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30 April 2019
2019- n° 117
In February 2019, services output increased strongly (+1.6%) Index of services production - February 2019

In February 2019, output in services increased strongly (+1.6%) after a decrease in January (−0.9%).

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In February 2019, output in services increased strongly (+1.6%) after a decrease in January (−0.9%).

Services output was stable over the last three months

Over the last three months (December to February), services production was stable compared to the previous three months.

It decreased in business support activities (−0.7%): it declined strongly in specialised, scientific and technical activities (−1.7%) but it went up in administrative and business service activities (+0.7%). Output grew sharply in accommodation and food services activities (+1.7%) and in household services (+1.7%). The rise was slighter in transportation and storage (+0.2%) and real estate activities (+0.3%). Output was stable in information and communication.

Index of services production

Index of services production
Business support (MN) Transportation and storage (H) Accommodation & food service (I) Information-communication (J) All services (SPI)
2014-01 97.21 98.33 96.91 97.58 97.43
2014-02 97.01 100.12 96.74 97.4 98.11
2014-03 98.76 99.68 96.72 97.52 98.25
2014-04 98.48 98.88 97.67 97.43 98.21
2014-05 95.93 96.87 97.51 96.09 96.51
2014-06 96.55 100.53 97.21 98.67 98.42
2014-07 98.58 100.06 95.96 95.32 97.86
2014-08 99.53 99.5 98.64 97.81 99.03
2014-09 98.94 99.68 99.08 99.75 99.27
2014-10 98.71 98.25 99.73 98.52 98.73
2014-11 97.7 99.32 98.88 96.77 97.94
2014-12 98.74 99.52 99.46 99.27 98.59
2015-01 96.86 97.85 97.56 98.72 97.63
2015-02 99.1 101.0 98.36 99.0 99.16
2015-03 98.99 99.93 98.2 99.24 99.46
2015-04 99.48 99.38 100.06 100.88 99.82
2015-05 100.43 98.79 101.27 97.88 99.54
2015-06 99.83 100.71 100.72 100.06 99.64
2015-07 103.44 99.86 99.55 98.65 101.24
2015-08 98.92 99.58 100.84 100.27 99.28
2015-09 101.25 101.29 100.28 100.11 100.58
2015-10 99.82 99.73 100.55 100.35 100.64
2015-11 101.37 101.48 99.91 101.52 101.28
2015-12 100.51 100.4 102.7 103.31 101.73
2016-01 101.99 100.36 101.41 102.62 101.38
2016-02 102.88 103.58 102.54 105.05 103.79
2016-03 99.99 101.83 102.8 103.32 101.17
2016-04 100.59 100.6 101.84 101.86 100.84
2016-05 101.95 101.84 102.42 102.99 102.01
2016-06 102.39 99.71 102.78 103.43 102.07
2016-07 100.81 100.22 102.82 104.21 101.45
2016-08 104.86 103.14 103.17 105.09 104.0
2016-09 103.01 99.01 103.82 105.66 102.87
2016-10 102.74 101.8 103.13 102.92 101.81
2016-11 104.42 102.98 103.53 105.62 104.39
2016-12 103.22 102.34 105.11 105.8 104.27
2017-01 106.22 104.46 105.26 104.66 105.04
2017-02 104.69 102.62 106.39 107.83 104.97
2017-03 107.33 104.33 107.69 110.1 106.92
2017-04 103.21 101.96 107.13 107.31 104.07
2017-05 108.91 107.35 105.94 110.12 107.29
2017-06 107.22 104.11 106.86 108.37 106.28
2017-07 108.41 106.35 108.15 112.28 108.29
2017-08 108.13 104.67 109.09 110.49 107.44
2017-09 108.51 104.04 108.31 112.21 107.6
2017-10 109.07 105.97 109.7 109.57 107.96
2017-11 108.55 104.84 112.33 112.38 108.86
2017-12 111.94 105.87 110.44 114.09 109.99
2018-01 112.11 109.34 112.76 114.14 111.7
2018-02 109.42 105.47 109.88 114.44 108.98
2018-03 110.23 105.96 111.49 113.3 109.35
2018-04 114.21 107.0 111.85 118.19 112.16
2018-05 111.78 103.9 112.19 115.31 110.6
2018-06 112.89 106.24 112.29 115.55 110.91
2018-07 111.59 106.74 110.21 117.4 110.52
2018-08 115.06 108.7 112.81 117.16 113.51
2018-09 116.72 107.84 114.35 117.45 113.71
2018-10 116.06 109.24 114.26 121.3 114.19
2018-11 116.46 108.24 114.25 119.61 113.93
2018-12 116.67 108.9 115.27 118.56 114.08
2019-01 113.81 108.04 115.99 120.05 113.02
2019-02 116.3 109.14 117.57 119.66 114.82

