Netherlands Business survey, region, month 1989-2023
| Businesses/activities (SBI 2008) | Periods | Regions | Turnover and selling prices Turnover next three months Balance turnover next three months (%) | Turnover and selling prices Selling prices / rates next three months Balance selling prices / rates (%) | Orders (intake and placed) Orders placed next three months Balance purchase orders (%) | Workforce Workforce next three months Balance workforce next three months (%) | Economic climate Economic climate next three months Balance economic climate next 3 months (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Manufacturing | 2022 December | Nederland | . | 45.9 | 1.7 | 10.0 | -9.7 |
| C Manufacturing | 2023 January | Nederland | 4.4 | 45.6 | 9.3 | 13.4 | -4.6 |
| C Manufacturing | 2023 February | Nederland | . | 29.3 | 8.0 | 12.8 | -0.9 |
| C Manufacturing | 2023 March | Nederland | . | 20.5 | 9.0 | 11.5 | 1.2 |
| C Manufacturing | 2023 April | Nederland | 14.7 | 11.7 | 5.7 | 12.5 | -1.9 |
| C Manufacturing | 2023 May | Nederland | . | 7.0 | 4.9 | 8.9 | -1.5 |
| C Manufacturing | 2023 June | Nederland | . | 4.7 | -0.6 | 7.1 | -4.2 |
| 45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | 2022 December | Nederland | 21.2 | 54.6 | 16.0 | -4.8 | -30.1 |
| 45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | 2023 January | Nederland | -23.4 | 53.1 | -12.2 | -1.1 | -22.3 |
| 45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | 2023 February | Nederland | -4.4 | 46.0 | 15.1 | -1.5 | -7.1 |
| 45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | 2023 March | Nederland | 14.0 | 33.4 | 13.1 | 2.2 | -2.6 |
| 45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | 2023 April | Nederland | 20.7 | 26.0 | 6.7 | 4.8 | -4.3 |
| 45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | 2023 May | Nederland | 16.6 | 23.6 | 5.7 | 5.0 | -6.4 |
| 45+47 Retail trade and motor vehicles | 2023 June | Nederland | 11.3 | 17.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | -9.5 |
| 49-96 Total services | 2022 December | Nederland | 2.4 | 48.2 | -2.5 | 13.7 | -10.8 |
| 49-96 Total services | 2023 January | Nederland | -0.6 | 51.6 | 2.0 | 19.4 | -10.2 |
| 49-96 Total services | 2023 February | Nederland | 14.2 | 32.7 | 7.6 | 20.1 | -3.9 |
| 49-96 Total services | 2023 March | Nederland | 21.3 | 21.2 | 12.6 | 23.4 | 3.0 |
| 49-96 Total services | 2023 April | Nederland | 24.4 | 17.0 | 12.4 | 23.2 | 3.2 |
| 49-96 Total services | 2023 May | Nederland | 18.1 | 14.2 | 7.4 | 16.0 | 0.6 |
| 49-96 Total services | 2023 June | Nederland | 5.8 | 10.1 | 2.8 | 10.4 | -2.5 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||
Table explanation
The purpose of this table is to provide current information on the opinions of Dutch producers about performance, expectations and assessment concerning their enterprises. The survey covers enterprises in commercial services, retail trade and manufacturing industry. The Business sentiment survey makes it possible to indicate turning points
in sentiment at an early stage. In this way a change in the trend of economic activity of Dutch companies is available at a early stage. The questions put to the companies relate to production,sales, prices, orders, stocks, investment, competitiveness,economic climate, workforce and the factors limiting production. In answering the questions relating to developments in the past three months and expectations for the next tree months, the enterpreneurs are asked for a comparison with the preceding period of three months.
This publication is created using co-financing by the European Commission.
Status of the figures: All data are definite.
Data available from Services: April 1992 - June 2023
Data available from Retail Trade: May 2008 - June 2023
Data available from Industry: February 1989 - June 2023
Changes as of 27 July 2023;
This table has been discontinued. The reason for this is that the results of this table have been moved to other, new tables in which the results comply with the stricter confidentiality rules due to an adjusted industry classification.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable.
This table is followed by Business survey Netherlands; to regions (active on August 15, 2023). See paragraph 3.
Description topics
- Turnover and selling prices
- The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "Our turnover / marketing in the last three months increased
remained unchanged or decreased? "
- "Our turnover / marketing in the next three months will grow,
remain unchanged or decrease? "
- "Our selling prices / rates over the next three months
will increase, remain unchanged or decrease? ".- Turnover next three months
- Weighted response rates to the question:
- "Our total turnover will increase over the next three months,
remain unchanged or decrease? "- Balance turnover next three months
- The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase in
turnover minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease in turnover. This balance shows the expected development of turnover in the next three months.
- Selling prices / rates next three months
- Selling prices / rates next three months
weighted response rates to the question:
- "Our selling prices / rates over the next three months will
rise, remain unchanged or fall? "- Balance selling prices / rates
- The weighted response rate of producers who expect a
rise of selling prices / rates, minus the weighted respons rate of
producers who expect a fall of selling prices / rates.
This balance provides insight into the expected development of selling
prices / rates in the next three months.
- Orders (intake and placed)
- The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The value of the total orders received in the last three months
increased, remained unchanged or decreased? '.
- "The value of the orders we expect to place with suppliers in the next
three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease? "
- "The total order book shows - during normal working hours - .. months
of work? "
- "The total order position, we assess, given the time of year
as (too) large, normal or (too) small? "
- "The foreign order books, we assess, given the time of the years,
as (too) large, normal or (too) small? "
The order book is presented as an index (September 2011 = 100),
representing the number of months of work in hand, including any work
for bringing the stocks up to an appropriate level.- Orders placed next three months
- Weighted response rates to the question:
- "The value of the orders we expect to place with suppliers in the next
three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease? "- Balance purchase orders
- The weighted response rate of producers with an expected
increase of purchase orders minus the weighted response rate of
producers with an expected decrease. This balance provides insight
into the expected evolution of purchase orders in the next three months.
- Workforce
- The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The staff in the last three months
increased, remained unchanged or decreased? "
- "The staff will be in the next three months
increase, remain unchanged or decrease?- Workforce next three months
- The weighted response rates to the question:
- "The staff will be in the next three months
increase, remain unchanged or decrease?- Balance workforce next three months
- The weighted response rate of producers with an expected
increase in staff strength minus the weighted response rate of producers
with an expected decrease in staff strength in the next three months.
This balance provides insight into the development of staff strength in
the next three months.
- Economic climate
- The weighted response rates on the statements:
- "The economic climate for our business has improved, remained unchanged
or declined in the last three months."
- "The economic climate in the next three months for our
company is expected to improve, remain unchanged or decline? "- Economic climate next three months
- The weighted response rates to the question:
- "We expect the economic climate for our company
to improve, remain unchanged or decline in the last three months."- Balance economic climate next 3 months
- The weighted response rate of producers indicating that
the economic climate in the next three months will improve minus the
weighted response rate that it will decline.
This balance represents the expected development of the economic
climate over the next three months compared with the previous three
months.