Services production up by 1.2% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU

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Up by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.4% in the EU compared with January 2025

Overview

In January 2026, compared with December 2025, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 1.2% 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 December 2025, services production remained stable in the euro area and grew by 0.4% in the EU.

In January 2026, compared with January 2025, services production increased by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.4% in the EU.

Services production

Monthly comparison by service industry and by Member State

In the euro area in January 2026, compared with December 2025, services production

increased for transportation and storage by 1.1%,
decreased for accommodation and food services by 0.7%,
increased for information and communication by 4.3%,
increased for real estate activities by 0.4%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.2%,
decreased for administrative and support services by 0.5%.

In the EU, services production

increased for transportation and storage by 0.4%,
decreased for accommodation and food services by 0.7%,
increased for information and communication by 3.4%,
decreased for real estate activities by 1.0%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.1%,
decreased for administrative and support services by 0.4%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest monthly increases were recorded in Estonia (+22.1%), Greece (+4.9%) and Germany (+2.9%). The largest decreases were observed in Romania (-10.6%), Denmark (-5.2%) and Poland (-5.1%).

Annual comparison by service industry and by Member State

In the euro area in January 2026, compared with January 2025, services production

increased for transportation and storage by 0.6%,
decreased for accommodation and food services by 0.4%,
increased for information and communication by 6.6%,
increased for real estate activities by 1.2%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 0.9%,
decreased for administrative and support services by 1.1%.

In the EU, services production

increased for transportation and storage by 0.6%,
decreased for accommodation and food services by 0.3%,
increased for information and communication by 5.8%,
increased for real estate activities by 1.0%,
increased for professional, scientific and technical activities by 1.0%,
decreased for administrative and support services by 0.9%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases were recorded in Estonia (+20.0%), Greece (+7.6%) and Slovenia (+5.2%). The largest decreases were observed in Romania (-5.8%), Hungary (-5.3%) and Luxembourg (-2.2%).

