In March 2025, the total production index in Services of the business economy[1] decreased by 2.5% compared to the previous month. The data are preliminary and seasonally adjusted.
Compared to March 2024, an increase of 2.7% was registered in the calendar-adjusted index according to preliminary data.
[1] Business services include the following sectors from NACE.BG - 2008: H - Transportation and storage, I - Accommodation and food service activities, J - Information and communication, L - Real estate activities, M_STS - Professional, scientific and technical activities (specific grouping under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152), and N - Administrative and support service activities.
Monthly changes
A decrease, compared to the previous month, was reported in the following sectors: ‘Transportation and storage’ - by 8.2%, ‘Real estate activities’ - by 3.1%, ‘Information and communication’ - by 1.4%, and in ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 1.2%. An increase was seen in the sectors: ‘Administrative and support service activities’ - by 3.9%, and ‘Professional, scientific and technical activities’ - by 0.5%.
Annual changes
On an annual basis, a rise was observed in the sectors: ‘Real estate activities’ - by 15.8%, ‘Administrative and support service activities’ - by 9.2%, ‘Professional, scientific and technical activities’ - by 6.9%, and ‘Information and communication’ - by 2.1%. A decrease was seen in the following sectors: ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 2.8%, and ‘Transportation and storage’ - by 2.2%.
Methodological notes
Monthly indices of production in services are calculated and published two months after the reference period (М+2) in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council for European Business Statistics.
Production indices in services are calculated by deflating the turnover indices for each activity with the corresponding producer price indices. The purpose of the production index is to measure changes in output volume at monthly intervals. The indices are calculated with 2021 as a base year.
Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method, which eliminates the seasonal component of time series.
Calendar adjustment is an adjustment for variations caused by calendar effects, a different number of calendar and working days in the months, national holidays and outliers (for example, the presence of more non-working days in May could contribute to the decline in some activities).
Since July 2024, all dynamic rows have been recalculated based on the 2021 base year and have been published in IS Infostat.
Annex
Table 1
| (Per cent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economic activities | NACE.BG - 2008 | X.2024 | XI.2024 | XII.2024 | I.2025 | II.2025 | III.2025* |
| Services of the business economy (except trade and financial and insurance activities) | HTNXK | -0.3 | -0.6 | 1.5 | 2.4 | -0.9 | -2.5 |
| Transportation and storage | H | 3.7 | -3.6 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 4.9 | -8.2 |
| Land transport and transport via pipelines | H49 | 2.5 | -2.0 | 2.9 | -0.5 | -2.0 | -3.3 |
| Water transport | H50 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 4.0 | -9.0 | 2.9 |
| Air transport | H51 | 20.5 | -22.3 | 30.4 | -17.3 | 6.0 | 18.9 |
| Warehousing and support activities for transportation | H52 | 1.5 | -2.5 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 20.6 | -22.0 |
| Postal and courier activities | H53 | 5.4 | -0.2 | -6.5 | 0.7 | -2.4 | -7.1 |
| Accommodation and food service activities | I | -0.2 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 1.0 | -0.5 | -1.2 |
| Accommodation | I55 | -3.9 | -0.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | -3.8 |
| Food and beverage service activities | I56 | 3.0 | 1.5 | -0.7 | -1.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Information and communication | J | -1.3 | -3.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | -5.3 | -1.4 |
| Publishing activities | J58 | -1.3 | 4.6 | -4.7 | 16.2 | -12.3 | -0.7 |
| Motion picture, video, television programme production; programming and broadcasting activities | J59 | -2.6 | 0.3 | -23.1 | 35.6 | -21.7 | 3.5 |
