Business survey Netherlands; quarterly, to size classes 2012-2023

Business survey Netherlands; quarterly, to size classes 2012-2023

Sector/Branches (SIC 2008) Size classes Periods Economic climate Economic climate last three months Economic climate has improved (%) Economic climate Economic climate last three months Economic environment remained unchanged (%) Economic climate Economic climate last three months Economic climate declined (%) Economic climate Economic climate last three months Balance economic climate last 3 months (%) Economic climate Economic climate next three months Economic climate will improve (%) Economic climate Economic climate next three months Economic climate will remain unchanged (%) Economic climate Economic climate next three months Economic climate will decline (%) Economic climate Economic climate next three months Balance economic climate next 3 months (%)
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.8 73.6 18.6 -10.8 9.5 77.9 12.6 -3.1
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.6 73.3 19.1 -11.4 9.2 77.1 13.7 -4.6
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.3 74.1 18.6 -11.4 9.4 77.6 13.0 -3.6
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.6 73.2 19.2 -11.6 10.0 73.9 16.1 -6.1
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 8.4 73.8 17.8 -9.5 9.6 80.7 9.7 -0.1
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 14.0 59.4 26.6 -12.5 12.4 65.3 22.3 -9.8
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 12.6 59.8 27.6 -15.0 11.4 64.9 23.7 -12.4
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 14.9 59.2 25.9 -11.0 10.1 70.1 19.8 -9.7
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 13.4 62.5 24.1 -10.7 13.9 66.9 19.2 -5.2
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 18.2 56.5 25.3 -7.1 19.0 58.4 22.6 -3.5
B Mining and quarrying 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 13.1 56.9 30.0 -16.9 14.0 59.5 26.5 -12.5
B Mining and quarrying 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 14.9 65.2 19.9 -5.1 8.8 74.5 16.7 -7.9
B Mining and quarrying 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 11.3 67.4 21.3 -10.1 11.6 70.4 18.0 -6.4
B Mining and quarrying 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 2.8 83.2 14.0 -11.3 8.2 79.9 11.9 -3.7
B Mining and quarrying 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 15.9 46.4 37.7 -21.8 16.8 49.4 33.8 -17.0
C Manufacturing 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.0 79.3 13.7 -6.7 7.0 84.1 8.9 -1.9
C Manufacturing 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 5.0 81.0 14.0 -9.0 7.2 83.5 9.3 -2.2
C Manufacturing 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 8.7 76.1 15.2 -6.6 8.5 81.3 10.2 -1.7
C Manufacturing 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 8.1 75.5 16.4 -8.3 8.5 79.5 12.0 -3.6
C Manufacturing 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 6.7 81.2 12.1 -5.4 5.8 87.0 7.2 -1.4
F Construction 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 3.2 59.3 37.5 -34.3 6.9 59.7 33.4 -26.4
F Construction 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 5.2 60.3 34.5 -29.3 7.4 61.0 31.6 -24.3
F Construction 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 2.2 63.8 34.0 -31.8 7.3 60.1 32.6 -25.3
F Construction 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 2.9 59.4 37.7 -34.8 6.1 51.3 42.6 -36.5
F Construction 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 3.0 55.8 41.2 -38.3 6.9 63.4 29.7 -22.8
G Wholesale and retail trade 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 9.0 76.1 14.9 -6.0 9.3 81.0 9.7 -0.4
G Wholesale and retail trade 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 8.0 77.4 14.6 -6.7 8.8 81.6 9.6 -0.8
G Wholesale and retail trade 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 9.3 75.1 15.6 -6.3 9.2 80.7 10.1 -1.0
G Wholesale and retail trade 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 8.2 78.0 13.8 -5.5 8.9 80.9 10.2 -1.3
G Wholesale and retail trade 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 11.0 73.3 15.7 -4.8 10.7 80.6 8.7 1.9
H Transportation and storage 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 6.9 69.4 23.7 -16.7 14.2 78.1 7.7 6.4
H Transportation and storage 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 6.0 69.3 24.7 -18.7 9.6 80.0 10.4 -0.7
H Transportation and storage 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.9 75.0 17.1 -9.2 10.9 82.1 7.0 3.8
H Transportation and storage 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 6.7 66.5 26.8 -20.1 18.2 68.7 13.1 5.0
H Transportation and storage 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.0 68.6 24.4 -17.4 15.5 78.9 5.6 9.9
I Accommodation and food serving 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 11.2 67.4 21.4 -10.2 14.7 69.8 15.5 -0.9
I Accommodation and food serving 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 10.5 64.6 24.9 -14.3 12.1 68.3 19.6 -7.5
I Accommodation and food serving 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.9 70.7 21.4 -13.4 15.4 70.9 13.7 1.7
I Accommodation and food serving 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 17.4 64.2 18.4 -1.0 25.3 61.8 12.9 12.4
I Accommodation and food serving 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 17.0 77.9 5.1 11.8 13.6 85.5 0.9 12.7
J Information and communication 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.5 82.7 9.8 -2.3 9.4 86.5 4.1 5.2
J Information and communication 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 6.1 80.1 13.8 -7.7 16.9 71.5 11.6 5.3
J Information and communication 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 2.9 85.0 12.1 -9.2 7.5 87.8 4.7 2.7
J Information and communication 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 10.7 81.1 8.2 2.4 11.8 82.6 5.6 6.3
J Information and communication 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 9.3 83.1 7.6 1.7 6.6 92.9 0.5 6.1
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 0.0 74.5 25.5 -25.5 0.8 80.8 18.4 -17.6
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 0.0 65.5 34.5 -34.5 2.6 75.9 21.5 -18.9
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 0.0 74.6 25.4 -25.4 0.1 79.4 20.5 -20.3
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 0.0 80.6 19.4 -19.4 0.1 89.3 10.6 -10.5
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 0.0 78.2 21.8 -21.8 0.1 81.2 18.7 -18.7
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 6.5 81.7 11.8 -5.3 7.7 84.9 7.4 0.3
M Other specialised business services 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 6.1 82.0 11.9 -5.9 6.1 84.6 9.3 -3.2
M Other specialised business services 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 5.0 81.6 13.4 -8.4 7.9 84.5 7.6 0.3
M Other specialised business services 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 4.4 78.8 16.8 -12.3 7.2 82.2 10.6 -3.5
M Other specialised business services 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 8.9 82.8 8.3 0.6 9.4 86.6 4.0 5.4
N Renting and other business support 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 13.9 75.2 10.9 3.0 12.8 81.5 5.7 7.1
N Renting and other business support 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 10.3 72.2 17.5 -7.2 9.0 82.3 8.7 0.4
N Renting and other business support 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 12.2 75.7 12.1 0.1 11.9 82.9 5.2 6.8
N Renting and other business support 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 12.1 81.0 6.9 5.3 11.4 82.3 6.3 5.1
N Renting and other business support 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 17.2 74.5 8.3 8.9 15.7 80.2 4.1 11.5
R Culture, sports and recreation 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 8.4 77.8 13.8 -5.4 11.7 84.0 4.3 7.4
R Culture, sports and recreation 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 11.1 73.7 15.2 -4.1 11.7 81.7 6.6 5.1
R Culture, sports and recreation 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 6.8 75.5 17.7 -10.9 14.9 81.0 4.1 10.9
R Culture, sports and recreation 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.8 84.8 7.4 0.5 6.8 90.5 2.7 4.0
R Culture, sports and recreation 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 4.8 85.9 9.3 -4.6 10.7 88.9 0.4 10.2
S Other service activities 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 6.1 80.8 13.1 -7.1 10.0 79.9 10.1 -0.1
S Other service activities 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 7.3 76.3 16.4 -9.1 8.0 82.3 9.7 -1.7
S Other service activities 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 2.6 71.8 25.6 -23.0 6.7 67.2 26.1 -19.4
S Other service activities 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 2.9 94.4 2.7 0.3 18.1 72.0 9.9 8.3
S Other service activities 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 6.4 91.2 2.4 3.9 13.6 84.2 2.2 11.5
Source: CBS.
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This table provides up-to-date information about the opinions held by Dutch entrepreneurs on their achievements, expectations and judgments regarding their business. This panel survey is aimed at gaining insight into the current situation, future development and the judgments of Dutch enterprises. As a result it is possible to detect turning points in optimism or pessimism at an early stage, providing an early indication of possible trend changes in the economic activities of the Dutch enterprises. Data are broken down by main business activities (SIC 2008) and size- classes. The questions submitted to the entrepreneurs at the beginning of a quarter concern output, turnover, prices, order books, stocks, investments, competitive position, economic climate, staff size and the obstacles they have encountered. In answering the questions relating to developments in the past three months and expectations for the next three months, the entrepreneurs are asked for a comparison with the preceding period of three months.

