Services production down by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU

Up by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU compared with November 2024

Overview

In November 2025, compared with October 2025, seasonally adjusted services production decreased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2025, services production grew by 0.1% in both the euro area and the EU.

In November 2025, compared with November 2024, services production increased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU.

Services production

Monthly comparison by service industry and by Member State

In the euro area in November 2025, compared with October 2025, services production

decreased for transportation and storage by 0.7%,
decreased for accommodation and food services by 0.1%,
decreased for information and communication by 0.1%,
decreased for real estate activities by 0.3%,
decreased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.7%,
decreased for administrative and support services by 0.6%.

In the EU, services production

decreased for transportation and storage by 0.9%,
decreased for accommodation and food services by 0.2%,
decreased for information and communication by 0.4%,
decreased for real estate activities by 0.1%,
decreased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.5%,
decreased for administrative and support services by 0.7%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases were recorded in Greece (-6.0%), Denmark (-5.1%) and Hungary (-2.0%). The highest increases were observed in Bulgaria (+2.9%), Romania (+2.3%) and Slovakia (+2.1%).

Annual comparison by service industry and by Member State

In the euro area in November 2025, compared with November 2024, 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 3.2%,
increased for real estate activities by 0.3%,
decreased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.1%,
decreased for administrative and support services by 0.6%.

In the EU, services production

decreased for transportation and storage by 1.6%,
increased for accommodation and food services by 0.2%,
increased for information and communication by 3.0%,
increased for real estate activities by 1.2%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.3%,
decreased for administrative and support services by 0.4%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases were recorded in Bulgaria (+9.9%), Poland (+5.8%), Latvia and Romania (both +5.0%). The largest decreases were observed in Denmark (-13.0%), Hungary (-8.9%) and Estonia (-2.3%).

