Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

Sector/branches (SBI 2008) Margin Seasonal adjustment Periods Competitive position Dutch market Competitive position improved (%) Competitive position Dutch market Competitive position remained unchanged (%) Competitive position Dutch market Competitive position declined (%) Competitive position Dutch market Not applicable (%) Competitive position Dutch market Balance competitive position (%)
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 9.9 76.9 3.3 9.9 6.6
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 10.7 67.0 9.9 12.4 0.7
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 11.0 63.9 13.5 11.6 -2.4
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 Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 April 8.2 76.0 7.0 8.8 1.1
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 5.8 71.2 0.8 6.0 1.7
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 7.2 61.1 6.0 8.3 -4.8
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 6.9 57.8 9.0 7.5 -9.1
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 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April 4.7 70.3 3.5 4.9 -4.2
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 14.0 82.6 5.8 13.8 11.5
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 14.2 72.9 13.8 16.5 6.2
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 15.1 70.0 18.0 15.7 4.3
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 . . . . .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April 11.7 81.7 10.5 12.7 6.4
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 2.2 70.9 3.2 23.7 -0.9
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 5.6 73.3 2.5 18.6 3.1
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 4.7 71.3 1.7 22.3 3.0
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 April 3.3 71.0 5.1 20.6 -1.8
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 1.0 63.6 0.7 16.8 -3.6
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 1.9 66.0 0.0 12.5 -1.8
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 1.8 64.2 0.3 15.6 -0.3
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April 0.6 64.1 1.8 14.7 -6.3
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 3.4 78.2 5.7 30.6 1.8
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 9.3 80.6 5.4 24.7 8.0
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 7.6 78.4 3.1 29.0 6.3
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . .
R Culture, sports and recreation Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April 6.0 77.9 8.4 26.5 2.7
Source: CBS.
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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 May 16th 2024:
Figures of April 2024 have been added.

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 May are expected to be published the 30th of May 2024.

Description topics

Competitive position
The weighted response rates to the quarterly questions:
- "Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?"
- "Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market within the EU improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?"
- "Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market outside the EU improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?"
Dutch market
The weighted response rates to the quarterly question:
- "Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?"
Competitive position improved
Weighted response rate of producers who reported that the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market has improved.
Competitive position remained unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers who reported that the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market remained unchanged.
Competitive position declined
Weighted response rate of producers who reported that the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market has declined.
Not applicable
The weighted response rate of producers who consider that the competitive position on the domestic market is not relevant for their enterprise plus the weighted response rate of producers who were not asked the question.
Balance competitive position
The weighted response rate of producers reporting that their competitive position on the domestic market has improved in a particular quarter minus the rate reporting that their position has declined. This balance reflects the development of the domestic competitive position in a particular quarter compared with the previous quarter.