Services - 3. quarter of 2026

“Sales in services in the Q3 2026 increased by 3.9%, year-on-year. The highest contribution to the growth was recorded in the section of transportation and storage, in which sales increased by 6.0%. In other sections of services, a positive development was reported, too,“ 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⁾ increased in real terms by 0.8%, in the Q3. The growth was supported the most by professional, scientific and technical activities, in which sales increased by 1.3%. 

In the year-on-year comparison, sales adjusted for calendar effects increased by 3.9%. All sections of services contributed to the growth. However, the most important contribution to the growth came from transportation and storage, in which sales increased by 6.0%.

Sales in transportation and storage increased by 6.0%. Development in the following economic activities contributed the most to the growth in total: warehousing and support activities for transportation (growth by 9.1%) and also development of sales in an economic activity that is the most important in terms of volume – land transport and transport via pipelines (growth by 5.7%). Sales also increased in water transport (by 11.8%) and in postal and courier activities (by 3.4%). On the other hand, in air transport, sales decreased by 4.2%.

Sales in accommodation and food service activities increased by 0.5%. In food and beverage service activities, there was an increase by 2.0% and in accommodation a decrease by 3.5%.

Sales in information and communication increased by 3.7%. The growth was the most contributed to by computer programming, consultancy and related activities, which increased by 5.0% and include, for example, computer programming activities, computer facilities management activities, and computer consultancy activities. Sales also increased in the following: music and motion picture activities by 24.6%, programming and broadcasting activities by 9.4%, and publishing activities by 3.6%. A decrease of sales by 0.1% was reported by telecommunications and a decrease by 2.5% by information service activities, which include, for example, data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals.

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

In professional, scientific and technical activities²⁾ sales increased by 6.3%. All individual economic activities of this section increased. The most marked increase of sales was in other professional, scientific and technical activities, namely by 8.5%. However, the overall growth was the most contributed to by architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis (which is larger in terms of volume) – the year-on-year increment there was 7.6%. Higher sales were also rerported by legal and accounting activities (by 5.4%),  activities of head offices; management consultancy activities (by 5.1%) and also advertising and market research (by 3.5%).

In administrative and support service activities, sales increased by 0.9%. The growth of the section was the most supported by office administrative, office support and other business support activities, in which sales increased by 5.3%. The following also reached higher sales, year-on-year: rental and leasing activities (by 4.2%) and services to buildings and landscape activities (by 2.4%). On the other hand, the growth was slowed down the most by the development in travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities, in which there was a decrease by 1.1%. A year-on-year sales decrease also occurred in employment activities (by 2.4%) and security and investigation activities (by 3.4%)

¹⁾ For the purposes of the news release, services include the following CZ-NACE sections: Transportation and storage (H), Accommodation and food service activities (I), Information and communication (J), Real estate activities (L), Professional, scientific and technical activities – excluding Scientific research and development and Veterinary activities (M excluding 72 and 75), and Administrative and support service activities (N).
²⁾ For the purposes of the news release, section M – Professional, scientific and technical activities does not include CZ-NACE 72 – Scientific research and development and CZ-NACE 75 – Veterinary activities.