Data available from: first quarter of 2012 - second quarter 2023.

Status of the figures: All figures are definitive.

Changes as of July 27, 2023:
This table has been discontinued. The reason for this is the expansion of the table with monthly figures and the reclassification of the table in response to stricter confidentiality rules.

When will new figures be published?
Does not apply.
This table is followed by Business survey Netherlands; to company size (active on August 15, 2023). See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Economic climate
The weighted response rates on the statements:
- "The economic climate (business situation) for our business has improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months."
- "The economic climate (business situation) in the next three months for our company is expected to improve, remain unchanged or decline? "
Economic climate last three months
Economic climate (business situation) last three months
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "The economic climate in the last three months for our
business improved, remained unchanged or declined? "
Economic climate has improved
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic
climate (business situation) for their enterprise in the last three months has improved.
Economic environment remained unchanged
Weighted respons rate of producers indicating that the economic
climate (business situation) for their enterprise in the last three months remained unchanged.
Economic climate declined
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic
climate (business situation) for their enterprise in the last three months has declined.
Balance economic climate last 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers indicating that
the economic climate (business situation) in the last three months has improved minus the weighted response rate that it has declined.
This balance represents the development of the economic climate (business situation) over the last three months compared with the previous three months.
Economic climate next three months
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "We expect the economic climate (business situation) for our company to improve, remain unchanged or decline in the next three months."
Economic climate will improve
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic
climate (business situation) for their enterprise is expected to improve in the next three months.
Economic climate will remain unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic
climate (business situation) for the company is expected to remain the same in the next three months.
Economic climate will decline
Weighted response rate of enterprises indicating that the economic
climate (business situation) for the company is expected to decline in the next three months.
Balance economic climate next 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers indicating that
the economic climate (business situation) in the next three months will improve minus the weighted response rate that it will decline.
This balance represents the expected development of the economic climate over the next three months compared with the previous three months.