Employment indicator; to sector/branches
| Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Margins | Seasonal adjustment | Periods | Employment indicator (Average of the components) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2023 October | 7.8 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2023 November | 8.2 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2023 December | 7.6 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 January | 10.7 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 February | 7.3 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 March | 10.0 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 April | 10.0 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 May | 5.3 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 June | 4.8 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 July | 6.0 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 August | 3.8 |
| M-N Business services | Lower bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 September | 4.0 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2023 October | 12.8 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2023 November | 13.2 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2023 December | 12.6 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 January | 16.1 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 February | 12.3 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 March | 15.0 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 April | 15.0 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 May | 10.3 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 June | 9.8 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 July | 11.0 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 August | 9.2 |
| M-N Business services | Upper bound 95% confidence interval | Seasonally adjusted data | 2024 September | 9.0 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||
Table explanation
The employment indicator is a sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector regarding the total employment of enterprises. 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. A positive figure for the indicator indicates an expansion of the workforce, a negative figure indicates a shrinking workforce.
The employment indicator 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 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.
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are definite.
Changes as of September 27th 2024:
Figures of September 2024 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
Figures of October are expected to be published the 30th of October 2024.
Description topics
- Employment indicator
- Sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector regarding the total employment