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Particulate matter emissions caused by business activity
Between 2000 and 2016, emissions of particulate matter (PM10) caused by Dutch business activity fell by more than 41 percent, while GDP increased.
Manufacturers more pessimistic, providers of business services optimistic
Producer confidence in Dutch manufacturing industry deteriorated further and equalled -3.7 in July. In June it was still at -1.7.
Business survey manufacturing industry February 1989 - October 2011
Production and capacity utilisation, orders, sales prices, stocks final products, competitive position, sales, number of employees for
Medium-sized businesses struck hardest by crisis in the construction sector
Last year, the construction sector faced a turnover loss of 16 percent. Small construction companies generated a turnover growth by 3 percent. Medium-sized and large building companies had to cope...
Manufacturers and business services remain optimistic
Producers’ confidence in the manufacturing industry is 6.1 in April 2006. This means manufacturers are about just as optimistic as in March.
Business cycle
The up and downturns of the economy within a five to ten year period. Usually there are the following phases.: recovery, boom, recession, and depression.
Manufacturers more pessimistic, business services more optimistic
Producers’ confidence in the manufacturing industry is -0.1 in April 2005. Manufacturers are thus significantly less optimistic than in March.
Further fall in farm businesses
There were 73 thousand agricultural and horticultural enterprises in the Netherlands on 1 April 2009. This is 3 percent less than twelve months previously.
Non-profit institution serving businesses (NPISB)
A private non-profit institution where over 50 % of the production costs are covered by sales.
Rising number of innovating businesses
In the period 2014-2016, the number of companies implementing technological innovations rose to nearly 20 thousand, up by nearly one thousand relative to the period 2012-2014. This involves new or...
Producer confidence up slightly again
Producer confidence among Dutch manufacturers improved further in January 2023.
23 thousand people with a non-Dutch nationality start up their own business
One in six new firms started up in the Netherlands in 2014 were owned by persons with at least one non-Dutch nationality.