Business confidence; to sector/branches
| Sector/branches (SBI 2008) | Margins | Seasonal adjustment | Periods | Business confidence (Average of the components) | Business confidence indicator components Business situation past three months (%) | Business confidence indicator components Business situation next three months (%) | Uncertainty indicator business climate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2023 November | -1.0 | -3.3 | 0.9 | -1.5 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2023 December | -3.0 | -4.2 | -2.5 | -3.1 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 January | -0.9 | -5.7 | 2.6 | -3.7 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 February | -1.7 | -4.0 | 0.1 | -6.1 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 March | -1.5 | -4.3 | 0.8 | -5.6 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 April | -2.8 | -5.0 | -1.4 | -4.4 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 May | -4.2 | -6.5 | -2.6 | -5.4 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 June | -3.9 | -5.8 | -2.5 | -7.0 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 July | -5.9 | -6.6 | -5.7 | -5.9 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 August | -1.9 | -2.2 | -2.6 | -6.6 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 September | -3.1 | -6.8 | -0.3 | -7.6 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 October | -1.0 | -2.1 | -0.3 | -7.2 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2023 November | 3.4 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2023 December | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 3.9 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 January | 4.1 | -0.3 | 10.0 | 4.5 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 February | 2.3 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 1.7 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 March | 2.9 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 2.2 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 April | 0.8 | -0.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 May | -0.2 | -1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 June | 0.1 | -1.0 | 1.9 | 0.8 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 July | -2.3 | -2.2 | -1.7 | 1.5 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 August | 1.7 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 September | 0.5 | -2.0 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 October | 3.0 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||
Table explanation
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 November 6th 2024:
Figures of October 2024 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
Figures of November are expected to be published the 28th of November 2024.
Description topics
- Business confidence
- Sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector
- Business confidence indicator components
- Business situation past three months
- Weighted and seasonally adjusted percentage to the question: how has your business situation developed over the past 3 months? It has… improved/remained unchanged/deteriorated.
- Business situation next three months
- Weighted and seasonally adjusted percentage to the question: how do you expect your business situation to develop over the next 3 months? It will… improve/remain unchanged/deteriorate.
- Uncertainty indicator business climate
- Weighted and seasonally adjusted percentage to the question: ‘The future development of your business situation is currently: easy to predict/moderately easy to predict/moderately difficult to predict/difficult to predict’.