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 Production and capacity utilisation Capacity utilisation (%) Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Production capacity is (too) large (%) Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Production capacity is normal (%) Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Production capacity is (too) small (%) Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Not applicable (%) Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Balance assessed capacity (%)
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 81.7 7.8 76.0 10.5 5.7 -2.7
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 81.2 7.4 71.3 9.2 12.1 -1.8
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 82.3 8.9 72.4 12.4 6.3 -3.5
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 81.1 10.2 75.9 10.4 3.5 -0.3
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 81.8 6.8 78.8 10.2 4.2 -3.4
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 85.7 10.3 46.1 19.8 23.8 -9.5
B Mining and quarrying 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 83.0 5.6 75.8 5.3 13.3 0.2
B Mining and quarrying 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 74.9 4.6 60.9 16.8 17.7 -12.3
B Mining and quarrying 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 74.8 3.0 70.7 21.1 5.2 -18.1
B Mining and quarrying 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 91.7 14.2 31.9 22.4 31.5 -8.2
C Manufacturing 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 82.5 8.5 74.8 12.4 4.3 -3.9
C Manufacturing 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 82.5 7.8 73.2 9.2 9.8 -1.4
C Manufacturing 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 82.7 8.3 74.0 14.0 3.7 -5.6
C Manufacturing 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 80.5 11.4 75.8 10.4 2.4 1.0
C Manufacturing 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 83.2 7.7 75.2 13.5 3.6 -5.8
F Construction 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
F Construction 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
F Construction 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
F Construction 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
F Construction 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
G Wholesale and retail trade 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
G Wholesale and retail trade 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
G Wholesale and retail trade 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
G Wholesale and retail trade 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
G Wholesale and retail trade 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
H Transportation and storage 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 80.5 7.0 78.0 7.4 7.6 -0.4
H Transportation and storage 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 79.4 7.1 67.4 9.8 15.7 -2.7
H Transportation and storage 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 81.9 10.5 69.1 9.1 11.3 1.3
H Transportation and storage 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 82.4 8.1 76.6 11.0 4.3 -2.8
H Transportation and storage 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter 80.0 5.6 84.4 5.1 4.9 0.4
I Accommodation and food serving 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
I Accommodation and food serving 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
I Accommodation and food serving 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
I Accommodation and food serving 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
I Accommodation and food serving 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
J Information and communication 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
J Information and communication 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
J Information and communication 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
J Information and communication 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
J Information and communication 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
N Renting and other business support 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
N Renting and other business support 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
N Renting and other business support 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
N Renting and other business support 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
N Renting and other business support 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
S Other service activities 5 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
S Other service activities 5 to 19 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
S Other service activities 20 to 49 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
S Other service activities 50 to 99 employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
S Other service activities 100 or more employed persons 2023 2nd quarter . . . . . .
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

Production and capacity utilisation
The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The level of production / activity in the last three months
has increased, remained unchanged or decreased? "
- "The level of production / activity in the next three months
will increase, remain unchanged or decrease? "
- "The occupation / use of our available production capacity
is currently around ...% "
- "We assess the current production capacity, given the expected
market development as (too) large, normal or (too) small? "
Capacity utilisation
The weighted response rate to the question:
- "The occupation / use of our available production capacity
is currently around ...% "
Assessment of production capacity
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "We assess the current production capacity, given the expected
market development as (too) large, normal or (too) small? "
Production capacity is (too) large
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the current
production capacity is (too) large, given the expected market development.
Production capacity is normal
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the current
production capacity as normal, given the expected market development.
Production capacity is (too) small
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the current
production capacity is (too) small, given the expected market development.
Not applicable
The weighted response rate of producers who consider
production capacity not to be relevant for their enterprise plus the
weighted response rate of producers who were not asked the question.
Balance assessed capacity
The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the
production capacity is (too) large minus the rate of producers
that consider this capacity is (too) small. This balance represents,
compared to the previous balances, the current assessment of shortage or surplus of available capacity.