Index of services production

  • Sources: DGFiP, INSEE.

Output grew sharply over a year

In services, output of the last three months rose sharply over a year (+3.4%).

It went up strongly in business support (+4.0%), be it in specialised, scientific and technical activities (+4.3%) or in administrative and business service activities (+3.5%). It also grew sharply in information and communication (+4.6%), in accommodation and food service activities (+4.7%), in transportation and storage (+1.7%) and in household services (+2.8%). The output increased slighter in real estate activities (+0.4%).

Variation in the services production

2015 based, SA-WDA
Variation in the services production (2015 based, SA-WDA)
Nace classification Weight (1) Change in %
Feb./Jan. Jan./Dec. q-o-q (2) y-o-y (3)
Index of services production 10000 1.6 -0.9 0.0 3.4
H Transportation and storage 1504 1.0 -0.8 0.2 1.7
I Accommodation and food service activities 870 1.4 0.6 1.7 4.7
J Information and communication 1635 -0.3 1.3 0.0 4.6
L Real estate activities 964 3.0 2.1 0.3 0.4
M+N Business support 4289 2.2 -2.5 -0.7 4.0
M Specialised, scientific and technical activities 2540 3.7 -4.0 -1.7 4.3
N Administrative and business service activities 1748 0.2 -0.3 0.7 3.5
R+S Household services 738 2.3 -2.4 1.7 2.8
  • (1) Weight (10 000 = H…S excepting K, O, P, Q)
  • (2) Quarter-on-quarter: last three months / previous three months
  • (3) Year-on-year: last three months / same three months of previous year
  • Sources: DGFiP, INSEE

In February, sharp rebound in business support

In February 2019, output in business support activities rebounded sharply (+2.2% after −2.5%).

Output recovered in specialised, scientific and technical activities (+3.7% after −4.0% in January), due to a return to a normal level of activity in scientific research and development (+17.1% after −18.5%) and in legal and accounting activities (+1.9 % after −1.1%). Output rose more moderatly in architecture and engineering activities (+0.7% after a stability) and activities of head offices and management consultancy (+0.4% after +0.9%) whereas it sharply decreased in advertising and market research (−4.0% après −0.7%).

Output rebounded slightly in administrative and business support activities (+0.2% after −0.3%). It speeded up in rental and leasing activities (+0,9% after +0.7%) but turned down in other administrative and business support activities (−0.9% after +0.4%). It recovered slightly in services to building and landscape activities (+0.4% après −1.7%). After a decline in January, output was near stable in employment activities.

Sharp rebound in household services

In February, output in household services bounced back strongly (+2.3% after −2.4 %). It recovered in arts, entertainment and recreation (+2.9% après −4.0%) and gathered pace in other personal services production (+1.0% after +0.6%).

Increase in transportation and storage

Output in transportation and storage went up in February (+1.0% after −0.8%). It bounced back sharply in warehousing and support for transportation (+2.5% after −1.4%) and water transport (+7.0% after −6.0%). It expanded again in air transport (+2.6% after +6.5%) but declined again in land transport (−0.5% after −0.8%).

Ramp up in accommodation and food service activities

In February, output in accommodation and food services grew again, faster than January (+1.4% after +0.6%). It gathered pace in food and beverage service activities (+1.6% après +1.3%) and rebounded in accommodation (+0.6% after −1.6%).

