Services - 3. quarter of 2025

“Sales in services in the Q3 2025 increased by 0.1%, year-on-year. As for individual industries, the increase was the most contributed to by architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis. On the other hand, advertising and market research slowed down the growth most,” Tomáš Harák, Head of the Trade, Services, and Environmental Statistics Data Support Unit of the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), says.

Quarter-on-quarter, seasonally adjusted sales in services¹⁾ decreased in real terms by 0.6%, in the Q3. The most considerable slump was recorded by the CZ-NACE section of transportation and storage, in which sales fell by 2.3%.  

In the year-on-year comparison, sales adjusted for calendar effects increased by 0.1%. Accommodation and food service activities were the most successful section (an increase by 2.2%), whereas the highest decrease in sales occurred in administrative and support service activities (by 1.9%).

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

-            Sales in transportation and storage decreased by 0.8%. A double-digit decrease was recorded by air transport, namely by 10.4%. A decrease in sales was also reported by postal and courier activities (by 4.4%) and by warehousing and support activities for transportation (by 0.9%). On the other hand, sales increased in land transport and transport via pipelines, which is the most important in terms of volume (by 1.4%) and in water transport (by 4.0%).

-            Sales in accommodation and food service activities increased by 2.2%. Sales in food and beverage service activities increased more (by 2.4%) than in accommodation (by 1.5%).

-            Sales in information and communication increased by 0.9%. Information service activities, which include, for example, data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals, increased the most (by 3.4%). An increase of sales was also reported by telecommunications (by 2.5%) and computer programming, consultancy and related activities (by 2.1%), which include, for example, computer programming activities, computer facilities management activities, and computer consultancy activities. On the other hand, sales decreased in publishing activities (by 3.6%), music and motion picture activities (by 4.1%), and programming and broadcasting activities (by 17.3%).

-            Sales in real estate activities increased, y-o-y, by 0.8%.

-            In professional, scientific and technical activities²⁾ sales increased by 0.6%. Almost all individual industries were successful. Sales increased the most in other professional, scientific and technical activities, namely by 5.0%. Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis recorded an increase of sales by 4.5%, legal and accounting activities by 2.9%, and activities of head offices; management consultancy activities by 2.3%. The only industry in this section that reported lower sales, year-on-year, was advertising and market research (by 14.4%).

-            In administrative and support service activities, sales decreased by 1.9%. The most considerable decrease of sales occurred in employment activities, namely by 9.3%. Sales also decreased in security and investigation activities (by 7.3%), in travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities by 5.4%, and in services to buildings and landscape activities (by 0.6%). On the other hand, higher sales, year-on-year, were in office administrative, office support and other business support activities (by 7.7%). Rental and leasing activities were also successful, sales increased there by 4.5%.