Services production down by 0.1% in both the euro area and the EU

Overview

In June 2025, compared with May 2025, seasonally adjusted services production decreased by 0.1% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May 2025, services production grew by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU.

In June 2025, compared with June 2024, services production increased by 2.9% in the euro area and by 3.3% in the EU.

Services production

Monthly comparison by service industry and by Member State

In the euro area in June 2025, compared with May 2025, services production

increased for transportation and storage by 0.1%,
decreased for accommodation and food services by 0.6%,
increased for information and communication by 0.2%,
increased for real estate activities by 0.1%,
decreased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.2%,
decreased for administrative and support services by 0.1%.

In the EU, services production

decreased for transportation and storage by 0.2%,
decreased for accommodation and food services by 0.7%,
increased for information and communication by 0.4%,
decreased for real estate activities by 0.1%,
remained stable for professional, scientific and technical activities,
increased for administrative and support services by 0.1%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases were recorded in Luxembourg (-11.8%), Denmark (-2.8%) and Latvia (-1.2%). The highest increases were observed in Greece (+2.8%), Estonia (+2.3%) and Poland (+1.3%).

Annual comparison by service industry and by Member State

In the euro area in June 2025, compared with June 2024, services production

increased for transportation and storage by 2.0%,
increased for accommodation and food services by 2.3%,
increased for information and communication by 5.4%,
increased for real estate activities by 2.7%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 3.5%,
increased for administrative and support services by 1.9%.

In the EU, services production

increased for transportation and storage by 3.5%,
increased for accommodation and food services by 2.3%,
increased for information and communication by 5.5%,
increased for real estate activities by 2.9%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 3.5%,
increased for administrative and support services by 2.1%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases were recorded in Greece (+24.0%), Denmark (+15.2%) and Estonia (+9.9%). The largest decreases were observed in Luxembourg (-41.7%), Malta (-3.2%) and Austria (-1.1%).

