Business survey Netherlands; to company size
| Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Company size | Margins | Seasonal adjustment | Periods | 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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 January | 7.0 | 81.6 | 11.4 | -4.4 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 February | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 March | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 April | 7.6 | 81.2 | 11.2 | -3.6 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 May | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 June | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 July | 7.4 | 83.0 | 9.6 | -2.2 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 August | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 September | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 October | 7.6 | 81.3 | 11.1 | -3.6 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 November | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 December | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 January | 6.2 | 80.4 | 10.4 | -5.8 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 February | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 March | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 April | 6.8 | 80.0 | 10.2 | -5.0 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 May | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 June | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 July | 6.6 | 81.8 | 8.6 | -3.4 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 August | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 September | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 October | 6.8 | 80.1 | 10.1 | -5.0 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 November | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 December | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 January | 7.8 | 82.8 | 12.4 | -3.0 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 February | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 March | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 April | 8.4 | 82.4 | 12.2 | -2.2 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 May | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 June | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 July | 8.2 | 84.2 | 10.6 | -1.0 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 August | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 September | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 October | 8.4 | 82.5 | 12.1 | -2.2 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 November | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 or more employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 December | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 January | 7.1 | 78.5 | 14.4 | -7.3 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 February | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 March | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 April | 7.9 | 79.3 | 12.8 | -4.9 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 May | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 June | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 July | 6.1 | 82.7 | 11.2 | -5.0 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 August | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 September | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 October | 6.8 | 79.4 | 13.8 | -7.0 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 November | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 December | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 January | 5.7 | 76.1 | 12.4 | -9.8 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 February | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 March | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 April | 6.5 | 77.1 | 10.8 | -7.4 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 May | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 June | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 July | 4.9 | 80.7 | 9.6 | -7.2 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 August | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 September | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 October | 5.6 | 77.2 | 12.0 | -9.4 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 November | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 December | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 January | 8.5 | 80.9 | 16.4 | -4.8 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 February | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 March | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 April | 9.3 | 81.5 | 14.8 | -2.4 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 May | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 June | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 July | 7.3 | 84.7 | 12.8 | -2.8 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 August | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 September | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 October | 8.0 | 81.6 | 15.6 | -4.6 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 November | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 50 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 December | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 January | 7.2 | 80.3 | 12.5 | -5.3 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 February | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 March | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 April | 8.7 | 78.9 | 12.4 | -3.7 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 May | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 June | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 July | 6.8 | 82.7 | 10.5 | -3.8 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 August | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 September | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 October | 7.8 | 79.1 | 13.1 | -5.3 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 November | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Value | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 December | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 January | 6.2 | 78.5 | 10.9 | -7.3 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 February | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 March | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 April | 7.5 | 77.1 | 11.0 | -5.7 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 May | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 June | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 July | 5.8 | 81.1 | 9.3 | -5.6 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 August | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 September | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 October | 6.8 | 77.5 | 11.7 | -7.1 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 November | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 December | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 January | 8.2 | 82.1 | 14.1 | -3.3 |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 February | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 March | . | . | . | . |
| All enterprises (no finance or energy) | 5 to 250 employed persons | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Original, unadjusted data | 2025 April | 9.9 | 80.7 | 13.8 | -1.7 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||
Table explanation
This table provides up-to-date information 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 the 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 the Dutch enterprises. Data are broken down by main business activities (SIC 2008) and size- classes. 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.
The aggregation ‘all enterprises (no finance or energy)’ includes all available branches questioned in the Business Survey Netherlands. Because not every branch is questioned monthly, this aggregation will only have data available for the first month of each quarter. The aggregation ‘C industry, H-S services and 45+47’ includes all monthly questioned branches and serves as a subtotal of the monthly questionnaire.
Data available from: January 2015
Status of the figures: All figures are definitive.
Changes as of December 29th 2025:
Figures of December 2025 have been added.
Changes as of September 4th 2025:
Corrections have been made to previously supplied data for the manufacture of metals. For this reason figures for the topics ‘Assessment of finished products stocks’ and ‘Orders placed next three months’ have been adjusted for C Manufacturing and other activities which manufacturing is part of.
When will new figures be published?
Figures of January 2026 are expected to be published the 5th of February 2026.
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 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.