Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

Sector/branches (SBI 2008) Margin Seasonal adjustment Periods Business climate Business climate last three months Business climate has improved (%) Business climate Business climate last three months Business environment remained unchanged (%) Business climate Business climate last three months Business climate declined (%) Business climate Business climate last three months Balance business climate last 3 months (%) Business climate Business climate next three months Economic climate will improve (%) Business climate Business climate next three months Economic climate will remain unchanged (%) Business climate Business climate next three months Economic climate will decline (%) Business climate Business climate next three months Balance economic climate next 3 months (%) Business climate Uncertainty business climate Easy to predict (%) Business climate Uncertainty business climate Moderately easy to predict (%) Business climate Uncertainty business climate Moderately difficult to predict (%) Business climate Uncertainty business climate Diffucult to predict (%)
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 9.8 78.8 11.4 -1.6 10.0 83.4 6.6 3.4 4.5 45.2 38.0 12.3
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 9.7 77.5 12.8 -3.1 6.9 84.2 8.9 -2.0 4.7 46.0 36.2 13.1
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 7.2 81.1 11.7 -4.5 6.5 83.5 10.0 -3.6 5.4 45.7 36.0 12.9
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 6.7 83.9 9.4 -2.8 5.3 87.8 6.9 -1.6 5.1 46.7 35.5 12.7
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 6.4 84.0 9.6 -3.2 4.4 89.6 6.0 -1.6 5.9 46.1 35.1 12.9
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 6.5 85.1 8.4 -1.9 5.0 88.2 6.8 -1.8 6.1 44.5 35.6 13.8
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 7.1 81.8 11.1 -4.0 7.7 82.8 9.5 -1.7 5.3 46.8 36.0 11.9
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 7.3 83.8 8.9 -1.6 8.0 84.0 8.0 0.0 4.8 46.8 36.4 12.0
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 6.0 85.9 8.1 -2.1 5.6 85.2 9.2 -3.5 4.5 48.5 35.8 11.2
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 8.7 81.1 10.2 -1.5 10.5 83.0 6.5 4.0 5.0 47.6 36.4 11.0
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 6.8 84.8 8.4 -1.6 8.1 87.3 4.6 3.5 5.7 48.0 37.5 8.8
M-N Business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 7.4 81.5 11.1 -3.7 10.5 84.7 4.8 5.6 5.9 47.9 36.0 10.2
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 8.2 76.4 9.4 -4.3 8.4 81.2 5.0 1.0 3.3 42.3 35.1 10.5
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 8.1 75.1 10.8 -5.8 5.5 82.0 7.1 -4.4 3.5 43.3 33.5 11.1
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 5.8 78.7 9.7 -7.0 5.1 81.3 8.2 -6.0 4.2 43.0 33.3 11.1
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 5.5 81.9 7.6 -5.0 4.1 86.0 5.3 -3.6 3.9 44.0 32.8 10.9
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 5.0 81.8 7.8 -5.6 3.2 87.8 4.6 -3.6 4.5 43.2 32.4 10.9
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 5.1 82.9 6.6 -4.1 3.6 86.2 5.2 -4.0 4.7 41.8 32.9 11.8
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 5.7 79.6 9.1 -6.5 6.1 80.6 7.7 -4.1 4.1 43.9 33.1 9.9
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 5.7 81.6 7.1 -4.0 6.4 81.8 6.4 -2.4 3.4 44.1 33.7 10.0
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 4.4 83.7 6.5 -4.5 4.2 83.0 7.4 -5.9 3.3 45.6 33.1 9.2
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 7.1 78.7 8.2 -4.2 7.2 79.5 4.9 0.3 3.6 44.1 32.9 9.0
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 5.4 82.8 6.8 -3.8 6.5 85.3 3.2 1.3 4.3 44.7 34.2 7.4
M-N Business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 5.8 79.1 9.3 -6.2 8.7 82.5 3.6 3.2 4.5 44.6 32.7 8.4
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 11.4 81.2 13.4 1.1 11.6 85.6 8.2 5.8 5.7 48.1 40.9 14.1
