Business confidence; to regions

Business confidence; to regions

Regions Margins Sector/branches (SBI 2008) 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 (%)
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.2 -6.3 -0.2 .
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.4 -8.4 -2.4 .
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Nederland Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.0 -5.7 -0.3 8.1
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -2.9 -5.2 -0.6 9.0
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -2.9 -5.6 -0.3 7.2
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.3 -8.6 -2.1 10.1
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -5.0 -4.6 -5.5 10.0
Nederland Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -6.3 -6.5 -6.1 9.8
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -6.9 -9.6 -4.2 .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.8 -10.9 -2.6 .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Groningen (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -5.3 -8.2 -2.4 11.6
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -3.8 -3.6 -3.9 10.4
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -3.4 -4.9 -1.9 8.6
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -4.7 -8.5 -0.9 9.5
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -2.2 -1.5 -2.9 11.8
Groningen (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -8.0 -7.9 -8.1 17.8
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -9.9 -15.3 -4.5 .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.1 -6.0 -4.3 .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Fryslân (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -7.8 -12.3 -3.2 6.2
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -5.5 -5.9 -5.2 14.2
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -4.1 -5.5 -2.8 11.6
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.0 -7.6 -4.3 11.7
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -6.7 -7.0 -6.3 9.4
Fryslân (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -8.2 -10.5 -5.8 14.9
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -5.6 -8.6 -2.7 .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.9 -9.3 -4.5 .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Drenthe (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -6.6 -10.3 -2.8 17.5
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -4.0 -5.3 -2.7 20.3
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -5.4 -8.8 -2.0 17.8
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -8.8 -11.9 -5.8 21.8
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -8.7 -6.8 -10.5 18.9
Drenthe (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -13.5 -13.3 -13.7 13.3
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -7.7 -12.9 -2.5 .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.3 -9.7 -0.9 .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Overijssel (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -6.4 -10.8 -1.9 12.2
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -3.1 -6.3 0.1 12.2
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -5.3 -7.3 -3.3 9.9
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.0 -10.6 0.7 12.7
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -3.7 -2.3 -5.0 16.8
Overijssel (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -2.3 -2.5 -2.1 15.4
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October 2.1 0.2 3.9 .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -4.4 -8.9 0.0 .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Flevoland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.1 -4.2 -2.0 9.2
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -2.3 -2.4 -2.1 13.2
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December 0.0 -2.3 2.2 11.1
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.2 -10.1 -0.3 11.1
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -7.1 -7.7 -6.6 10.3
Flevoland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -7.6 -8.5 -6.7 10.6
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -5.7 -8.3 -3.0 .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.6 -10.0 -3.2 .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Gelderland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -6.9 -9.2 -4.6 7.4
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -4.8 -4.3 -5.4 12.1
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -4.7 -7.5 -2.0 8.8
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.1 -10.8 -1.3 10.4
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -6.3 -6.9 -5.8 10.9
Gelderland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -8.5 -8.7 -8.4 6.5
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.0 -9.9 3.8 .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -1.0 -2.8 0.8 .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Utrecht (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.5 -10.2 3.2 2.2
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -0.2 -4.8 4.4 3.7
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -0.3 -5.3 4.7 1.3
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -0.5 -2.4 1.4 7.1
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -0.8 1.5 -3.2 4.7
Utrecht (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -2.2 0.4 -4.8 4.9
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October 1.2 -0.6 2.9 .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.9 -11.2 -2.6 .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October 1.5 0.1 2.9 7.8
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -4.6 -7.6 -1.7 7.4
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -3.7 -6.8 -0.7 5.7
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -7.5 -11.8 -3.3 7.3
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -8.1 -7.9 -8.4 7.5
Noord-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -7.4 -10.0 -4.8 7.5
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.0 -4.9 -1.1 .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -4.9 -7.6 -2.2 .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -1.8 -2.7 -0.8 6.6
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -1.1 -2.7 0.5 5.9
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -1.9 -3.7 0.0 7.1
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -3.8 -6.2 -1.4 7.9
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -2.3 -2.4 -2.1 6.0
Zuid-Holland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -5.5 -5.6 -5.4 7.6
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.5 -2.4 -4.5 .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -4.8 -4.6 -4.9 .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Zeeland (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -3.9 -3.0 -4.8 3.5
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -2.0 -5.9 2.0 6.6
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -5.7 -3.9 -7.4 5.4
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.2 -4.9 -5.5 8.2
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -1.9 1.5 -5.3 12.7
Zeeland (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -3.7 -1.9 -5.6 16.3
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -4.2 -7.2 -1.2 .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.0 -6.8 -3.2 .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -4.0 -7.2 -0.7 8.4
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -1.8 -5.3 1.7 9.2
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -1.8 -3.9 0.3 5.4
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.0 -7.8 -4.3 14.2
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -5.9 -5.1 -6.7 12.2
Noord-Brabant (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -6.9 -4.8 -9.0 12.1
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -2.3 -6.7 2.2 .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November . . . .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December . . . .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -6.3 -9.7 -3.0 .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February . . . .
Limburg (PV) Value All enterprises (no finance or energy) Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March . . . .
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -1.8 -5.0 1.4 15.2
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 November -3.1 -5.6 -0.7 13.7
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2024 December -2.9 -6.1 0.2 13.4
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 January -5.7 -9.8 -1.6 12.6
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 February -5.6 -6.4 -4.8 18.4
Limburg (PV) Value C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Seasonally adjusted data 2025 March -5.5 -7.6 -3.4 17.6
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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.

The aggregation ‘all enterprises (no finance or energy)’ includes all available branches questioned in the Business Survey Netherlands. Because not every branch is questioned monthly, this aggregation will only have data available for the first month of each quarter. The aggregation ‘C industry, H-S services and 45+47’ includes all monthly questioned branches and serves as a subtotal of the monthly questionnaire.

Data available from: January 2012.

Changes as of March 28th 2025:
Figures of March 2025 have been added.
Figures for the uncertainty indicator of the business climate have been adjusted. The sectors M Other specialized business services and N Renting and other business support are now included in figures for C Industry, H-S services and 45+47, and All enterprises (no finance or energy).
Figures for the uncertainty indicator also have been added for the months January and February of 2025.

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’.
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