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Three quarters of one-man businesses launched in 2009 were still active in 2012. Their chances of survival were higher than for one-man businesses launched in 2007.

Dossier Business cycle

What is the study about Business survey Netherlands; region; month

Since 2005, Statistics Netherlands has been monitoring the state of the Dutch business cycle with the aid of the Business Cycle Tracer (BCT). The BCT is based on 15 indicators. The individual changes...

In October this year, 743 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt, i.e. 147 more than in September when the number of bankruptcies reached the lowest level...

Introduction of The Business Survey Netherlands (COEN) presents the mood among Dutch entrepreneurs.

Turnover in the Dutch business services sector was lower in the first quarter of 2013 than in the previous year. The decrease in turnover was smaller than in the previous quarter. Businesses in this...

The primary goal of business panels is to obtain estimates of the turnover, including estimates of the changes of the level of the turnover. Panels can also be used for obtaining observations on...

Turnover growth of business services was again lower in the second quarter of 2010 compared to a year earlier. Turnover fell by less than in the first quarter. Companies providing business services...

More than forty percent of businesses employing at least 10 persons use one or more social media accounts. Three quarters of large companies (employing 500 or more persons) use the social media for...

In the fourth quarter of 2010 turnover in business services was slightly higher than in the same period a year earlier. Again business service companies were positive about the current economic...

Turnover in business services was again lower in the first quarter of 2012 than in the corresponding quarter of 2011. The decline was smaller than in the previous quarter, though. On balance the...

In February, the number of business services providers anticipating turnover growth in the next three months outnumbered those anticipating a decrease by 31 percent, i.e. 13 points above the level in...

Following a long period of growth, business services turnover fell for the first time in the second quarter of 2009. Turnover growth rates in the various branches differed strongly from those in the...

Turnover in business services in the third quarter of 2012 was higher than a year earlier. It was the third quarter in a row in which turnover grew, but still the mood among the entrepreneurs in...

Turnover in the business services sector was higher in the second quarter of 2013 than twelve months previously, ending the decrease in turnover of the preceding two quarters. The number of vacancies...

In November 2009, the number of Dutch business services providers expecting their turnover to increase outnumbered those expecting a decline.

Turnover in business services again showed positive developments in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter of 2010. Turnover increased slightly less than in the previous quarter. The...

In June, the number of business services providers expecting turnover to decrease in the next three months outnumbered those expecting an increase.

Turnover of the sector business services in the fourth quarter of 2008 was nearly 5 percent higher than one year previously and the smallest growth since the end of 2004. All branches in the sector...

In October, the number of business services providers anticipating turnover growth in the next three months largely outnumbered those anticipating a decrease.

In October, business services providers anticipating turnover growth during the next three months outnumbered those anticipating a downturn. With + 29, the index was higher than in September (+ 19).

In January, the number of Dutch business services providers expecting turnover to increase outnumbered those expecting a decline by 14 percent, as against 3 percent in December.

In June, business services providers anticipating turnover growth during the next three months were outnumbered by those anticipating a decline. The index stood at -5 in June versus +15 in May.

In July 2009, Dutch providers of business services were still pessimistic. On balance, 25 percent of them expect to generate a lower turnover in the next three months.