Employment indicator; to sector/branches

Employment indicator; to sector/branches

Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Margins Seasonal adjustment Periods Employment indicator (Average of the components)
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 5.4
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 6.4
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April 5.6
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June .
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July 4.2
All enterprises (no finance or energy) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 6.1
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January -3.4
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April -4.6
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June .
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July -3.2
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 11.0
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 7.2
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April 11.7
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June .
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July 19.1
B Mining and quarrying Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August .
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 5.0
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 6.1
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April 4.4
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May .
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June .
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July 1.5
C Industry, H-S services and 45+47 Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August .
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 3.6
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 1.3
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April 2.2
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May .
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June .
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July -2.3
C Manufacturing Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August .
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 3.6
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 8.7
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April 12.1
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May .
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June .
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July 16.9
F Construction Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August .
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 1.6
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 4.1
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April 2.7
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May .
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June .
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July 1.3
G Wholesale and retail trade Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August .
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 8.4
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 January 1.5
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 February .
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 March .
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 April 11.3
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 May .
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 June .
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 July 8.6
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles Value Seasonally adjusted data 2024 August .
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 September .
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 October 9.8
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 November .
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) Value Seasonally adjusted data 2023 December .
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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 August 29th 2024:
Figures of August 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Figures of September are expected to be published the 27th of September 2024.

Description topics

Employment indicator
Sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector regarding the total employment