31 March 2020
2020- n° 89In January 2020, services output increased (+0.3%) Index of services production - January 2020
In January 2020, output in services increased (+0.3% after −0.7% in December).
The commentary shows variations of subsections by decreasing contribution to the overall variation. The contribution of a subsection depends on the extent of the change and on its weight.
All data are corrected for seasonal adjustments and working day adjustments (SA-WDA).
- Services output diminished over the last three months
- Output grew strongly over a year
- In January 2020, rebound of the output in business support
- Increase in accommodation and food service activities
- Sharp withdrawal in household services
- Decrease in transportation and storage
- Downturn in information and communication
- Revisions
- For further information
In January 2020, output in services increased (+0.3% after −0.7% in December).
Services output diminished over the last three months
Over the last three months (November to January), services output decreased compared to the previous three months (−0.4%).
It went down sharply in transportation and storage (−2.7%). It also diminished in real estate activities (−0.5%) and in business support activities (−0.7%): in this subsection, it decreased in specialised, scientific and technical activities (−1.0%) and more slightly in administrative and business service activities (−0.2%). By contrast, the output increased in household services (+1.7%), in information and communication (+0.7%) and in accommodation and food services activities (+1.1%).
tableauIndex of services production
Business support (MN) | Transportation and storage (H) | Accommodation & food service (I) | Information-communication (J) | All services (SPI) | |
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2016-01 | 101.79 | 100.53 | 101.27 | 102.44 | 101.28 |
2016-02 | 103.04 | 103.56 | 102.34 | 104.98 | 103.79 |
2016-03 | 99.99 | 102.03 | 102.89 | 103.43 | 101.18 |
2016-04 | 100.58 | 100.37 | 101.84 | 101.43 | 100.72 |
2016-05 | 102.12 | 101.67 | 102.75 | 103.09 | 102.1 |
2016-06 | 102.6 | 99.82 | 102.61 | 103.96 | 102.17 |
2016-07 | 100.18 | 100.45 | 103.05 | 104.48 | 101.32 |
2016-08 | 104.94 | 102.87 | 103.3 | 105.23 | 104.05 |
2016-09 | 102.85 | 98.89 | 103.91 | 105.45 | 102.72 |
2016-10 | 102.65 | 101.74 | 103.14 | 103.2 | 101.92 |
2016-11 | 104.4 | 103.07 | 103.23 | 105.56 | 104.29 |
2016-12 | 103.53 | 102.38 | 104.98 | 105.45 | 104.34 |
2017-01 | 106.05 | 104.7 | 105.16 | 104.36 | 105.02 |
2017-02 | 104.92 | 102.56 | 106.06 | 107.84 | 105.05 |
2017-03 | 107.19 | 104.5 | 107.82 | 110.05 | 106.84 |
2017-04 | 103.16 | 101.88 | 107.03 | 106.58 | 103.87 |
2017-05 | 108.9 | 107.03 | 106.53 | 110.25 | 107.29 |
2017-06 | 107.62 | 104.63 | 106.51 | 109.39 | 106.53 |
2017-07 | 108.27 | 106.62 | 108.75 | 112.81 | 108.49 |
2017-08 | 107.68 | 104.22 | 109.1 | 110.58 | 107.21 |
2017-09 | 107.87 | 103.81 | 108.45 | 111.47 | 107.11 |
2017-10 | 108.88 | 105.52 | 109.83 | 110.3 | 108.13 |
2017-11 | 108.53 | 105.03 | 111.88 | 112.23 | 108.67 |
2017-12 | 112.57 | 105.95 | 110.23 | 113.49 | 110.12 |
2018-01 | 112.02 | 109.95 | 112.53 | 113.77 | 111.77 |
2018-02 | 109.41 | 105.42 | 109.5 | 114.32 | 108.95 |
2018-03 | 109.8 | 106.27 | 111.66 | 113.56 | 109.16 |
2018-04 | 114.23 | 106.64 | 111.48 | 116.9 | 111.89 |
2018-05 | 111.61 | 103.46 | 113.09 | 115.66 | 110.53 |
2018-06 | 113.54 | 107.09 | 111.74 | 117.27 | 111.35 |
2018-07 | 111.82 | 107.29 | 111.57 | 118.8 | 111.16 |
2018-08 | 114.66 | 108.04 | 112.54 | 116.74 | 113.22 |
2018-09 | 115.48 | 107.34 | 114.59 | 116.33 | 112.89 |
2018-10 | 115.96 | 108.34 | 114.57 | 122.49 | 114.21 |
2018-11 | 115.98 | 108.74 | 113.77 | 119.61 | 113.88 |
2018-12 | 117.73 | 108.86 | 115.51 | 117.95 | 114.59 |
2019-01 | 113.57 | 108.98 | 115.67 | 120.24 | 113.24 |
2019-02 | 116.2 | 109.04 | 117.28 | 119.71 | 114.69 |
2019-03 | 117.54 | 108.73 | 118.2 | 121.1 | 115.76 |
2019-04 | 117.25 | 109.65 | 116.84 | 120.84 | 115.12 |
2019-05 | 117.65 | 109.21 | 115.8 | 122.66 | 115.75 |
2019-06 | 116.96 | 108.72 | 119.8 | 121.82 | 115.68 |
2019-07 | 116.9 | 109.44 | 115.65 | 122.96 | 115.99 |
2019-08 | 118.99 | 111.0 | 118.79 | 125.7 | 117.25 |
