Services production up by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU

Up by 2.9% in both the euro area and the EU compared with March 2024

Overview

In March 2025, compared with February 2025, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2025, services production fell by 0.2% in both the euro area and the EU.

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

Services production

Monthly comparison by service industry and by Member State

In the euro area in March 2025, compared with February 2025, services production

decreased for transportation and storage by 0.6%,
increased for accommodation and food services by 0.1%,
increased for information and communication by 1.8%,
increased for real estate activities by 1.1%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.5%,
increased for administrative and support services by 1.5%.

In the EU, services production

decreased for transportation and storage by 0.3%,
increased for accommodation and food services by 0.1%,
increased for information and communication by 1.0%,
increased for real estate activities by 0.8%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.4%,
increased for administrative and support services by 1.5%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest monthly increases were recorded in Luxembourg (+8.5%), France (+0.9%) and Slovenia (+0.8%). The largest decreases were observed in Slovakia (-2.8%), Bulgaria (-2.5%) and Malta (-2.0%).

Annual comparison by service industry and by Member State

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

increased for transportation and storage by 1.9%,
decreased for accommodation and food services by 0.6%,
increased for information and communication by 6.3%,
increased for real estate activities by 1.8%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 3.7%,
increased for administrative and support services by 1.1%.

In the EU, services production

increased for transportation and storage by 2.8%,
decreased for accommodation and food services by 0.4%,
increased for information and communication by 5.7%,
increased for real estate activities by 1.8%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 3.4%,
increased for administrative and support services by 1.4%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases were recorded in Denmark (+10.9%), Luxembourg (+7.8%) and Greece (+5.9%). The largest decreases were observed in Malta (-4.5%), Slovenia (-0.4%) and Sweden (-0.3%).

