Investment motives by enterprises; expectation and realization

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Investment motives SIC 2025 Investment; expectation (%) Investment; realization (%)
Total B-F Manufacturing and energy 100 .
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 100 .
B-O,excl. L,incl. 95 Business economy . .
B Mining and quarrying 100 .
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and nat 100 .
08 Other mining and quarrying 100 .
09 Mining support service activities 100 .
C Manufacturing 100 .
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 100 .
10 Manufacture of food products 100 .
11 Manufacture of beverages 100 .
12 Manufacture of tobacco products 100 .
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 100 .
13 Manufacture of textiles 100 .
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 100 .
15 Manufacture of leather and related pr 100 .
16 Manufacture of wood and of products o 100 .
17-18 Manufacture of paper and printing 100 .
17 Manufacture of paper and paper produc 100 .
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded 100 .
19-22 Refineries and chemistry 100 .
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petro 100 .
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical 100 .
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical p 100 .
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic pro 100 .
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic min 100 .
24-30, 33 Metalectro 100 .
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 100 .
24 Manufacture of basic metals 100 .
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal produ 100 .
26-28 Manufact of electronics, machinery 100 .
26 Manufacture of computer, electronic a 100 .
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 100 .
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipmen 100 .
29-30 Transport equipment 100 .
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, traile 100 .
30 Manufacture of other transport equipm 100 .
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 100 .
31 Manufacture of furniture 100 .
32 Other manufacturing 100 .
33 Repair, maintenance and installation 100 .
D Energy supply 100 .
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air condi 100 .
E Water supply and waste management 100 .
36 Water collection, treatment and suppl 100 .
37 Sewerage 100 .
38 Waste collection, recovery and dispos 100 .
39 Remediation activities and other wast 100 .
F Construction 100 .
41 Construction of residential and non-r 100 .
42 Civil engineering 100 .
43 Specialised construction activities 100 .
Emission reduction B-F Manufacturing and energy 7 .
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 6 .
B-O,excl. L,incl. 95 Business economy . .
B Mining and quarrying 27 .
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and nat 36 .
08 Other mining and quarrying 13 .
09 Mining support service activities 2 .
C Manufacturing 6 .
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 10 .
10 Manufacture of food products 10 .
11 Manufacture of beverages 3 .
12 Manufacture of tobacco products 6 .
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 5 .
13 Manufacture of textiles 5 .
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 3 .
15 Manufacture of leather and related pr 5 .
16 Manufacture of wood and of products o 3 .
17-18 Manufacture of paper and printing 9 .
17 Manufacture of paper and paper produc 12 .
18 Printing and reproduction of recorded 3 .
19-22 Refineries and chemistry 6 .
19 Manufacture of coke and refined petro 3 .
20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical 7 .
21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical p 1 .
22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic pro 5 .
23 Manufacture of other non-metallic min 5 .
24-30, 33 Metalectro 3 .
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 5 .
24 Manufacture of basic metals 7 .
25 Manufacture of fabricated metal produ 3 .
26-28 Manufact of electronics, machinery 1 .
26 Manufacture of computer, electronic a 3 .
27 Manufacture of electrical equipment 4 .
28 Manufacture of machinery and equipmen 0 .
29-30 Transport equipment 2 .
29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, traile 2 .
30 Manufacture of other transport equipm 2 .
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 13 .
31 Manufacture of furniture 1 .
32 Other manufacturing 4 .
33 Repair, maintenance and installation 20 .
D Energy supply 7 .
35 Electricity, gas, steam and air condi 7 .
E Water supply and waste management 8 .
36 Water collection, treatment and suppl 1 .
37 Sewerage 50 .
38 Waste collection, recovery and dispos 12 .
39 Remediation activities and other wast 6 .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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: 2025

Status of the figures:
The 2025 and 2026 figures in this table are provisional.

Changes as of June 18, 2026:
The provisional figures for 2025 and 2026 have 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.