Services production up by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU

Overview

In January 2025, compared with December 2024, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In December 2024, services production fell by 0.2% in the euro area and grew by 0.3% in the EU.

In January 2025, compared with January 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 January 2025, compared with December 2024, services production

increased for transportation and storage by 0.4%,
increased for accommodation and food services by 0.1%,
increased for information and communication by 0.5%,
increased for real estate activities by 1.7%,
decreased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.4%,
decreased for administrative and support services by 0.2%.

In the EU, services production

decreased for transportation and storage by 0.5%,
increased for accommodation and food services by 0.1%,
increased for information and communication by 1.1%,
increased for real estate activities by 1.8%,
remained stable for professional, scientific and technical activities,
decreased for administrative and support services by 0.1%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest monthly increases were recorded in Austria (+3.1%), Belgium, Bulgaria and Latvia (all three +3.0%).The largest decreases were observed in Denmark (-8.4%), Slovakia (-4.3%) and Slovenia (-2.6%).

Annual comparison by service industry and by Member State

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

increased for transportation and storage by 4.5%,
increased for accommodation and food services by 0.9%,
increased for information and communication by 4.8%,
increased for real estate activities by 2.2%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 1.7%,
increased for administrative and support services by 0.8%.

In the EU, services production

increased for transportation and storage by 5.7%,
increased for accommodation and food services by 1.2%,
increased for information and communication by 5.4%,
increased for real estate activities by 1.9%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 1.9%,
increased for administrative and support services by 1.1%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases were recorded in Denmark (+16.0%), Estonia (+10.5%) and Greece (+10.1%). The only decrease was observed in Slovenia (-1.7%).

Tables

Services production % change compared with previous month*

	Aug-24	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25
Euro area
Total services	0.3	-0.2	0.7	0.3	-0.2	0.4
Transportation and storage	0.1	-0.4	0.8	0.4	0.8	0.4
Accommodation and food services	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0	-0.5	0.1
Information and communication	0.5	-0.3	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.5
Real estate activities	-0.4	0.9	1.6	-0.6	-1.6	1.7
Professional, scientific and technical activities	0.5	-0.8	1.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.4
Administrative and support services	0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.2
EU
Total services	0.4	-0.3	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3
Transportation and storage	0.3	-0.5	1.5	0.7	1.6	-0.5
Accommodation and food services	0.1	-0.1	0.5	1.0	-0.5	0.1
Information and communication	0.6	-0.3	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.1
Real estate activities	-0.2	0.2	1.4	-0.5	-1.0	1.8
Professional, scientific and technical activities	0.4	-0.7	1.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
Administrative and support services	0.0	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.4	-0.1
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with previous month*

	Aug-24	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25
Euro area	0.3	-0.2	0.7	0.3	-0.2	0.4
EU	0.4	-0.3	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3
Belgium	-1.7	-0.9	1.0	1.0	-1.7	3.0
Bulgaria	0.8	-0.5	-0.3	-0.6	1.5	3.0
Czechia	-0.7	0.0	0.9	-0.1	0.6	0.6
Denmark	1.2	-0.9	7.8	2.4	7.5	-8.4
Germany	0.1	0.1	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.3
Estonia	0.8	1.7	1.8	2.3	0.4	-0.7
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	-1.7	3.2	-3.2	0.9	2.1	0.1
Spain	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.1
France	2.4	-1.3	0.2	0.6	0.7	-0.4
Croatia	-1.9	0.9	1.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.1
Italy	-2.0	0.9	0.8	0.2	-0.5	1.3
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	-1.2	2.2	0.1	-0.3	-1.1	3.0
Lithuania	-0.5	0.7	2.5	0.7	1.1	-0.1
Luxembourg	-6.7	-2.4	1.1	-1.1	-3.5	2.7
Hungary	-1.9	1.4	1.4	-0.6	0.6	1.9
Malta	0.0	0.7	-0.7	0.0	2.0	-1.0
Netherlands	c	c	c	c	c	c
Austria	-0.2	-0.4	1.6	0.4	-2.1	3.1
Poland	0.0	-4.2	-2.9	2.7	4.7	0.3
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	1.2	-0.7	-1.0	1.8	0.9	1.5
Slovenia	1.8	-1.2	-1.0	1.8	3.6	-2.6
Slovakia	0.5	0.0	0.5	-1.4	10.0	-4.3
Finland	0.8	-2.1	1.1	-0.1	0.6	0.4
Sweden	2.8	1.0	-2.1	1.0	-0.7	c
* 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*

