Netherlands: most problematic factors for doing business 2017

This survey shows the answers to a survey question on the most problematic factors for doing business in the Netherlands according to business executives in 2017. According to the respondents, restrictive labor regulations were the leading problematic factor for doing business in the Netherlands. The concentration ratio, a measure of the percentage market share in an industry held by the largest firms within that industry, was 84.7 percent for banking in the Netherlands in 2016. Banking is an important service industry in the Netherlands, responsible for the funding of both international as well as domestic trade. In the period between 2007 and 2016, the total number of banks in the Netherlands decreased from 99 banks in 2007 to 50 banks in 2016. In this period of time, the size of the banking sector as a whole in the Netherlands decreased. The total number of bank offices, for example, reached a total number of approximately 3,400 in 2008. In 2016, this was less than 1,700. The Dutch banking sector is one of the most concentrated in Europe.

Most problematic factors for doing business in the Netherlands according to business executives in 2017

Characteristic	Responses weighted according to rankings
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Release date

September 2017

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

February to June 2017

Number of respondents

78 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

business executives

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The source states that 'respondents (...) were asked to select the five most problematic factors for doing business in their country and to rank them between 1 (most problematic) and 5. The score corresponds to the responses weighted according to their rankings'.

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