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Business confidence up slightly at the start of 2026
Business confidence has risen to -1.8 in the first quarter of 2026
Business confidence; to regions
Business confidence Business confidence to regions, confidence margins
A widely applicable sampling method for spreading the survey burden in business surveys
Boonstra, H. J., M. Smeets (2026). A widely applicable sampling method for spreading the survey burden in business surveys. Discussion paper. Statistics Netherlands, The Hague/Heerlen.
Green investment by business was down in 2024
Businesses in the Netherlands invested 39 percent less in the environment in 2024 than in the previous year
Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches
Developments, expectations and opinions of businesses Sector/branches, confidence margins
Business survey Netherlands; to company size
Developments, expectations and opinions of businesses Company size, confidence margins
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
Enterprises; sourcing abroad, business function and destination
Enterprises sourcing business functions abroad by business function partner type or destination region
Employed persons; business function
Employed persons by business function, sector of industry (SIC 2008) and size class
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, regions
Investments; tangible fixed assets,means of production, enterprises, business sector (SIC 2008), regions
Business confidence for Q3 2025 less negative
Business confidence for the third quarter of 2025 rose to -3.8.
Investments in tangible fixed assets; business sector
Investments business sector (SIC 2008), Tangible fixed assets
Largest drop in business confidence since early 2022
Business confidence fell to -14.8 at the start of the second quarter of 2026.
A quarter of businesses deploy ICT to use materials sustainably
In 2025, 23 percent of businesses in the Netherlands indicated that they deploy ICT solutions to make their use of materials more sustainable.
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.
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 demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008
Enterprise births; enterprise deaths; enterprise population SIC 2008; legal forms
1 in 20 firms have recently moved some business activities abroad
In 2021-2023, over 5 percent of larger or medium-sized firms moved some of their operations abroad
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.
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...