Investments in tangible fixed assets; business sector

Investments in tangible fixed assets; business sector

SIC 2008 Periods Investments in tangible fixed assets (million euros)
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2021 16,570.9
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2021 20,329.0
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2021 64,142.6
G+I Trade, hotels, restaurants, bars 2021 9,985.2
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2021 17,303.4
H+J Transport, ICT 2021 13,588.7
M-N Business services 2021 11,376.0
016 Support activities for agriculture 2021 .
B Mining and quarrying 2021 541.9
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas 2021 320.7
061 Extraction of crude petroleum 2021 .
062 Extraction of natural gas 2021 .
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas) 2021 106.1
081 Mining of stone, sand and clay 2021 .
089 Other mining and quarrying 2021 .
09 Mining support activities 2021 115.1
091 Services for mining of oil and gas 2021 .
099 Services for other mining 2021 .
C Manufacturing 2021 9,734.0
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2021 2,031.8
10 Manufacture of food products 2021 1,824.0
101 Slaughtering, processing of meat 2021 .
102 Processing of fish 2021 .
103 Processing of vegetables and fruit 2021 .
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats 2021 .
105 Manufacture of dairy products 2021 .
106 Grain milling and starch products 2021 .
107 Manufacture of bakery products 2021 .
108 Manufacture of other food 2021 .
109 Manufacture of animal foods 2021 .
11 Manufacture of beverages 2021 .
110 Manufacture of beverages 2021 .
12 Manufacture of tobacco products 2021 .
120 Manufacture of tobacco products 2021 .
13 Manufacture of textiles 2021 78.1
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2021 95.6
131 Spinning of textile fibres 2021 .
132 Weaving of textiles 2021 .
133 Finishing of textiles 2021 .
139 Manufacture of other textiles 2021 .
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 2021 4.5
141 Manufacture of apparel (no fur) 2021 .
142 Manufacture of articles of fur 2021 .
143 Knitting and crocheting apparel 2021 .
15 Manufacture of leather and footwear 2021 13.1
151 Manufacture of leather products 2021 .
152 Manufacture of footwear 2021 .
16+23 Man of wooden and buildingmaterial 2021 496.2
16 Manufacture of wood products 2021 186.1
161 Sawmilling and planing of wood 2021 .
162 Manufacture of products of wood 2021 .
17 Manufacture of paper 2021 259.7
17-18 Manufacture of paper and printing 2021 378.0
171 Manufacture of pulp, paper, -board 2021 .
172 Manufacture of articles of paper 2021 .
18 Printing and reproduction 2021 118.4
181 Printing and services for printing 2021 .
182 Reproduction of recorded media 2021 .
19-22 Refineries and chemistry 2021 2,653.3
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2021 174.5
191 Manufacture of coke oven products 2021 .
192 Manufacture of refined petroleum 2021 .
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2021 1,657.7
201 Manufacture of basic chemicals 2021 .
202 Manufacture agrochemical products 2021 .
203 Manufacture of paints and ink 2021 .
204 Manufacture detergents and cosmetics 2021 .
205 Manufacture of other chemicals 2021 .
206 Manufacture of man-made fibres 2021 .
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2021 311.1
211 Manufacture of basic pharmaceuticals 2021 .
212 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2021 .
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2021 510.0
221 Manufacture of rubber products 2021 .
222 Manufacture of plastic products 2021 .
23 Manufacture of building materials 2021 310.1
231 Manufacture of glass 2021 .
232 Manufacture of refractory products 2021 .
233 Manufacture clay building materials 2021 .
234 Manufacture other ceramic products 2021 .
235 Manufacture of cement, lime, plaster 2021 .
236 Manufacture concrete etc. products 2021 .
237 Stone dressing 2021 .
239 Manufacture other mineral products 2021 .
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2021 473.0
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2021 1,313.3
24-30, 33 Metalectro 2021 3,751.2
241 Manufacture of iron and steel 2021 .
242 Manufacture tubes and pipes of steel 2021 .
243 Other first processing of steel 2021 .
244 Manufacture of non-ferrous metals 2021 .
245 Casting of metals 2021 .
25 Manufacture of metal products 2021 840.3
251 Manufacture metal structures, doors 2021 .
252 Manufacture tanks, central heating 2021 .
253 Manufacture of steam generators 2021 .
254 Manufacture of weapons 2021 .
255 Forging, pressing, stamping 2021 .
256 Other treatment of metals, machining 2021 .
257 Manufacture of hardware 2021 .
Source: CBS.
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This table contains figures relating to the investments in tangible fixed assets. The investments have been made by non-financial companies. A distinction is made between different types of fixed assets and between new or second-hand assets. The table also contains information about the disposal of tangible fixed assets.

It distinguishes between seven types of tangible fixed assets:

1. Land;
2. Corporate buildings;
3. Network / Infrastructure;
4. Means of transport;
5. Computers, hardware and peripheral equipment;
6. Machinery and installations;
7. Other tangible fixed assets.

The following are disregarded:
- Investment in stock;
- Investment in foreign locations;
- The value of enterprises that have been acquired whose operational activities are barely affected.

The figures can be broken down into the companies’ activities, according to the Standard Industrial Classification 2008 (SIC 2008).

Data available from: 2009

Status of the figures:
The figures up to and including 2021 are final.

Changes as of 23 May 2023:
- The definite figures of 2021 have been added.
- As of 2021 the SIC sections P, Q, R and the last parts of section S with underlying SIC’s have been added to the questionnaire and the publication.

When will new figures be published?
Roughly a year after the end of the reporting year, the provisional investment figures will be published for the Total Investments in Tangible Fixed Assets for the mineral extraction, industry, energy provision, waterworks and waste management and construction business sectors.Definitive, more specific figures will be made available 18 months after the end of the reporting year for all the business sectors that have been examined, including the five business sectors named above.The figures may be updated if substantial adjustments become necessary.

Description topics

Investments in tangible fixed assets
Goods which are purchased or produced in-company for use as capital assets in the production process. In general, goods are included in this category if they have a useful life of more than one year (such as buildings, houses, machines, means of transportat, etc.).