CFO Survey
A Dutch perspective
Explore the pulse of Dutch finance in the Deloitte CFO Survey Autumn 2025. Discover views on key themes impacting the CFO agenda, including economic outlook, risk management, technology adoption, and sustainability and get an insider's perspective on the current financial landscape.
Steering in times of change
Dutch CFOs are slightly more optimistic than in Spring 2025, but uncertainty remains the new normal. Around 70% expect revenues to rise over the next 12 months even as many plan headcount reductions, reflecting a clear “do more with less” dynamic driven by automation, pricing and digitalisation. Ambition for AI is high, yet budgets lag: organisations still allocate only a small share of tech spend to AI while preparing data, governance and talent to scale use cases. Geopolitical risk has climbed the agenda: organisations that flag it defer big capex and M&A, favour liquidity and opt for low‑commitment, tactical investments.. At the same time, sustainability reporting is moving from compliance toward performance management, but capital allocation remains cautious.
Deloitte’s biannual Dutch CFO Survey uncovers the critical priorities and challenges shaping the strategies of CFOs across the Netherlands. This report offers a detailed view of the financial landscape, highlighting five priority areas: economic outlook, technology & AI, risk management, sustainability, and the evolving CFO role.
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of CFOs expect revenues to rise despite planned headcount reductions — a “do more with less” dynamic
classify geopolitical risk as a major threat to their business model — investment timing and capital allocation are already shifting
report shortages in data and digital skills across the organisation — these gaps are slowing transformation
of organisations intend to allocate less than 25% of their technology/digital budgets to AI in the near term