Tables

Services production % change compared with previous month*
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21
Total services	-0.2	0.1	0.2	-0.5	0.0	1.2
Transportation and storage	-0.5	0.3	-0.6	-1.2	1.1	1.1
Accommodation and food services	0.0	0.4	0.7	-0.3	0.3	-0.7
Information and communication	-0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	-1.0	4.3
Real estate activities	0.8	0.9	-1.4	0.0	0.0	0.4
Professional, scientific and technical activities	-0.5	0.3	0.7	-0.7	0.4	0.2
Administrative and support services	0.1	0.0	0.4	-0.4	0.4	-0.5
EU
Total services	-0.3	0.1	0.3	-0.5	0.4	0.6
Transportation and storage	-0.6	0.0	-0.4	-1.0	1.4	0.4
Accommodation and food services	0.0	0.3	0.7	-0.3	0.3	-0.7
Information and communication	-1.0	0.2	0.7	-0.3	-0.4	3.4
Real estate activities	1.4	0.8	-1.5	0.4	0.8	-1.0
Professional, scientific and technical activities	-0.9	0.3	0.6	-0.5	0.3	0.1
Administrative and support services	0.1	0.0	0.4	-0.4	0.3	-0.4
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with previous month*
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21	-0.2	0.1	0.2	-0.5	0.0	1.2
Euro area 20	-0.3	0.2	0.2	-0.6	0.1	1.2
EU	-0.3	0.1	0.3	-0.5	0.4	0.6
Belgium	-1.7	0.4	0.3	-1.1	0.4	2.5
Bulgaria	-0.7	1.2	3.3	2.4	-3.2	-1.4
Czechia	0.1	-0.2	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.1
Denmark	-0.8	-1.0	2.2	-0.7	3.3	-5.2
Germany	-0.9	0.1	-0.4	-0.5	-1.0	2.9
Estonia	-0.5	0.9	-0.7	-1.2	-0.6	22.1
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	5.2	-1.8	-1.2	-4.0	-2.3	4.9
Spain	0.0	0.7	-0.2	0.2	0.3	-0.3
France	0.2	0.0	0.0	-1.1	1.5	-0.7
Croatia	-0.7	1.5	0.4	-0.8	0.5	-0.8
Italy	-0.4	1.5	-0.7	0.0	0.5	-0.4
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	-0.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	-0.2	1.9
Lithuania	-1.1	2.3	0.1	-1.4	1.9	-3.6
Luxembourg	-7.8	4.6	2.1	-2.9	-1.8	2.4
Hungary	-2.1	0.2	0.4	-2.3	2.1	-2.2
Malta	-1.1	-0.2	1.2	-0.9	0.2	-0.2
Netherlands	-0.5	0.3	2.1	-1.1	0.5	-1.1
Austria	-0.2	0.8	0.6	-0.8	-0.3	1.2
Poland	-0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	5.7	-5.1
Portugal	-3.7	1.5	-0.2	-0.7	-1.2	1.8
Romania	-2.1	1.3	-1.1	2.8	2.2	-10.6
Slovenia	1.5	3.2	-2.5	2.7	0.7	0.0
Slovakia	0.0	2.1	-0.6	1.2	1.4	2.5
Finland	-0.2	1.4	-0.1	0.4	-0.2	1.1
Sweden	-0.4	-0.2	1.2	-0.4	1.6	-0.6
Norway	2.6	-4.5	1.7	1.8	-0.1	-0.4
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21
Total services	2.1	2.7	2.0	0.3	0.5	1.5
Transportation and storage	1.8	2.4	1.1	-1.2	0.0	0.6
Accommodation and food services	1.9	1.9	2.4	-0.1	0.6	-0.4
Information and communication	5.1	5.6	4.6	3.2	1.2	6.6
Real estate activities	3.1	4.0	0.7	0.7	1.1	1.2
Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.0	2.8	2.2	0.3	2.1	0.9
Administrative and support services	0.6	0.9	1.2	-0.5	-0.2	-1.1
EU
Total services	2.2	2.7	2.2	0.5	1.0	1.4
Transportation and storage	2.2	2.5	1.0	-0.6	0.9	0.6
Accommodation and food services	1.8	2.0	2.5	0.0	0.7	-0.3
Information and communication	4.8	5.2	5.0	3.1	2.3	5.8
Real estate activities	3.2	4.1	1.3	1.4	0.6	1.0
Professional, scientific and technical activities	1.3	2.9	2.4	0.7	2.2	1.0
Administrative and support services	0.6	0.7	1.1	-0.4	-0.2	-0.9
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production % change compared with same month of the previous year*
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21	2.1	2.7	2.0	0.3	0.5	1.5
Euro area 20	2.1	2.7	2.0	0.3	0.5	1.5
EU	2.2	2.7	2.2	0.5	1.0	1.4
Belgium	-0.4	1.0	0.3	-2.1	0.0	1.2
Bulgaria	-3.4	-1.6	2.1	6.0	0.9	0.4
Czechia	0.9	0.3	1.0	2.1	2.3	1.5
Denmark	4.8	4.0	3.8	2.6	-1.7	-1.2
Germany	2.6	2.7	1.0	0.0	-1.7	2.3
Estonia	5.7	6.1	3.0	-1.7	-3.5	20.0
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	26.6	18.5	18.3	7.7	0.6	7.6
Spain	1.3	3.4	2.3	2.3	2.9	0.2
France	1.6	2.8	2.5	-0.3	1.5	1.0
Croatia	-2.6	1.3	2.7	0.1	1.4	-0.6
Italy	0.1	3.6	1.3	-0.6	3.0	-0.5
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	4.8	2.5	2.9	3.4	4.3	4.0
Lithuania	8.4	12.1	10.3	4.9	8.8	-1.2
Luxembourg	-1.3	3.0	-2.7	3.3	-6.7	-2.2
Hungary	0.7	0.4	0.7	-3.8	0.4	-5.3
Malta	-2.5	-3.1	3.0	-0.2	0.1	-0.3
Netherlands	2.1	1.2	2.9	1.0	2.1	3.3
