Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches

This table provides up-to-date information, including uncertainty margins, about the opinions held by Dutch entrepreneurs on their achievements, expectations and judgments regarding their business. This panel survey is aimed at gaining insight into the current situation, future development and judgments of Dutch enterprises. As a result it is possible to detect turning points in optimism or pessimism at an early stage, providing an early indication of possible trend changes in the economic activities of Dutch enterprises. Data are broken down by main business activity (SITC 2008). The questions submitted to the entrepreneurs at the beginning of a quarter concern output, turnover, prices, order books, stocks, investments, competitive position, economic climate, staff size and the obstacles they have encountered. In answering the questions relating to developments in the past three months and expectations for the next three months, the entrepreneurs are asked for a comparison with the preceding period of three months.

Data available from: January 2012

Status of the figures: All figures are definitive.

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

Data is now available for the following 2nd digit industries, if they comply with the confidentiality rules:
- 01 Agriculture
- 02 Forestry
- 03 Fisheries
- 06 Extraction of oil and natural gas
- 08 Mining (no oil and gas)
- 09 Mining services

For all branches within H-S Services, the used method for calculating the topic ‘Capacity utilisation’ has been aligned for all periods.
More information about the calculation of this topic is in the description of the topic.

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.