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Informations rapidesOutput in services increased sharply in June 2021 (+7.3%) Index of services production - June 2021

In June 2021, as a result of the relaxation of health restrictions, output in services went up sharply (+7.3% after +0.2% in May). This brought it closer to its February 2020 level (the last month before the start of the first lockdown), at −1.1%.

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Paru le :Paru le31/08/2021
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In the following paragraphs, percentage changes by subsections are presented in descending order of their contribution to the overall percentage change of the services production index. The contribution of a subsection takes into account its weight and the magnitude of its evolution.

All data are corrected for seasonal and working day effects (SA-WDA).

In June 2021, as a result of the relaxation of health restrictions, output in services went up sharply (+7.3% after +0.2% in May). This brought it closer to its February 2020 level (the last month before the start of the first lockdown), at −1.1%.

In June 2021, output went up in all sectors

In June 2021, output increased again very strongly in accommodation and food service activities (+50.2% after +47.1%). This increase was explained in food and beverage service activities (+54.2% after +44.5%) by the reopening of the terraces from 19 May, then the resumption of the indoor service and the postponement of the curfew to 11 p.m from 9 June, and finally its total lifting to 20 June. In accommodation (+32.5% after +59.6%) it can also be explained by the lifting of the curfew and a catch-up effect after several months of health restrictions. Output sped up in arts, entertainment and recreation (+43.2% after +9.9%), where some activities had to remain closed for more than six months. It recovered in transportation and storage (+6.4% after −1.5%), in professional, scientific and technical activities (+3.5% after −3.9%), in information-communication (+5.2% after −5.3%) and more moderately in administrative and support services activities (+0.7% after −0.2%). Growth continued in real estate activities (+1.5% after +5.5%).

Output in services was close to its February 2020 level, but still below it (−1.1%). The decline over February remained particularly strong in arts, entertainment and recreation (−32.9%). Output was also down relative to its February 2020 level in accommodation and food service activities (−12.3%), particularly in accommodation (−35.7%) and more moderately in catering (−5.6%). It was also down in administrative and support services activities (−5.2%), transportation and storage (−2.1% and −42.1% specifically in air transport), and real estate activities (−0.6%). On the other hand, the information-communication (+11.2%) and professional, scientific and technical activities (+4.1%) sectors were above their level in February 2020.