| Programming and broadcasting activities | J60 | -2.5 | -5.5 | 7.1 | 9.0 | -9.7 | 0.4 |
| Telecommunications | J61 | 0.1 | -1.8 | -0.9 | -5.6 | 4.5 | -1.9 |
| Computer programming, consultancy and related activities | J62 | -2.1 | -1.6 | 4.8 | 6.7 | -10.1 | 0.8 |
| Information service activities | J63 | -2.2 | -23.1 | 41.3 | 20.0 | -4.8 | -12.9 |
| Real estate activities | L | -6.8 | -7.9 | 14.9 | 0.5 | 7.2 | -3.1 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities (specific grouping under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152) | M_STS | -0.4 | 3.9 | -4.8 | 2.4 | -5.8 | 0.5 |
| Legal and accounting activities | M69 | -0.3 | -7.7 | -3.8 | 20.0 | -7.2 | 2.6 |
| Management consultancy activities | M702 | -14.9 | 17.8 | -17.6 | -11.5 | -7.1 | -9.6 |
| Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis | M71 | 6.0 | 9.0 | -4.8 | 12.5 | -10.4 | 0.9 |
| Advertising and market research | M73 | 8.4 | -5.5 | 10.5 | -7.9 | -6.8 | 2.7 |
| Other professional, scientific and technical activities | M74 | 5.0 | 4.3 | -0.6 | -6.4 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| Administrative and support service activities | N | -2.3 | 10.6 | -6.6 | 5.9 | -1.0 | 3.9 |
| Rental and leasing activities | N77 | -1.2 | -3.7 | -0.7 | 5.2 | -1.7 | -0.7 |
| Employment activities | N78 | -0.3 | 2.8 | 13.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | -2.9 |
| Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities | N79 | -4.4 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 3.8 | -0.4 | 0.8 |
| Security and investigation activities | N80 | -5.5 | 4.2 | -0.4 | 17.6 | -3.8 | -8.8 |
| Services to buildings and landscape activities | N81 | 1.7 | 6.7 | -1.8 | 1.3 | -1.7 | -4.7 |
| Office administrative, office support and other business support activities | N82 | -0.8 | 41.6 | -30.0 | -1.7 | 2.1 | 36.6 |
| * Preliminary data. |
Table 2
(Per cent)
Economic activities
NACE.BG - 2008
X.2024
XI.2024
XII.2024
I.2025
II.2025
III.2025*
Services of the business economy (except trade and financial and insurance activities)
HTNXK
1.2
-0.8
0.7
6.9
5.6
2.7
Transportation and storage
H
2.5
1.0
6.5
4.7
7.8
-2.2
Land transport and transport via pipelines
H49
3.2
3.6
7.1
2.8
-2.6
-5.2
Water transport
H50
-23.9
-22.7
-22.8
19.9
0.6
11.4
Air transport
H51
25.2
9.2
59.8
19.7
18.2
49.6
Warehousing and support activities for transportation
H52
-5.4
-8.0
-0.6
6.8
31.8
-2.6
Postal and courier activities
H53
17.9
18.3
10.8
1.5
1.0
-5.9
Accommodation and food service activities
I
2.6
3.7
0.1
3.2
1.1
-2.8
Accommodation
I55
9.6
5.6
0.9
-0.9
7.3
-5.0
Food and beverage service activities
I56
-1.6
2.5
-0.4
6.4
-3.3
-0.4
Information and communication
J
3.4
-0.4
0.4
11.7
3.4
2.1
Publishing activities
J58
-3.1
-13.3
-20.3
19.9
-5.4
-2.5
Motion picture, video, television programme production; programming and broadcasting activities
J59
-8.7
41.0
-24.6
20.0
-17.9
-12.1
Programming and broadcasting activities
J60
-8.7
-17.5
-3.6
7.3
-21.1
-22.5
Telecommunications
J61
12.8
7.4
6.6
-1.0
0.5
-1.2
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
J62
-0.1
-0.4
-1.1
16.5
4.6
3.3
Information service activities
J63
-2.3
-27.4
9.8
38.5
26.2
20.9
Real estate activities
L
-8.6
-29.0
-5.6
9.9
18.1
15.8
Professional, scientific and technical activities (specific grouping under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152)
M_STS
2.5
6.0
-1.9
7.1
2.5
6.9
Legal and accounting activities
M69
7.6
-7.9
-11.7
19.3
7.5
21.2
Management consultancy activities
M702
36.1
48.4
22.6
-11.7
-17.1
-1.5
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
M71
-1.0
17.6
-2.4
30.4
24.3
5.0
Advertising and market research
M73
-12.0
-13.7
-6.0
-13.7
-14.3
-6.4
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
M74
-10.4
-6.0
-6.9
5.1
9.1
10.7
Administrative and support service activities
N
-5.2
0.6
0.7
1.6
7.4
9.2
Rental and leasing activities
N77
-0.2
-10.8
-1.0
-30.5
-5.8
-12.0
Employment activities
N78
-9.5
-8.2
13.1
21.9
25.8
18.5
Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities
N79
-12.1
-14.0
-4.0
14.4
9.0
10.6
Security and investigation activities
N80
-7.8
-8.3
-5.0
19.4
10.7
1.6
Services to buildings and landscape activities
N81
-8.7
0.5
0.6
1.1
1.8
-7.7
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
N82
3.6
29.0
2.1
-3.9
2.2
35.4
* Preliminary data.
