A sustainable and resilient economy is crucial for the prosperity and well-being of the Netherlands. Such an economy requires a good business climate. A climate in which government and business cooperate well and policy is predictable, in which the Netherlands has the best (digital) infrastructure and in which a future-proof tax system is the foundation. PwC wants to contribute to this by building a bridge between government and business. By using research to enrich the social debate on the business climate and by providing solutions for bottlenecks in policy.
PwC has developed a Business Climate Heatmap that, expressed in sixty indicators, shows the development of the Dutch business climate between 2013 and 2023. This makes it clear that the business environment has deteriorated since 2018. This was especially the case in the last two years. The heatmap not only follows developments over time within the Netherlands, but also compares trends in the Dutch business climate with those in seven other European countries over the same period.
Our 2024 CEO Survey shows that forty percent of CEOs surveyed sometimes consider moving operational activities abroad. Regulation is a factor that plays a major role in that consideration. 55 percent of Dutch CEOs regard regulation as a factor that drives organisational change in the coming years.