Employment indicator; to sector/branches

Employment indicator; to sector/branches

Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Margins Seasonal adjustment Periods Employment indicator (Average of the components)
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 April 9.5
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 May .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 June .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 July 6.4
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 August .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 5.4
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 6.4
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 April 8.1
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 May .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 June .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 July 5.0
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 August .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 4.0
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 5.2
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 April 10.9
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 May .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 June .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 July 7.8
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 August .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 6.8
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 7.6
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 April 0.2
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 May .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 June .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 July 6.6
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 August .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 6.1
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January -3.4
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 April -6.9
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 May .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 June .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 July 1.5
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 August .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 0.6
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January -8.3
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 April 7.3
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 May .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 June .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 July 11.7
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 August .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 11.6
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 1.5
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 April -2.6
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 May .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 June .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 July 12.2
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 August .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 11.0
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 7.2
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 April -14.4
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 May .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 June .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 July 2.2
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 August .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 1.4
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 0.3
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
B Mining and quarrying Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
B Mining and quarrying Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 April 9.2
B Mining and quarrying Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 May .
B Mining and quarrying Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 June .
B Mining and quarrying Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 July 22.2
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


The employment indicator is a sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector regarding the total employment of enterprises. 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. A positive figure for the indicator indicates an expansion of the workforce, a negative figure indicates a shrinking workforce.

The employment indicator 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 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.

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definite.

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.

When will new figures be published?
Figures of April are expected to be published the 16th of May 2024.

Description topics

Employment indicator
Sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector regarding the total employment