Tables

Services production % change compared with previous month*
	Jun-25	Jul-25	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25
Euro area 20
Total services	-0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.6
Transportation and storage	0.1	0.9	-0.5	0.3	-0.7	-0.7
Accommodation and food services	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.4	0.7	-0.1
Information and communication	0.3	0.9	-0.4	0.1	0.2	-0.1
Real estate activities	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	1.1	-1.4	-0.3
Professional, scientific and technical activities	0.3	0.7	-0.5	0.1	0.5	-0.7
Administrative and support services	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	-0.6
EU
Total services	0.0	0.2	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	-0.5
Transportation and storage	-0.3	1.0	-0.9	-0.5	-1.0	-0.9
Accommodation and food services	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.4	0.8	-0.2
Information and communication	0.6	1.0	-0.9	0.3	0.3	-0.4
Real estate activities	-0.4	-0.5	0.8	0.9	-1.5	-0.1
Professional, scientific and technical activities	0.4	1.0	-0.9	0.2	0.4	-0.5
Administrative and support services	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	0.2	0.6	-0.7
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with previous month*
	Jun-25	Jul-25	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25
Euro area 20	-0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.6
Euro area 21	-0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.5
EU	0.0	0.2	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	-0.5
Belgium	-1.3	1.7	-1.7	0.4	0.2	-0.6
Bulgaria	0.8	0.4	-0.7	1.4	3.2	2.9
Czechia	0.4	-0.5	0.1	-0.3	0.8	0.6
Denmark	-4.2	0.9	-4.2	-4.6	-2.1	-5.1
Germany	0.2	0.9	-0.8	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4
Estonia	2.2	-1.4	0.0	2.2	-1.3	-1.9
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	1.2	0.8	4.8	-2.0	-2.1	-6.0
Spain	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.2	0.1
France	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	-1.0
Croatia	1.5	-1.3	-1.5	1.8	0.8	-1.0
Italy	0.2	-0.4	-0.3	1.6	-0.7	-0.2
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	-1.0	0.6	-0.1	0.3	1.5	0.5
Lithuania	0.9	0.9	0.2	1.1	0.9	-1.0
Luxembourg	1.5	3.0	-8.2	3.6	2.6	0.6
Hungary	-0.5	0.1	-1.1	-0.4	-0.4	-2.0
Malta	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	-0.3	0.9	-0.8
Netherlands	-0.3	1.5	-0.5	0.3	0.8	-1.2
Austria	-0.8	0.2	-0.4	0.8	0.4	-0.6
Poland	1.6	-0.2	-0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0
Portugal	1.1	0.3	-3.7	1.5	-0.3	-0.5
Romania	0.3	1.2	-2.1	1.3	-1.1	2.3
Slovenia	-0.1	0.7	1.5	2.8	-2.6	1.5
Slovakia	1.0	-1.7	-0.1	2.7	-1.6	2.1
Finland	0.5	-0.2	-0.3	1.3	-0.2	0.5
Sweden	1.5	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.6	-0.4
Norway	1.2	2.3	2.3	-3.9	0.1	1.3
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Jun-25	Jul-25	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25
Euro area 20
Total services	3.4	2.8	2.3	2.8	2.0	0.3
Transportation and storage	3.2	3.1	2.3	2.7	1.1	-0.3
Accommodation and food services	2.9	1.4	1.9	2.0	2.5	0.1
Information and communication	5.6	6.2	5.2	5.7	4.4	3.2
Real estate activities	4.1	2.4	3.3	4.2	0.8	0.3
Professional, scientific and technical activities	3.7	3.0	1.2	2.8	2.2	-0.1
Administrative and support services	1.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.1	-0.6
EU
Total services	3.6	3.0	2.2	2.6	1.9	0.2
Transportation and storage	3.8	3.6	2.2	1.9	-0.2	-1.6
Accommodation and food services	2.8	1.3	1.8	2.0	2.6	0.2
Information and communication	5.9	6.5	4.9	5.3	4.6	3.0
Real estate activities	3.8	1.8	3.3	4.3	1.3	1.2
Professional, scientific and technical activities	3.8	3.7	1.3	2.9	2.3	0.3
Administrative and support services	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.6	1.3	-0.4
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Jun-25	Jul-25	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25
Euro area 20	3.4	2.8	2.3	2.8	2.0	0.3
Euro area 21	3.3	2.7	2.2	2.7	2.0	0.3
EU	3.6	3.0	2.2	2.6	1.9	0.2
Belgium	-1.0	-0.1	-0.4	1.0	0.3	-1.4
Bulgaria	3.2	1.4	-0.1	1.7	5.9	9.9
Czechia	2.4	0.6	1.0	0.2	1.2	3.3
Denmark	10.5	7.7	0.8	-3.2	-7.3	-13.0
Germany	3.8	4.8	3.1	3.0	1.3	0.3
Estonia	9.9	7.3	6.0	8.4	3.6	-2.3
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	22.8	15.7	27.1	19.1	17.4	3.5
Spain	2.8	2.0	1.4	3.0	2.8	2.3
France	4.1	2.8	1.5	2.6	2.5	-0.1
Croatia	3.0	-0.3	-2.7	1.1	2.3	-0.7
Italy	3.5	0.5	0.0	3.8	1.6	-0.3
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	2.6	3.7	4.8	2.5	4.4	5.0
Lithuania	8.4	10.6	8.5	11.8	10.1	4.9
Luxembourg	-43.8	-41.5	-0.8	3.0	-0.1	2.7