Tables

Services production % change compared with previous month*
	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Apr-25	May-25	Jun-25
Euro area
Total services	0.3	-0.1	0.9	-0.3	0.3	-0.1
Transportation and storage	-0.1	0.2	-0.5	0.4	-0.8	0.1
Accommodation and food services	0.0	-0.8	0.3	1.3	-0.2	-0.6
Information and communication	0.4	0.2	2.5	-2.2	1.0	0.2
Real estate activities	1.1	-1.1	1.1	-0.6	0.7	0.1
Professional, scientific and technical activities	-0.6	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	-0.2
Administrative and support services	-0.5	-0.5	1.8	-0.4	0.4	-0.1
EU
Total services	0.2	-0.2	0.8	-0.3	0.7	-0.1
Transportation and storage	0.2	-0.3	-0.4	0.8	0.3	-0.2
Accommodation and food services	0.0	-0.9	0.3	1.2	-0.1	-0.7
Information and communication	0.8	0.2	1.6	-1.9	1.1	0.4
Real estate activities	-1.0	-1.3	1.3	-0.6	1.1	-0.1
Professional, scientific and technical activities	-0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.0
Administrative and support services	-0.5	-0.6	1.7	-0.3	0.4	0.1
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with previous month*
	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Apr-25	May-25	Jun-25
Euro area	0.3	-0.1	0.9	-0.3	0.3	-0.1
EU	0.2	-0.2	0.8	-0.3	0.7	-0.1
Belgium	2.0	0.9	-0.9	1.0	-0.3	-0.7
Bulgaria	2.3	-0.8	-3.0	-0.1	1.2	0.7
Czechia	0.7	0.1	-0.1	0.5	0.1	0.3
Denmark	-8.0	-0.8	0.6	0.4	9.6	-2.8
Germany	-1.0	0.4	0.6	-0.3	0.5	-0.4
Estonia	-1.3	-0.9	0.2	0.5	0.8	2.3
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	0.7	0.1	-0.3	5.8	0.6	2.8
Spain	1.2	-0.6	0.7	-0.2	0.6	0.2
France	-0.6	-0.3	1.0	-0.8	0.8	-0.2
Croatia	0.2	-0.4	0.0	1.1	0.6	0.6
Italy	1.4	-1.2	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.3
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	2.6	1.0	-0.8	1.3	1.4	-1.2
Lithuania	-0.4	0.1	0.5	1.6	0.3	1.2
Luxembourg	4.3	-6.8	-8.2	-6.6	-9.9	-11.8
Hungary	1.2	-0.5	0.6	-0.3	0.3	-0.9
Malta	-7.3	-1.5	-0.6	0.2	-0.5	-0.4
Netherlands	-1.5	-0.2	2.4	-0.4	-0.4	-0.2
Austria	2.7	-1.6	0.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.9
Poland	0.3	0.5	-0.7	1.5	1.8	1.3
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	1.7	0.8	0.0	-0.2	0.6	-0.3
Slovenia	-2.4	-1.2	1.1	-1.8	0.4	-0.5
Slovakia	-5.9	1.3	-2.8	1.6	-2.2	1.0
Finland	0.7	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.5
Sweden	1.6	-0.7	-0.6	0.9	0.3	1.0
Norway	0.2	-0.6	1.7	-1.8	-0.9	2.0
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted : Data not available c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Apr-25	May-25	Jun-25
Euro area
Total services	2.4	0.9	2.7	0.9	2.0	2.9
Transportation and storage	3.7	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.7	2.0
Accommodation and food services	1.3	-1.6	-0.4	2.8	2.4	2.3
Information and communication	4.6	3.4	6.8	2.8	4.2	5.4
Real estate activities	0.9	0.1	1.8	1.2	2.5	2.7
Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.6	0.2	2.9	0.1	2.3	3.5
Administrative and support services	1.2	-0.4	1.1	0.5	1.0	1.9
EU
Total services	2.6	1.0	2.5	1.1	2.2	3.3
Transportation and storage	3.8	1.7	1.4	0.7	2.1	3.5
Accommodation and food services	1.6	-1.5	-0.4	2.9	2.4	2.3
Information and communication	5.2	3.8	5.8	2.5	3.9	5.5
Real estate activities	0.5	0.1	2.1	0.7	2.1	2.9
Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.6	0.0	2.6	0.6	2.1	3.5
Administrative and support services	1.2	-0.6	1.2	0.8	0.9	2.1
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Apr-25	May-25	Jun-25
Euro area	2.4	0.9	2.7	0.9	2.0	2.9
EU	2.6	1.0	2.5	1.1	2.2	3.3
Belgium	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.4	0.6	0.4
Bulgaria	6.8	5.6	2.4	-0.6	2.5	2.9
Czechia	2.9	3.4	1.7	1.9	2.3	2.4
Denmark	5.7	2.0	1.7	1.1	14.2	15.2
Germany	0.9	-0.7	1.0	-0.4	0.6	0.7
Estonia	11.1	5.2	5.0	3.5	6.3	9.9
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	10.2	7.2	7.4	13.3	14.7	24.0
Spain	5.0	1.8	3.4	1.5	2.8	3.1
France	2.1	2.2	5.0	-0.3	2.4	3.6
Croatia	1.4	-0.6	-0.5	1.2	-1.1	3.1
Italy	1.5	-2.5	0.3	0.0	1.3	4.0
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	1.9	2.9	2.5	3.3	4.8	3.7
Lithuania	4.9	5.9	5.9	7.9	8.9	8.7
Luxembourg	-37.4	-41.4	-41.5	-41.5	-43.1	-41.7
Hungary	8.9	-8.5	7.9	5.1	4.8	0.6
Malta	4.5	-3.7	-5.6	-3.0	-3.1	-3.2
Netherlands	1.9	0.7	1.6	2.6	1.9	1.7
Austria	0.8	-1.3	-0.3	-0.9	-0.6	-1.1
Poland	4.8	2.6	2.3	3.9	6.4	6.8
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	0.8	4.0	3.1	2.3	-11.5	3.3