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 11.3 79.9 14.8 -0.4 8.3 86.4 10.7 0.4 5.9 48.7 38.9 15.1
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 8.6 83.5 13.7 -2.0 7.9 85.7 11.8 -1.2 6.6 48.4 38.7 14.7
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 7.9 85.9 11.2 -0.6 6.5 89.6 8.5 0.4 6.3 49.4 38.2 14.5
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 7.8 86.2 11.4 -0.8 5.6 91.4 7.4 0.4 7.3 49.0 37.8 14.9
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 7.9 87.3 10.2 0.3 6.4 90.2 8.4 0.4 7.5 47.2 38.3 15.8
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 8.5 84.0 13.1 -1.5 9.3 85.0 11.3 0.7 6.5 49.7 38.9 13.9
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 8.9 86.0 10.7 0.8 9.6 86.2 9.6 2.4 6.2 49.5 39.1 14.0
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 7.6 88.1 9.7 0.3 7.0 87.4 11.0 -1.1 5.7 51.4 38.5 13.2
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 10.3 83.5 12.2 1.2 13.8 86.5 8.1 7.7 6.4 51.1 39.9 13.0
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 8.2 86.8 10.0 0.6 9.7 89.3 6.0 5.7 7.1 51.3 40.8 10.2
M-N Business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 9.0 83.9 12.9 -1.2 12.3 86.9 6.0 8.0 7.3 51.2 39.3 12.0
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 6.5 81.7 11.8 -5.3 7.7 84.9 7.4 0.3 5.5 45.9 36.0 12.6
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 7.8 78.1 14.1 -6.3 5.2 84.8 10.0 -4.7 5.4 46.6 34.2 13.8
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 4.3 82.7 13.0 -8.7 4.2 86.5 9.3 -5.1 4.9 48.1 33.4 13.6
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 4.2 86.8 9.0 -4.8 . . . -3.1 6.9 46.2 33.5 13.4
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 3.4 87.1 9.5 -6.1 . . . -0.9 7.9 47.1 31.7 13.3
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 5.5 86.9 7.6 -2.0 5.3 88.2 6.5 -1.2 7.6 45.2 33.2 14.0
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 5.7 84.9 9.4 -3.7 8.1 85.9 6.0 2.0 6.2 47.6 33.3 12.9
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 7.3 83.1 9.6 -2.3 9.6 83.1 7.3 2.4 5.6 46.7 34.2 13.5
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 6.2 85.8 8.0 -1.9 6.4 85.8 7.8 -1.4 5.5 47.3 35.0 12.2
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 11.0 79.9 9.1 1.8 11.1 83.6 5.3 5.8 5.5 50.3 32.7 11.5
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 7.8 86.3 5.9 2.0 8.8 87.4 3.8 4.9 6.5 49.1 35.2 9.2
M Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 8.1 83.9 8.0 0.1 10.9 85.3 3.8 7.0 7.3 49.0 32.0 11.7
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 4.7 78.8 9.1 -8.6 5.9 82.0 5.0 -2.6 3.7 42.0 32.1 10.1
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 6.0 74.8 11.2 -9.8 3.4 81.9 7.5 -7.8 3.8 42.7 30.5 11.1
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 2.7 79.6 10.3 -12.0 2.6 83.8 6.9 -8.0 3.3 44.2 29.7 10.9
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 2.8 84.1 6.6 -7.7 . . . -5.6 4.9 42.3 29.8 10.7
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 2.0 84.4 7.0 -9.0 . . . -3.3 5.7 43.0 28.0 10.6
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 3.7 84.2 5.2 -4.9 3.5 85.5 4.3 -4.1 5.6 41.3 29.5 11.3
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 3.7 82.0 7.0 -6.8 6.1 83.2 3.8 -0.9 4.4 43.5 29.4 10.2
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 5.1 80.2 7.2 -5.6 7.4 80.4 5.3 -0.7 3.8 42.8 30.5 10.8
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 4.0 82.9 5.8 -5.0 4.2 82.9 5.6 -4.5 3.7 43.4 31.1 9.5
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 8.5 76.6 6.6 -1.9 8.6 80.5 3.3 2.5 3.5 46.2 28.8 9.0
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 5.8 83.6 3.9 -0.7 6.6 84.9 2.2 2.2 4.7 45.2 31.5 7.0
M Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 5.7 80.8 5.6 -3.2 8.4 82.4 2.2 3.9 5.3 45.1 28.3 9.2
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 8.3 84.6 14.5 -2.0 9.5 87.8 9.8 3.2 7.3 49.8 39.9 15.1
