Business Survey Netherlands; key figures 2016-2023

Business Survey Netherlands; key figures 2016-2023

Margins Sector/Branches Periods Expectations investments Investments current year (%)
Value L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023 2nd quarter 21.2
Value 68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023 2nd quarter 21.2
Value N Renting and other business support 2023 2nd quarter 0.8
Value 77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2023 2nd quarter 0.6
Lower bound 95% confidence interval L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023 2nd quarter 11.0
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023 2nd quarter 11.0
Lower bound 95% confidence interval N Renting and other business support 2023 2nd quarter -3.0
Lower bound 95% confidence interval 77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2023 2nd quarter -7.5
Upper bound 95% confidence interval L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023 2nd quarter 31.4
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023 2nd quarter 31.4
Upper bound 95% confidence interval N Renting and other business support 2023 2nd quarter 4.6
Upper bound 95% confidence interval 77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2023 2nd quarter 8.7
Source: CBS.
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This table contains information (including uncertainty margins) about the opinion of Dutch entrepreneurs about developments, expectations and judgments regarding their business.
By means of a panel study insight is gained into the current situation, the future development and the judgments of the Dutch business community. As a result, it is possible to signal changes in optimism or pessimism at an early stage and thus to obtain an early indication of a possible trend change in the economic activities of the Dutch business community. The data can be broken down into business activities according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2008). The questions submitted to the entrepreneurs relate among other things to production, turnover, prices, staff size, economic climate and profitability. In answering questions relating to developments in the past three months and to expectations for the next three months, entrepreneurs are asked to make a comparison with the preceding three-month period.


Status of the figures: All data are definite.

Data available from: 1st quarter 2016 - 2nd quarter 2023.

Changes as of July 27, 2023:
This table has been discontinued. The reason for this is the introduction of confidence margins in all related tables, making this table redundant.

When will new figures be published?
Does not apply.

Description topics

Expectations investments
The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The investments in the current year will increase, remain the same, decrease compared with the previous year."
- "The investments next year will increase, remain unchanged or decrease, compared with the current year?"
Investments current year
The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase in investments minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease in investments in the current year, compared with the previous year.
This balance provides insight into the development of investments in the current year.