	Aug-24	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25
Euro area
Total services	1.2	0.9	2.0	2.6	1.7	2.9
Transportation and storage	1.4	1.2	2.1	2.1	2.3	4.5
Accommodation and food services	1.4	-1.8	0.7	3.2	1.0	0.9
Information and communication	2.5	2.0	3.6	3.6	3.2	4.8
Real estate activities	0.9	0.9	1.5	3.1	2.7	2.2
Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.4	2.1	3.1	2.9	2.0	1.7
Administrative and support services	-0.5	-0.2	0.5	0.4	-0.7	0.8
EU
Total services	1.2	0.8	1.9	2.4	1.7	3.3
Transportation and storage	0.6	-0.2	1.4	1.7	2.8	5.7
Accommodation and food services	1.6	-1.7	0.9	3.5	1.1	1.2
Information and communication	2.9	2.7	3.8	3.8	3.2	5.4
Real estate activities	0.9	0.4	0.9	1.5	1.8	1.9
Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.0	1.8	2.8	2.8	1.5	1.9
Administrative and support services	-0.5	0.1	0.5	0.3	-0.5	1.1
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with same month of the previous year*

	Aug-24	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25
Euro area	1.2	0.9	2.0	2.6	1.7	2.9
EU	1.2	0.8	1.9	2.4	1.7	3.3
Belgium	1.7	0.3	2.1	1.1	-0.9	4.0
Bulgaria	1.7	2.2	1.2	-0.9	0.7	7.6
Czechia	2.5	1.2	2.2	1.5	2.1	2.2
Denmark	-3.0	-3.8	0.6	3.1	9.1	16.0
Germany	-0.8	-0.4	1.3	1.5	2.4	2.0
Estonia	1.6	5.3	8.4	13.8	11.7	10.5
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	-0.4	4.9	-2.0	2.8	9.0	10.1
Spain	4.4	4.1	3.6	3.1	1.6	4.9
France	4.8	3.0	3.0	4.5	2.3	1.9
Croatia	3.0	0.2	3.1	2.5	-0.2	1.2
Italy	-4.6	-1.6	-0.5	0.2	-0.4	0.9
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	-3.3	-2.8	0.2	-2.4	-5.8	2.2
Lithuania	3.4	3.4	8.8	8.8	10.7	3.9
Luxembourg	8.8	4.7	6.3	7.6	-2.8	7.7
Hungary	-1.2	2.4	6.2	2.4	3.0	8.7
Malta	11.5	10.9	3.0	1.4	10.2	4.5
Netherlands	c	c	c	c	c	c
Austria	-3.6	-4.1	-2.1	-0.8	-2.0	0.9
Poland	5.2	2.6	4.2	2.5	2.9	5.9
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	-4.9	-6.1	-7.6	-7.3	-8.4	0.5
Slovenia	1.9	-0.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	-1.7
Slovakia	1.3	1.8	3.0	2.1	12.1	5.3
Finland	3.7	-1.1	1.4	1.1	1.8	2.1
Sweden	1.8	2.7	0.9	2.7	-1.1	c
* Calendar adjusted : Data not available c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production, calendar and seasonally adjusted indices (base year 2021)

