Services - 2. quarter of 2021

In the Q2 2021, sales adjusted for calendar effects increased in real terms (at constant prices) by 13.8%, year‑on-year (y-o-y); non-adjusted sales increased by 14.8%. Seasonally adjusted sales in services increased in real terms (at constant prices) by 3.4%, quarter‑on‑quarter (q-o-q).

Development in the second quarter of 2021
In the Q2 2021, seasonally adjusted sales in services¹⁾ increased in real terms (at constant prices) by 3.4%, q-o-q. A q-o-q increase occurred in all industries of services (CZ-NACE sections). The highest sales growth was reported by accommodation and food service activities.

Year-on-year, sales adjusted for calendar effects increased by 13.8%. The y-o-y increase was reported by all industries of services. The growth was caused, to a great extent, by a low comparison basis.

Year-on-year, non-adjusted sales increased by 14.8%. Development in individual industries of services (CZ-NACE sections) was as follows:

-          sales in transportation and storage increased by 25.4%. Sales in air transport more than doubled (growth by 132.8%). An increase of sales was also reported in warehousing and support activities for transportation (by 30.9%), postal and courier activities (by 25.0%), and land transport and transport via pipelines, which is the most significant in terms of volume (by 19.5%). Lower sales were reported in water transport only, namely by 0.1%;

-          sales in accommodation and food service activities increased by 32.7%. An increase of sales was reported for both the food and beverage service activities (by 33.3%) and the accommodation (by 29.7%);

-          sales in information and communication increased by 6.1%. A double-digit growth of sales was reported by the so-called music and motion picture activities (growth by 73.0%) and information service activities, which include, for example, data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals (growth by 13.1%). An increase of sales was also reported by programming and broadcasting activities (by 9.5%), publishing activities (by 5.9%),  computer programming, consultancy and related activities (by 5.3%), and  telecommunications (by 1.5%);

-          sales in real estate activities increased by 2.8%, y-o-y. The sales increase was the most obvious in real estate activities on a fee or contract basis (by 20.0%). Conversely, lower sales were reported by buying and selling of own real estate and renting and operating of own or leased real estate (by 1.4%);

-          sales in professional, scientific and technical activities²⁾ increased by 10.9%. The biggest influence on that development came from an increase of sales in advertising and market research (by 21.7%). An increase of sales was also reported by activities of head offices; management consultancy activities (by 12.2%), legal and accounting activities (by 11.0%), and architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis (by 10.3%). Conversely, lower sales were reported by other professional, scientific and technical activities, which include, for example, business brokerage activities, translation and interpretation activities, photographic activities, or activities of quantity surveyors (by 0.7%);

-          sales in administrative and support service activities increased by 19.8%, y-o-y. The most considerable increase of sales was in travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities (growth by 402.4%). Sales increased in employment activities (by 26.1%), rental and leasing activities (by 13.4%), and office administrative, office support and other business support activities (by 11.2%). A y-o-y increase of sales was also reported by services to buildings and landscape activities (by 2.5%) and security and investigation activities (by 1.8%).  

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