Business confidence; to regions 2014-2023

Business confidence; to regions 2014-2023

Margins Periods Regions Business confidence (%)
Value 2018 4th quarter Groningen (PV) 9.7
Value 2019 1st quarter Groningen (PV) 6.3
Value 2019 2nd quarter Groningen (PV) 3.9
Value 2019 3rd quarter Groningen (PV) 5.3
Value 2019 4th quarter Groningen (PV) 4.2
Value 2018 4th quarter Fryslân (PV) 13.2
Value 2019 1st quarter Fryslân (PV) 10.6
Value 2019 2nd quarter Fryslân (PV) 11.9
Value 2019 3rd quarter Fryslân (PV) 8.2
Value 2019 4th quarter Fryslân (PV) 3.8
Value 2018 4th quarter Drenthe (PV) 8.7
Value 2019 1st quarter Drenthe (PV) 8.1
Value 2019 2nd quarter Drenthe (PV) 6.3
Value 2019 3rd quarter Drenthe (PV) 7.9
Value 2019 4th quarter Drenthe (PV) 1.2
Value 2018 4th quarter Overijssel (PV) 12.5
Value 2019 1st quarter Overijssel (PV) 14.0
Value 2019 2nd quarter Overijssel (PV) 10.0
Value 2019 3rd quarter Overijssel (PV) 9.3
Value 2019 4th quarter Overijssel (PV) 5.9
Value 2018 4th quarter Flevoland (PV) 7.4
Value 2019 1st quarter Flevoland (PV) 5.8
Value 2019 2nd quarter Flevoland (PV) 2.5
Value 2019 3rd quarter Flevoland (PV) 7.0
Value 2019 4th quarter Flevoland (PV) 4.6
Value 2018 4th quarter Gelderland (PV) 14.7
Value 2019 1st quarter Gelderland (PV) 10.1
Value 2019 2nd quarter Gelderland (PV) 11.2
Value 2019 3rd quarter Gelderland (PV) 10.1
Value 2019 4th quarter Gelderland (PV) 7.6
Value 2018 4th quarter Utrecht (PV) 14.4
Value 2019 1st quarter Utrecht (PV) 9.8
Value 2019 2nd quarter Utrecht (PV) 9.7
Value 2019 3rd quarter Utrecht (PV) 10.6
Value 2019 4th quarter Utrecht (PV) 5.7
Value 2018 4th quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 14.9
Value 2019 1st quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 6.9
Value 2019 2nd quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 10.6
Value 2019 3rd quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 12.8
Value 2019 4th quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 7.0
Value 2018 4th quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 9.4
Value 2019 1st quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 9.0
Value 2019 2nd quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 11.0
Value 2019 3rd quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 10.8
Value 2019 4th quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 6.1
Value 2018 4th quarter Zeeland (PV) 8.2
Value 2019 1st quarter Zeeland (PV) 10.2
Value 2019 2nd quarter Zeeland (PV) 9.6
Value 2019 3rd quarter Zeeland (PV) 6.3
Value 2019 4th quarter Zeeland (PV) 3.6
Value 2018 4th quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 11.1
Value 2019 1st quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 10.5
Value 2019 2nd quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 9.9
Value 2019 3rd quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 7.5
Value 2019 4th quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 5.9
Value 2018 4th quarter Limburg (PV) 10.3
Value 2019 1st quarter Limburg (PV) 6.5
Value 2019 2nd quarter Limburg (PV) 7.7
Value 2019 3rd quarter Limburg (PV) 3.8
Value 2019 4th quarter Limburg (PV) -1.8
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Groningen (PV) 6.5
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Groningen (PV) 2.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Groningen (PV) -0.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Groningen (PV) 1.8
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Groningen (PV) 0.8
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Fryslân (PV) 8.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Fryslân (PV) 5.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Fryslân (PV) 6.9
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Fryslân (PV) 2.9
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Fryslân (PV) -1.2
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Drenthe (PV) 3.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Drenthe (PV) 2.2
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Drenthe (PV) 0.6
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Drenthe (PV) 2.7
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Drenthe (PV) -4.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Overijssel (PV) 9.3
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Overijssel (PV) 10.9
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Overijssel (PV) 6.8
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Overijssel (PV) 6.3
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Overijssel (PV) 3.0
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Flevoland (PV) 1.4
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Flevoland (PV) -0.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Flevoland (PV) -3.2
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Flevoland (PV) 0.5
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Flevoland (PV) -0.9
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Gelderland (PV) 12.3
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Gelderland (PV) 7.3
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Gelderland (PV) 8.5
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Gelderland (PV) 7.5
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Gelderland (PV) 5.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Utrecht (PV) 12.0
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Utrecht (PV) 7.2
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Utrecht (PV) 7.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Utrecht (PV) 8.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Utrecht (PV) 3.2
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 12.9
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 4.7
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 8.8
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 10.9
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 5.2
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 7.4
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 7.0
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 9.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 8.9
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 4.3
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Zeeland (PV) 3.3
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Zeeland (PV) 4.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Zeeland (PV) 4.5