Table 3
NACE.BG -2008
III.2024
IV.2024
V.2024
VI.2024
VII.2024
VIII.2024
IX.2024
X.2024
XI.2024
XII.2024
I.2025
II.2025
III.2025*
HTNXK
114.5
117.7
116.2
117.1
119.1
120.0
119.4
119.1
118.4
120.2
123.0
122.0
118.9
H
111.3
117.2
110.8
109.7
113.0
109.5
109.9
114.0
109.9
114.9
115.0
120.7
110.8
H49
105.8
111.2
104.7
105.2
107.0
104.0
104.0
106.6
104.4
107.4
106.8
104.7
101.2
H50
119.3
132.4
121.0
131.4
128.0
136.1
125.0
125.1
127.9
137.1
142.5
129.7
133.5
H51
226.8
266.2
283.2
255.0
250.9
229.1
256.4
309.1
240.3
313.3
259.1
274.7
326.8
H52
109.2
111.3
103.8
100.9
107.0
103.6
103.1
104.7
102.1
107.1
113.6
137.0
106.9
H53
116.7
128.9
118.1
120.2
130.2
127.3
126.2
133.1
132.8
124.2
125.1
122.2
113.5
I
143.8
144.6
142.9
143.7
144.4
143.6
144.0
143.7
144.4
144.0
145.4
144.7
142.9
I55
179.6
182.3
182.0
188.6
190.7
188.6
187.2
179.9
178.6
179.4
182.0
183.2
176.3
I56
122.0
122.1
120.7
119.7
117.9
117.8
118.8
122.3
124.2
123.2
120.9
121.8
123.1
J
113.9
115.8
117.5
115.9
119.7
120.3
122.0
120.4
116.6
121.1
126.3
119.6
117.9
J58
85.8
88.8
92.4
88.6
110.6
150.4
86.2
85.1
89.0
84.8
98.5
86.4
85.8
J59
101.9
92.2
83.1
123.6
109.6
87.4
109.5
106.7
107.0
82.2
111.5
87.3
90.3
J60
71.4
96.3
82.0
75.0
76.6
82.1
79.7
77.7
73.5
78.7
85.7
77.4
77.7
J61
118.8
118.0
121.4
120.9
122.2
120.7
125.6
125.7
123.4
122.4
115.5
120.7
118.4
J62
116.5
118.1
120.0
116.8
121.2
122.7
124.9
122.3
120.3
126.1
134.5
120.9
121.9
J63
106.9
120.2
121.0
110.6
122.6
115.6
123.3
120.6
92.7
130.9
157.1
149.6
130.3
L
92.7
101.4
95.5
105.3
94.9
97.0
103.5
96.5
88.9
102.2
102.7
110.1
106.6
M_STS
110.8
114.4
115.2
119.0
125.6
135.6
124.4
124.0
128.8
122.6
125.6
118.3
118.9
M69
108.6
113.6
130.0
117.7
124.9
136.5
129.3
128.9
119.0
114.4
137.3
127.4
130.8
M702
104.0
117.8
116.7
144.3
170.4
199.9
174.5
148.4
174.8
144.1
127.5
118.4
107.0
M71
116.4
111.4
111.1
105.2
109.7
113.9
109.4
116.0
126.4
120.3
135.4
121.3
122.5
M73
118.2
128.6
114.9
123.9
115.2
115.8
111.5
120.8
114.1
126.0
116.0
108.1
111.1
M74
106.4
105.3
102.9
112.2
115.4
120.8
104.4
109.6
114.3
113.6
106.3
112.0
117.3
N
116.9
113.3
116.3
117.9
114.9
115.2
116.0
113.3
125.3
