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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 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.
How many businesses are receiving this survey?
frequently asked questions about IHD
Dutch control companies; outside and within the EU zone; Business Sector
Turnover, employees and the number of companies outside the EU zone over which a Dutch institutional unit has control.
Employer business demography, European standard; legal form, SIC2008
Employers births; Employers deaths; Employer population Sector_branches_SIC_2008; legal forms
Business demography, European standard; size class,SIC2008
Enterprise births; enterprise deaths; legal form Persons employed; NCEA 2008
Employer business demography, European standard, size class, SIC2008
Employer births; Employer deaths; Persons employed; SIC 2008;
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.
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 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.
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.
Business cycle tracer dashboard
BCT Dashboard is a tool to assist in the analysis of the state and the course of the Dutch economy.
Businesses more positive about profitability
In the second quarter, entrepreneurs saw profitability improve on balance for the first time in over two years.
Measuring the green transition with business tendency surveys
This study proposes a GreenTransition-module for business tendency surveys. It describes managers’ assessments, expectations, plans and constraints about the green transition of their enterprise.
Businesses will be assigned a new SBI code in 2025
Preparations for the 2025 revision of the Standard Industrial Classification (or SBI) are in full swing at Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
The SBI code assigned to my business is incorrect. What should I do?
faq The SBI code assigned to my business is incorrect. What should I do?
Corporate data; turnover developments (growing and declining ), SIC 2008
Businesses with a growth or decline in turnover Business activity and business size
More investment expected in 2026, profitability down
Business owners expect to invest more in 2026 than they are investing this year
Three quarters of business owners aiming to boost productivity
Three quarters of business owners report that they are taking steps to increase the productivity of their business.
Bankruptcies down by 18 percent in December year on year
Adjusted for court session days, 265 businesses (including sole proprietorships) were declared bankrupt in December. That was 60 fewer than in the same month in 2024.