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Zeeland (PV) 1.4
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Zeeland (PV) -0.9
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 9.1
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 8.5
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 7.9
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 5.6
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 3.9
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Limburg (PV) 7.4
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Limburg (PV) 3.4
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Limburg (PV) 4.2
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Limburg (PV) 0.7
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Limburg (PV) -4.7
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Groningen (PV) 13.0
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Groningen (PV) 10.5
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Groningen (PV) 7.8
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Groningen (PV) 8.8
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Groningen (PV) 7.5
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Fryslân (PV) 18.2
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Fryslân (PV) 16.1
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Fryslân (PV) 16.8
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Fryslân (PV) 13.5
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Fryslân (PV) 8.7
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Drenthe (PV) 14.2
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Drenthe (PV) 13.9
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Drenthe (PV) 12.1
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Drenthe (PV) 13.0
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Drenthe (PV) 6.5
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Overijssel (PV) 15.8
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Overijssel (PV) 17.1
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Overijssel (PV) 13.1
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Overijssel (PV) 12.3
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Overijssel (PV) 8.9
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Flevoland (PV) 13.5
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Flevoland (PV) 11.8
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Flevoland (PV) 8.2
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Flevoland (PV) 13.5
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Flevoland (PV) 10.1
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Gelderland (PV) 17.2
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Gelderland (PV) 13.0
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Gelderland (PV) 13.9
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Gelderland (PV) 12.8
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Gelderland (PV) 10.1
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Utrecht (PV) 16.9
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Utrecht (PV) 12.5
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Utrecht (PV) 12.2
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Utrecht (PV) 13.2
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Utrecht (PV) 8.2
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 16.9
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 9.0
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 12.3
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 14.6
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Noord-Holland (PV) 8.8
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 11.3
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 11.0
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 13.0
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 12.8
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Zuid-Holland (PV) 7.8
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Zeeland (PV) 13.1
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Zeeland (PV) 16.4
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Zeeland (PV) 14.7
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Zeeland (PV) 11.2
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Zeeland (PV) 8.2
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 13.0
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 12.5
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 11.9
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 9.4
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Noord-Brabant (PV) 7.8
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2018 4th quarter Limburg (PV) 13.2
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 1st quarter Limburg (PV) 9.6
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 2nd quarter Limburg (PV) 11.1
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 3rd quarter Limburg (PV) 6.9
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 2019 4th quarter Limburg (PV) 1.2
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains figures on business confidence. Business confidence is a mood indicator that indicates the direction in which the economy (the gross domestic product, GDP) is expected to develop. When assessing the outcomes, 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 the GDP in the coming months will increase or decrease.
Business confidence in a province is a weighted average of the confidence indicators of the underlying industries / sectors that together form a representative reflection of the total Dutch business community.

Data available from: 1st Quarter 2014 - 2nd quarter 2023.

Changes as of July 27, 2023:
This table has been discontinued. The reason for this is the renewed method for calculating the business confidence.

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

Statistics Netherlands is currently working on adjustments to the definition of the Business Confidence indicator. The aim is to improve the comparability between industries and between regional and national figures. The adjustments will come into effect when the results for the third quarter of 2023 are published. More information will follow at www.cbs.nl.

Description topics

Business confidence
Business confidence
Sentiment indicator for private enterprises for the short-term development of the gross domestic product based on opinions and expectations of private companies.