Business survey Netherlands; to company size

Business survey Netherlands; to company size

Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Company size Margins Seasonal adjustment Periods Production and capacity utilisation Assessment of production capacity Production capacity is (too) large (%) Orders (intake and placed) Assessment order position Order position is (too) large (%) Orders (intake and placed) Assessment order position export orders Position export orders is (too) large (%) Assessment of finished products stocks Stocks finished products (too) large (%)
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 April . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 April . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 April . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July . . . .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) 50 to 250 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . .
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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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 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

Production and capacity utilisation
The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The level of production/activity in the last three months has increased, remained unchanged or decreased?"
- "The level of production/activity in the next three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease?"
- "The occupation/use of our available production capacity is currently around ...%"
- "We assess the current production capacity, given the expected market development as (too) large, normal or (too) small?"
Assessment of production capacity
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "We assess the current production capacity, given the expected market development as (too) large, normal or (too) small?"
Production capacity is (too) large
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the current production capacity is (too) large, given the expected market development.
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?"
Assessment order position
Weighted response rates to the question:
- "The total order position we assess, given the time of year as large, normal or small?"
Order position is (too) large
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the level of orders, given the time of year, as large.
Assessment order position export orders
Weighted response rates to the question:
- "The total order position for export orders we assess, given the time of year as large, normal or small?"
Position export orders is (too) large
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the level of export orders, given the time of year, as large.
Assessment of finished products stocks
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "We evaluate our finished products stocks/commodities, given the expected market development, as a (too) large, normal or (too) small?"
Stocks finished products (too) large
Weighted response rate of producers who consider the stocks of finished products/commodities, given the expected market development, as (too) large.