Business confidence in the Netherlands rose to -1.6 in December 2024, up from -1.8 in the previous month. This marked the highest reading since April 2023, but still below the 20-year average of -1.3. Producers' assessment of expected production in the coming three months remained equally positive (11.1 vs 11.1), while they were more negative about stocks of finished products (-5.1 vs -4). Conversely, their assessment of order books were less negative (-10.9 vs -12.7). source: Statistics Netherlands

Business Confidence in Netherlands increased to -1.60 points in December from -1.80 points in November of 2024. Business Confidence in Netherlands averaged -1.75 points from 1985 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 10.40 points in October of 2021 and a record low of -31.50 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 January of 2025.

Business Confidence in Netherlands increased to -1.60 points in December from -1.80 points in November of 2024. Business Confidence in Netherlands is expected to be -2.70 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations.




Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2024-11-28 05:30 AM
Business Confidence
Nov -1.8 -3.2 -3.5
2025-01-06 05:30 AM
Business Confidence
Dec -1.6 -1.8 -1.2
2025-01-30 05:30 AM
Business Confidence
Jan -1.6


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Bankruptcies 345.00 408.00 Companies Nov 2024
Business Confidence -1.60 -1.80 points Dec 2024
Capacity Utilization 77.00 77.70 percent Dec 2024
Changes in Inventories -290.00 -725.00 EUR Million Sep 2024
Industrial Production 1.60 0.00 percent Nov 2024
Industrial Production Mom 1.40 0.40 percent Nov 2024
Manufacturing Production YoY -0.10 -1.70 percent Nov 2024
Manufacturing Production MoM 1.30 0.10 percent Nov 2024
Mining Production 14.80 3.70 percent Nov 2024

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
-1.60 -1.80 10.40 -31.50 1985 - 2024 points Monthly


News Stream
Dutch Business Sentiment Improves to 20-Month High
Business confidence in the Netherlands rose to -1.6 in December 2024, up from -1.8 in the previous month. This marked the highest reading since April 2023, but still below the 20-year average of -1.3. Producers' assessment of expected production in the coming three months remained equally positive (11.1 vs 11.1), while they were more negative about stocks of finished products (-5.1 vs -4). Conversely, their assessment of order books were less negative (-10.9 vs -12.7).
2025-01-06
Dutch Business Confidence Improves in November
Business confidence in the Netherlands rose to -1.8 in November 2024, up from October’s six-month low of -3.2. Still, the latest reading was below the 20-year average of -1.3. Producers became more optimistic about expected production over the next three months (11.1 vs 6.7 in October). They were also less negative about stocks of finished products (-4 vs -4.6). However, their assessment of order books deteriorated (-12.7 vs -11.7).
2024-11-28
Dutch Business Morale at 6-Month Low
Business confidence in the Netherlands declined to -3.2 in October 2024, down from -1.7 in the previous month. This marked the lowest reading since April and was below the 20-year average of -1.3. Producers were less optimistic about expected production over the next three months (9.1 vs 11.9 in September). At the same time, assessments of stocks of finished products (-5.6 vs -4.9) and order books (-13.7 vs -12) were more negative.
2024-10-30