2019-09 | 119.71 | 113.09 | 118.92 | 125.03 | 118.02 |
2019-10 | 119.66 | 110.39 | 119.1 | 124.82 | 117.26 |
2019-11 | 119.65 | 108.91 | 119.98 | 125.44 | 117.52 |
2019-12 | 117.29 | 108.92 | 119.8 | 126.66 | 116.69 |
2020-01 | 119.08 | 107.76 | 120.98 | 126.09 | 117.04 |
graphiqueIndex of services production
Output grew strongly over a year
In services, output of the last three months (November 2019 to January 2020) rose by 2.8% compared to the same three months over a year.
It went up sharply in business support (+2.5%), be it in specialised, scientific and technical activities (+2.8%) or in administrative and business service activities (+2.1%), in information and communication (+5.7%), in accommodation and food service activities (+4.6%), in household services (+3.2%) and more moderately in real estate activities (+1.4%). However, the output went down slightly in transportation and storage (−0.3%).
tableauVariation in the services production
Nace classification | Weight (1) | Change in % | |||
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Jan./Dec. | Dec./Nov. | q-o-q (2) | y-o-y (3) | ||
Index of services production | 10000 | 0.3 | -0.7 | -0.4 | 2.8 |
H Transportation and storage | 1504 | -1.1 | 0.0 | -2.7 | -0.3 |
I Accommodation and food service activities | 870 | 1.0 | -0.1 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
J Information and communication | 1635 | -0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
L Real estate activities | 964 | 0.2 | -1.7 | -0.5 | 1.4 |
M+N Business support | 4289 | 1.5 | -2.0 | -0.7 | 2.5 |
M Specialised, scientific and technical activities | 2540 | 1.7 | -2.9 | -1.0 | 2.8 |
N Administrative and business service activities | 1748 | 1.3 | -0.6 | -0.2 | 2.1 |
R+S Household services | 738 | -3.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
- (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 January 2020, rebound of the output in business support
In January 2020, output in business support activities recovered (+1.5% after −2.0% in December).
Output bounced back in specialised, scientific and technical activities (+1.7% after −2.9% in December): it rebounded in activities of head offices and management consultancy (+3.2% after −2.2%), in scientific research and development (+2.7% after −9.0%), in other professional, scientific and technical activities (+1.2% after −3.0%). It increased again in architecture and engineering activities (+2.9% after +0.2%). By contrast, it decreased again in legal and accounting activities (−1.1% after −1.8%) and in advertising and market research (−3.3% after −0.1%) .
Output also bounced back in administrative and business support activities (+1.3% after −0.6%). It accelerated slightly in rental and leasing activities (+1.9% after +1.6%) and rebounded in other administrative and business support activities (+3.0% after −2.2%), in activities of security and investigation (+3.4% after −4.1%) and in services to building and landscape activities (+0.7% after −0.8%). However, it went down again in employment activities (−0.3% after −1.1%) and in travel agency, tour operator (−1.4% after −2.7%).
Increase in accommodation and food service activities
In January 2020, output in accommodation and food service activities went up (+1.0% after −0.1% in December). It bounced back in food and beverage service activities (+1.3% after −0.5%) but dwindled sligthly in accommodation (−0.3% after +1.2%).
Sharp withdrawal in household services
In January 2020, output in household services turned down sharply (−3.0% after +1.8% in December). It fell back strongly in arts, entertainment and recreation (−5.2% after +2.7%) but grew in other personal services production (+1.4% after +0.1%).
Decrease in transportation and storage
Output in transportation and storage went down in January 2020 (−1.1% after a stability in December). It fell back sharply in warehousing and support for transportation (−2.1% after +2.9%), in postal and courier activities (−4.5% after +9.9%) and in water transport (−6.0% after +7.3%). By contrast, it bounced back in air transport (+1.6% after −4.9%) and was stable in land transport (after a decrease of −2.9% in December).