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)
2016-01 101.8 100.3 100.8 102.76 101.19
2016-02 102.73 104.32 102.49 104.96 103.33
2016-03 99.8 101.9 102.31 103.85 100.96
2016-04 100.56 100.78 102.05 101.3 100.73
2016-05 102.33 101.37 102.85 103.09 102.21
2016-06 102.66 99.66 102.87 103.98 102.13
2016-07 100.35 101.04 102.85 104.48 101.64
2016-08 104.88 102.66 103.26 105.29 104.02
2016-09 102.62 98.69 103.92 105.28 102.53
2016-10 102.84 101.93 103.2 103.45 102.1
2016-11 104.32 102.26 103.67 105.52 104.17
2016-12 103.32 102.68 104.98 105.25 104.17
2017-01 105.92 103.35 104.92 104.35 104.64
2017-02 105.28 102.51 106.25 107.98 105.27
2017-03 107.21 104.2 107.31 110.67 106.67
2017-04 103.31 102.72 107.07 106.73 104.13
2017-05 109.1 107.03 106.68 110.34 107.52
2017-06 107.72 104.91 106.42 109.01 106.51
2017-07 108.03 106.82 108.52 113.23 108.53
2017-08 107.77 104.28 109.17 110.76 107.21
2017-09 107.69 103.64 108.45 111.66 107.04
2017-10 108.88 105.35 109.9 110.16 108.12
2017-11 108.45 103.99 112.36 111.63 108.49
2017-12 112.35 106.42 109.81 112.93 109.89
2018-01 111.64 108.66 112.26 113.32 111.26
2018-02 110.14 105.84 109.72 114.47 109.44
2018-03 109.9 106.4 110.88 114.15 109.05
2018-04 114.6 107.07 111.84 117.28 112.27
2018-05 112.12 103.79 113.48 116.02 111.06
2018-06 113.65 107.46 111.75 117.19 111.36
2018-07 112.36 106.6 111.29 118.77 111.21
2018-08 115.2 108.03 112.52 116.62 113.32
2018-09 115.7 106.81 114.55 116.76 112.93
2018-10 115.63 108.36 115.0 122.48 114.21
2018-11 115.9 108.01 114.3 118.89 113.52
2018-12 117.66 108.62 115.3 116.9 114.16
2019-01 113.84 107.31 115.31 119.54 112.89
2019-02 117.46 110.21 117.54 119.6 115.54
2019-03 118.26 108.97 117.11 122.15 115.83
2019-04 117.98 110.0 117.51 122.45 115.84
2019-05 118.63 109.16 116.23 123.56 116.53
2019-06 116.55 109.65 119.14 122.54 115.36
2019-07 116.99 108.92 116.3 123.61 116.03
2019-08 119.27 111.6 118.92 126.47 117.43
2019-09 119.57 111.73 119.33 125.73 117.62
2019-10 118.9 111.06 119.88 125.1 116.89
2019-11 119.33 108.78 120.18 124.85 116.72
2019-12 117.83 107.74 120.03 125.41 116.34
2020-01 120.11 106.11 121.15 125.34 117.0
2020-02 118.71 104.93 115.71 123.22 115.31
2020-03 107.49 96.05 58.93 125.51 100.44
2020-04 101.76 79.67 20.89 118.26 87.16
2020-05 100.42 74.61 31.99 114.88 89.18
2020-06 103.67 85.08 76.22 126.02 99.04
2020-07 104.15 96.61 95.09 123.6 103.04
2020-08 106.92 95.15 105.25 125.84 106.72
2020-09 112.78 96.71 99.78 126.02 109.96
2020-10 115.83 97.91 88.02 127.34 108.81
2020-11 115.68 97.81 47.34 127.9 103.09
2020-12 120.57 95.48 55.46 133.53 108.72
2021-01 113.35 96.2 49.86 130.8 103.85
2021-02 115.7 99.72 51.03 129.59 105.16
2021-03 120.07 100.56 51.51 135.89 108.29
2021-04 119.15 98.05 45.91 137.47 106.15
2021-05 116.21 96.59 67.54 130.22 106.31
2021-06 118.97 102.75 101.45 137.01 114.05

