Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

Sector/branches (SBI 2008) Margin Seasonal adjustment Periods Expectations investments Expectations investments current year Investments will increase (%) Expectations investments Expectations investments current year Investments will remain unchanged (%) Expectations investments Expectations investments current year Investments will decrease (%) Expectations investments Expectations investments current year Balance investments current year (%) Expectations investments Expectations investments next year Investments will increase (%) Expectations investments Expectations investments next year Investments will remain unchanged (%) Expectations investments Expectations investments next year Investments will decrease (%) Expectations investments Expectations investments next year Balance investments next year (%)
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 20.0 66.1 13.9 6.1 . . . .
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 16.8 67.3 15.9 0.9 . . . .
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 19.7 65.3 15.0 4.7 18.6 67.0 14.4 4.3
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 16.8 66.9 16.3 0.6 . . . .
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 18.8 64.7 12.9 4.3 . . . .
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 15.6 65.9 14.7 -0.9 . . . .
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 18.5 63.9 13.8 2.9 17.4 65.6 13.2 2.5
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 15.4 65.3 15.1 -1.4 . . . .
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 21.2 67.5 14.9 7.9 . . . .
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 18.0 68.7 17.1 2.7 . . . .
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 20.9 66.7 16.2 6.5 19.8 68.4 15.6 6.1
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 18.2 68.5 17.5 2.6 . . . .
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 16.6 55.9 27.5 -11.0 . . . .
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 16.5 57.0 26.5 -10.0 . . . .
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 19.4 53.0 27.6 -8.1 14.4 57.1 28.5 -14.1
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 13.7 57.6 28.7 -15.0 . . . .
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 11.7 49.0 21.4 -19.6 . . . .
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 11.8 50.3 20.6 -18.2 . . . .
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 14.3 46.5 21.7 -16.9 9.5 50.8 22.6 -22.9
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 9.4 51.3 22.8 -23.0 . . . .
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 21.5 62.8 33.6 -2.4 . . . .
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 21.2 63.7 32.4 -1.8 . . . .
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 24.5 59.5 33.5 0.7 19.3 63.4 34.4 -5.3
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 18.0 63.9 34.6 -7.0 . . . .
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 15.0 57.3 27.7 -12.8 . . . .
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 26.9 60.9 12.2 14.8 . . . .
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 32.0 34.1 33.9 -1.9 59.4 32.8 7.8 51.6
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 34.5 34.9 30.6 3.8 . . . .
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 5.0 45.3 20.6 -25.1 . . . .
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 16.9 51.7 7.1 1.9 . . . .
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 22.2 24.1 24.1 -18.8 47.2 21.0 4.5 38.3
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 19.2 20.0 24.9 -13.6 . . . .
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 25.0 69.3 34.8 -0.5 . . . .
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 36.9 70.1 17.3 27.7 . . . .
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 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

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?"
Expectations investments current year
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "The investments in the current year will increase, remain unchanged or decrease, compared with the previous year?"
Investments will increase
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the investments will increase in the current year, compared with last years investments.
Investments will remain unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the investments in the current year will remain the same, compared with last years investments.
Investments will decrease
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the investments in the current year will decrease, compared with last years investments.
Balance 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 last years investments. This balance provides insight into the development of investments in the current year.
Expectations investments next year
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "The investments next year will increase, remain unchanged or decrease, compared with the current year?"
Investments will increase
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the investments in the next year will increase, compared with the current year.
Investments will remain unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the investments in the next year will remain the same, compared with the current year.
Investments will decrease
Weighted response rate of producers who expect the investments in the next year will decrease, compared with the current year.
Balance investments next 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 next year, compared with the current year. This balance provides insight into the development of investments in the next year.