Downturn in information and communication
Output in information and communication turned down in January 2020 (−0.5% after +1.0% in December). It decreased in telecommunications (−1.5% after +1.6%), in programming and broadcasting activities (−3.3% after −1.1%), in computer programming (−0.2% after +0.3%) and in motion picture, sound recording, music publishing (−0.9% after +1.8%). However, it increased again in edition (+1.3% after +2.5%) and in information services (+0.2% after +1.6%).
tableauVariation in the services production
Nace classification | Weight (1) | Jan. 20 | Change in % | ||
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Jan./Dec. | Dec./Nov. | q-o-q(2) | |||
Index of services production | 10000 | 117.0 | 0.3 | -0.7 | -0.4 |
H transportation and storage | 1504 | 107.8 | -1.1 | 0.0 | -2.7 |
49 Land transport… | 715 | 111.2 | 0.0 | -2.9 | -2.3 |
50 Water transport | 36 | 136.0 | -6.0 | 7.3 | -1.8 |
51 Air transport | 115 | 107.7 | 1.6 | -4.9 | -1.5 |
52 Warehousing and support for transportation | 504 | 107.2 | -2.1 | 2.9 | -3.0 |
53 Postal and courier activities | 135 | 84.2 | -4.5 | 9.9 | -4.9 |
I Accommodation and food service activities | 870 | 121.0 | 1.0 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
55 Accommodation | 205 | 109.5 | -0.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 |
56 Food and beverage service activities | 664 | 124.5 | 1.3 | -0.5 | 0.8 |
J Information-communication | 1635 | 126.1 | -0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
58 Publishing activities | 208 | 112.2 | 1.3 | 2.5 | -3.5 |
59 Motion picture, sound recording, music publishing | 119 | 108.4 | -0.9 | 1.8 | -2.7 |
60 Programming and broadcasting activities | 71 | 108.1 | -3.3 | -1.1 | 2.3 |
61 Telecommunications | 415 | 109.8 | -1.5 | 1.6 | 4.6 |
62 Computer programming... | 720 | 141.1 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
63 Information services | 102 | 147.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
L Real estate activities | 964 | 102.8 | 0.2 | -1.7 | -0.5 |
M Specialised, scientific and technical activities | 2540 | 116.4 | 1.7 | -2.9 | -1.0 |
69 Legal and accounting activities | 502 | 119.5 | -1.1 | -1.8 | 0.8 |
70 Activities of head offices and management consultancy | 739 | 117.7 | 3.2 | -2.2 | -1.7 |
71 Architecture and engineering activities | 491 | 123.9 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
72 Scientific research and development | 559 | 102.4 | 2.7 | -9.0 | -3.8 |
73 Advertising and market research | 146 | 100.6 | -3.3 | -0.1 | -0.9 |
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities | 79 | 163.9 | 1.2 | -3.0 | 3.2 |
75 Veterinary activities | 26 | 123.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
N Administrative and business service activities | 1748 | 123.0 | 1.3 | -0.6 | -0.2 |
77 Rental and leasing activities | 526 | 128.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
78 Employment activities | 502 | 126.9 | -0.3 | -1.1 | -0.8 |
79 Travel agency, tour operator | 35 | 96.2 | -1.4 | -2.7 | -5.9 |
80 Security and investigation | 104 | 116.8 | 3.4 | -4.1 | -0.5 |
81 Services to building and landscape activities | 245 | 118.5 | 0.7 | -0.8 | 0.2 |
82 Other administrative and business support activities | 336 | 117.1 | 3.0 | -2.2 | 0.0 |
R Arts, entertainment and recreation | 460 | 122.4 | -5.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
S Other personal services | 278 | 110.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
- (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 December 2019 has been revised upwards by 0.2 points. Initially published at −0.9%, it has been stated at −0.7%.
tableauRevision of variations
Dec./Nov. | Nov./Oct. | Oct./Sept. | Q4 2019/Q3 2019 | 2019/ 2018 | |
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Services production | 0.16 | 0.07 | -0.03 | -0.01 | 0.05 |
Raw series | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.06 |
SA-WDA parameters | -0.21 | -0.03 | -0.04 | -0.23 | -0.01 |
- How to read: in the services industries, the SA-WDA variation in output between November 2019 and December 2019 is revised by +0.16 points: +0.37 points due to the revisions of raw data and -0.21 points due to the update of SA-WDA parameters
- Sources: DGFiP. INSEE
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