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 2022* 17,775.5
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2022* 22,032.5
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2022* .
G+I Trade, hotels, restaurants, bars 2022* .
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022* .
H+J Transport, ICT 2022* .
M-N Business services 2022* .
016 Support activities for agriculture 2022* .
B Mining and quarrying 2022* 497.3
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas 2022* 265.6
061 Extraction of crude petroleum 2022* .
062 Extraction of natural gas 2022* .
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas) 2022* 93.9
081 Mining of stone, sand and clay 2022* .
089 Other mining and quarrying 2022* .
09 Mining support activities 2022* 137.8
091 Services for mining of oil and gas 2022* .
099 Services for other mining 2022* .
C Manufacturing 2022* 10,702.3
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2022* 2,261.6
10 Manufacture of food products 2022* .
101 Slaughtering, processing of meat 2022* .
102 Processing of fish 2022* .
103 Processing of vegetables and fruit 2022* .
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats 2022* .
105 Manufacture of dairy products 2022* .
106 Grain milling and starch products 2022* .
107 Manufacture of bakery products 2022* .
108 Manufacture of other food 2022* .
109 Manufacture of animal foods 2022* .
11 Manufacture of beverages 2022* .
110 Manufacture of beverages 2022* .
12 Manufacture of tobacco products 2022* .
120 Manufacture of tobacco products 2022* .
13 Manufacture of textiles 2022* 115.3
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2022* 144.0
131 Spinning of textile fibres 2022* .
132 Weaving of textiles 2022* .
133 Finishing of textiles 2022* .
139 Manufacture of other textiles 2022* .
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 2022* 9.4
141 Manufacture of apparel (no fur) 2022* .
142 Manufacture of articles of fur 2022* .
143 Knitting and crocheting apparel 2022* .
15 Manufacture of leather and footwear 2022* 19.3
151 Manufacture of leather products 2022* .
152 Manufacture of footwear 2022* .
16+23 Man of wooden and buildingmaterial 2022* 521.7
16 Manufacture of wood products 2022* 218.9
161 Sawmilling and planing of wood 2022* .
162 Manufacture of products of wood 2022* .
17 Manufacture of paper 2022* 276.0
17-18 Manufacture of paper and printing 2022* 388.5
171 Manufacture of pulp, paper, -board 2022* .
172 Manufacture of articles of paper 2022* .
18 Printing and reproduction 2022* 112.5
181 Printing and services for printing 2022* .
182 Reproduction of recorded media 2022* .
19-22 Refineries and chemistry 2022* 3,180.4
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2022* 452.7
191 Manufacture of coke oven products 2022* .
192 Manufacture of refined petroleum 2022* .
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2022* 1,757.1
201 Manufacture of basic chemicals 2022* .
202 Manufacture agrochemical products 2022* .
203 Manufacture of paints and ink 2022* .
204 Manufacture detergents and cosmetics 2022* .
205 Manufacture of other chemicals 2022* .
206 Manufacture of man-made fibres 2022* .
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2022* 548.2
211 Manufacture of basic pharmaceuticals 2022* .
212 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2022* .
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2022* 422.4
221 Manufacture of rubber products 2022* .
222 Manufacture of plastic products 2022* .
23 Manufacture of building materials 2022* 302.7
231 Manufacture of glass 2022* .
232 Manufacture of refractory products 2022* .
233 Manufacture clay building materials 2022* .
234 Manufacture other ceramic products 2022* .
235 Manufacture of cement, lime, plaster 2022* .
236 Manufacture concrete etc. products 2022* .
237 Stone dressing 2022* .
239 Manufacture other mineral products 2022* .
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2022* 251.5
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2022* 1,160.6
24-30, 33 Metalectro 2022* 3,867.2
241 Manufacture of iron and steel 2022* .
242 Manufacture tubes and pipes of steel 2022* .
243 Other first processing of steel 2022* .
244 Manufacture of non-ferrous metals 2022* .
245 Casting of metals 2022* .
25 Manufacture of metal products 2022* 909.1
251 Manufacture metal structures, doors 2022* .
252 Manufacture tanks, central heating 2022* .
253 Manufacture of steam generators 2022* .
254 Manufacture of weapons 2022* .
255 Forging, pressing, stamping 2022* .
256 Other treatment of metals, machining 2022* .
257 Manufacture of hardware 2022* .
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 and the figures of 2022 are provisional.

Changes as of 30 November 2023:
The provisional figures of 2022 have been added.

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.).