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Business confidence for Q3 2025 less negative
Business confidence for the third quarter of 2025 rose to -3.8.
Business confidence; to regions
Business confidence Business confidence to regions, confidence margins
One-fifth of businesses rethinking their strategy due to tensions abroad
Nearly 22 percent of businesses have made changes to their business strategy, or plan to make changes, in response to tensions, disruptions or policy changes in overseas markets
Business survey Netherlands; to company size
Developments, expectations and opinions of businesses Company size, confidence margins
Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches
Developments, expectations and opinions of businesses Sector/branches, confidence margins
SDG 9.2 Sustainable business
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.2 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: sustainable business. The second part of SDG 9 focuses on strengthening businesses and making them more...
Business survey Netherlands; to regions
Developments, expectations and opinions of businesses Regions, confidence margins
Hotels; business related overnight stays, star rating
Business related overnight stays in hotels, motels, b&b's Star rating, Netherlands and Amsterdam
How many businesses are receiving this survey?
frequently asked questions about IHD
Investments in tangible fixed assets; business sector, regions
Investments; tangible fixed assets,means of production, enterprises, business sector (SIC 2008), regions
Business cycle
How is the economy doing in the short term? What are the latest economic indicators such as economic growth and production? Figures on the current economic situation.
Business confidence; to sector/branches
Business confidence Sector/branches, confidence margins
Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches, seasonally adjusted
Developments, expectations and opinions of businesses Sector/branches, confidence margins
Hotels; business related overnight stays, region
Business related overnight stays in hotels, motels, boarding houses, apartments with hotel services, youth accommodation and b&b by region
Investments in tangible fixed assets; business sector
Investments business sector (SIC 2008), Tangible fixed assets
Business confidence down again in Q2 2025
Business confidence has fallen for the second consecutive quarter, reaching -7.5 in the second quarter of 2025
Two-thirds of businesses are struggling with staff shortages
Two-thirds of entrepreneurs are dealing with shortage of staff.
Business confidence down in first quarter of 2025
There has been a slight fall in business confidence for the first time in over a year.
Nearly 300 thousand family businesses in the Netherlands
There were nearly 300 thousand family-owned businesses in the Netherlands at the beginning of 2022.
Business owners expect staff numbers and investment to increase in 2025
Business owners anticipate hiring more staff and investing more in 2025, but these expectations are less positive than they were for 2024.
Electric vehicles overtake diesel vehicles among business drivers
For the first time in 2023, business drivers of passenger cars drove more kilometres in electrically powered vehicles than they did in diesel-powered vehicles (including diesel hybrids)
Business cycle tracer dashboard
BCT Dashboard is a tool to assist in the analysis of the state and the course of the Dutch economy.
More businesses expect investment in innovation and R&D to increase
More businesses anticipate an increase in investment in innovation and R&D in 2025 than a decrease.
Increasing use of AI by business
In 2024, 22.7 percent of companies with ten or more workers used one or more forms of AI technology.
CO2 emissions from households more heavily taxed than from businesses
In 2023, the average carbon tax rate in the Netherlands was 88 euros per tonne of CO2 emitted.