Business confidence; to regions

Business confidence; to regions

Regions Margins Sector/branches (SBI 2008) 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 (%)
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.2 -6.3 -0.2 .
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.4 -8.4 -2.4 .
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -3.2 -4.0 -2.5 11.7
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -2.8 -5.0 -0.7 9.8
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.0 -5.7 -0.3 11.7
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -2.9 -5.2 -0.6 12.7
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -2.9 -5.6 -0.3 10.5
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.3 -8.6 -2.1 .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -6.9 -9.6 -4.2 .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.8 -10.9 -2.6 .
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -6.8 -6.3 -7.4 10.0
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -0.1 -2.4 2.2 11.1
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -5.3 -8.2 -2.4 13.6
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -3.8 -3.6 -3.9 11.0
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -3.4 -4.9 -1.9 10.6
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -4.7 -8.5 -0.9 .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -9.9 -15.3 -4.5 .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.1 -6.0 -4.3 .
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -5.2 -5.9 -4.5 18.1
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -8.6 -9.3 -7.9 16.3
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -7.8 -12.3 -3.2 12.6
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -5.5 -5.9 -5.2 18.8
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -4.1 -5.5 -2.8 15.4
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.0 -7.6 -4.3 .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -5.6 -8.6 -2.7 .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.9 -9.3 -4.5 .
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -4.2 -5.8 -2.7 26.9
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -3.2 -4.6 -1.7 20.2
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -6.6 -10.3 -2.8 24.8
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -4.0 -5.3 -2.7 25.4
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -5.4 -8.8 -2.0 22.9
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -8.8 -11.9 -5.8 .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -7.7 -12.9 -2.5 .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.3 -9.7 -0.9 .
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -5.5 -7.4 -3.5 15.3
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -4.4 -6.7 -2.0 14.6
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -6.4 -10.8 -1.9 16.0
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -3.1 -6.3 0.1 16.9
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -5.3 -7.3 -3.3 13.3
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.0 -10.6 0.7 .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October 2.1 0.2 3.9 .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -4.4 -8.9 0.0 .
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -3.7 -3.2 -4.3 15.5
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -5.6 -4.3 -6.9 11.2
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.1 -4.2 -2.0 7.2
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -2.3 -2.4 -2.1 9.7
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December 0.0 -2.3 2.2 9.5
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.2 -10.1 -0.3 .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -5.7 -8.3 -3.0 .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.6 -10.0 -3.2 .
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -5.9 -7.3 -4.6 15.5
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -4.3 -5.9 -2.7 11.8
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -6.9 -9.2 -4.6 13.2
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -4.8 -4.3 -5.4 16.5
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -4.7 -7.5 -2.0 12.7
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.1 -10.8 -1.3 .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.0 -9.9 3.8 .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -1.0 -2.8 0.8 .
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -2.7 -2.7 -2.8 7.8
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -5.7 -9.0 -2.5 5.7
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.5 -10.2 3.2 5.2
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -0.2 -4.8 4.4 7.6
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -0.3 -5.3 4.7 5.8
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -0.5 -2.4 1.4 .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October 1.2 -0.6 2.9 .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.9 -11.2 -2.6 .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -0.9 1.6 -3.5 9.3
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -1.3 -1.9 -0.6 7.7
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October 1.5 0.1 2.9 10.9
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -4.6 -7.6 -1.7 11.0
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -3.7 -6.8 -0.7 8.4
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -7.5 -11.8 -3.3 .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.0 -4.9 -1.1 .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -4.9 -7.6 -2.2 .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August 0.1 -1.5 1.6 8.0
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -0.3 -3.2 2.5 7.2
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -1.8 -2.7 -0.8 7.8
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -1.1 -2.7 0.5 7.9
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -1.9 -3.7 0.0 10.3
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -3.8 -6.2 -1.4 .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.5 -2.4 -4.5 .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -4.8 -4.6 -4.9 .
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -1.8 -3.8 0.2 -3.7
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -2.9 1.2 -7.0 3.8
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.9 -3.0 -4.8 5.8
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -2.0 -5.9 2.0 9.3
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -5.7 -3.9 -7.4 7.0
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.2 -4.9 -5.5 .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -4.2 -7.2 -1.2 .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.0 -6.8 -3.2 .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -5.9 -9.5 -2.3 10.5
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -2.7 -6.7 1.3 7.3
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -4.0 -7.2 -0.7 12.2
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -1.8 -5.3 1.7 13.5
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -1.8 -3.9 0.3 8.2
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.0 -7.8 -4.3 .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August . . . .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September . . . .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -2.3 -6.7 2.2 .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.3 -9.7 -3.0 .
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -4.0 -5.0 -3.0 20.9
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -4.2 -7.3 -1.2 19.1
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -1.8 -5.0 1.4 20.6
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -3.1 -5.6 -0.7 18.1
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -2.9 -6.1 0.2 17.2
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.7 -9.8 -1.6 .
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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.

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 2012.

Changes as of February 6th 2025:
Figures of January 2025 have been added.

During an evaluation of the weights being used for the business survey, it became apparent that in recent years the weights for construction in the figures for the total of all enterprises (no finance or energy) were too large to be economically justified. For this reason the weights for constructions have been decreased and this has been applied to the entire time series. This caused a slight shift in most figures for the total of all enterprises (no finance or energy).

When will new figures be published?
Figures of February 2025 are expected to be published the 27th of February 2025.

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’.