117.0
123.9
122.7
127.5
N77
129.3
122.7
116.3
126.3
129.3
119.0
120.1
118.6
114.2
113.4
119.4
117.4
116.5
N78
116.4
97.7
124.6
121.1
111.1
112.9
116.3
115.9
119.1
134.9
136.8
138.6
134.6
N79
193.1
197.0
197.0
205.7
200.6
207.4
199.9
191.1
194.7
197.3
204.8
203.9
205.6
N80
101.0
100.9
103.2
98.8
97.6
103.4
101.9
96.3
100.4
99.9
117.5
113.0
103.0
N81
112.2
113.6
103.3
108.3
101.2
100.2
103.9
105.6
112.7
110.7
112.1
110.2
105.1
N82
107.1
106.1
107.5
110.9
107.4
105.6
109.3
108.4
153.4
107.4
105.6
107.8
147.3
* Preliminary data.
Table 4
| NACE.BG -2008 | III.2024 | IV.2024 | V.2024 | VI.2024 | VII.2024 | VIII.2024 | IX.2024 | X.2024 | XI.2024 | XII.2024 | I.2025 | II.2025 | III.2025* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTNXK | 114.3 | 112.2 | 112.1 | 124.2 | 129.8 | 126.8 | 122.5 | 117.6 | 114.9 | 134.4 | 106.1 | 110.2 | 117.4 |
| H | 113.9 | 116.0 | 110.2 | 115.6 | 126.2 | 111.1 | 111.4 | 118.7 | 110.2 | 110.4 | 97.6 | 109.9 | 111.4 |
| H49 | 112.9 | 112.0 | 104.2 | 109.4 | 115.4 | 98.5 | 101.8 | 112.9 | 109.5 | 104.7 | 91.0 | 100.1 | 107.0 |
| H50 | 117.5 | 135.3 | 130.2 | 135.8 | 153.3 | 151.0 | 129.5 | 134.9 | 116.6 | 133.2 | 108.8 | 105.4 | 130.9 |
| H51 | 149.7 | 209.2 | 281.8 | 326.8 | 424.3 | 373.6 | 350.6 | 301.8 | 131.9 | 212.9 | 142.0 | 146.8 | 224.0 |
| H52 | 110.5 | 111.1 | 103.4 | 105.1 | 116.6 | 106.8 | 104.3 | 108.0 | 100.9 | 104.9 | 100.9 | 124.5 | 107.7 |
| H53 | 121.3 | 129.2 | 113.6 | 120.8 | 127.4 | 119.1 | 118.7 | 134.4 | 146.7 | 136.3 | 121.2 | 117.6 | 114.1 |
| I | 127.3 | 126.6 | 136.3 | 161.3 | 202.4 | 222.1 | 158.1 | 121.4 | 109.5 | 124.9 | 117.6 | 121.4 | 123.7 |
| I55 | 146.5 | 148.1 | 159.5 | 220.4 | 302.2 | 341.3 | 219.5 | 132.0 | 114.2 | 136.3 | 132.0 | 154.8 | 139.2 |
| I56 | 116.0 | 114.0 | 122.7 | 126.9 | 144.1 | 152.5 | 122.3 | 115.1 | 106.7 | 118.2 | 109.2 | 102.5 | 115.6 |
| J | 117.4 | 109.9 | 112.9 | 120.0 | 117.4 | 113.4 | 121.3 | 122.0 | 119.7 | 150.8 | 114.5 | 108.3 | 119.8 |
| J58 | 73.3 | 77.2 | 82.4 | 93.7 | 135.1 | 149.8 | 105.7 | 89.0 | 91.0 | 96.4 | 85.8 | 68.9 | 71.5 |
