Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches, seasonally adjusted

Business survey Netherlands; to sector/branches, seasonally adjusted

Sector/branches SIC 2008 Margins Seasonal adjustment Periods Turnover last 3 months (%) Turnover next 3 months (%) Selling prices/rates next 3 months (%) Purchase orders next 3 months (%) Workforce last 3 months (%) Workforce next 3 months (%) Investments current year (%) Business climate last 3 months (%) Business climate next 3 months (%) Profitability last 3 months (%)
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 1.4 9.6 29.0 0.2 5.9 4.2 . -14.2 -5.0 .
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 12.5 15.8 33.3 -3.6 8.5 3.8 . -5.4 -9.8 .
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 16.4 2.4 38.5 -3.5 0.5 3.4 8.3 -3.6 -2.8 6.3
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 11.4 5.6 23.3 0.1 13.2 6.7 . -2.6 -3.0 .
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 5.8 5.1 11.0 -0.4 3.3 10.1 . -7.1 -2.3 .
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 April 14.0 -6.1 9.3 -12.5 15.8 0.5 -1.4 -1.8 2.6 -9.4
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 May -4.2 -6.5 14.5 -12.1 6.0 9.5 . -5.5 -4.6 .
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 June -6.5 -3.9 10.9 -10.4 15.4 11.8 . -4.8 -1.0 .
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 July -15.8 -0.5 17.7 -0.6 5.7 -0.4 -7.2 0.4 3.4 -6.9
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 August -14.4 12.5 9.7 1.9 10.0 5.0 . -5.0 -5.1 .
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 September -11.7 18.3 8.1 6.0 7.8 -3.4 . -7.0 -4.8 .
S Other service activities Value Original, unadjusted data 2024 October -6.4 23.2 17.0 4.5 2.2 -4.4 12.3 -3.7 -0.2 -9.3
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November 3.8 10.0 19.5 1.8 4.9 7.2 . -12.8 -3.9 .
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December 8.8 12.6 15.7 -1.7 11.3 7.3 . -3.7 -9.0 .
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 7.2 0.7 17.1 -0.9 3.7 4.3 8.3 -0.9 -2.1 4.3
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February 4.2 3.5 20.2 -1.7 17.2 5.3 . -0.4 -5.5 .
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March 2.1 2.6 14.6 -2.5 6.0 6.4 . -3.6 -5.0 .
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April 13.6 -4.7 17.3 -16.1 14.2 -2.6 -1.4 -1.8 -3.8 -10.2
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May -6.5 -2.1 23.0 -13.8 4.6 5.8 . -7.3 -7.8 .
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June -7.3 -2.1 20.4 -10.2 12.3 10.6 . -8.9 -0.9 .
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July -10.4 6.5 28.1 2.6 -0.2 -1.3 -7.2 -3.3 3.4 -6.4
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -12.6 12.5 16.6 2.5 9.1 5.0 . -8.9 -2.6 .
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -3.1 14.3 13.6 4.9 5.9 1.2 . -8.0 -1.7 .
S Other service activities Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October 2.7 21.6 16.3 4.9 5.1 -2.5 12.3 -3.0 2.8 -7.0
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November -8.4 0.4 21.4 -7.1 -2.3 -3.1 . -21.5 -12.4 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 3.9 5.8 24.5 -10.3 -0.9 -4.4 . -12.8 -17.4 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 5.6 -7.4 30.5 -10.8 -7.9 -3.7 0.7 -10.9 -10.2 -1.7
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 0.4 -3.4 14.5 -7.0 4.0 -0.4 . -10.2 -9.3 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March -3.0 -2.5 5.5 -6.7 -5.5 2.8 . -14.0 -8.6 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April 3.4 -14.7 4.0 -20.9 6.4 -5.6 -10.6 -8.3 -3.7 -17.4
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 May -13.6 -14.5 7.8 -18.8 -4.0 1.9 . -11.0 -11.1 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 June -15.7 -12.3 5.2 -17.7 7.4 4.4 . -10.9 -7.9 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 July -24.2 -7.6 11.2 -6.9 -0.8 -6.1 -14.6 -5.5 -2.5 -14.2
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 August -24.4 4.3 5.4 -2.8 3.9 -2.1 . -9.3 -10.2 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 September -22.3 9.3 2.0 -0.1 0.2 -10.3 . -12.1 -11.9 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 October -17.4 13.6 9.4 -3.7 -4.9 -11.1 2.3 -11.0 -7.8 -18.9
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November -6.0 0.8 11.9 -5.5 -3.3 -0.1 . -20.1 -11.3 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December 0.2 2.6 6.9 -8.4 1.9 -0.9 . -11.1 -16.6 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January -3.6 -9.1 9.1 -8.2 -4.7 -2.8 0.7 -8.2 -9.5 -3.7
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February -6.8 -5.5 11.4 -8.8 8.0 -1.8 . -8.0 -11.8 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March -6.7 -5.0 9.1 -8.8 -2.8 -0.9 . -10.5 -11.3 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April 3.0 -13.3 12.0 -24.5 4.8 -8.7 -10.6 -8.3 -10.1 -18.2
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May -15.9 -10.1 16.3 -20.5 -5.4 -1.8 . -12.8 -14.3 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June -16.5 -10.5 14.7 -17.5 4.3 3.2 . -15.0 -7.8 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July -18.8 -0.6 21.6 -3.7 -6.7 -7.0 -14.6 -9.2 -2.5 -13.7
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -22.6 4.3 12.3 -2.2 3.0 -2.1 . -13.2 -7.7 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September -13.7 5.3 7.5 -1.2 -1.7 -5.7 . -13.1 -8.8 .
S Other service activities Lower bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October -8.3 12.0 8.7 -3.3 -2.0 -9.2 2.3 -10.3 -4.8 -16.6
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 November 11.2 18.8 36.6 7.5 14.1 11.5 . -6.9 2.4 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2023 December 21.1 25.8 42.1 3.1 17.9 12.0 . 2.0 -2.2 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 January 27.2 12.2 46.5 3.8 8.9 10.5 15.9 3.7 4.6 14.3
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 February 22.4 14.6 32.1 7.2 22.4 13.8 . 5.0 3.3 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 March 14.6 12.7 16.5 5.9 12.1 17.4 . -0.2 4.0 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 April 24.6 2.5 14.6 -4.1 25.2 6.6 7.8 4.7 8.9 -1.4
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 May 5.2 1.5 21.2 -5.4 16.0 17.1 . 0.0 1.9 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 June 2.7 4.5 16.6 -3.1 23.4 19.2 . 1.3 5.9 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 July -7.4 6.6 24.2 5.7 12.2 5.3 0.2 6.3 9.3 0.4
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 August -4.4 20.7 14.0 6.6 16.1 12.1 . -0.7 0.0 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 September -1.1 27.3 14.2 12.1 15.4 3.5 . -1.9 2.3 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Original, unadjusted data 2024 October 4.6 32.8 24.6 12.7 9.3 2.3 22.3 3.6 7.4 0.3
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November 13.6 19.2 27.1 9.1 13.1 14.5 . -5.5 3.5 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December 17.4 22.6 24.5 5.0 20.7 15.5 . 3.7 -1.4 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 18.0 10.5 25.1 6.4 12.1 11.4 15.9 6.4 5.3 12.3
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February 15.2 12.5 29.0 5.4 26.4 12.4 . 7.2 0.8 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March 10.9 10.2 20.1 3.8 14.8 13.7 . 3.3 1.3 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April 24.2 3.9 22.6 -7.7 23.6 3.5 7.8 4.7 2.5 -2.2
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May 2.9 5.9 29.7 -7.1 14.6 13.4 . -1.8 -1.3 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June 1.9 6.3 26.1 -2.9 20.3 18.0 . -2.8 6.0 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July -2.0 13.6 34.6 8.9 6.3 4.4 0.2 2.6 9.3 0.9
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August -2.6 20.7 20.9 7.2 15.2 12.1 . -4.6 2.5 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 September 7.5 23.3 19.7 11.0 13.5 8.1 . -2.9 5.4 .
S Other service activities Upper bound 95% confidence interval Seasonally adjusted data 2024 October 13.7 31.2 23.9 13.1 12.2 4.2 22.3 4.3 10.4 2.6
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains seasonally corrected information about the opinions of Dutch entrepreneurs about developments, expectations and judgments regarding their business. The questions submitted to the entrepreneurs relate among other things to turnover, prices, staff size, economic climate and profitability. The data can be broken down into business activities according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2008).