Slovenia	-1.4	0.0	0.1	-2.6	-0.3	1.9
Slovakia	4.5	5.4	2.3	4.2	3.7	3.3
Finland	2.9	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	2.1
Sweden	2.6	-0.2	-2.3	0.8	1.3	2.7
Norway	3.9	2.2	4.2	1.7	-1.8	2.3
* Calendar adjusted : Data not available c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production, calendar and seasonally adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Apr-25	May-25	Jun-25
Euro area	115.7	115.6	116.6	116.2	116.6	116.5
EU	115.9	115.7	116.6	116.3	117.1	117.0
Belgium	114.6	115.6	114.6	115.7	115.3	114.5
Bulgaria	123.0	122.0	118.4	118.3	119.7	120.5
Czechia	107.9	108.0	107.9	108.4	108.5	108.8
Denmark	114.5	113.6	114.3	114.8	125.8	122.3
Germany	111.0	111.4	112.1	111.8	112.4	112.0
Estonia	128.8	127.6	127.9	128.6	129.6	132.6
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	137.2	137.4	137.0	144.9	145.7	149.8
Spain	121.5	120.8	121.6	121.4	122.1	122.4
France	119.3	119.0	120.2	119.2	120.1	119.9
Croatia	115.6	115.1	115.1	116.4	117.1	117.8
Italy	114.3	112.9	114.0	114.4	114.5	114.8
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	114.0	115.1	114.2	115.7	117.3	115.9
Lithuania	117.5	117.6	118.2	120.1	120.5	121.9
Luxembourg	70.8	66.0	60.6	56.6	51.0	45.0
Hungary	115.9	115.3	116.0	115.6	116.0	115.0
Malta	129.0	127.1	126.4	126.7	126.1	125.6
Netherlands	111.2	111.0	113.7	113.3	112.8	112.6
Austria	107.0	105.3	105.4	104.9	104.9	104.0
Poland	123.4	124.0	123.1	125.0	127.3	129.0
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	131.5	132.6	132.6	132.4	133.2	132.8
Slovenia	117.5	116.1	117.4	115.3	115.8	115.2
Slovakia	101.2	102.5	99.6	101.2	99.0	100.0
Finland	110.2	110.0	110.1	110.1	110.2	110.8
Sweden	111.3	110.5	109.8	110.8	111.1	112.2
Norway	116.9	116.2	118.2	116.1	115.1	117.4
: Data not available c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production, calendar adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Apr-25	May-25	Jun-25
Euro area	109.3	103.0	116.8	113.5	114.1	118.9
EU	109.3	103.4	116.9	113.7	114.4	119.5
Belgium	107.2	104.1	119.8	113.7	110.9	120.7
Bulgaria	106.1	110.2	117.1	111.5	114.9	127.8
Czechia	100.1	97.1	113.0	106.6	106.3	116.8
Denmark	115.5	101.2	111.8	117.8	119.6	124.5
Germany	98.6	97.8	113.7	107.3	110.6	112.3
Estonia	114.5	113.7	128.6	124.4	129.5	135.2
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	95.9	102.3	112.4	122.8	144.5	182.0
Spain	111.3	108.1	119.4	118.3	120.2	126.7
France	121.4	106.7	120.6	117.7	112.1	121.4
Croatia	89.2	89.2	97.6	113.3	121.1	136.9
Italy	114.9	98.0	111.1	115.4	118.3	118.0
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	103.8	105.9	113.6	112.2	114.6	115.6
Lithuania	106.8	107.5	118.8	118.4	122.7	123.7
Luxembourg	67.9	56.5	65.1	63.8	60.4	65.3
Hungary	103.0	88.8	110.2	111.1	115.6	109.9
Malta	121.5	113.5	123.9	122.3	128.1	131.9
Netherlands	102.4	103.1	114.4	113.0	112.9	114.7
Austria	109.5	103.0	107.8	99.1	96.3	100.1
Poland	111.5	114.6	125.2	122.9	123.0	132.6
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	119.8	120.8	134.6	130.6	132.2	137.9
Slovenia	105.8	103.3	120.0	112.4	116.9	120.0
Slovakia	92.4	92.1	101.8	99.0	97.1	102.9
Finland	103.1	99.7	111.5	106.8	110.3	115.7
Sweden	105.0	104.7	115.8	106.9	108.1	118.6
Norway	108.0	108.8	119.7	112.7	115.3	130.6
: Data not available c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Compared with data issued in the News Release of 7 August 2025, the monthly percentage increases for May 2025 has been revised from +0.2% to +0.3% in the euro area and from +0.3% to +0.7% in the EU. The annual percentage increase has been revised from +2.1% to +2.0% in the euro area and from +1.7% to +2.2% in the EU.

Methods and definitions

The index of services production is a business indicator that measures the monthly changes in the production volume of the services industries (excluding financial and public services).

Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national data.

In this release, total services cover NACE Rev.2 sections H to N, excluding K. Missing observations from Member States for recent months are estimated for the calculation of the euro area and the EU aggregates.

Geographical information

The euro area (EA20) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The European Union (EU27) includes Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.