Tables

Services production % change compared with previous month*
	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25
Euro area
Total services	0.6	0.4	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.9
Transportation and storage	0.7	0.4	0.9	-0.1	0.3	-0.6
Accommodation and food services	0.5	1.0	-0.5	0.1	-1.0	0.1
Information and communication	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.8
Real estate activities	1.9	-0.8	-1.6	0.8	-1.3	1.1
Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.3	0.2	0.5
Administrative and support services	0.1	0.4	0.2	-0.5	-0.5	1.5
EU
Total services	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.2	-0.2	0.6
Transportation and storage	1.4	0.4	1.1	0.5	-0.2	-0.3
Accommodation and food services	0.7	0.9	-0.5	0.1	-1.0	0.1
Information and communication	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.8	0.3	1.0
Real estate activities	1.4	-0.6	1.1	-1.0	-1.4	0.8
Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.1	0.1	-0.7	0.1	0.3	0.4
Administrative and support services	-0.1	0.3	0.4	-0.4	-0.6	1.5
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with previous month*
	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25
Euro area	0.6	0.4	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.9
EU	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.2	-0.2	0.6
Belgium	1.0	1.1	-1.7	2.9	0.9	-0.4
Bulgaria	-0.3	-0.6	1.5	2.3	-0.8	-2.5
Czechia	0.9	-0.1	0.6	0.7	-0.1	0.0
Denmark	6.2	1.3	11.9	-5.7	-0.2	0.6
Germany	0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.4	0.7
Estonia	1.7	2.1	0.3	-0.9	-1.0	0.2
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	-3.4	0.8	1.9	-0.1	-0.4	-1.9
Spain	0.2	0.2	-0.1	1.2	-0.5	0.7
France	0.2	0.6	0.7	-0.4	-0.3	0.9
Croatia	1.3	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	-0.6	-0.2
Italy	0.8	0.2	-0.5	1.2	-1.4	0.7
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	-0.1	-0.2	-1.2	2.8	1.0	-1.1
Lithuania	2.5	0.7	1.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.3
Luxembourg	0.4	-0.4	1.1	-4.5	-6.8	8.5
Hungary	1.2	-0.5	0.4	1.9	-0.3	0.3
Malta	-1.6	-0.1	9.5	-3.9	-3.5	-2.0
Netherlands	c	c	c	c	c	c
Austria	1.9	0.1	-2.2	2.9	-1.6	0.3
Poland	1.2	-0.2	0.8	1.1	0.8	-1.7
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	-1.0	1.8	0.9	1.7	0.8	0.3
Slovenia	-1.0	1.8	3.6	-2.5	-1.2	0.8
Slovakia	0.6	-1.4	9.5	-5.9	1.4	-2.8
Finland	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.7	-0.5	0.5
Sweden	-0.7	1.1	-1.1	2.4	-0.3	-0.8
Norway	-0.9	3.9	-1.3	0.3	-0.4	1.9
* 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*
	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25
Euro area
Total services	2.2	2.8	2.1	2.7	1.3	2.9
Transportation and storage	2.1	2.1	2.7	3.9	2.4	1.9
Accommodation and food services	0.8	3.4	1.1	1.0	-1.7	-0.6
Information and communication	3.6	3.6	3.6	4.5	3.2	6.3
Real estate activities	1.8	3.0	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.8
Professional, scientific and technical activities	3.2	3.1	2.3	2.0	1.0	3.7
Administrative and support services	0.8	1.2	0.2	1.3	-0.1	1.1
EU
Total services	2.2	2.7	2.3	3.2	1.7	2.9
Transportation and storage	2.0	2.4	3.2	5.2	3.2	2.8
Accommodation and food services	1.1	3.5	1.3	1.5	-1.4	-0.4
Information and communication	3.8	3.8	3.5	5.3	3.9	5.7
Real estate activities	0.8	1.2	3.8	0.6	0.1	1.8
Professional, scientific and technical activities	2.8	3.0	1.7	2.1	0.7	3.4
Administrative and support services	0.9	1.1	0.4	1.5	-0.1	1.4
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25
Euro area	2.2	2.8	2.1	2.7	1.3	2.9
EU	2.2	2.7	2.3	3.2	1.7	2.9
Belgium	2.1	1.1	-0.9	3.7	2.1	1.8
Bulgaria	1.2	-0.9	0.7	6.8	5.6	2.7
Czechia	2.1	1.5	2.1	2.9	3.4	1.4
Denmark	3.0	6.8	16.8	15.2	13.0	10.9
Germany	1.4	1.8	3.0	1.6	0.5	2.0
Estonia	8.4	13.8	11.7	11.1	5.2	5.0
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	-2.0	2.8	9.0	10.2	7.2	5.9
Spain	3.6	3.1	1.4	5.2	2.2	4.0
France	3.2	4.9	2.6	2.1	2.1	4.6
