The general business climate indicator for manufacturing in Poland rose to -4.1 in January 2026 from a one-year low of -11.6 in December 2025. Despite the improvement, the indicator remained below its long-term mean of +0.5. Most companies expected the prices of services or raw materials to increase at a slower pace in both the near term (47.5) and the longer term (51). Aside from the manufacturing sector, the construction sector (-5.6) also gave the most pessimistic assessment, with the indicator also remaining below the long-term mean of -3.6. In contrast, the financial and insurance sector continued to show the most positive sentiment (25.4), broadly in line with its long-term average. source: Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS)

Business Confidence in Poland increased to -4.10 points in January from -11.60 points in December of 2025. Business Confidence in Poland averaged 1.13 points from 1993 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 24.90 points in May of 2007 and a record low of -44.20 points in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Poland Business Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Poland Business Confidence - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on February of 2026.

Business Confidence in Poland increased to -4.10 points in January from -11.60 points in December of 2025. Business Confidence in Poland is expected to be -7.00 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Poland Business Confidence is projected to trend around 3.00 points in 2027 and 4.00 points in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-12-22 09:00 AM
Business Confidence
Dec -11.6 -7.9 -8.5
2026-01-22 11:00 AM
Business Confidence
Jan -4.1 -11.6 -10
2026-02-20 09:00 AM
Business Confidence
Feb -4.1 -8.5


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Business Confidence -4.10 -11.60 points Jan 2026
Capacity Utilization 78.30 77.70 percent Dec 2025
Car Production 7.20 9.20 Thousand Units Dec 2025
Changes in Inventories 12974.20 -925.60 PLN Million Sep 2025
Corporate Profits 233896.70 159411.00 PLN Million Sep 2025
Industrial Production YoY 7.30 -1.10 percent Dec 2025
Manufacturing Production 7.80 -1.40 percent Dec 2025
Mining Production 8.70 4.50 percent Dec 2025
New Orders 69.40 124.50 points Dec 2025


Poland Business Confidence
In Poland, business tendency survey in manufacturing is based on a survey of 3500 companies producing consumer, investment and supply goods. The business tendency questionnaires contain questions related to the basic features of the economic situation in industry: general economic situation of the company, order-books, production, stocks, financial situation, employment, prices, production capacity, capacity utilization, duration of assured production, limits to activity, competitive position. On the basis of gathered replies indicators are calculated. These indicators are weighted by the value of sold production of manufacturing in current prices and their range varies from -100 to +100. Positive value means good business situation, negative – bad one. Increase (decrease) of indicator means improving (worsening) of the business situation from the enterprises point of view.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-4.10 -11.60 24.90 -44.20 1993 - 2026 points Monthly

News Stream
Poland Manufacturing Confidence Improves in January
The general business climate indicator for manufacturing in Poland rose to -4.1 in January 2026 from a one-year low of -11.6 in December 2025. Despite the improvement, the indicator remained below its long-term mean of +0.5. Most companies expected the prices of services or raw materials to increase at a slower pace in both the near term (47.5) and the longer term (51). Aside from the manufacturing sector, the construction sector (-5.6) also gave the most pessimistic assessment, with the indicator also remaining below the long-term mean of -3.6. In contrast, the financial and insurance sector continued to show the most positive sentiment (25.4), broadly in line with its long-term average.
2026-01-22
Poland Industrial Sentiment Falls to One-Year Low
The general business climate indicator in manufacturing for Poland fell to -11.6 in December 2025, the lowest reading since December 2024, down from -7.9 in November. Manufacturing and construction sectors remained the most pessimistic, with construction at -10.0, both below their long-term averages. Financial and insurance activities continued to report the most positive sentiment at 23.6, although the indicator remains below its long-term mean. Companies plan to largely maintain stable employment over the next three months, with 90.4% keeping hard-to-replace workers unchanged and 80.5% keeping easily replaceable staff unchanged. Salary decisions will be driven mainly by the company’s financial situation (65.0%) and maintaining real wages amid inflation (54.5%), while 71.6% of firms base their employment and pay decisions primarily on current data rather than long-term expectations.
2025-12-22
Poland Industry Confidence Improves Slightly
The general business climate indicator in manufacturing for Poland fell to -7.9 in November 2025, slightly up from -8 in the previous month. Despite the modest uptick, companies continued to face mounting operational difficulties, with 52.7% reporting higher investment costs and 32.1% citing an uncertain macroeconomic situation. Other challenges, such as insufficient demand for the company’s products or services (23.1%), unclear and unstable legal regulations (19.6%), and difficulties in obtaining external financing (12.6%) were also common. Among sectors, construction was the most pessimistic at -8.9, followed by manufacturing at -7.9, both below their long-term averages of -3.6 and 0.6, respectively. In contrast, financial and insurance activities remained the most positive at 24.4, a level close to the long-term mean of 25.4.
2025-11-21