selling prices / rates, minus the weighted respons rate of
producers who expect a fall of selling prices / rates.
This balance provides insight into the expected development of selling
prices / rates in the next three months.
Assessment of finished products stocks
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "We evaluate our finished products stocks / commodities, given the
expected market development, as a (too) large, normal or (too) small?
Stocks finished products (too) large
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the stocks of
finished products / commodities, given the expected market development, as (too) large.
Stocks finished products normal
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the stocks of
finished products / commodities, given the expected market development, as normal.
Stocks finished products (too) small
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the stocks of
finished products / commodities, given the expected market development, as (too) small.
Not applicable
The weighted response rate of producers who who consider stocks
of finished products / commodities for their for their enterprise as not
relevant plus the weighted the rate of producers who were not asked
the question.
Balance assessment stocks
The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the stocks of
finished products / commodities are (too) large minus the rate of
producers who cosider the stocks are (too) small.
This balance represents compared to the previous balances in relation
to the expected sales development, the current assessment of satisfaction of the producers about their stocks of finished products.