Hungary	1.8	5.0	0.3	0.2	-0.4	-8.9
Malta	-1.8	3.4	-2.2	-3.0	1.7	-1.1
Netherlands	1.8	3.0	2.1	1.2	1.6	-0.5
Austria	-0.2	-0.8	-1.3	0.4	-0.2	-1.7
Poland	6.8	5.7	4.9	6.6	5.5	5.8
Portugal	c	c	c	c	c	c
Romania	3.4	8.1	0.9	4.3	1.7	5.0
Slovenia	1.9	1.4	1.2	5.6	3.5	3.3
Slovakia	3.3	-0.6	-1.3	2.0	-0.8	3.3
Finland	2.0	1.1	-0.4	4.0	2.6	3.7
Sweden	3.4	4.2	1.8	1.4	3.3	1.5
Norway	1.1	5.1	6.2	1.0	0.7	0.6
* Calendar adjusted c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production, calendar and seasonally adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	Jun-25	Jul-25	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25
Euro area 20	117.1	117.4	117.2	117.3	117.4	116.7
Euro area 21	117.1	117.4	117.2	117.3	117.4	116.8
EU	117.4	117.6	117.3	117.2	117.3	116.7
Belgium	112.9	114.8	112.9	113.4	113.6	112.9
Bulgaria	120.7	121.2	120.4	122.1	126.0	129.7
Czechia	108.4	107.9	108.0	107.7	108.6	109.3
Denmark	116.9	117.9	112.9	107.7	105.4	100.0
Germany	114.9	115.9	115.0	114.9	114.4	113.9
Estonia	131.8	130.0	130.0	132.9	131.2	128.7
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	148.9	150.1	157.3	154.2	151.0	141.9
Spain	122.0	122.1	122.1	122.8	123.0	123.1
France	120.3	120.5	120.9	121.0	121.1	119.9
Croatia	116.9	115.4	113.7	115.7	116.6	115.4
Italy	114.3	113.8	113.5	115.3	114.5	114.3
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	114.8	115.5	115.4	115.7	117.4	118.0
Lithuania	122.3	123.4	123.6	124.9	126.0	124.7
Luxembourg	62.4	64.3	59.0	61.1	62.7	63.1
Hungary	113.7	113.8	112.5	112.0	111.6	109.4
Malta	129.1	130.4	128.8	128.4	129.5	128.4
Netherlands	112.5	114.2	113.6	113.9	114.8	113.4
Austria	104.7	104.9	104.5	105.3	105.7	105.1
Poland	129.0	128.8	128.1	128.8	129.2	129.2
Portugal	124.8	125.2	120.6	122.4	122.0	121.4
Romania	133.6	135.2	132.3	134.0	132.5	135.5
Slovenia	115.4	116.2	118.0	121.3	118.1	119.9
Slovakia	99.9	98.2	98.1	100.7	99.1	101.2
Finland	110.9	110.7	110.4	111.8	111.6	112.2
Sweden	112.9	113.0	112.4	112.4	113.1	112.6
Norway	116.7	119.4	122.1	117.3	117.4	118.9
c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production, calendar adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	Jun-25	Jul-25	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25
Euro area 20	119.5	117.0	114.4	117.9	120.2	115.9
Euro area 21	119.5	117.0	114.4	117.9	120.3	116.0
EU	120.0	116.7	114.0	118.1	120.4	116.2
Belgium	119.0	110.3	101.7	115.9	118.6	113.3
Bulgaria	128.2	131.6	126.7	124.6	124.5	126.3
Czechia	116.7	104.6	99.8	105.9	108.6	112.0
Denmark	119.0	115.1	103.2	108.7	113.5	98.7
Germany	115.7	118.0	110.9	114.8	115.6	116.5
Estonia	135.2	126.6	127.4	135.3	133.2	129.0
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	180.3	190.8	194.6	188.7	157.5	122.2
Spain	126.3	131.3	113.2	124.2	127.2	121.7
France	122.1	101.9	131.4	119.4	124.4	113.8
Croatia	136.8	147.0	133.0	127.1	111.8	96.6
Italy	117.5	130.2	91.8	117.9	119.1	112.4
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	114.4	116.8	116.1	118.8	120.4	117.2
Lithuania	123.4	125.1	120.4	129.9	134.6	123.3
Luxembourg	63.1	66.9	52.8	61.2	66.7	65.5
Hungary	111.2	122.2	113.9	118.0	120.4	110.9
Malta	133.4	138.1	130.7	130.7	138.1	129.2
Netherlands	114.8	115.6	107.9	113.5	119.1	116.7
Austria	101.0	107.8	99.6	103.1	107.3	102.2
Poland	132.6	129.3	125.4	133.2	132.0	132.0
Portugal	c	c	c	c	c	c
Romania	138.1	140.6	129.3	136.8	133.8	135.2
Slovenia	120.1	116.1	112.9	126.5	121.7	122.4
Slovakia	102.9	97.2	91.7	102.8	103.7	104.9
Finland	115.7	100.6	106.7	113.0	114.0	112.9
Sweden	119.5	97.6	102.4	116.1	120.0	117.4
Norway	129.6	104.3	121.1	122.8	121.9	124.5
c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Compared with data issued in the News Release of 12 January 2026, the monthly percentage change for October 2025 has been revised from +0.3% to +0.1% in both the euro area and the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from +2.1% to +2.0% in the euro area and from +2.1% to +1.9% 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

Up to 31 December 2025, the euro area included Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland (EA20). From 1 January 2026, the euro area also includes Bulgaria (EA21).

The aggregate data series commented on in this Euro indicator release refer to the official composition of the euro area in the most recent month for which data are available. Thus, Euro indicator releases with data for months up to December 2025 comment on EA20 series, while releases with data for January 2026 onwards will comment on EA21 series.

The European Union 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 (EU27).