Netherlands Business survey, region, month 1989-2023
Businesses/activities (SBI 2008) | Regions | Periods | Turnover and selling prices Turnover last three months Turnover has increased (%) | Turnover and selling prices Turnover last three months Turnover remained unchanged (%) | Turnover and selling prices Turnover last three months Turnover decreased (%) | Turnover and selling prices Turnover last three months Not applicable (%) | Turnover and selling prices Turnover last three months Balance turnover last three months (%) | Turnover and selling prices Turnover next three months Turnover will increase (%) | Turnover and selling prices Turnover next three months Turnover will remain unchanged (%) | Turnover and selling prices Turnover next three months Turnover will decrease (%) | Turnover and selling prices Turnover next three months Not applicable (%) | Turnover and selling prices Turnover next three months Balance turnover next three months (%) |
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45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2022 July | 42.7 | 45.4 | 11.9 | . | 30.8 | 15.2 | 50.9 | 33.9 | . | -18.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2022 August | 47.7 | 41.1 | 11.2 | . | 36.5 | 17.1 | 64.5 | 18.4 | . | -1.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2022 September | 23.7 | 51.8 | 24.5 | . | -0.8 | 35.3 | 50.0 | 14.7 | . | 20.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2022 October | 22.2 | 44.6 | 33.2 | . | -11.0 | 37.6 | 49.2 | 13.2 | . | 24.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2022 November | 21.5 | 60.0 | 18.5 | . | 2.9 | 39.4 | 47.2 | 13.4 | . | 26.0 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2022 December | 32.1 | 55.1 | 12.8 | . | 19.3 | 36.1 | 48.9 | 15.0 | . | 21.2 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2023 January | 49.1 | 39.6 | 11.3 | . | 37.7 | 14.4 | 47.8 | 37.8 | . | -23.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2023 February | 33.6 | 54.8 | 11.6 | . | 22.0 | 16.2 | 63.1 | 20.7 | . | -4.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2023 March | 37.3 | 47.6 | 15.1 | . | 22.3 | 23.4 | 67.3 | 9.3 | . | 14.0 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2023 April | 26.7 | 53.0 | 20.3 | . | 6.5 | 29.0 | 62.8 | 8.2 | . | 20.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2023 May | 28.8 | 50.4 | 20.8 | . | 8.0 | 27.3 | 62.1 | 10.6 | . | 16.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Nederland | 2023 June | 31.7 | 58.2 | 10.1 | . | 21.6 | 27.0 | 57.3 | 15.7 | . | 11.3 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2022 July | 32.5 | 57.1 | 10.4 | . | 22.1 | 7.0 | 68.8 | 24.2 | . | -17.3 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2022 August | 35.9 | 57.8 | 6.3 | . | 29.6 | 12.9 | 75.3 | 11.8 | . | 1.2 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2022 September | 37.9 | 34.3 | 27.8 | . | 10.1 | 30.1 | 52.2 | 17.7 | 4.7 | 12.3 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2022 October | 21.7 | 59.4 | 18.9 | . | 2.8 | 27.5 | 63.3 | 9.2 | . | 18.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2022 November | 23.8 | 54.0 | 22.2 | . | 1.7 | 31.2 | 58.2 | 10.6 | . | 20.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2022 December | 36.6 | 49.8 | 13.6 | . | 23.1 | 19.6 | 69.6 | 10.8 | . | 8.9 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2023 January | 45.9 | 45.9 | 8.2 | . | 37.7 | 14.9 | 53.7 | 31.4 | . | -16.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2023 February | 30.1 | 59.4 | 10.5 | . | 19.6 | 18.1 | 61.2 | 20.7 | . | -2.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2023 March | 21.2 | 61.9 | 16.9 | . | 4.3 | 27.4 | 69.3 | 3.3 | . | 24.1 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2023 April | 23.9 | 58.7 | 17.4 | . | 6.4 | 25.2 | 67.0 | 7.8 | . | 17.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2023 May | 25.3 | 48.3 | 26.4 | . | -1.1 | 28.4 | 62.6 | 9.0 | . | 19.