Industry - September 2025

Industrial production in September was in real terms by 1.1% higher, m-o-m. In the year-on-year comparison, it increased by 0.4%. “The increase in industrial production in September was the most contributed to by manufacture of fabricated metal products, manufacture of rubber and plastic products, and manufacture of electrical equipment,” Radek Matějka, Director of the Agricultural and Forestry, Industrial, Construction, and Energy Statistics Department of the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), says. Production also increased in the folllowing: manufacture of other transport equipment, and manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products. A decrease was recorded in production of electricity, especially in coal power plants, coal mining, manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, and manufacture of beverages.

The value of new orders at current prices in surveyed industrial CZ-NACE activities in September 2025 increased by 4.5%, y-o-y. Non-domestic new orders increased by 5.6%, y-o-y. Domestic new orders recorded an increase by 2.7%. In the month-on-month comparison, the value of new orders was by 8.8% higher. “The year-on-year growth of the value of new industrial orders in September was the most contributed to by manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, manufacture of fabricated metal products, and manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products,” Marta Ortová from the Industrial Statistics Unit of the CZSO, adds. The value of new orders decreased in manufacture of other transport equipment, manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, and manufacture of chemicals and chemical products.

The average registered number of employees in industry decreased by 1.6%, y-o-y, in September 2025.

According to data released by Eurostat, industrial production in the EU27 increased by 1.1%, year-on-year, in August 2025. The industry of Ireland and Luxembourg increased the most (by 28.6% and 9.5%, respectively). The biggest year-on-year decrease was recorded by Bulgaria (by 8.6%) and Slovakia (by 6.3%). Performance of German industry decreased by 4.6%, Czech industry decreased by 1.3%. As for economic activities in the EU27, the biggest increase was recorded by manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (by 20.0%); the biggest decrease was recorded by manufacture of leather and related products (by 13.3%). According to a preliminary release calendar, Eurostat will release data for September 2025 on 13 November 2025.

For more detailed information on the development of industrial production in the Q1 to Q3 of 2025 see the Supplementary information to the news release on industry.