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

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Sector/Branches (SIC 2008) Size classes Orders (intake and placed) Order position in month of work in hand (number of months) Workforce Workforce last three months Workforce has increased (%) Workforce Workforce last three months Workforce remained unchanged (%) Workforce Workforce last three months Workforce has decreased (%) Workforce Workforce last three months Balance workforce last three months (%) Workforce Workforce next three months Workforce will increase (%) Workforce Workforce next three months Workforce will remain unchanged (%) Workforce Workforce next three months Workforce will decrease (%) Workforce Workforce next three months Balance workforce next three months (%) Workforce Workforce next year Workforce will increase (%) Workforce Workforce next year Workforce will remain unchanged (%) Workforce Workforce next year Workforce will decrease (%) Workforce Workforce next year Balance workforce next year (%)
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons 7.3 18.6 69.1 12.3 6.2 24.1 69.1 6.8 17.3 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons 4.8 13.8 72.8 13.4 0.4 19.8 72.6 7.6 12.3 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons 5.4 16.7 71.9 11.4 5.4 23.2 71.2 5.6 17.6 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons 6.3 19.2 69.5 11.3 7.9 25.8 68.0 6.2 19.5 . . . .
100 or more employed persons 9.6 23.3 64.1 12.6 10.8 27.3 65.3 7.4 19.9 . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5 or more employed persons . 15.5 67.8 16.7 -1.3 23.6 66.8 9.6 13.9 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons . 13.4 69.4 17.2 -3.7 21.3 69.5 9.2 12.1 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons . 15.7 67.5 16.8 -1.2 26.5 64.6 8.9 17.5 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons . 14.5 66.1 19.4 -5.0 23.8 64.7 11.5 12.2 . . . .
100 or more employed persons . 23.3 63.3 13.4 9.9 27.1 62.0 10.9 16.2 . . . .
B Mining and quarrying 5 or more employed persons 9.4 19.4 58.4 22.2 -2.8 19.5 61.6 18.9 0.6 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons 2.4 13.0 78.8 8.2 4.7 14.1 79.5 6.4 7.6 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons 3.6 13.7 67.7 18.6 -4.9 17.1 68.5 14.4 2.8 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons 3.2 18.8 63.8 17.4 1.5 22.8 67.9 9.3 13.4 . . . .
100 or more employed persons 13.4 22.0 51.6 26.4 -4.4 20.1 55.6 24.3 -4.1 . . . .
C Manufacturing 5 or more employed persons 4.9 19.4 69.2 11.4 8.0 20.5 71.5 8.0 12.5 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons 2.6 14.0 72.8 13.2 0.9 15.2 76.1 8.7 6.6 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons 3.2 17.5 71.0 11.5 6.0 19.8 73.8 6.4 13.3 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons 4.0 15.9 72.6 11.5 4.4 19.6 73.7 6.7 12.8 . . . .
100 or more employed persons 6.6 23.0 66.3 10.7 12.2 22.8 68.3 8.9 13.9 . . . .
F Construction 5 or more employed persons 10.0 16.8 74.0 9.2 7.6 21.6 71.0 7.4 14.2 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons 6.7 8.9 81.0 10.1 -1.1 10.3 85.1 4.6 5.6 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons 7.4 13.9 75.0 11.1 2.7 16.1 77.2 6.7 9.4 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons 8.6 10.1 81.2 8.7 1.4 18.6 73.1 8.3 10.3 . . . .
100 or more employed persons 14.0 26.4 65.8 7.8 18.7 32.7 58.4 8.9 23.8 . . . .
G Wholesale and retail trade 5 or more employed persons . 13.9 74.1 12.0 2.0 19.0 74.0 7.0 12.1 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons . 10.0 77.4 12.6 -2.6 16.3 76.0 7.7 8.7 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons . 14.2 74.4 11.4 2.8 18.7 75.0 6.3 12.5 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons . 16.0 72.8 11.2 4.7 20.6 74.4 5.0 15.5 . . . .
100 or more employed persons . 18.9 68.7 12.4 6.5 22.9 68.6 8.5 14.5 . . . .
H Transportation and storage 5 or more employed persons . 11.5 74.2 14.3 -2.9 20.0 73.1 6.9 13.1 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons . 9.4 78.1 12.5 -3.1 10.3 80.3 9.4 0.8 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons . 13.7 78.6 7.7 6.1 18.2 73.0 8.8 9.4 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons . 20.9 63.6 15.5 5.4 32.3 58.9 8.8 23.6 . . . .
100 or more employed persons . 8.7 74.7 16.6 -7.9 20.0 75.0 5.0 15.0 . . . .
I Accommodation and food serving 5 or more employed persons . 25.3 61.2 13.5 11.7 40.8 53.7 5.5 35.3 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons . 20.8 62.8 16.4 4.4 32.5 58.3 9.2 23.2 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons . 27.1 64.1 8.8 18.3 39.4 58.6 2.0 37.4 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons . 36.2 55.5 8.3 28.0 61.9 37.2 0.9 61.0 . . . .
100 or more employed persons . 31.4 50.1 18.5 12.9 66.4 33.2 0.4 66.0 . . . .
