Business survey Netherlands; to company size

Business survey Netherlands; to company size

Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Company size Margins Seasonal adjustment Periods Factors limiting production Weather (%) Factors limiting production Other factors (%) Competitive position Inside the EU Competitive position improved (%) Competitive position Inside the EU Competitive position remained unchanged (%) Competitive position Inside the EU Competitive position declined (%) Competitive position Inside the EU Not applicable (%) Competitive position Inside the EU Balance competitive position (%) Competitive position Outside the EU Competitive position improved (%) Competitive position Outside the EU Competitive position remained unchanged (%) Competitive position Outside the EU Competitive position declined (%) Competitive position Outside the EU Not applicable (%) Competitive position Outside the EU Balance competitive position (%)
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 0.6 9.3 3.7 50.3 2.0 44.0 1.7 4.6 44.7 1.4 49.3 3.3
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 0.6 10.5 3.4 51.4 1.3 43.9 2.1 2.5 46.2 1.4 49.9 1.2
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 0.5 9.4 3.7 53.8 2.8 39.7 0.9 3.2 50.3 2.2 44.3 1.0
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 2.4 9.4 5.4 45.5 1.5 47.6 3.9 4.2 41.5 1.0 53.3 3.1
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 0.0 6.8 2.5 46.4 0.8 40.1 -0.1 3.2 40.8 0.4 45.4 1.5
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 0.0 8.0 2.0 47.7 0.3 40.2 0.3 1.3 42.5 0.4 46.2 -0.4
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 0.1 6.9 2.1 49.7 1.4 35.8 -1.3 1.8 46.4 1.0 40.2 -0.8
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 1.0 6.9 3.4 41.6 0.5 43.7 1.7 2.4 37.8 0.2 49.4 1.1
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 1.2 11.8 4.9 54.2 3.2 47.9 3.5 6.0 48.6 2.4 53.2 5.1
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 1.2 13.0 4.8 55.1 2.3 47.6 3.9 3.7 49.9 2.4 53.6 2.8
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 0.9 11.9 5.3 57.9 4.2 43.6 3.1 4.6 54.2 3.4 48.4 2.8
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 3.8 11.9 7.4 49.4 2.5 51.5 6.1 6.0 45.2 1.8 57.2 5.1
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 or more employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 0.9 10.1 2.7 37.5 2.0 57.8 0.7 3.7 29.9 1.2 65.2 2.4
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 0.4 10.1 4.0 38.6 0.8 56.6 3.2 2.5 32.2 1.3 64.0 1.1
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 0.5 9.0 4.4 39.8 3.3 52.5 1.2 3.2 36.1 2.8 57.9 0.4
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 2.1 10.9 5.0 33.3 1.9 59.8 3.2 4.0 28.0 1.7 66.3 2.3
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 0.0 6.4 1.1 31.6 0.0 51.9 -1.8 1.5 24.4 0.0 59.5 -0.1
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 0.0 6.4 1.6 32.7 0.0 50.7 0.7 0.9 26.7 0.0 58.3 -1.1
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 0.0 5.3 1.9 33.7 0.9 46.2 -2.3 1.2 30.2 0.4 51.8 -2.5
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 0.3 6.6 2.3 27.4 0.1 53.5 -0.1 1.5 22.5 0.0 60.4 -0.8
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 2.3 13.8 4.3 43.4 4.0 63.7 3.2 5.9 35.4 2.6 70.9 4.9
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 1.2 13.8 6.4 44.5 1.6 62.5 5.7 4.1 37.7 2.7 69.7 3.3
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 1.3 12.7 6.9 45.9 5.7 58.8 4.7 5.2 42.0 5.2 64.0 3.3
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 3.9 15.2 7.7 39.2 3.7 66.1 6.5 6.5 33.5 3.5 72.2 5.4
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 5 to 50 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 0.9 8.6 2.1 56.9 2.9 38.1 -0.7 4.2 51.6 2.3 41.9 1.9
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 0.8 14.1 4.9 53.6 2.8 38.7 2.0 4.6 48.0 2.0 45.4 2.6
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 0.8 8.4 3.8 55.7 4.1 36.4 -0.3 4.7 51.9 2.6 40.8 2.1
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 4.4 9.4 6.5 46.2 1.9 45.4 4.6 5.2 42.3 0.3 52.2 4.9
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 0.1 3.7 0.5 48.5 0.0 29.9 -4.2 1.1 43.0 0.0 33.5 -2.4
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 0.0 8.4 1.8 45.4 0.0 30.5 -2.7 1.5 39.8 0.0 37.0 -1.5
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 August . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 September . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 October 0.4 3.5 1.1 46.9 0.6 27.8 -4.8 1.6 43.3 0.4 32.2 -1.8
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 0.5 4.7 2.6 38.0 0.1 37.0 0.3 1.3 34.1 0.0 43.8 1.0
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 April 1.7 13.5 3.7 65.3 6.2 46.3 2.8 7.3 60.2 5.2 50.3 6.2
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 May . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 June . . . . . . . . . . . .
M Other specialised business services 50 to 250 employed persons Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 July 1.8 19.8 8.0 61.8 6.1 46.9 6.7 7.7 56.2 4.5 53.8 6.7
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


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 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

Factors limiting production
The weighted response rates to the question:
- "Our production/business experience barriers:
1 - no barriers,
2 - insufficient demand,
3 - shortage of labour force,
4 - shortages of production equipment, materials, commodities, (retail) space,
5 - financial constraints,
6 - weather conditions,
7 - other causes?"
Weather
Weighted response rate of producers at the beginning of the quarter indicating that weather conditions is a limiting factor to meet the demand.
Other factors
Weighted response rate of producers at the beginning of the quarter indicating that other obstacles (like: to encounter strikes, work stoppages, penalties and the like) are a barrier for their activities.
Competitive position
The weighted response rates to the quarterly questions:
- "Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the domestic market improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?"
- "Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market within the EU improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?"
- "Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market outside the EU improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?"
Inside the EU
The weighted response rates to the quarterly question:
- "Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market within the EU improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?"
Competitive position improved
Weighted response rate of producers who reported that the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market within the EU has improved.
Competitive position remained unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers who reported that the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market within the EU remained unchanged.
Competitive position declined
Weighted response rate of producers who reported that the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market within the EU has declined.
Not applicable
The weighted response rate of producers who consider that the competitive position on the foreign market within the EU is not relevant for their enterprise plus the weighted response rate of producers who were not asked the question.
Balance competitive position
The weighted response rate of producers reporting that their competitive position on the foreign market within the EU has improved in a particular quarter minus the rate reporting that their position has declined. This balance reflects the development of competitive position on the foreign market within the EU in a particular quarter compared with the previous quarter.
Outside the EU
The weighted response rates to the quarterly question:
- "Has the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market outside the EU improved, remained unchanged or declined in the last three months?"
Competitive position improved
Weighted response rate of producers who reported that the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market outside the EU has improved.
Competitive position remained unchanged
Weighted response rate of producers who reported that the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market outside the EU remained unchanged.
Competitive position declined
Weighted response rate of producers who reported that the competitive position of the enterprise on the foreign market outside the EU has declined.
Not applicable
The weighted response rate of producers who consider that the competitive position on the foreign market outside the EU is not relevant for their enterprise plus the weighted response rate of producers who were not asked the question.
Balance competitive position
The weighted response rate of producers reporting that their competive position on the foreign market outside the EU has improved in a particular quarter minus the rate reporting that their competive position has declined. This balance reflects the development of the competitive position on the foreign market outside the EU in a particular quarter compared with the previous quarter.