Seasonal adjustment involves correcting for a more or less fixed seasonal pattern as a result of circumstances in the different seasons. The applied seasonal correction allows direct comparison of figures from successive periods.

Data available from: January 2012

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definite.

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

Turnover last 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers with increased turnover minus the rate of producers with decreased turnover. This balance provides insight into the direction in which the turnover in the previous three months has developed.
Turnover next 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase in turnover minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease in turnover. This balance shows the expected development of turnover in the next three months.
Selling prices/rates next 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers who expect aincrease of selling prices/rates, minus the weighted respons rate of producers who expect a decrease of selling prices/rates. This balance provides insight into the expected development of selling prices/rates in the next three months.
Purchase orders next 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase of purchase orders minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease. This balance provides insight into the expected evolution of purchase orders in the next three months.
Workforce last 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers with an increase in workforce minus the weighted response rate of producers with a decrease in workforce. This balance provides insight into the development of the workforce in the last three months.
Workforce next 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase in workforce minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease in workforce in the next three months. This balance provides insight into the development of the workforce in the next three months.
Investments current year
The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase in investments minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease in investments in the current year, compared with last years investments. This balance provides insight into the development of investments in the current year.
Business climate last 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic climate (business situation) in the last three months has improved minus the weighted response rate that it has declined. This balance represents the development of the economic climate (business situation) over the last three months compared with the previous three months.
Business climate next 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the economic climate (business situation) in the next three months will improve minus the weighted response rate that it will decline. This balance represents the expected development of the economic climate over the next three months compared with the previous three months.
Profitability last 3 months
The weighted response rate of producers indicating that the profitability in the last three months has improved minus the weighted response rate that it has declined. This balance represents the development of the profitability over the last three months compared with the previous three months.