Business services; turnover developments, index 2010=100, 2005-2017

Business services; turnover developments, index 2010=100, 2005-2017

Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Turnover indices (2010 = 100) Turnover year-on-year change (%)
M-N Business services 2015 4th quarter 126.7 8.8
M-N Business services 2015 113.8 7.8
M-N Business services 2016 1st quarter 109.2 8.3
M-N Business services 2016 2nd quarter 121.2 7.2
M-N Business services 2016 3rd quarter 121.7 6.3
M-N Business services 2016 4th quarter 133.5 5.4
M-N Business services 2016 121.4 6.7
M-N Business services 2017 1st quarter* 116.6 6.9
M-N Business services 2017 2nd quarter* 128.0 5.6
M-N Business services 2017 3rd quarter* 129.1 6.1
M-N Business services 2017 4th quarter* 141.3 5.8
M-N Business services 2017* 128.8 6.1
N Renting and other business support 2015 4th quarter 134.4 13.6
N Renting and other business support 2015 126.8 11.7
N Renting and other business support 2016 1st quarter 120.6 12.9
N Renting and other business support 2016 2nd quarter 136.7 8.7
N Renting and other business support 2016 3rd quarter 152.3 8.8
N Renting and other business support 2016 4th quarter 145.2 8.1
N Renting and other business support 2016 138.7 9.4
N Renting and other business support 2017 1st quarter* 131.1 8.7
N Renting and other business support 2017 2nd quarter* 149.1 9.0
N Renting and other business support 2017 3rd quarter* 163.4 7.3
N Renting and other business support 2017 4th quarter* 152.5 5.0
N Renting and other business support 2017* 149.0 7.4
Source: CBS.
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This table presents information about developments in turnover in the sector Business services (SIC section M and N). The data can be divided by a number of branches according to Statistics Netherlands' Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities 2008 (SIC 2008). The results are expressed in terms of indices with base year 2010. Changes on the same period in the previous year are also published.

Data available from 1st quarter 2005 - 4th quarter 2017.

Status of the figures
The figures on 2017 are provisional, figures from preceding periods are definite.

Changes as of 27 June 2018:
None, the table has been discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
This table has been replaced by a new table on May 31 2018 due to the five-yearly change of the base year. See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Turnover indices
An index compares the value of a variable (e.g. turnover) in a certain period with the value of the same variable in the base period. The index of this base period is 100.

Turnover is defined as the value of sales of goods and services to third parties, VAT excluded. Turnover includes the main activity as well as secondary activities. Third parties are consumers and enterprises not belonging to (the Dutch part of) the own group of companies.
Turnover year-on-year change
The change in turnover indicates the growth rate with respect to the same period of the previous year as a percentage. Statistics Netherlands calculates this on the basis of non-rounded figures.

Turnover is defined as the value of sales of goods and services to third parties, VAT excluded. Turnover includes the main activity as well as secondary activities. Third parties are consumers and enterprises not belonging to (the Dutch part of) the own group of companies.