Investment motives by enterprises; expectation and realization

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SIC 2008 Investment; expectation (%) Investment; realization (%)
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 6 .
B-F Manufacturing and energy 6 .
D Energy supply 2 .
35 Energy supply 2 .
Source: CBS.
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This table contains figures on investment expectations and realizations for the purchase of tangible fixed assets from companies in the industry and energy. The data can be broken down by investment motive (emission reduction, energy reduction, circular production, digitization and other) and industry/sector according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SBI 2008) of Statistics Netherlands.

The amount of investments fluctuates greatly over time. Investment expectations can also be subject to fluctuations. For example, companies can adjust their expectations during the course of the year because they decide to cancel, postpone or accelerate investment projects. In addition, the date of delivery of the tangible fixed assets may shift. The data is available per sector within industry and energy.

The statistic “Investments; expectations and achievements” is realized with co-financing by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and is carried out annually in February by Statistics Netherlands.

Data available from: 2023

Status of the figures:
The 2023 figures in this table are final and the 2024 and 2025 figures are provisional.

Changes as of June 12, 2025:
The 2023 figures are now final. The provisional figures for 2024 and 2025 have also been added.

When will new figures be available?
The investment data for year T has the following publication schedule:
• Mid year T:
Expectation T (final)
Realization T minus 1 (provisional figure)
Realization T minus 2 (final)
• At the end of year T:
Realization T minus 1 (provisional)

Description topics

Investment; expectation
The costs enterprises expect to make for purchasing tangible fixed assets. The investment costs are valued at purchase value.
Investment; realization
Production assets which can be used in the production process and which have a useful life of longer than one year (such as machines). The year in which a production asset is first used is considered the year in which the investment is done. This term refers to tangible fixed assets which were obtained by means of, for example, purchase, hire-purchase, in-company manufacture or financial lease. The value of large maintenance projects also counts as an investment. Production assets which are leased are recorded as investments in the first year of the lease agreement.