Business survey Netherlands; quarterly, to size classes 2012-2023
| Sector/Branches (SIC 2008) | Size classes | Periods | Competitive position Dutch market Competitive position improved (%) | Competitive position Dutch market Competitive position remained unchanged (%) | Competitive position Dutch market Competitive position declined (%) | Competitive position Dutch market Not applicable (%) | Competitive position Dutch market Balance competitive position (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.4 | 78.7 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 4.5 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 8.0 | 76.8 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 2.1 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 10.0 | 76.6 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 4.0 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.5 | 80.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 10.2 | 80.7 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 6.7 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 11.7 | 70.5 | 3.8 | 14.0 | 7.9 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 10.1 | 70.2 | 4.2 | 15.5 | 5.9 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 14.7 | 68.4 | 3.4 | 13.5 | 11.3 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 10.9 | 69.2 | 5.5 | 14.4 | 5.5 |
| A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 13.1 | 76.1 | 2.0 | 8.8 | 11.1 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 4.8 | 68.4 | 0.9 | 25.9 | 4.0 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 4.0 | 84.8 | 0.4 | 10.8 | 3.6 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 6.4 | 73.2 | 4.3 | 16.1 | 2.1 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 2.0 | 77.5 | 0.6 | 19.9 | 1.5 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 5.2 | 62.6 | 0.1 | 32.1 | 5.1 |
| C Manufacturing | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 6.3 | 84.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1.5 |
| C Manufacturing | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 4.2 | 84.2 | 6.3 | 5.3 | -2.1 |
| C Manufacturing | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 7.3 | 83.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.6 |
| C Manufacturing | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 6.3 | 86.9 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| C Manufacturing | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 6.7 | 84.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 2.0 |
| F Construction | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.2 | 83.1 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| F Construction | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 4.8 | 80.1 | 15.1 | 0.0 | -10.3 |
| F Construction | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 6.2 | 84.7 | 9.1 | 0.0 | -2.8 |
| F Construction | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.3 | 77.7 | 13.0 | 0.0 | -3.7 |
| F Construction | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 13.3 | 86.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.2 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 13.5 | 76.6 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 8.5 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 11.4 | 77.1 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 14.1 | 74.3 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 6.6 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 12.1 | 80.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 8.0 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 17.8 | 75.3 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 16.0 |
| H Transportation and storage | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 5.6 | 79.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | -1.9 |
| H Transportation and storage | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 3.1 | 81.5 | 6.1 | 9.3 | -3.1 |
| H Transportation and storage | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 5.8 | 78.4 | 2.7 | 13.1 | 3.1 |
| H Transportation and storage | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 5.8 | 86.7 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 3.2 |
| H Transportation and storage | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 6.3 | 77.0 | 10.7 | 6.0 | -4.5 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.8 | 70.7 | 3.8 | 15.7 | 6.0 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 6.4 | 71.1 | 4.6 | 17.9 | 1.8 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 10.9 | 70.2 | 2.3 | 16.6 | 8.6 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 22.3 | 68.1 | 1.7 | 7.9 | 20.6 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.8 | 73.6 | 6.5 | 10.1 | 3.3 |
| J Information and communication | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.4 | 79.3 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 5.6 |
| J Information and communication | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 12.9 | 68.2 | 6.0 | 12.9 | 6.9 |
| J Information and communication | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.5 | 72.0 | 10.2 | 8.3 | -0.7 |
| J Information and communication | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 15.3 | 76.8 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 14.7 |
| J Information and communication | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 6.1 | 87.8 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 0.8 | 55.5 | 2.9 | 40.8 | -2.1 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 0.2 | 67.7 | 4.8 | 27.3 | -4.5 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 0.1 | 54.1 | 7.9 | 37.9 | -7.8 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 0.1 | 54.7 | 0.5 | 44.7 | -0.3 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 1.8 | 47.5 | 0.3 | 50.4 | 1.6 |
| M Other specialised business services | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 8.6 | 79.5 | 2.3 | 9.6 | 6.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 8.8 | 78.1 | 2.5 | 10.6 | 6.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.0 | 81.6 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| M Other specialised business services | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 5.4 | 78.7 | 5.5 | 10.4 | -0.1 |
| M Other specialised business services | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.3 | 79.9 | 1.1 | 9.7 | 8.3 |
| N Renting and other business support | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 10.2 | 78.1 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 5.9 |
| N Renting and other business support | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 4.5 | 78.2 | 4.2 | 13.1 | 0.3 |
| N Renting and other business support | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.1 | 71.4 | 5.1 | 14.4 | 4.0 |
| N Renting and other business support | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 6.4 | 86.7 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| N Renting and other business support | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 14.9 | 78.1 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 10.5 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 6.9 | 74.1 | 2.4 | 16.6 | 4.5 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 5.2 | 78.1 | 3.6 | 13.1 | 1.7 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 10.4 | 64.5 | 0.5 | 24.6 | 9.9 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 2.6 | 74.6 | 0.5 | 22.3 | 2.1 |
| R Culture, sports and recreation | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 8.9 | 78.6 | 3.8 | 8.7 | 5.2 |
| S Other service activities | 5 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 12.6 | 61.0 | 5.6 | 20.8 | 7.0 |
| S Other service activities | 5 to 19 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 9.7 | 69.8 | 6.0 | 14.5 | 3.7 |
| S Other service activities | 20 to 49 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 24.7 | 35.3 | 16.0 | 24.0 | 8.7 |
| S Other service activities | 50 to 99 employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 12.3 | 66.4 | 1.3 | 20.0 | 11.0 |
| S Other service activities | 100 or more employed persons | 2023 2nd quarter | 12.6 | 53.0 | 0.5 | 33.9 | 12.1 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||
Dataset is not available.
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
- Competitive position
- Figures available from March 1994.
The weighted response rates to the quarterly questions:
- 'Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?'
- 'Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market within the EU improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?'
- 'Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market outside the EU improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?'- Dutch market
- The weighted response rates to the quarterly question:
- 'Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?'- Competitive position improved
- Weighted response rate of producers who reports that the
the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market has improved.
- Competitive position remained unchanged
- Weighted response rate of producers who reports that the
the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market
remained unchanged.
- Competitive position declined
- Weighted response rate of producers who reports that the
the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market has declined.
- Not applicable
- The weighted response rate of producers who consider that
the competitive position on the domestic market is not relevant for their enterprise plus the weighted response rate of producers who were not asked the question.
- Balance competitive position
- The weighted response rate of producers reporting that their
competitive position on the domestic market has improved in a
particular quarter minus the rate reporting that their position has
declined. This balance reflects the development of the domestic
competitive position in a particular quarter compared with the previous quarter.