Business Tendency Surveys

Business tendency surveys provide valuable information about current and future business developments of the economy, sectors and regions. The results are included in the business tendency forecasts and in every assessment of the economic situation.

Publication

The KOF publishes the results in the “business tendency survey” reports. A business tendency report is published for each sector. Respondents receive the quarterly business tendency report for their sector free of charge. An article on the results of the business tendency surveys is published every quarter in the “KOF Bulletin”. In addition, the KOF presents the current survey results every quarter at a press conference.

Your benefits

Each participant gets a summary of the survey within its sector. The report allows you to objectively compare your answers with the answers of the participants from your industry. 

Data privacy

The protection of survey data collected by KOF is outlined here.

The KOF Business Tendency Surveys - A finger on the pulse ofthe business world

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Participation

KOF business tendency surveys for  manufacturing, financial sectors, construction,project engineering, wholesale trade, retail trade, hotel & catering, service sectors, investment survey can be answered online: surveyweb.kof.ethz.ch

You can take the online survey without obligation.The questionnaires can also be received via post and completed on paper. The questionnaires for the respective sectors are available as PDF files on the KOF home page. They can be completed and submitted online.

Just 5 minutes to complete the questionnaire

Use the relevant registration form for your sector to register. When you have completed and submitted the form online your authorisation data for the survey will be e-mailed to you. When you receive the authorisation data simply log into the relevant sector in the survey. You can also test the survey online without obligation.

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Responsible

Dr. Klaus Abberger
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KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle
Leonhardstrasse 21
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

Contact

Survey Support
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ETH Zurich

KOF Swiss Economic Institute
Leonhardstrasse 21
LEE F 105
8092 Zürich
Switzerland

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