Australia Business Confidence

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

Units In

Points

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Nov 12, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 0 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
23 Apr 2021	-66 Mar 2020	4.81 Points	1997-2025	National Australia Bank

The NAB monthly survey of business confidence is based on a telephone survey of around 600 small, medium and large size non-agricultural companies. The Survey measures the expectations of business conditions for the upcoming month and is a simple average of trading, profitability and employment indices, reported by respondents for their company. The indices are calculated by taking the difference between the percentage of respondents nominating good or very good, or a rise and those nominating poor or very poor, or a fall.

Latest Updates

Australia’s NAB Business Confidence Index rose to 7 in September 2025 from August’s three-month low of 4, staying above the long-run average. Business conditions remained unchanged (at 8), as stronger sales (16 vs 13 in August) and profits (6 vs 5 ) were offset by weaker employment. However, forward orders slipped 3 points into negative territory, indicating softer demand ahead. Input costs edged up slightly but remained well below early-year levels. Quarterly retail price growth picked up to 0.7% from 0.5%, while labour cost growth eased to 1.5% from 1.6%. “The September survey showed continuing positive results in the headline figures,” said NAB Chief Economist Sally Auld, noting that business confidence and conditions “appear to be consolidating just above their long-run average levels after improving through mid-2025.”