Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

Sector/branches (SBI 2008) Margin Seasonal adjustment Periods Turnover and selling prices Turnover next three months Balance turnover next three months (%) Orders (intake and placed) Orders placed next three months Balance purchase orders (%) Workforce Workforce next three months Balance workforce next three months (%)
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 21.6 9.9 17.5
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . 6.5 12.4
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . 1.6 8.1
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July -3.2 -2.1 8.9
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . 0.7 7.6
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . 4.5 6.0
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 14.9 2.8 5.9
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . 1.4 4.9
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . -4.9 3.2
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January -6.1 -3.0 7.5
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . 5.2 9.3
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . 8.1 11.4
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 19.6 8.5 15.7
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . 4.9 10.8
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . 0.0 6.5
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July -5.0 -3.5 7.3
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . -0.9 6.0
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . 2.9 4.4
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 12.9 1.0 4.1
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . -0.2 3.3
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . -6.7 1.6
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January -8.3 -4.8 5.9
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . 3.6 7.7
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . 6.5 9.8
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 23.6 11.3 19.3
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . 8.1 14.0
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . 3.2 9.7
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July -1.4 -0.7 10.5
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . 2.3 9.2
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . 6.1 7.6
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 16.9 4.6 7.7
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . 3.0 6.5
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . -3.1 4.8
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January -3.9 -1.2 9.1
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . 6.8 10.9
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . 9.7 13.0
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 12.8 -2.1 1.2
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 12.0 3.7 4.8
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 10.9 5.4 5.8
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 4.6 0.8 10.2
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 6.3 5.1 8.5
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 15.3 11.4 5.8
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October -5.9 2.6 11.5
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November -2.2 0.0 6.5
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 3.2 2.3 5.7
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January -3.9 -1.6 -4.0
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 8.4 1.8 -1.7
52 Warehousing, services for transport Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 16.1 10.3 -2.4
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 4.8 -9.2 -7.2
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 3.6 -2.4 -2.3
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 1.3 -3.4 -2.0
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July -2.1 -5.7 2.0
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August -1.3 -2.5 1.1
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 8.6 5.3 -2.2
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October -13.2 -4.3 3.9
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November -10.6 -8.0 -1.5
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December -6.2 -5.1 -2.9
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January -15.7 -9.0 -14.6
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February -1.8 -6.8 -9.5
52 Warehousing, services for transport Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 6.1 1.5 -11.4
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 20.8 5.0 9.6
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 20.4 9.8 11.9
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 20.5 14.2 13.6
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 11.3 7.3 18.4
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 13.9 12.7 15.9
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 22.0 17.5 13.8
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 1.4 9.5 19.1
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 6.2 8.0 14.5
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 12.6 9.7 14.3
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 7.9 5.8 6.6
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 18.6 10.4 6.1
52 Warehousing, services for transport Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 26.1 19.1 6.6
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 28.2 8.8 24.8
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 19.7 1.3 27.9
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 2.9 -1.2 8.9
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 1.9 -0.7 21.2
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 9.0 3.9 18.1
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 27.0 8.2 16.6
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 19.5 7.6 21.3
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 25.0 10.3 19.4
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 23.7 14.1 13.4
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 21.9 3.8 16.7
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 29.3 15.7 19.5
62-63 IT- and information services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 23.9 13.7 21.6
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 18.0 2.7 15.6
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 11.5 -4.8 18.3
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June -6.1 -8.3 -1.7
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July -7.3 -6.8 11.8
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August -1.0 -4.3 8.5
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 18.0 0.2 7.6
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 9.7 0.5 12.3
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 14.8 3.4 10.4
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 15.3 7.6 3.6
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 10.3 -5.0 7.3
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 18.7 7.1 10.1
62-63 IT- and information services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 13.7 5.7 11.8
62-63 IT- and information services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 38.4 14.9 34.0
62-63 IT- and information services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 27.9 7.4 37.5
62-63 IT- and information services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 11.9 5.9 19.5
62-63 IT- and information services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 11.1 5.4 30.6
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

Turnover and selling prices
The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "Our turnover/marketing in the last three months increased remained unchanged or decreased?"
- "Our turnover/marketing in the next three months will grow, remain unchanged or decrease?"

Weighted response rates to the questions:
- "Our total turnover will increase in the next year, remain unchanged or decrease?"
- "Our foreign turnover/marketing in the last three months increased remained unchanged or decreased?"
- "Our foreign turnover will increase over the next three months, remain unchanged or decrease?"
- "Our foreign turnover will increase in the next year, remain unchanged or decrease?"
- "Our selling prices/rates over the next three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease?"
Turnover next three months
Weighted response rates to the question:
- "Our total turnover over the next three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease?"
Balance turnover next three months
The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase in turnover minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease in turnover. This balance shows the expected development of turnover in the next three months.
Orders (intake and placed)
The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The value of the total orders received in the last three months increased, remained unchanged or decreased?"
- "The value of the intake of orders in the next three months will increase, remaine unchanged or decrease?"
- "The value of the intake of export orders in the next three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease?"
- "The value of the orders we expect to place with suppliers in the next three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease?"
- "The total order book shows - during normal working hours - ... months of work?"
- "The total order position, we assess, given the time of year as (too) large, normal or (too) small?"
- "The foreign order books, we assess, given the time of the years, as (too) large, normal or (too) small?"
Orders placed next three months
Weighted response rates to the question:
- "The value of the orders we expect to place with suppliers in the next three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease?"
Balance purchase orders
The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase of purchase orders minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease. This balance provides insight into the expected evolution of purchase orders in the next three months.
Workforce
The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The workforce in the last three months has increased, remained unchanged or decreased?"
- "The workforce will in the next three months increase, remain unchanged or decrease?"
- "The workforce will in the next year increase, remain unchanged or decrease?"
Workforce next three months
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "The workforce will in the next three months increase, remain unchanged or decrease?"
Balance workforce next three months
The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase in workforce minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease in workforce in the next three months. This balance provides insight into the development of the workforce in the next three months.