Austria	-1.3	0.4	-0.1	-1.5	0.7	-0.1
Poland	4.9	6.6	5.5	5.8	10.0	4.0
Portugal	c	c	c	c	c	c
Romania	0.9	4.3	1.7	4.7	7.8	-5.8
Slovenia	1.6	6.2	4.5	5.5	2.6	5.2
Slovakia	-1.0	1.5	-0.6	2.5	-2.0	4.1
Finland	-0.2	4.0	2.8	3.3	2.0	3.3
Sweden	1.7	1.3	4.0	1.9	4.4	2.3
Norway	6.5	0.7	2.7	2.7	3.2	1.0
* Calendar adjusted c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production, calendar and seasonally adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21	117.0	117.1	117.3	116.7	116.7	118.1
Euro area 20	116.9	117.1	117.3	116.6	116.7	118.1
EU	117.2	117.3	117.6	117.0	117.5	118.2
Belgium	112.9	113.4	113.7	112.4	112.8	115.6
Bulgaria	120.4	121.8	125.8	128.8	124.7	122.9
Czechia	107.8	107.6	108.2	108.6	108.9	109.0
Denmark	116.9	115.7	118.3	117.5	121.4	115.1
Germany	114.3	114.4	113.9	113.3	112.2	115.5
Estonia	130.1	131.3	130.4	128.8	128.0	156.3
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	158.2	155.4	153.5	147.3	143.9	151.0
Spain	121.7	122.6	122.4	122.6	123.0	122.6
France	121.0	121.0	121.0	119.7	121.5	120.6
Croatia	114.6	116.3	116.8	115.9	116.5	115.6
Italy	113.2	114.9	114.1	114.1	114.7	114.2
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	115.3	115.6	115.8	116.2	116.0	118.2
Lithuania	122.2	125.0	125.1	123.4	125.7	121.2
Luxembourg	60.4	63.2	64.5	62.6	61.5	63.0
Hungary	114.2	114.4	114.9	112.3	114.7	112.2
Malta	129.0	128.8	130.3	129.1	129.3	129.1
Netherlands	113.6	113.9	116.3	115.0	115.6	114.3
Austria	104.6	105.4	106.0	105.2	104.9	106.2
Poland	128.1	128.8	129.2	129.2	136.6	129.6
Portugal	120.6	122.4	122.2	121.3	119.9	122.1
Romania	132.3	134.0	132.5	136.2	139.2	124.5
Slovenia	118.4	122.2	119.2	122.4	123.3	123.3
Slovakia	98.5	100.6	100.0	101.2	102.6	105.2
Finland	110.6	112.1	112.0	112.4	112.2	113.4
Sweden	112.8	112.6	114.0	113.5	115.3	114.6
Norway	122.7	117.2	119.2	121.3	121.2	120.7
c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Services production, calendar adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	Aug-25	Sep-25	Oct-25	Nov-25	Dec-25	Jan-26
Euro area 21	114.2	117.8	120.1	115.9	135.9	111.7
Euro area 20	114.2	117.8	120.1	115.9	135.9	111.7
EU	113.9	118.2	120.7	116.6	136.6	111.5
Belgium	101.7	115.9	118.6	112.5	133.9	108.5
Bulgaria	126.2	124.3	124.6	126.0	141.9	106.5
Czechia	99.7	106.0	108.4	110.7	126.8	101.9
Denmark	107.3	116.8	127.1	116.4	138.1	114.6
Germany	110.4	114.4	115.2	116.2	134.1	103.4
Estonia	127.6	133.9	133.4	130.8	156.3	136.7
Ireland	c	c	c	c	c	c
Greece	193.9	187.9	158.7	127.2	162.0	104.9
Spain	112.8	124.8	126.8	121.4	133.9	111.3
France	131.5	119.5	124.2	113.7	148.8	122.9
Croatia	133.2	127.4	112.1	97.4	126.2	88.6
Italy	91.6	117.4	118.2	111.7	126.7	113.8
Cyprus	c	c	c	c	c	c
Latvia	116.1	118.8	118.6	115.4	132.3	107.7
Lithuania	120.3	130.1	135.2	123.2	134.1	105.9
Luxembourg	52.1	61.0	64.9	65.6	74.8	66.1
Hungary	114.4	118.3	121.8	117.1	150.4	96.9
Malta	130.3	130.5	139.5	130.2	140.4	121.8
Netherlands	107.9	113.5	120.6	118.5	126.1	105.8
Austria	99.6	103.1	107.4	102.4	125.6	109.5
Poland	125.4	133.2	132.0	132.0	151.2	116.0
Portugal	c	c	c	c	c	c
Romania	129.3	136.8	133.8	134.8	153.8	112.9
Slovenia	113.3	127.3	122.7	125.0	137.5	111.0
Slovakia	91.9	102.2	104.0	104.2	118.8	96.6
Finland	106.8	113.0	114.2	112.5	136.2	107.1
Sweden	102.3	116.0	121.0	117.9	133.7	108.2
Norway	121.4	122.6	124.1	127.2	127.3	112.6
c Confidential Source dataset: sts_sepr_m

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Compared with data issued in the News Release of 6 March 2026, the monthly percentage increase for December 2025 has been revised from +0.2% to +0.1% in the euro area (EA20) and has been revised from +0.3% to +0.4% in the EU. The annual percentage increase has been revised from +0.7% to +0.5% in the euro area (EA20) and has been revised from +0.8% to +1.0% 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).

For more information

Database section on short-term business statistics
Statistics Explained article on the service production index
The weights of the Member States in the EU and euro area aggregates
(see file Base year 2021 weights - Euro indicators releases)
Euro indicators dashboard