The Netherlands’ business confidence indicator dropped to 2.1 in May 2023 from 3.0 in the previous month. It marked the weakest reading since February 2021, as entrepreneurs became more pessimistic about stocks of finished products (-4.6 vs -3.8 in April). Furthermore, assessments were less optimistic for expected production (2.7 vs 3.1) and order books (8.3 vs 9.6) for the next three months. source: Statistics Netherlands

Business Confidence in Netherlands averaged 1.05 points from 1985 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 12.70 points in November of 2021 and a record low of -28.70 points in April of 2020. This page provides - Netherlands Business Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Netherlands Business Confidence - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2023.

Business Confidence in Netherlands is expected to be 4.00 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Netherlands Business Confidence is projected to trend around 4.50 points in 2024 and 1.50 points in 2025, according to our econometric models.

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Netherlands Business Confidence



Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2023-05-02 04:30 AM Apr 3 4.0 5
2023-05-30 04:30 AM May 2.1 3.0 3
2023-06-29 04:30 AM Jun 2.1 4


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Business Confidence 2.10 3.00 points May 2023
Industrial Production -4.30 -2.50 percent Mar 2023
Industrial Production Mom -1.50 0.50 percent Mar 2023
Manufacturing Production -4.00 -2.30 percent Mar 2023
Capacity Utilization 82.50 82.60 percent Jun 2023
New Orders 120.40 102.70 points Dec 2013
Changes in Inventories -2112.00 -1323.00 EUR Million Mar 2023
Bankruptcies 243.00 235.00 Companies Apr 2023
Mining Production -11.10 -4.30 percent Mar 2023

Netherlands Business Confidence
In Netherlands, the producer confidence survey covers 1,700 manufacturing companies and gathers up-to-date information on economic developments for all activities of the manufacturing industry. The survey covers three components: how companies evaluate their order positions, their stocks of finished products in the month under review and the anticipated economic activity for the next three months. The index is calculated as the percentage of positive answers minus the percentage of negative answers. Therefore, the indicator varies from -100 (all participants evaluate their situation as poor and expect it to become worse) to 100 (all companies are happy with current situation and expect it to improve); 0 indicates neutrality.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
2.10 3.00 12.70 -28.70 1985 - 2023 points Monthly

News Stream
Dutch Business Morale Weakest in Over 2 Years
The Netherlands’ business confidence indicator dropped to 2.1 in May 2023 from 3.0 in the previous month. It marked the weakest reading since February 2021, as entrepreneurs became more pessimistic about stocks of finished products (-4.6 vs -3.8 in April). Furthermore, assessments were less optimistic for expected production (2.7 vs 3.1) and order books (8.3 vs 9.6) for the next three months.
2023-05-30
Dutch Business Mood at 5-Month Low
The Netherlands’ business confidence indicator decreased to 3.0 in April 2023 from a seven-month high of 4.0 in the previous month. It was the lowest reading since November 2022, as entrepreneurs were less optimistic about order books and expected production in the next three months, while assessments for stocks of finished products remained negative.
2023-05-02
Dutch Business Morale Highest in 7 Months
The Netherlands’ business confidence indicator increased by 0.3 points to 4.0 in March 2023, pointing to the highest reading since August 2022. Manufacturers were more optimistic about future production (4.2 vs 3.5 in February) and their views toward order books was almost unchanged (11.7 vs 11.8) while entrepreneurs' assessments about finished products were less negative (-3.8 vs -4.2).
2023-03-30