Index of services production

  • Sources: DGFiP, INSEE

Variation in the services production

2015 based, SA-WDA
Variation in the services production (2015 based, SA-WDA)
Nace classification Weight (1) June 2021 Change in %
June 2021/ May 2021 May 2021/ Apr. 2021 June 2021/Feb. 2020 Q/Q-1(2) Q/ Q-4(3)
Index of services production 10000 114.0 7.3 0.2 -1.1 2.9 18.6
H Transportation and storage 1504 102.7 6.4 -1.5 -2.1 0.3 24.2
49 Land transport… 715 110.1 5.3 -0.5 1.4 1.3 22.6
50 Water transport 36 164.4 19.4 -3.4 41.5 -5.8 33.3
51 Air transport 115 61.6 12.6 0.1 -42.1 19.2 91.9
52 Warehousing and support for transportation 504 100.5 5.5 -2.6 -2.2 -2.6 20.9
53 Postal and courier activities 135 90.7 7.9 -3.1 1.7 0.6 21.2
I Accommodation and food service activities 870 101.5 50.2 47.1 -12.3 41.0 66.5
55 Accommodation 205 69.9 32.5 59.6 -35.7 19.8 81.2
56 Food and beverage service activities 664 111.2 54.2 44.5 -5.6 46.4 63.7
J Information-communication 1635 137.0 5.2 -5.3 11.2 2.1 12.7
58 Publishing activities 208 114.6 2.3 2.9 6.4 -2.0 10.1
59 Motion picture, sound recording, music publishing 119 99.5 8.1 -2.5 -4.8 3.5 19.7
60 Programming and broadcasting activities 71 109.5 0.2 -2.7 6.6 4.0 9.0
61 Telecommunications 415 125.8 3.6 -8.3 15.9 2.5 16.2
62 Computer programming... 720 152.5 6.1 -6.5 10.3 3.0 11.0
63 Information services 102 181.9 8.6 -1.5 26.1 0.0 14.1
L Real estate activities 964 99.7 1.5 5.5 -0.6 0.8 12.5
M+N Business support 4289 119.0 2.4 -2.5 0.2 1.5 15.9
M Professional, scientific and technical activities 2540 121.7 3.5 -3.9 4.1 2.5 15.3
69 Legal and accounting activities 502 125.4 2.2 0.8 5.1 -0.4 16.0
70 Activities of head offices and management consultancy 739 118.8 -0.1 -1.5 5.9 4.0 14.6
71 Architecture and engineering activities 491 125.1 5.1 -4.7 6.7 2.6 11.8
72 Scientific research and development 559 119.6 8.0 -11.2 -0.4 4.1 19.6
73 Advertising and market research 146 93.1 4.2 -4.9 -8.4 -2.3 12.5
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities 79 165.9 4.2 0.5 12.3 3.0 17.3
75 Veterinary activities 26 141.2 2.0 0.9 16.1 2.0 11.4
N Administrative and support service activities 1748 115.0 0.7 -0.2 -5.2 0.1 16.7
77 Rental and leasing activities 526 121.3 1.7 -0.6 -10.7 -1.1 17.1
78 Employment activities 502 118.0 -1.0 -1.9 -2.2 2.7 24.2
79 Travel agency, tour operator 35 34.2 35.7 35.9 -58.7 36.0 18.6
80 Security and investigation 104 112.2 0.7 -0.5 3.0 -1.0 3.7
81 Services to building and landscape activities 245 124.8 1.3 -4.7 8.1 0.9 19.5
82 Other administrative and business support activities 336 102.8 0.4 7.5 -7.9 -3.3 6.7
R+S Household services 738 91.2 26.9 9.3 -22.9 -1.3 27.0
R Arts, entertainment and recreation 460 83.9 43.2 9.9 -32.9 1.9 27.3
S Other personal services 278 103.4 10.1 8.7 -3.4 -4.6 26.5
  • (1) Weight (10 000 = H…S excepting K, O, P, Q)
  • (2) last three months / previous three months
  • (3) Year-on-year: last three months / same three months of previous year
  • Note : given the discrepancies that may exist between the use of temporary employment and the invoices used to establish production indices, the evolution of output observed in the last two months in the sector of employment activities does not necessarily reflect well the evolution of activity over this period in the current particular circumstances.
  • Sources : DGFiP, Insee

Over a year, output was up (+18.6%)

Due to a base effect linked to the first lockdown in spring 2020, output for the last three months (April to June) was 18.6% higher than that of the same period in 2020. Output was up sharply year-on-year in accommodation and food services activities (+66.5%), professional, scientific and technical activities (+15.3%), transportation and storage (+24.2%), administrative and support services activities (+16.7%), information and communication (+12.7%), arts, entertainment and recreation (+27.3%) and real estate activities (+12.5%).

Revisions

The evolution of the production index in services in May 2021 is unchanged compared to the previous publication (after rounding), the revision of the gross data (−0.2 points) being offset by the updating of the SA-WDA coefficients (+0.2 points).

Revision of variations

in percentage points
Revision of variations (in percentage points)
May.21/ Apr.21 Apr.21/Mar.21 Mar.21/Feb.21 Q1 2021/Q4 2020 2020/2019
Services production -0.05 -0.15 0.11 0.08 0.00
Raw series -0.22 -0.19 -0.07 0.10 -0.01
SA-WDA parameters 0.17 0.04 0.18 -0.02 0.01
  • How to read: in the services industries, the SA-WDA percentage change in output between April 2021 and May 2021 is revised by -0.05 points: -0.22 points due to the revisions of raw data and +0.17 points due to the update of SA-WDA parameters
  • Sources : DGFiP, Insee

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