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There has been a slight fall in business confidence for the first time in over a year.

Business owners anticipate hiring more staff and investing more in 2025, but these expectations are less positive than they were for 2024.

Three quarters of business owners report that they are taking steps to increase the productivity of their business.

Realisations, expectations and opinions Dutch Business Survey Production, turnover, orders, prices, workforce, stocks, ec. climate

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Developments, expectations and opinions of businesses Sector/branches

At the beginning of 2022, business confidence declined after three consecutive quarters of growth. The mood did remain predominantly positive in most sectors.

The Dutch economy relies to a great extent on multinationals and large companies which operate worldwide.

Female entrepreneurs in the Dutch business economy are engaged in international activities to virtually the same degree as their male counterparts.

At the start of Q3 2020, entrepreneurial confidence stood at -19.3, up from -37.2 in the previous quarter.

In June 2020, confidence in business continuity under the current economic conditions increased in virtually all non-financial business sectors.

The order position of exporting manufacturers improved slightly in June compared to the previous month.

The number of entrepreneurs in virtually all non-financial industries who estimate their business will continue to exist in the current economic situation for at least another 12 months increased...

Many non-financial companies in the Netherlands fear for their survival in case of a protracted coronavirus crisis. Nearly half of all entrepreneurs in the non-financial private sector expect their...

At the beginning of Q4 2019, business confidence - the sentiment indicator of the Dutch private sector – was at a lower level compared to the previous quarter. Nevertheless, entrepreneurs are still...

At the start of Q3 2019, one-quarter of Dutch non-financial enterprises were still affected by staff shortages.

The LCU team is currently taking part in a Eurostat project that allows sharing of the related knowledge and expertise among the statistical offices in the ESS member states.

Confidence among Dutch entrepreneurs is increasing slightly in Q2 2019, after two quarters of decline. However, staff shortages are still affecting business operations at some enterprises.

Indexfigures and changes of production, total turnover, domestic and foreign turnover in the industry by sectors and branches (SIC2008)

Growing confidence among manufacturers

Producer confidence less positive

Producer confidence continues to grow

The Dutch producer confidence indicator stood at 3.4 in September, up from 1.2 in August.

Confidence among Dutch manufacturers has fallen considerably.

Dutch manufacturers remain positive