Netherlands: SME current challenges 2018
Most important challenges the SME faces in the Netherlands as of April 2018*
This statistic shows the most important challenges the small and medium enterprise (SME) face in the Netherlands as of April 2018. From the responding SMEs, 75 percent stated that their most important challenge was attracting new customers.
Most important challenges the SME faces in the Netherlands as of April 2018*
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| Share of responding businesses | |
|---|---|
| Attracting customers | 75% |
| Increasing revenue | 74% |
| Maintaining profitability | 40% |
| Developing new products/innovation | 34% |
| Retaining/recruiting skilled employees | 27% |
| Tax laws and rules | 18% |
| Securing financing for expansion | 16% |
| Securing financing for business as usual | 15% |
| Other government regulations (e.g., compliance, technical regulation, patents, reporting) | 13% |
| Finding/working with suppliers | 13% |
| Selling to foreign markets | 10% |
| Uncertainty over economic conditions | 9% |
| Share of responding businesses | |
|---|---|
| Attracting customers | 75% |
| Increasing revenue | 74% |
| Maintaining profitability | 40% |
| Developing new products/innovation | 34% |
| Retaining/recruiting skilled employees | 27% |
| Tax laws and rules | 18% |
| Securing financing for expansion | 16% |
| Securing financing for business as usual | 15% |
| Other government regulations (e.g., compliance, technical regulation, patents, reporting) | 13% |
| Finding/working with suppliers | 13% |
| Selling to foreign markets | 10% |
| Uncertainty over economic conditions | 9% |
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This statistic shows the most important challenges the small and medium enterprise (SME) face in the Netherlands as of April 2018. From the responding SMEs, 75 percent stated that their most important challenge was attracting new customers.
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- May 2018
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- Netherlands
- Survey time period
- April 2018
- Number of respondents
- 227 respondents
- Method of interview
- Online survey
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* Source question: What are the most important challenges your business currently faces?
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- Number of respondents
- 227 respondents
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
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* Source question: What are the most important challenges your business currently faces?
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- Export price index in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2017
- Quarterly value of international imports of services in the Netherlands from 1st quarter 2014 to 3rd quarter 2018 (in million euros)*
- Value of the global services imports of the Netherlands in 2017, by continent (in million euros)*
- Value of the global services exports of the Netherlands in 2017, by continent (in million euros)*
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