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 9.6 81.4 17.0 -2.8 7.0 87.7 12.5 -1.6 7.0 50.5 37.9 16.5
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 5.9 85.8 15.7 -5.4 5.8 89.2 11.7 -2.2 6.5 52.0 37.1 16.3
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 5.6 89.5 11.4 -1.9 . . . -0.6 8.9 50.1 37.2 16.1
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 4.8 89.8 12.0 -3.2 . . . 1.5 10.1 51.2 35.4 16.0
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 7.3 89.6 10.0 0.9 7.1 90.9 8.7 1.7 9.6 49.1 36.9 16.7
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 7.7 87.8 11.8 -0.6 10.1 88.6 8.2 4.9 8.0 51.7 37.2 15.6
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 9.5 86.0 12.0 1.0 11.8 85.8 9.3 5.5 7.4 50.6 37.9 16.2
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 8.4 88.7 10.2 1.2 8.6 88.7 10.0 1.7 7.3 51.2 38.9 14.9
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 13.5 83.2 11.6 5.5 13.6 86.7 7.3 9.1 7.5 54.4 36.6 14.0
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 9.8 89.0 7.9 4.7 11.0 89.9 5.4 7.6 8.3 53.0 38.9 11.4
M Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 10.5 87.0 10.4 3.4 13.4 88.2 5.4 10.1 9.3 52.9 35.7 14.2
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 14.3 74.9 10.8 3.5 13.9 79.8 6.3 7.6 4.9 39.9 38.5 16.7
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 8.6 72.4 19.0 -10.5 10.2 79.0 10.8 -0.6 4.7 37.8 34.5 23.0
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 5.8 78.7 15.5 -9.7 9.0 79.1 11.9 -3.0 3.9 38.9 35.8 21.4
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 9.9 78.1 12.0 -2.2 9.8 79.4 10.8 -1.1 3.9 37.1 36.2 22.8
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 8.2 80.1 11.7 -3.5 8.6 81.2 10.2 -1.6 6.2 36.6 35.3 21.9
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 7.5 81.9 10.6 -3.2 7.2 84.5 8.3 -1.1 6.6 35.8 34.8 22.8
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 8.2 75.2 16.6 -8.3 10.6 74.3 15.1 -4.5 9.7 30.1 37.8 22.4
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 6.3 77.6 16.1 -9.9 11.5 76.5 12.0 -0.5 11.8 27.5 36.0 24.7
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 9.4 76.5 14.1 -4.8 8.8 82.5 8.7 0.1 10.4 31.2 34.3 24.1
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 9.4 71.6 19.0 -9.6 9.6 81.7 8.7 0.9 7.2 28.9 43.6 20.3
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 10.5 70.5 19.0 -8.5 16.1 71.1 12.8 3.4 6.7 29.8 49.0 14.5
74 Other specialised business services Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 14.2 68.4 17.4 -3.3 20.5 69.9 9.6 10.9 7.1 30.2 45.6 17.1
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 7.2 66.3 5.1 -6.1 7.4 72.0 1.2 -1.2 0.4 29.5 28.7 10.8
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 2.7 63.6 11.6 -20.7 3.9 71.0 4.7 -9.8 0.0 27.8 25.9 14.2
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 1.9 70.9 8.4 -18.1 4.7 72.0 5.8 -10.8 0.0 28.9 26.4 12.8
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 3.6 70.1 6.3 -11.0 3.7 70.8 4.3 -10.5 0.0 25.5 26.0 12.8
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August 2.3 72.5 6.4 -11.7 4.1 73.6 3.5 -9.8 0.1 25.2 24.7 13.3
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September 1.4 73.7 4.5 -12.2 2.5 77.4 2.8 -8.5 0.0 25.0 25.0 14.4
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 3.7 66.0 8.2 -18.3 4.9 64.9 6.7 -15.1 2.3 19.5 27.2 15.1
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 2.2 69.2 8.3 -18.9 6.4 67.9 4.6 -9.9 3.6 16.5 25.4 15.3
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 2.3 67.3 7.0 -15.4 2.1 74.9 4.6 -7.9 2.8 20.8 24.5 15.1
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 3.5 62.6 11.4 -19.8 3.5 74.1 3.6 -7.3 1.1 18.9 33.2 12.1
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 3.6 61.1 11.2 -19.9 8.3 61.7 6.1 -7.8 1.2 20.0 38.8 8.0
74 Other specialised business services Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 6.2 58.8 10.5 -14.7 11.9 60.3 3.3 -0.7 1.6 20.0 35.4 10.0