Croatia	3.1	2.5	-0.2	2.0	-0.1	-0.1
Italy	-0.5	0.2	-0.4	1.1	-2.5	0.2
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	0.2	-2.4	-5.8	1.9	2.9	2.3
Lithuania	8.8	8.8	10.7	3.9	4.7	5.5
Luxembourg	4.6	7.1	0.1	12.5	9.1	7.8
Hungary	6.5	2.5	2.8	9.5	-8.2	5.2
Malta	3.0	3.9	11.9	4.8	-3.4	-4.5
Netherlands	c	c	c	c	c	c
Austria	-1.7	-1.0	-2.1	0.5	-1.6	-0.2
Poland	4.2	2.5	2.9	5.9	4.1	2.6
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	-7.6	-7.3	-8.4	0.8	4.0	3.0
Slovenia	1.0	0.2	1.5	-1.5	-0.2	-0.4
Slovakia	2.9	2.1	12.2	4.4	5.4	2.4
Finland	1.2	1.0	1.5	2.6	1.2	2.0
Sweden	0.5	2.8	-0.6	4.2	1.9	-0.3
Norway	-1.0	4.2	1.7	4.0	2.4	4.7
* Calendar adjusted : Data not available c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production, calendar and seasonally adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25
Euro area	115.4	115.9	115.8	115.9	115.7	116.7
EU	115.5	115.9	116.2	116.4	116.2	116.9
Belgium	113.3	114.5	112.5	115.8	116.8	116.3
Bulgaria	119.1	118.4	120.2	123.0	122.0	118.9
Czechia	106.6	106.5	107.1	107.9	107.8	107.8
Denmark	116.3	117.8	131.8	124.3	124.0	124.8
Germany	112.6	112.5	112.5	111.8	112.3	113.1
Estonia	126.7	129.4	129.8	128.6	127.3	127.5
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	130.3	131.3	133.8	133.7	133.1	130.6
Spain	120.3	120.6	120.5	121.9	121.3	122.2
France	118.4	119.1	119.9	119.4	119.0	120.1
Croatia	116.5	116.1	115.6	115.7	115.0	114.8
Italy	113.2	113.4	112.8	114.2	112.6	113.4
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	112.5	112.3	111.0	114.1	115.2	113.9
Lithuania	115.9	116.7	118.0	117.9	117.5	117.9
Luxembourg	118.7	118.2	119.5	114.1	106.3	115.3
Hungary	113.7	113.1	113.5	115.6	115.2	115.5
Malta	126.9	126.8	138.8	133.4	128.7	126.1
Netherlands	c	c	c	c	c	c
Austria	106.7	106.8	104.4	107.4	105.7	106.0
Poland	122.3	122.0	123.0	124.4	125.4	123.3
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	125.9	128.2	129.3	131.5	132.6	133.0
Slovenia	114.1	116.2	120.4	117.4	116.0	116.9
Slovakia	99.5	98.1	107.4	101.1	102.5	99.6
Finland	108.8	108.8	109.3	110.1	109.6	110.2
Sweden	109.9	111.1	109.9	112.5	112.2	111.3
Norway	114.0	118.4	116.9	117.2	116.7	118.9
: Data not available c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production, calendar adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	Oct-24	Nov-24	Dec-24	Jan-25	Feb-25	Mar-25
Euro area	118.2	116.0	135.4	109.6	103.3	116.9
EU	118.5	116.4	135.5	109.9	104.0	117.3
Belgium	118.2	114.9	133.9	108.5	105.4	121.5
Bulgaria	117.6	114.9	134.4	106.1	110.2	117.4
Czechia	107.3	108.4	123.9	100.1	97.1	112.7
Denmark	122.9	118.2	148.9	125.8	112.0	121.7
Germany	114.0	116.0	136.8	99.3	98.9	114.7
Estonia	128.6	132.1	161.8	114.5	113.7	128.6
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	134.2	118.1	161.1	95.9	102.3	110.9
Spain	123.7	118.9	129.0	111.5	108.5	120.1
France	121.5	114.5	145.9	121.4	106.5	120.2
Croatia	109.2	97.3	124.4	89.8	89.6	98.1
Italy	117.7	112.3	123.4	115.1	98.1	110.5
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	115.3	111.6	126.8	103.8	105.9	113.3
Lithuania	122.3	117.5	123.3	105.8	106.3	118.4
Luxembourg	119.6	128.5	146.3	122.0	106.5	122.9
Hungary	120.4	121.3	147.5	103.0	88.6	106.7
Malta	133.9	128.8	137.9	121.8	113.6	124.4
Netherlands	c	c	c	c	c	c
Austria	107.6	103.9	124.5	109.2	102.9	107.7
Poland	125.1	124.8	137.5	112.7	116.3	125.6
Portugal	:	:	:	:	:	:
Romania	131.6	128.8	142.7	119.8	120.8	134.5
Slovenia	117.5	118.5	134.2	105.7	103.1	119.4
Slovakia	104.4	101.5	122.2	92.4	92.1	101.8
Finland	110.9	108.8	133.1	102.9	99.2	111.7
Sweden	116.2	115.6	126.3	106.6	106.9	118.6
Norway	119.6	122.9	122.6	108.1	109.0	120.1
: 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 8 May 2025, the monthly percentage decrease for February 2025 has been revised from -0.1% to -0.2% in both the euro area and the EU. The annual percentage increase has been revised from +1.7% to +1.3% in the euro area and from +2.1% 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.