Business confidence; to sector/branches
| Sector/branches (SBI 2008) | Margins | Seasonal adjustment | Periods | Business confidence (Average of the components) | Business confidence indicator components Business situation past three months (%) | Business confidence indicator components Business situation next three months (%) | Uncertainty indicator business climate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | -3.3 | -2.4 | -4.1 | 20.0 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | -3.3 | 0.8 | -7.3 | 20.6 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | 3.0 | -6.8 | 12.7 | 19.5 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | -7.3 | -13.3 | -1.4 | 18.7 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 January* | -4.7 | -5.5 | -3.9 | 19.4 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 February* | -4.1 | -2.9 | -5.3 | 19.9 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 March* | -8.7 | -5.5 | -11.8 | 20.4 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 April* | -13.5 | -17.9 | -9.1 | 26.9 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 May* | -9.1 | -12.2 | -6.1 | 24.3 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 June* | -4.9 | -7.0 | -2.7 | 24.7 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 July* | -4.4 | -4.3 | -4.4 | 22.9 |
| H Transportation and storage | Value | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 August* | -5.9 | -2.9 | -8.9 | 22.2 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | -6.2 | -5.9 | -7.8 | 15.1 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | -6.0 | -2.7 | -10.4 | 15.5 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | 0.1 | -10.9 | 9.0 | 14.6 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | -10.0 | -16.8 | -4.5 | 13.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 January* | -7.6 | -9.2 | -7.4 | 14.3 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 February* | -7.0 | -6.6 | -8.8 | 14.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 March* | -11.8 | -9.2 | -15.9 | 15.1 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 April* | -17.2 | -22.6 | -13.0 | 21.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 May* | -13.0 | -16.9 | -10.6 | 18.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 June* | -8.2 | -11.3 | -6.2 | 19.6 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 July* | -7.3 | -8.0 | -7.9 | 18.0 |
| H Transportation and storage | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 August* | -9.0 | -6.8 | -12.4 | 17.3 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 September | -0.4 | 1.1 | -0.4 | 24.9 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 October | -0.6 | 4.3 | -4.2 | 25.7 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 November | 5.9 | -2.7 | 16.4 | 24.4 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 December | -4.6 | -9.8 | 1.7 | 23.6 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 January* | -1.8 | -1.8 | -0.4 | 24.5 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 February* | -1.2 | 0.8 | -1.8 | 25.0 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 March* | -5.6 | -1.8 | -7.7 | 25.7 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 April* | -9.8 | -13.2 | -5.2 | 32.0 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 May* | -5.2 | -7.5 | -1.6 | 29.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 June* | -1.6 | -2.7 | 0.8 | 29.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 July* | -1.5 | -0.6 | -0.9 | 27.8 |
| H Transportation and storage | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2026 August* | -2.8 | 1.0 | -5.4 | 27.1 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||
Table explanation
The Business confidence is a sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector. When assessing the results, it can be assumed that the more optimistic or pessimistic the entrepreneurs are, the more the value of business confidence will deviate positively or negatively from the zero line.
The Business confidence in the total Dutch private sector is a weighted average of the confidence indicators of the underlying sectors/industries, which together form a representative reflection of the Dutch business community from an economic viewpoint.
The Business confidence for manufacturing industry is not the same as the Producer Confidence. These figures are available in the Producer confidence table.
Data available from: January 2012.
Status of the figures:
The results are provisional during the reporting year. The results will be declared final in the first month following the reporting year.
Changes compared to the previous version:
Data for a new period has been added.
Changes as of February 26th 2026:
Seasonally adjusted results for all periods before January 2026 have been re-adjusted. This is in line with the new method, where the results are only finalized after seasonal adjustment has been performed based on results over a full number of years.
When will new figures be published?
The results for the next month are expected to be published on September 29, 2026.
Description topics
- Business confidence
- Sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector
- Business confidence indicator components
- Business situation past three months
- Weighted and seasonally adjusted percentage to the question: how has your business situation developed over the past 3 months? It has… improved/remained unchanged/deteriorated.
- Business situation next three months
- Weighted and seasonally adjusted percentage to the question: how do you expect your business situation to develop over the next 3 months? It will… improve/remain unchanged/deteriorate.
- Uncertainty indicator business climate
- Weighted and seasonally adjusted percentage 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’.