	Aug-24	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25
Euro area	114.7	114.5	115.3	115.7	115.5	116.0
EU	114.6	114.3	115.0	115.5	115.8	116.1
Belgium	113.2	112.2	113.3	114.4	112.5	115.9
Bulgaria	120.0	119.4	119.1	118.4	120.2	123.8
Czechia	105.6	105.6	106.5	106.4	107.0	107.6
Denmark	116.4	115.4	124.4	127.4	137.0	125.5
Germany	111.5	111.6	112.4	112.3	112.3	112.0
Estonia	122.9	125.0	127.2	130.1	130.6	129.7
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	130.9	135.1	130.8	132.0	134.8	135.0
Spain	119.9	120.2	120.5	120.8	120.8	122.1
France	119.5	118.0	118.2	118.9	119.7	119.2
Croatia	113.8	114.8	116.4	116.2	115.8	115.9
Italy	111.4	112.4	113.3	113.5	112.9	114.4
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	110.0	112.4	112.5	112.2	111.0	114.3
Lithuania	112.3	113.1	115.9	116.7	118.0	117.9
Luxembourg	114.7	111.9	113.1	111.9	108.0	110.9
Hungary	110.7	112.3	113.9	113.2	113.9	116.1
Malta	133.4	134.3	133.3	133.3	135.9	134.6
Netherlands	c	c	c	c	c	c
Austria	105.2	104.8	106.5	106.9	104.7	107.9
Poland	110.3	105.7	102.6	105.4	110.4	110.7
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	128.1	127.2	125.9	128.2	129.3	131.3
Slovenia	116.6	115.2	114.1	116.2	120.4	117.3
Slovakia	98.6	98.6	99.1	97.7	107.5	102.9
Finland	109.9	107.6	108.8	108.7	109.3	109.7
Sweden	112.0	113.1	110.7	111.8	111.0	c
: Data not available c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production, calendar adjusted indices (base year 2021)

	Aug-24	Sep-24	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25
Euro area	112.0	114.7	118.0	115.7	134.9	109.7
EU	111.8	115.2	118.6	116.4	135.2	109.9
Belgium	102.1	114.8	118.2	114.9	133.9	108.8
Bulgaria	126.8	122.5	117.6	114.9	134.4	106.8
Czechia	98.8	105.7	107.3	108.4	123.9	99.4
Denmark	106.8	116.3	131.6	127.5	153.9	126.7
Germany	107.7	111.3	113.9	115.7	136.0	99.7
Estonia	120.2	124.8	128.6	132.1	161.8	113.9
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	153.1	158.5	134.2	118.1	161.1	95.8
Spain	111.6	120.5	123.7	118.9	129.2	111.2
France	129.5	116.2	121.2	114.1	145.4	121.1
Croatia	136.9	125.7	109.2	97.3	124.4	89.1
Italy	91.6	113.4	117.7	112.3	123.4	114.9
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	110.8	115.9	115.3	111.6	126.8	104.1
Lithuania	111.0	116.2	122.3	117.5	123.3	105.8
Luxembourg	104.4	111.0	121.3	129.5	142.0	116.7
Hungary	112.7	117.0	120.1	121.2	147.5	101.2
Malta	138.9	136.2	134.0	125.8	135.6	121.4
Netherlands	c	c	c	c	c	c
Austria	100.9	102.8	107.4	104.0	124.7	109.6
Poland	119.5	125.0	125.1	124.8	137.5	112.7
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	128.1	131.1	131.6	128.8	142.7	119.5
Slovenia	111.6	119.9	117.5	118.5	134.1	105.5
Slovakia	92.8	100.8	104.5	101.5	122.1	93.2
Finland	106.8	108.2	111.1	108.9	133.5	102.3
Sweden	101.6	115.6	117.6	117.4	127.3	c
: 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 March 2025, the monthly percentage change for December 2024 has been revised from -0.3% to -0.2% in the euro area and from +0.2% to +0.3% in the EU. The annual percentage increase has been revised from +1.5% to +1.7% in the euro area and from +1.9% to +1.7% 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.