| J59 | 100.6 | 80.6 | 71.7 | 123.0 | 98.8 | 70.1 | 93.1 | 123.4 | 122.8 | 153.7 | 83.0 | 69.6 | 88.4 |
| J60 | 74.8 | 99.6 | 87.4 | 79.0 | 64.5 | 60.1 | 75.0 | 95.8 | 100.5 | 82.5 | 60.1 | 70.6 | 58.0 |
| J61 | 116.0 | 112.4 | 120.8 | 124.8 | 124.2 | 123.5 | 130.2 | 126.3 | 123.8 | 134.4 | 108.6 | 111.2 | 114.6 |
| J62 | 126.1 | 111.4 | 113.2 | 122.5 | 115.6 | 111.1 | 121.2 | 123.6 | 120.2 | 168.8 | 121.2 | 108.2 | 130.3 |
| J63 | 110.3 | 119.1 | 114.5 | 107.3 | 116.4 | 102.0 | 116.4 | 115.1 | 115.6 | 158.7 | 144.1 | 143.7 | 133.4 |
| L | 91.3 | 94.8 | 87.7 | 109.3 | 96.8 | 97.7 | 111.2 | 91.4 | 85.5 | 123.4 | 95.8 | 108.4 | 105.7 |
| M_STS | 114.7 | 110.6 | 108.7 | 125.4 | 126.4 | 126.0 | 122.3 | 122.8 | 129.4 | 168.8 | 103.8 | 106.0 | 122.7 |
| M69 | 114.6 | 118.5 | 129.0 | 125.8 | 127.7 | 122.7 | 122.6 | 123.9 | 114.3 | 142.7 | 120.7 | 116.8 | 138.9 |
| M702 | 105.5 | 108.6 | 101.7 | 155.1 | 179.0 | 197.9 | 195.9 | 145.4 | 167.4 | 187.1 | 106.1 | 104.4 | 103.9 |
| M71 | 121.7 | 102.9 | 100.3 | 107.7 | 108.7 | 109.8 | 97.5 | 109.6 | 127.5 | 199.2 | 103.5 | 104.6 | 127.7 |
| M73 | 116.9 | 129.3 | 115.2 | 128.9 | 111.3 | 98.8 | 105.0 | 134.8 | 134.7 | 168.4 | 83.5 | 91.4 | 109.4 |
| M74 | 112.7 | 98.8 | 97.4 | 118.6 | 113.1 | 108.3 | 102.3 | 109.0 | 111.9 | 145.1 | 98.7 | 107.9 | 124.7 |
| N | 110.5 | 109.6 | 114.5 | 128.1 | 126.7 | 127.0 | 126.1 | 111.7 | 121.1 | 118.4 | 106.3 | 112.8 | 120.6 |
| N77 | 123.0 | 130.9 | 124.2 | 130.0 | 141.2 | 121.5 | 121.6 | 113.1 | 115.3 | 123.3 | 97.6 | 103.5 | 108.2 |
| N78 | 116.0 | 101.7 | 123.1 | 120.5 | 110.4 | 111.2 | 114.4 | 117.6 | 119.1 | 155.4 | 121.0 | 136.0 | 137.5 |
| N79 | 126.4 | 139.4 | 162.0 | 301.7 | 326.0 | 370.5 | 323.1 | 167.3 | 95.8 | 123.0 | 120.1 | 125.8 | 139.8 |
| N80 | 98.6 | 99.7 | 101.7 | 98.9 | 98.9 | 105.6 | 103.9 | 98.9 | 99.6 | 107.6 | 106.9 | 111.8 | 100.2 |
| N81 | 110.2 | 112.7 | 106.6 | 116.5 | 109.9 | 103.4 | 102.9 | 106.0 | 112.7 | 116.3 | 95.9 | 100.4 | 101.8 |
| N82 | 109.0 | 101.7 | 106.5 | 119.1 | 105.8 | 100.2 | 111.7 | 108.3 | 167.5 | 104.8 | 101.7 | 106.2 | 147.5 |
| * Preliminary data. |
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