Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

Sector/branches (SBI 2008) Margin Seasonal adjustment Periods Production and capacity utilisation Capacity utilisation (%) Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Production capacity is (too) large (%) Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Production capacity is normal (%) Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Production capacity is (too) small (%) Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Not applicable (%) Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Balance assessed capacity (%)
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 85.7 10.3 46.1 19.8 23.8 -9.5
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 81.8 4.9 52.9 14.9 27.3 -10.0
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 87.6 12.4 68.2 3.9 15.5 8.5
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 77.4 8.9 69.3 9.7 12.1 -0.8
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 82.2 0.1 34.9 16.1 12.4 -20.9
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 77.7 0.8 42.5 8.6 20.0 -17.4
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 85.4 4.6 55.9 0.4 7.3 -0.1
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 71.9 5.2 56.6 5.6 1.7 -6.1
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 89.2 20.5 57.3 23.5 35.2 1.9
B Mining and quarrying Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . .
B Mining and quarrying Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 85.9 9.0 63.3 21.2 34.6 -2.6
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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This table provides up-to-date information, including uncertainty margins, 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 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 Dutch enterprises. Data are broken down by main business activity (SITC 2008). 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: January 2012

Status of the figures: All figures are definitive.

Changes as of March 28th 2024:
Figures of March 2024 have been added.

An improvement has been made to the calculation of the margins. This may result in a small change in the upper and lower limit of the margin. The values are unchanged.

From now on figures will be labeled as seasonally adjusted or original, even if the table only contains one of these data types.

Data from October 2023 for sector F Construction has been corrected, which has led to small changes in all aggregations that include this sector for that period.

Changes as of March 7th 2024:
Due to a technical issue most figures of February 2024 were divided by 100. This now has been corrected.

When will new figures be published?
Figures of April are expected to be published the 16th of May 2024.

Description topics

Production and capacity utilisation
The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The level of production/activity in the last three months has increased, remained unchanged or decreased?"
- "The level of production/activity in the next three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease?"
- "The occupation/use of our available production capacity is currently around ...%"
- "We assess the current production capacity, given the expected market development as (too) large, normal or (too) small?"
Capacity utilisation
The weighted response rate to the question:
- "The occupation/use of our available production capacity is currently around ...%"
Assessment of production capacity
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "We assess the current production capacity, given the expected market development as (too) large, normal or (too) small?"
Production capacity is (too) large
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the current production capacity is (too) large, given the expected market development.
Production capacity is normal
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the current production capacity as normal, given the expected market development.
Production capacity is (too) small
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the current production capacity is (too) small, given the expected market development.
Not applicable
The weighted response rate of producers who consider production capacity not to be relevant for their enterprise plus the weighted response rate of producers who were not asked the question.
Balance assessed capacity
The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the production capacity is (too) large minus the rate of producers that consider this capacity is (too) small. This balance represents, compared to the previous balances, the current assessment of shortage or surplus of available capacity.