Sligt withdrawal in information and communication

Output in information and communication dwindled slightly in February (−0.3% after +1.3%), notably due to a downturn in computer programming (−1.3% after +1.8%) and in telecommunications (−1.1% after +2.1%). By contrast, it bounced back in edition (+2.5 % after −1.0%) and information services (+2.6% after −1.4%).

Variation in the services production

2015 based, SA-WDA
Variation in the services production (2015 based, SA-WDA)
Nace classification Weight (1) Feb. 2019 Change in %
Feb./Jan. Jan./Dec. q-o-q(2)
Index of services production 10000 114.8 1.6 -0.9 0.0
H transportation and storage 1504 109.1 1.0 -0.8 0.2
49 Land transport… 715 111.5 -0.5 -0.8 -0.1
50 Water transport 36 151.3 7.0 -6.0 3.8
51 Air transport 115 111.6 2.6 6.5 -2.1
52 Warehousing and support for transportation 504 107.7 2.5 -1.4 0.7
53 Postal and courier activities 135 88.8 0.7 -2.8 1.2
I Accommodation and food service activities 870 117.6 1.4 0.6 1.7
55 Accommodation 205 107.1 0.6 -1.6 2.1
56 Food and beverage service activities 664 120.8 1.6 1.3 1.6
J Information-communication 1635 119.7 -0.3 1.3 0.0
58 Publishing activities 208 113.2 2.5 -1 0.2
59 Motion picture, sound recording, music publishing 119 110.5 -0.6 5.2 -0.6
60 Programming and broadcasting activities 71 108.4 3.4 -4.5 -3.5
61 Telecommunications 415 103.7 -1.1 2.1 -0.6
62 Computer programming... 720 130.8 -1.3 1.8 0.2
63 Information services 102 137.3 2.6 -1.4 2.7
L Real estate activities 964 104.7 3.0 2.1 0.3
M Specialised, scientific and technical activities 2540 114.4 3.7 -4.0 -1.7
69 Legal and accounting activities 502 118.7 1.9 -1.1 0.7
70 Activities of head offices and management consultancy 739 114.9 0.4 0.9 -1.2
71 Architecture and engineering activities 491 113.5 0.7 0.0 0.6
72 Scientific research and development 559 110.4 17.1 -18.5 -7.9
73 Advertising and market research 146 99.1 -4.0 -0.7 0.7
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities 79 143.4 0.5 2.7 2.3
75 Veterinary activities 26 115.8 1.3 0.5 1.4
N Administrative and business service activities 1748 119.1 0.2 -0.3 0.7
77 Rental and leasing activities 526 121.5 0.9 0.7 1.8
78 Employment activities 502 127.9 -0.1 -0.9 0.1
79 Travel agency, tour operator 35 100.1 2.3 -4.3 -4.3
80 Security and investigation 104 114.0 -0.5 0.8 1.0
81 Services to building and landscape activities 245 114.6 0.4 -1.7 0.7
82 Other administrative and business support activities 336 109.1 -0.9 0.4 0.4
R Arts, entertainment and recreation 460 122.4 2.9 -4.0 2.1
S Other personal services 278 108.1 1.0 0.6 1.0
  • (1) Weight (10 000 = H…S excepting K, O, P, Q)
  • (2) Quarter-on-quarter: last three months / previous three months
  • Sources: DGFiP, INSEE

Revisions

The month-on-month variation rate of the index of services production in January 2018 remained unchanged at −0.9%.

Revision of variations

in percentage points
Revision of variations (in percentage points)
Jan./Dec. Dec./Nov. Nov./Oct. Q4 2018/Q3 2018 2018/ 2017
Services production -0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.02
Raw series -0.15 0.04 0.02 -0.01 0.03
SA-WDA parameters 0.12 0.00 0.01 0.05 -0.01
  • How to read: in the services industries, the SA-WDA variation in output between December 2018 and January 2019 is revised by –0.03 points: –0.15 points due to the revisions of raw data and +0.12 points due to the update of SA-WDA parameters
  • Sources: DGFiP. INSEE

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