Business confidence; to sector/branches

The Business confidence is a sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector. When assessing the results, it can be assumed that the more optimistic or pessimistic the entrepreneurs are, the more the value of business confidence will deviate positively or negatively from the zero line.
The Business confidence in the total Dutch private sector is a weighted average of the confidence indicators of the underlying sectors/industries, which together form a representative reflection of the Dutch business community from an economic viewpoint.
The Business confidence for manufacturing industry is not the same as the Producer Confidence. These figures are available in the Producer confidence table.

Data available from: January 2012.

Changes as of March 28th 2025:
Figures of March 2025 have been added.

For the sectors M Other specialized business services and N Renting and other business support, the figures for the uncertainty indicator of the business climate have been added. Figures for sectors which have M and N included have been adjusted by this change. The uncertainty indicator also has been added for January and February of 2025.

Due to a change in statistical security, more figures are available.

When will new figures be published?
Figures of April 2025 are expected to be published the 7th of May 2025.