74 Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 21.4 83.5 16.5 13.1 20.4 87.6 11.4 16.4 9.4 50.3 48.3 22.6
74 Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May 14.5 81.2 26.4 -0.3 16.5 87.0 16.9 8.6 10.0 47.8 43.1 31.8
74 Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June 9.7 86.5 22.6 -1.3 13.3 86.2 18.0 4.8 7.8 48.9 45.2 30.0
74 Other specialised business services Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 16.2 86.1 17.7 6.6 15.9 88.0 17.3 8.3 8.6 48.7 46.4 32.8
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

Business climate
The weighted response rates on the statements:
- "The economic climate (business situation) for our business has improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months."
- "The economic climate (business situation) in the next three months for our company is expected to improve, remain unchanged or decline?"
Business climate last three months
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "The economic climate in the last three months for our business improved, remained unchanged or declined?"
Business climate has improved
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic climate (business situation) for their enterprise in the last three months has improved.
Business environment remained unchanged
Weighted respons rate of producers indicating that the economic climate (business situation) for their enterprise in the last three months remained unchanged.
Business climate declined
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic climate (business situation) for their enterprise in the last three months has declined.
Balance business climate last 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic climate (business situation) in the last three months has improved minus the weighted response rate that it has declined. This balance represents the development of the economic climate (business situation) over the last three months compared with the previous three months.
Business climate next three months
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "We expect the economic climate (business situation) for our company to improve, remain unchanged or decline in the next three months."
Economic climate will improve
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic climate (business situation) for their enterprise is expected to improve in the next three months.
Economic climate will remain unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic climate (business situation) for the company is expected to remain the same in the next three months.
Economic climate will decline
Weighted response rate of enterprises indicating that the economic climate (business situation) for the company is expected to decline in the next three months.
Balance economic climate next 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic climate (business situation) in the next three months will improve minus the weighted response rate that it will decline. This balance represents the expected development of the economic climate over the next three months compared with the previous three months.
Uncertainty business climate
Weighted response rates to the question:
- "The future development of your business situation is currently: easy to predict/moderately easy to predict/moderately difficult to predict/difficult to predict."
Easy to predict
Weighted response rate of entrepreneurs indicating that their business situation is currently easy to predict.
Moderately easy to predict
Weighted response rate of entrepreneurs indicating that their business situation is currently moderately easy to predict.
Moderately difficult to predict
Weighted response rate of entrepreneurs indicating that their business situation is currently moderately difficult to predict.
Diffucult to predict
Weighted response rate of entrepreneurs indicating that their business situation is currently difficult to predict.