Business confidence; sector/branches
| Sectors/Branches | Periods | Business confidence (%) |
|---|---|---|
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 2023 1st quarter | 6.4 |
| M-N Business services | 2023 1st quarter | 8.7 |
| B Mining and quarrying | 2023 1st quarter | -6.6 |
| C Manufacturing | 2023 1st quarter | 3.6 |
| 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages | 2023 1st quarter | -1.6 |
| 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts | 2023 1st quarter | 4.8 |
| 16+23 Man of wooden and buildingmaterial | 2023 1st quarter | 5.8 |
| 17-18 Manufacture of paper and printing | 2023 1st quarter | -3.1 |
| 19-22 Refineries and chemistry | 2023 1st quarter | -6.0 |
| 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products | 2023 1st quarter | 4.5 |
| 26-28 Manufact of electronics, machinery | 2023 1st quarter | 16.1 |
| 29-30 Transport equipment | 2023 1st quarter | 14.1 |
| F Construction | 2023 1st quarter | 12.6 |
| G Wholesale and retail trade | 2023 1st quarter | 6.6 |
| 45+47 Retail sale and car trade | 2023 1st quarter | 5.0 |
| 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles | 2023 1st quarter | 11.6 |
| 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2023 1st quarter | 7.4 |
| 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2023 1st quarter | 3.5 |
| H Transportation and storage | 2023 1st quarter | 3.5 |
| 49-96 Total services | 2023 1st quarter | 6.7 |
| I Accommodation and food serving | 2023 1st quarter | 3.2 |
| J Information and communication | 2023 1st quarter | 10.2 |
| L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2023 1st quarter | -5.5 |
| Source: CBS. | ||
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Business confidence is a sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector, which indicates the direction in which the Dutch economy (gross domestic product, GDP) is expected to develop. When assessing the results, it can be assumed that the more optimistic or pessimistic the entrepreneurs are, the more the value of business confidence will deviate positively or negatively from the zero line and the greater the expectation is that the development of GDP will increase or decrease in the coming months. Business confidence in the total Dutch private sector is a weighted average of the confidence indicators of the underlying sectors/industries, which together form a representative reflection of the Dutch business community from a economic vieuwpoint. In addition to the quarterly series of business confidence, confidence indicators are also available on a monthly basis for the manufacturing industry and some underlying industries. These are published in a separate table under the name Producer confidence; sentiment indicator of manufacturing industry, branches. The results for the months of January, April, July and October correspond with the indicators manufacturing industry of Business confidence in quarters 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively.
Data available from: 4th quarter 2008
Changes as of February 15, 2023:
The results for first quarter 2023 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
The results for second quarter 2023 are expected to be published mid-May 2023.
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- Business confidence
- Business confidence is a sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector, which indicates the direction in which the Dutch economy (gross domestic product, GDP) is expected to develop.