Informations Rapides · 27 November 2025 · n° 298

In Q3 2025, services producer prices rose by 0.3% over a quarter and by 0.5% over a year Services producer price indices - third quarter 2025

In the third quarter of 2025, producer prices of services slowed down quarter on quarter (+0.3% after +0.7 in the second quarter). Prices of services sold to home businesses fell back (-0.1% after +0.8%). Prices of services sold to households in France rose again (+1.5% after +1.6%) and those for services sold on foreign markets continued to fall (-0.4% after -1.1%).

Over a year, overall producer prices of services slowed down again in the third quarter of 2025 (+0.5% after +1.0% in the second quarter and +1.9% in the first quarter).

In the third quarter of 2025, producer prices of services sold to home businesses fell back over a quarter (-0.1% after +0.8%) and slowed down over a year (+1.0% after +1.2%).

In the third quarter of 2025, prices of information and communication services fell back over a quarter (-0.4% after +0.8%), due to the seasonal fall in television programming and broadcasting services prices (-15.1% after +18.2%). Over a year, prices of information and communication services accelerated slightly (+0.8% after +0.6%).

In the third quarter of 2025, prices of administrative and support services also began to fall anew (-0.2% after +1.0%), due in particular to the downturn in the prices of the temporary employment agency activities (-0.7% after +1.3%). Over a year, prices of administrative and support services increased by +1.6% as in the second quarter of 2025.

In the third quarter of 2025, prices of transportation and storage services decelerated (+0.1% after +0.6%). Over a year, prices for real estate activities continued to slow down (+0.3% after +0.9% in the second quarter and +1.6% in the first quarter).

In the third quarter of 2025, prices of real estate activities slowed down over a quarter (+0.3% after +0.5%) driven notably by renting and operating services of own or leased real estate (+0.3% after +0.5%). Over a year, prices of real estate activities decelerated slightly (+2.8% after +3.0%).

In the third quarter of 2025, prices of professional, scientific and technical rose over a quarter (+0.3% after +0.1%), as a result of a rise in prices of accounting, auditing and tax consulting services (+1.0% after -1.3%). Over a year, prices of professional, scientific and technical services accelerated (+1.1% after +0.7%).

In the third quarter of 2025 producer prices of services sold to households in France rose again (+1.5% after +1.6%). They were mainly driven by prices of accommodation and food services (+3.2% after +1.8%) and transportation and storage services (+1.5% after +5.0%).

Prices of information and communication services rebounded (+0.9% after -0.4%), whereas prices of real estate services slowed down (+0.3% after +0.8%), as prices of administrative and support services (+1.2% after +2.0%).

Finally, prices of professional, scientific and technical services were virtually stable (+0.1% as in the second quarter of 2025).

Producer prices of services sold to households in France continued to rise over a year in the third quarter of 2025 (+1.4% as in the second quarter).

In the third quarter of 2025, producer prices of exported services fell again (-0.4% after -1.1%), mainly due to the fall in prices of transportation and storage services (-1.0% after -3.3%) and in particular in those of sea and coastal freight water transport services (-4.1% after -9.8%). Prices of information and communication services also fell (-0.8% after a stability in the previous quarter) as did those of administrative and support services (-0.4% after -1.4%). Conversely, prices of professional, scientific and technical services accelerated (+0.9% after +0.6%).

Over a year, producer prices for exported services fell in the third quarter of 2025 (-4.1% after -0.7%), mainly due to lower prices for transport services (-12.5%), particularly maritime transport.

The quarterly variation in the producer price index for services sold on all markets between the first quarter 2025 and the second quarter 2025 has been revised downwards by 0.1 points: it stands at 0.7%.

The revisions affecting all prices of exported services are due, in part, to improvements in the methods used to collect answers of companies regarding certain services, but also, as usual, to the revision of prices of some of their services.