This statistic shows the answers to a survey question about the outcome of bank loan applications for SMEs in the Netherlands in 2018. In Between April and September 2018, approximately 15 percent of the Dutch respondents answered their application is still pending.
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Bank loan (excluding overdraft and credit lines) - If you applied and tried to negotiate for this type of financing over the past six months, what was the outcome?"
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European Commission, & ECB. (November 29, 2018). If you applied and tried to negotiate for a bank loan over the past six months, what was the outcome? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/681935/outcome-of-bank-loan-applications-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/
European Commission, und ECB. "If you applied and tried to negotiate for a bank loan over the past six months, what was the outcome?." Chart. November 29, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/681935/outcome-of-bank-loan-applications-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/
European Commission, ECB. (2018). If you applied and tried to negotiate for a bank loan over the past six months, what was the outcome?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/681935/outcome-of-bank-loan-applications-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/
European Commission, and ECB. "If You Applied and Tried to Negotiate for a Bank Loan over The past Six Months, What Was The Outcome?." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/681935/outcome-of-bank-loan-applications-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/
European Commission & ECB, If you applied and tried to negotiate for a bank loan over the past six months, what was the outcome? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/681935/outcome-of-bank-loan-applications-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited July 08, 2025)
If you applied and tried to negotiate for a bank loan over the past six months, what was the outcome? [Graph], European Commission, & ECB, November 29, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/681935/outcome-of-bank-loan-applications-for-smes-in-the-netherlands/
