Investments in tangible fixed assets; business sector

Investments in tangible fixed assets; business sector

SIC 2008 Periods Investments in tangible fixed assets (million euros)
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2009 41,888.5
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2010 39,705.1
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2011 49,444.9
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2012 47,633.9
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2013 46,383.9
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2014 46,144.2
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2015 50,663.8
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2016 47,187.6
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2017 51,855.9
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2018 56,693.4
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2019 65,522.5
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2020 62,675.1
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2021 64,142.6
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2022 73,954.4
Business Economy, B-N, excl. K, incl. 95 2023* .
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
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.).