Services - 2. quarter of 2022

In the Q2 2022, sales adjusted for calendar effects increased in real terms by 12.1%, year‑on-year (y-o-y). Seasonally adjusted sales in services¹⁾ increased in real terms by 2.4%, quarter‑on‑quarter (q-o-q).

Year-on-year, sales increased in real terms by 12.1%. A year-on-year increase was reported by all major activities of services (CZ-NACE sections).

“From among individual industries of services, the most successful ones were travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities, in which sales increased by 217.1%, followed by accommodation with an increase by 146.5%, and air transport, in which sales increased by 135.6%, year-on-year. On the other hand, the highest decrease was reported by employment agencies, namely by 13.7%,” Tomáš Harák, Head of the Services, Trade, and Environmental Statistics Data Support Unit of the CZSO, says.

Development in individual industries of services (CZ-NACE sections) was as follows:

• sales in transportation and storage increased by 15.8%. Sales of air transport continued to grow (this time by 135.6%); the increase started in the Q2 2021. Sales also increased in water transport by 76.3%, warehousing and support activities for transportation (by 20.7%), and in land transport and transport via pipelines (by 11.3%). On the other hand, a decrease of sales by 6.5% was reported by postal and courier activities;
• sales in accommodation and food service activities increased by 54.5%. Sales in accommodation increased by 146.5% and in food and beverage service activities by 37.3%);
• sales in information and communication increased by 2.5%. The highest year-on-year growth of sales by 4.8% was achieved by computer programming, consultancy and related activities, which include, for example, programming, computer facilities management activities, and computer consultancy activities. In publishing activities, sales increased by 3.8%, in music and motion picture activities by 2.6%, and in telecommunications by 1.3%. On the other hand, a sales decrease, compared to the previous year, was recorded by  information service activities, which include data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals (by 1.4%) as well as by programming and broadcasting activities (by 12.8%);
• sales in real estate activities increased by 2.5%, y-o-y;
• in professional, scientific and technical activities²⁾ sales increased by 7.2%. The highest sales growth was reported for the following: other professional, scientific and technical activities (by 16.4%) and architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis (by 12.2%). Sales increased by 5.7% for legal and accounting activities and   activities of head offices; management consultancy activities. On the other hand, a decrease of sales by 5.6% was reported by advertising and market research;
• in administrative and support service activities, sales increased by 21.4%. Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities reported the highest sales increase by 217.1%. Sales in office administrative, office support and other business support activities increased by 13.0%, sales in services to buildings and landscape activities by 11.4%, sales in security and investigation activities by 6.3%, and sales in rental and leasing activities by 3.0%. On the other hand, a y-o-y decrease of sales by 13.7% was recorded by employment activities.

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Notes:

All data in the text of the News Release are presented at constant prices. The year-on-year development is published after having been adjusted for working days. Quarter-on-quarter rates have also been seasonally adjusted.
Enterprises are classified to the economic activity according to their principal (prevailing) activity, which is such an activity, from which the enterprise gets the highest value added.
Data for the Q2 2022 are preliminary; final data for individual quarters of 2022 will be released in March 2023.
Methodology: https://csu.gov.cz/2-slu_m2013