The monthly business outlook survey in the building industry records the opinion of entrepreneurs in the sector on recent activity and on their future activity.

This opinion is obtained by monitoring production itself and related variables, such as order books, production bottlenecks, workforce, difficulties with hiring workers, etc.

Company chiefs also provide estimates of their investments and an opinion on their cash flow.

The monthly business outlook survey in the building industry covers companies working on the construction of individual houses and miscellaneous buildings, general building work, roofing, framing, fitting and finishing work.

More precisely, the survey covers the sectors defined by the following NAF Rev. 2 codes: 41.2, 43.2, 43.3, 43.9