Investments in tangible fixed assets; business sector

Investments in tangible fixed assets; business sector

SIC 2008 Periods Investments in tangible fixed assets (million euros)
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2009 12,042.1
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2010 12,642.6
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2011 15,913.9
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2012 14,640.7
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2013 14,312.1
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2014 16,264.7
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2015 16,544.2
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016 12,568.2
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2017 12,970.2
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2018 15,369.4
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2019 19,130.4
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2020 15,895.8
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2021 16,570.9
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022 18,850.7
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 20,348.5
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2009 14,073.0
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2010 14,432.9
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2011 17,939.5
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2012 16,341.4
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2013 16,039.4
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2014 17,916.8
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2015 18,490.0
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2016 14,628.6
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2017 15,479.8
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2018 18,572.4
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2019 22,384.8
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2020 19,433.2
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2021 20,329.0
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2022 23,233.8
B-F Manufacturing and energy 2023* 25,354.6
B Mining and quarrying 2009 1,473.7
B Mining and quarrying 2010 1,446.4
B Mining and quarrying 2011 2,873.0
B Mining and quarrying 2012 1,713.6
B Mining and quarrying 2013 1,359.5
B Mining and quarrying 2014 1,946.9
B Mining and quarrying 2015 2,890.5
B Mining and quarrying 2016 1,010.0
B Mining and quarrying 2017 530.5
B Mining and quarrying 2018 513.5
B Mining and quarrying 2019 1,998.2
B Mining and quarrying 2020 384.6
B Mining and quarrying 2021 541.9
B Mining and quarrying 2022 496.8
B Mining and quarrying 2023* 470.9
C Manufacturing 2009 7,319.2
C Manufacturing 2010 6,104.9
C Manufacturing 2011 7,218.1
C Manufacturing 2012 7,377.7
C Manufacturing 2013 6,924.4
C Manufacturing 2014 7,207.5
C Manufacturing 2015 8,114.3
C Manufacturing 2016 8,059.8
C Manufacturing 2017 8,802.0
C Manufacturing 2018 10,557.1
C Manufacturing 2019 11,614.5
C Manufacturing 2020 9,738.0
C Manufacturing 2021 9,734.0
C Manufacturing 2022 11,053.3
C Manufacturing 2023* 11,744.9
D Energy supply 2009 1,906.8
D Energy supply 2010 3,387.9
D Energy supply 2011 3,998.7
D Energy supply 2012 4,552.5
D Energy supply 2013 5,185.6
D Energy supply 2014 6,173.4
D Energy supply 2015 4,485.5
D Energy supply 2016 2,419.3
D Energy supply 2017 2,619.1
D Energy supply 2018 3,033.2
D Energy supply 2019 4,208.2
D Energy supply 2020 4,521.7
D Energy supply 2021 4,786.0
D Energy supply 2022 5,669.1
D Energy supply 2023* 6,471.9
E Water supply and waste management 2009 1,342.4
E Water supply and waste management 2010 1,703.4
E Water supply and waste management 2011 1,824.1
E Water supply and waste management 2012 996.9
E Water supply and waste management 2013 842.7
E Water supply and waste management 2014 937.0
E Water supply and waste management 2015 1,054.0
E Water supply and waste management 2016 1,079.2
E Water supply and waste management 2017 1,018.5
E Water supply and waste management 2018 1,265.5
E Water supply and waste management 2019 1,309.5
E Water supply and waste management 2020 1,251.5
E Water supply and waste management 2021 1,509.0
E Water supply and waste management 2022 1,631.6
E Water supply and waste management 2023* 1,660.9
F Construction 2009 2,030.9
F Construction 2010 1,790.4
F Construction 2011 2,025.6
F Construction 2012 1,700.7
F Construction 2013 1,727.3
F Construction 2014 1,652.0
F Construction 2015 1,945.8
F Construction 2016 2,060.4
F Construction 2017 2,509.6
F Construction 2018 3,203.0
F Construction 2019 3,254.3
F Construction 2020 3,537.4
F Construction 2021 3,758.1
F Construction 2022 4,383.1
F Construction 2023* 5,006.1
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains figures relating to the investments in tangible fixed assets. The investments have been made by non-financial companies. A distinction is made between different types of fixed assets and between new or second-hand assets. The table also contains information about the disposal of tangible fixed assets.

It distinguishes between seven types of tangible fixed assets:

1. Land;
2. Corporate buildings;
3. Network / Infrastructure;
4. Means of transport;
5. Computers, hardware and peripheral equipment;
6. Machinery and installations;
7. Other tangible fixed assets.

The following are disregarded:
- Investment in stock;
- Investment in foreign locations;
- The value of enterprises that have been acquired whose operational activities are barely affected.

The figures can be broken down into the companies’ activities, according to the Standard Industrial Classification 2008 (SIC 2008).

Data available from: 2009

Status of the figures:
The figures up to and including 2022 are final and the figures of 2023 are provisional.

Changes as of 1 November 2024:
The provisional figures of 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Roughly a year after the end of the reporting year, the provisional investment figures will be published for the Total Investments in Tangible Fixed Assets for the mineral extraction, industry, energy provision, waterworks and waste management and construction business sectors.Definitive, more specific figures will be made available 18 months after the end of the reporting year for all the business sectors that have been examined, including the five business sectors named above.The figures may be updated if substantial adjustments become necessary.

Description topics

Investments in tangible fixed assets
Goods which are purchased or produced in-company for use as capital assets in the production process. In general, goods are included in this category if they have a useful life of more than one year (such as buildings, houses, machines, means of transportat, etc.).