J Information and communication 5 or more employed persons . 25.8 58.2 16.0 9.8 25.8 66.0 8.2 17.6 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons . 18.6 60.6 20.8 -2.2 26.9 58.8 14.3 12.5 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons . 16.5 70.6 12.9 3.6 24.8 72.5 2.7 22.1 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons . 39.3 45.5 15.2 24.1 40.3 50.0 9.7 30.5 . . . .
100 or more employed persons . 28.9 55.3 15.8 13.0 21.4 70.7 7.9 13.5 . . . .
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 5 or more employed persons . 13.8 72.2 14.0 -0.3 17.5 79.3 3.2 14.3 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons . 11.5 64.2 24.3 -12.8 9.3 82.7 8.0 1.4 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons . 9.8 73.0 17.2 -7.5 17.8 77.9 4.3 13.6 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons . 9.9 87.8 2.3 7.5 29.5 70.0 0.5 28.9 . . . .
100 or more employed persons . 19.2 70.5 10.3 8.9 17.8 81.9 0.3 17.5 . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons . 27.1 60.5 12.4 14.7 33.2 62.1 4.7 28.5 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons . 20.2 67.1 12.7 7.5 27.3 67.2 5.5 21.8 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons . 22.6 63.2 14.2 8.3 34.6 61.2 4.2 30.3 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons . 30.0 56.7 13.3 16.7 30.4 65.2 4.4 26.0 . . . .
100 or more employed persons . 35.9 53.7 10.4 25.5 39.4 56.3 4.3 35.0 . . . .
N Renting and other business support 5 or more employed persons . 22.0 64.4 13.6 8.5 30.1 64.5 5.4 24.8 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons . 15.2 72.2 12.6 2.5 24.5 70.1 5.4 19.2 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons . 18.4 72.3 9.3 9.1 29.1 68.3 2.6 26.5 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons . 21.1 69.6 9.3 11.8 31.4 65.5 3.1 28.3 . . . .
100 or more employed persons . 27.7 54.9 17.4 10.2 33.1 59.6 7.3 25.8 . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation 5 or more employed persons . 20.0 69.8 10.2 9.8 31.7 62.0 6.3 25.3 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons . 17.5 73.5 9.0 8.5 29.2 64.1 6.7 22.5 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons . 15.2 71.8 13.0 2.1 33.4 60.1 6.5 26.8 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons . 28.6 60.9 10.5 18.1 20.6 68.1 11.3 9.2 . . . .
100 or more employed persons . 26.4 64.9 8.7 17.7 43.8 55.0 1.2 42.6 . . . .
S Other service activities 5 or more employed persons . 13.7 77.0 9.3 4.4 22.9 74.8 2.3 20.7 . . . .
5 to 19 employed persons . 11.8 77.9 10.3 1.5 12.4 86.5 1.1 11.3 . . . .
20 to 49 employed persons . 8.4 90.4 1.2 7.2 35.4 58.3 6.3 29.1 . . . .
50 to 99 employed persons . 12.7 73.9 13.4 -0.8 34.9 62.2 2.9 32.1 . . . .
100 or more employed persons . 21.4 68.5 10.1 11.4 35.8 61.7 2.5 33.3 . . . .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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

Orders (intake and placed)
The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The value of the total orders received in the last three months
increased, remained unchanged or decreased? '.
- "The value of the intake of orders in the next three months
will increase, remaine unchanged or decrease? '.
- "The value of the intake of export orders in the next three
months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease? '.
- "The value of the orders we expect to place with suppliers in the next three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease? "
- "The total order book shows - during normal working hours - .. months of work? "
- "The total order position, we assess, given the time of year
as (too) large, normal or (too) small? "
- "The foreign order books, we assess, given the time of the years,
as (too) large, normal or (too) small? "
Order position in month of work in hand
Weighted number of month of work in hand as a result of the monthly question:
- 'The total order position assures or business - by normal working hours - .. months of work?'
Workforce
The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The staff in the last three months has
increased, remained unchanged or decreased? "
- "The staff will in the next three months
increase, remain unchanged or decrease?
- "The staff will in the next year
increase, remain unchanged or decrease?
Workforce last three months
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "The staff in the last three months has
increased, remained unchanged or decreased?
Workforce has increased
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the
staff for their business in the last three months has increased.
Workforce remained unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the
staff for their business in the last three months has remained the
same.
Workforce has decreased
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the
staff for their business in the last three months has decreased.
Balance workforce last three months
The weighted response rate of producers with an increase in
staff strength minus the weighted response rate of producers with
a decrease in staff strength. This balance provides insight into the
development of staff strength in the last three months.
Workforce next three months
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "The staff will in the next three months
increase, remain unchanged or decrease?
Workforce will increase
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the
staff for the company over the next three months will
increase.
Workforce will remain unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the
staff for the company over the next three months will
remain unchanged.
Workforce will decrease
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the
staff for the company over the next three months will
decrease.
Balance workforce next three months
The weighted response rate of producers with an expected
increase in staff strength minus the weighted response rate of producers
with an expected decrease in staff strength in the next three months.
This balance provides insight into the development of staff strength in
the next three months.
Workforce next year
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "The staff will in the next year
increase, remain unchanged or decrease?
Workforce will increase
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the staff for the company will increase in the next year.
Workforce will remain unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the staff for their business in the next year will remain the same.
Workforce will decrease
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the staff for the company will decrease in the next year.
Balance workforce next year
The weighted response rate of producers with an expected
increase in staff strength minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease in staff strength in the next year.
This balance provides insight into the development of staff strength in the next year.