Bulgaria Business Confidence

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

17.4

Units In

Points

18.4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 29, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 8 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
50.3 Jul 2007	-20.9 Feb 1997	21.13 Points	1997-2025	N/A

In Bulgaria, the business climate in industry measures the level of optimism that companies have about the performance of the economy and how they feel about their organizations’ prospects over the future. Business confidence surveys can provide useful signs about the current condition of the economy, because companies often have information about consumer demand sooner than government statisticians do.

Latest Updates

Bulgaria’s business confidence indicator fell to 17.4 in July 2025 from 18.4 in the previous month. Sentiment regarding the expectation of industrial entrepreneurs on the business situation of enterprises over the next six months (13.3 vs 16.5 in June) declined, while pessimism heightened about the level of orders (-14.9 vs 14). In addition, the 3-month outlook for production activity (8.9 vs 13.8) and employment (2.3 vs 7.5) deteriorated further. However, respondents remained optimistic overall, supported by the improved outlook on the present business situtation (21.6 vs 20.3) and expectations on selling prices over the next three months (7.7 vs 3.2).