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 | 2024 April | -3.3 | -5.8 | -1.6 | -4.4 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 May | -4.2 | -6.3 | -2.8 | -5.4 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 June | -3.6 | -5.4 | -2.5 | -7.0 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 July | -5.2 | -6.0 | -5.0 | -5.9 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 August | -1.6 | -2.1 | -1.9 | -6.6 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 September | -3.0 | -6.4 | -0.4 | -7.6 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 October | -0.9 | -1.7 | -0.5 | -7.2 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 November | -1.6 | -3.7 | 0.0 | -6.6 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 December | -0.6 | -2.6 | 1.0 | -7.2 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 1.0 | -0.2 | 1.5 | -4.4 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | -3.5 | -5.5 | -2.4 | -6.6 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | -4.8 | -5.1 | -4.9 | -4.2 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 April | 0.3 | -1.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 May | -0.2 | -1.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 June | 0.4 | -0.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 July | -1.6 | -1.6 | -1.0 | 1.5 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 August | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.8 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 September | 0.6 | -1.6 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 October | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 November | 2.4 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 0.4 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 December | 3.4 | 1.8 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 3.0 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | 0.5 | -0.7 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 April | -1.4 | -3.5 | 0.2 | -7.2 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 May | -2.0 | -2.8 | -2.1 | -8.1 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 June | -0.9 | -1.6 | -1.2 | -11.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 July | -4.9 | -5.3 | -5.1 | -9.4 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 August | -1.3 | -2.1 | -1.3 | -10.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 September | -3.0 | -5.6 | -1.7 | -9.7 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 October | -1.9 | -2.8 | -1.7 | -10.8 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 November | -0.3 | -1.6 | 0.2 | -9.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 December | -0.1 | -1.1 | 0.4 | -11.5 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 0.4 | 0.6 | -0.8 | -6.7 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | -4.0 | -6.8 | -2.0 | -7.9 |
| M Other specialised business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | -4.4 | -7.2 | -2.7 | -5.0 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 April | 3.6 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 2.2 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 May | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 1.7 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 June | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.2 | -1.5 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 July | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 August | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | -0.9 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 September | 2.0 | 1.0 | 4.1 | -0.3 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 October | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | -1.8 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 November | 5.1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 December | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.6 | -2.5 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 6.2 | 8.0 | 5.4 | 3.1 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | 1.8 | -0.2 | 4.6 | 1.9 |
| M Other specialised business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | 1.8 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 April | -7.5 | -11.0 | -5.3 | -4.3 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 May | -8.6 | -12.5 | -5.4 | -5.8 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 June | -8.8 | -12.6 | -5.6 | -5.3 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 July | -7.4 | -8.8 | -6.8 | -4.9 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 August | -3.8 | -4.5 | -4.6 | -5.6 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 September | -4.5 | -9.2 | -0.7 | -8.4 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 October | -0.9 | -1.9 | -0.5 | -5.8 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 November | -4.5 | -8.1 | -2.0 | -6.6 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 December | -2.8 | -5.9 | -0.2 | -4.7 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | -0.2 | -3.9 | 2.4 | -4.6 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | -4.5 | -5.7 | -5.0 | -8.3 |
| N Renting and other business support | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | -7.0 | -4.9 | -10.4 | -6.3 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 April | -2.1 | -3.6 | 0.5 | 7.5 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 May | -3.2 | -6.3 | 0.8 | 6.4 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 June | -2.6 | -5.2 | 0.6 | 7.3 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 July | -2.0 | -2.2 | -1.0 | 6.9 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 August | 2.0 | 4.1 | 1.2 | 6.6 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 September | 0.5 | -3.0 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 October | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 November | 0.5 | -2.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 December | 2.0 | -0.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 January | 6.4 | 3.9 | 10.2 | 6.0 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 February | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| N Renting and other business support | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2025 March | -0.8 | 2.5 | -3.0 | 3.5 |
| 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 March 28th 2025:
Figures of March 2025 have been added.
For the sectors M Other specialized business services and N Renting and other business support, the figures for the uncertainty indicator of the business climate have been added. Figures for sectors which have M and N included have been adjusted by this change. The uncertainty indicator also has been added for January and February of 2025.
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.
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’.