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Noord-Nederland (LD) | 2023 June | 33.0 | 56.4 | 10.6 | . | 22.4 | 19.6 | 63.7 | 16.7 | . | 2.9 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2022 July | 36.0 | 54.9 | 9.1 | . | 26.9 | 17.2 | 55.9 | 26.9 | . | -9.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2022 August | 43.2 | 47.4 | 9.4 | . | 33.8 | 16.3 | 68.0 | 15.7 | . | 0.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2022 September | 26.3 | 52.8 | 20.9 | . | 5.4 | 30.2 | 54.2 | 15.6 | 4.7 | 14.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2022 October | 21.8 | 50.9 | 27.3 | . | -5.5 | 31.0 | 53.9 | 15.1 | . | 15.9 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2022 November | 22.1 | 64.3 | 13.6 | . | 8.4 | 33.1 | 55.0 | 11.9 | . | 21.1 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2022 December | 29.1 | 59.6 | 11.3 | . | 17.8 | 30.4 | 52.8 | 16.8 | . | 13.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2023 January | 42.4 | 44.5 | 13.1 | . | 29.3 | 12.7 | 56.6 | 30.7 | . | -18.0 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2023 February | 28.1 | 59.3 | 12.6 | . | 15.5 | 14.2 | 69.5 | 16.3 | . | -2.2 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2023 March | 28.7 | 57.4 | 13.9 | . | 14.7 | 19.2 | 69.7 | 11.1 | . | 8.0 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2023 April | 25.8 | 56.5 | 17.7 | . | 8.0 | 24.2 | 65.0 | 10.8 | . | 13.3 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2023 May | 23.5 | 58.4 | 18.1 | . | 5.4 | 19.0 | 69.2 | 11.8 | . | 7.3 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Oost-Nederland (LD) | 2023 June | 26.7 | 62.0 | 11.3 | . | 15.4 | 19.6 | 66.9 | 13.5 | . | 6.0 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2022 July | 48.3 | 39.7 | 12.0 | . | 36.3 | 17.8 | 43.8 | 38.4 | . | -20.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2022 August | 52.8 | 33.5 | 13.7 | . | 39.0 | 21.5 | 58.2 | 20.3 | . | 1.2 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2022 September | 23.4 | 52.8 | 23.8 | . | -0.4 | 41.4 | 43.9 | 14.7 | . | 26.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2022 October | 26.8 | 37.0 | 36.2 | . | -9.4 | 45.3 | 43.1 | 11.6 | . | 33.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2022 November | 24.0 | 58.9 | 17.1 | . | 6.8 | 45.4 | 41.6 | 13.0 | . | 32.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2022 December | 34.8 | 53.5 | 11.7 | . | 23.1 | 42.9 | 42.9 | 14.2 | . | 28.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2023 January | 54.0 | 34.5 | 11.5 | . | 42.4 | 15.9 | 41.9 | 42.2 | . | -26.3 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2023 February | 38.7 | 50.2 | 11.1 | . | 27.6 | 17.1 | 60.8 | 22.1 | . | -5.0 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2023 March | 44.3 | 42.7 | 13.0 | . | 31.2 | 25.5 | 65.5 | 9.0 | . | 16.5 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2023 April | 29.9 | 50.9 | 19.2 | . | 10.6 | 33.3 | 59.0 | 7.7 | . | 25.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2023 May | 33.1 | 47.2 | 19.7 | . | 13.4 | 33.3 | 56.7 | 10.0 | . | 23.3 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | West-Nederland (LD) | 2023 June | 33.4 | 57.7 | 8.9 | . | 24.6 | 32.4 | 51.8 | 15.8 | . | 16.5 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2022 July | 42.9 | 42.0 | 15.1 | . | 27.7 | 12.0 | 52.0 | 36.0 | . | -24.1 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2022 August | 47.5 | 42.3 | 10.2 | . | 37.3 | 11.4 | 68.2 | 20.4 | . | -9.0 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2022 September | 16.0 | 56.0 | 28.0 | . | -12.0 | 31.4 | 56.0 | 12.6 | . | 18.8 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2022 October | 14.4 | 46.7 | 38.9 | . | -24.5 | 33.9 | 50.3 | 15.8 | . | 18.1 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2022 November | 15.3 | 60.2 | 24.5 | . | -9.1 | 37.8 | 45.5 | 16.7 | . | 21.1 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2022 December | 28.4 | 55.8 | 15.8 | . | 12.5 | 35.7 | 48.0 | 16.3 | . | 19.5 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2023 January | 46.3 | 43.4 | 10.3 | . | 35.9 | 12.7 | 49.7 | 37.6 | . | -24.9 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2023 February | 29.3 | 58.5 | 12.2 | . | 17.1 | 15.5 | 62.7 | 21.8 | . | -6.2 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2023 March | 37.4 | 42.9 | 19.7 | . | 17.6 | 21.3 | 68.0 | 10.7 | . | 10.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2023 April | 22.1 | 51.8 | 26.1 | . | -4.0 | 25.9 | 67.0 | 7.1 | . | 18.8 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2023 May | 26.0 | 50.5 | 23.5 | . | 2.5 | 21.9 | 66.7 | 11.4 | . | 10.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Zuid-Nederland (LD) | 2023 June | 32.5 | 56.1 | 11.4 | . | 21.1 | 25.7 | 56.9 | 17.4 | . | 8.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2022 July | 29.3 | 65.0 | 5.7 | . | 23.6 | 2.1 | 66.8 | 31.1 | . | -29.0 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2022 August | 38.6 | 53.7 | 7.7 | . | 30.8 | 13.8 | 77.2 | 9.0 | . | 4.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2022 September | 45.7 | 25.1 | 29.2 | . | 16.5 | 46.4 | 42.6 | 11.0 | . | 35.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2022 October | 26.9 | 49.1 | 24.0 | . | 2.9 | 28.0 | 55.3 | 16.7 | . | 11.2 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2022 November | 27.4 | 58.1 | 14.5 | . | 12.9 | 41.4 | 53.0 | 5.6 | . | 35.8 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2022 December | 52.2 | 38.1 | 9.7 | . | 42.5 | 26.1 | 61.6 | 12.3 | . | 13.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2023 January | 42.8 | 45.6 | 11.6 | . | 31.1 | 11.8 | 59.7 | 28.5 | . | -16.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2023 February | 26.2 | 56.0 | 17.8 | . | 8.4 | 13.6 | 55.7 | 30.7 | . | -17.1 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2023 March | 19.0 | 54.4 | 26.6 | . | -7.6 | 23.7 | 68.2 | 8.1 | . | 15.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2023 April | 22.7 | 45.4 | 31.9 | . | -9.2 | 30.1 | 56.4 | 13.5 | . | 16.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2023 May | 33.3 | 33.0 | 33.7 | . | -0.4 | 31.6 | 53.7 | 14.7 | . | 16.9 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Groningen (PV) | 2023 June | 36.5 | 49.4 | 14.1 | . | 22.4 | 18.9 | 57.5 | 23.6 | . | -4.8 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2022 July | 29.4 | 52.5 | 18.1 | . | 11.2 | 7.9 | 67.9 | 24.2 | . | -16.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2022 August | 34.4 | 58.1 | 7.5 | . | 26.8 | 10.4 | 80.9 | 8.7 | . | 1.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2022 September | 31.9 | 41.4 | 26.7 | . | 5.3 | 21.3 | 55.4 | 23.3 | . | -1.9 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2022 October | 18.7 | 58.8 | 22.5 | . | -3.7 | 24.0 | 69.1 | 6.9 | . | 17.1 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2022 November | 21.8 | 59.5 | 18.7 | . | 3.0 | 26.1 | 64.2 | 9.7 | . | 16.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2022 December | 40.6 | 47.9 | 11.5 | . | 29.0 | 12.0 | 71.1 | 16.9 | . | -4.9 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2023 January | 54.3 | 41.5 | 4.2 | . | 50.1 | 16.3 | 64.8 | 18.9 | . | -2.5 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2023 February | 18.9 | 72.3 | 8.8 | . | 10.1 | 13.8 | 67.8 | 18.4 | . | -4.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2023 March | 9.4 | 67.3 | 23.3 | . | -14.0 | 20.0 | 78.1 | 1.9 | . | 18.1 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2023 April | 14.7 | 65.4 | 19.9 | . | -5.2 | 19.8 | 78.1 | 2.1 | . | 17.8 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2023 May | 11.6 | 68.9 | 19.5 | . | -7.9 | 21.8 | 71.4 | 6.8 | . | 15.0 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Fryslân (PV) | 2023 June | 41.6 | 44.9 | 13.5 | . | 28.2 | 7.5 | 73.5 | 19.0 | . | -11.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2022 July | 37.2 | 55.4 | 7.4 | . | 29.8 | 9.5 | 70.8 | 19.7 | . | -10.2 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2022 August | 35.4 | 60.3 | 4.3 | . | 31.0 | 14.4 | 69.5 | 16.1 | . | -1.6 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2022 September | 37.4 | 34.9 | 27.7 | . | 9.7 | 26.1 | 56.0 | 17.9 | . | 8.2 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2022 October | 20.4 | 67.0 | 12.6 | . | 7.8 | 30.0 | 64.1 | 5.9 | . | 24.2 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2022 November | 22.9 | 46.6 | 30.5 | . | -7.7 | 27.7 | 57.4 | 14.9 | . | 12.8 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2022 December | 22.0 | 59.9 | 18.1 | . | 3.9 | 21.1 | 74.3 | 4.6 | . | 16.5 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2023 January | 41.4 | 49.4 | 9.2 | . | 32.1 | 15.6 | 41.6 | 42.8 | . | -27.3 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2023 February | 41.1 | 51.5 | 7.4 | . | 33.6 | 24.2 | 59.4 | 16.4 | . | 7.9 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2023 March | 31.6 | 62.4 | 6.0 | . | 25.6 | 35.3 | 63.2 | 1.5 | . | 33.9 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2023 April | 31.6 | 61.5 | 6.9 | . | 24.8 | 26.3 | 65.0 | 8.7 | . | 17.7 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2023 May | 30.9 | 41.9 | 27.2 | . | 3.6 | 31.5 | 61.3 | 7.2 | . | 24.2 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Drenthe (PV) | 2023 June | 24.2 | 69.5 | 6.3 | . | 17.9 | 29.3 | 59.9 | 10.8 | . | 18.5 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Overijssel (PV) | 2022 July | 37.7 | 53.9 | 8.4 | . | 29.4 | 12.3 | 58.5 | 29.2 | . | -16.9 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Overijssel (PV) | 2022 August | 39.4 | 51.8 | 8.8 | . | 30.6 | 13.6 | 72.4 | 14.0 | . | -0.4 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Overijssel (PV) | 2022 September | 21.4 | 52.8 | 25.8 | . | -4.4 | 31.4 | 55.3 | 13.3 | . | 18.1 |
45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | Overijssel (PV) | 2022 October | 20.7 | 49.6 | 29.7 | . | -9.0 | 32.2 | 55.8 | 12.0 | . | 20.1 |
Source: CBS. |
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? ".- Turnover last three months
- Weighted response rates to the question:
- "Our total turnover / marketing in the last three months increased
remained unchanged or decreased? "- Turnover has increased
- The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the
turnover in the last three months has increased.
- Turnover remained unchanged
- The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the
turnover in the last three months has remained unchanged.
- Turnover decreased
- The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the
turnover in the last three months has decreased.
- Not applicable
- The weighted response rate of producers who consider
turnover as not relevant plus the weighted response rate of producers
who were not asked the question.
- Balance turnover last three months
- The weighted response rate of producers with increased
turnover minus the rate of producers with decreased turnover.
This balance provides insight into the direction in which the turnover in
the previous three months has developed.
- Turnover next three months
- Weighted response rates to the question:
- "Our total turnover will increase over the next three months,
remain unchanged or decrease? "- Turnover will increase
- Weighted response rate of producers who expect turnover
to increase in the next three months.
- Turnover will remain unchanged
- Weighted response rate of producers who expect turnover
will remain unchanged in the next three months.
- Turnover will decrease
- Weighted response rate of producers who expect turnover
to decrease in the next three months.
- Not applicable
- The weighted response rate of producers who consider turnover as not
relevant for their enterprise plus the weighted response rate of
producers who were not asked the question.
- Balance turnover next three months
- The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase in
turnover minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease in turnover. This balance shows the expected development of turnover in the next three months.