Services production indices - October 2025

Services production indices - October 2025

In October 2025, the total production index in Services of the business economy[1] increased by 1.9% compared to the previous month. The data are preliminary and seasonally adjusted.

Compared to October 2024, an increase of 5.3% 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

An increase, compared to the previous month, was reported in the following sectors: ‘Professional, scientific and technical activities’ - by 7.4%, ‘Information and communication’ - by 3.0%, ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 1.6%, and ‘Transportation and storage’ - by 1.0%. A decrease was seen in the sectors: ‘Real estate activities’ - by 6.6%, and ‘Administrative and support service activities’ - by 1.8%.

Annual changes

On an annual basis, a rise was observed in the following sectors: ‘Professional, scientific and technical activities’ - by 14.2%, ‘Information and communication’ - by 6.5%, ‘Administrative and support service activities’ - by 5.9%, ‘Accommodation and food service activities’ - by 3.2%, and ‘Real estate activities’ - by 2.8%. A decrease was registered only in the sector ‘Transportation and storage’ - by 0.3%.

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

Changes of production indices in services (compared to the previous month) - seasonally adjusted data
(Per cent)
Economic activities NACE.BG - 2008 V.2025 VI.2025 VII.2025 VIII.2025 IX.2025 X.2025*
Services of the business economy (except trade and financial and insurance activities) HTNXK 1.2 0.9 0.4 -0.6 1.4 1.9
Transportation and storage H 0.4 -0.3 -2.6 1.1 1.4 1.0
Land transport and transport via pipelines H49 2.2 1.2 -3.2 1.8 0.7 -0.7
Water transport H50 1.6 8.6 3.0 -7.6 -10.0 -14.7
Air transport H51 4.3 -3.7 -13.6 13.2 0.2 7.4
Warehousing and support activities for transportation H52 -4.9 -2.3 0.7 -2.5 3.8 3.2
Postal and courier activities H53 4.0 -2.1 1.7 -0.3 1.4 2.1
Accommodation and food service activities I 0.4 2.2 -0.3 0.4 -0.8 1.6
Accommodation I55 1.3 5.8 0.5 0.1 2.5 3.3
Food and beverage service activities I56 0.5 -2.5 1.8 -3.5 -1.1 0.1
Information and communication J -0.8 5.6 -1.9 4.6 -3.7 3.0
Publishing activities J58 3.7 -5.3 -5.0 -4.7 9.5 0.8
Motion picture, video, television programme production; programming and broadcasting activities J59 10.7 -24.5 15.1 28.4 -31.7 26.3
Programming and broadcasting activities J60 -2.6 0.7 -5.2 8.3 0.8 -5.7
Telecommunications J61 -2.1 3.3 -2.4 -0.2 -2.4 2.6
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities J62 -1.5 10.1 -2.3 7.9 -4.6 2.3
Information service activities J63 4.0 1.9 0.7 -0.9 0.6 6.1
Real estate activities L 2.3 -3.2 0.6 -2.9 10.0 -6.6
Professional, scientific and technical activities (specific grouping under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152) M_STS 6.0 -4.6 4.4 -5.5 7.5 7.4
Legal and accounting activities   M69 7.4 -1.4 -8.9 9.4 3.6 1.9
Management consultancy activities M702 12.6 -25.3 5.8 3.7 0.5 -2.3
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis M71 8.5 10.0 8.2 -24.6 19.0 33.1
Advertising and market research M73 -4.8 3.1 5.9 -7.0 6.6 -5.1
Other professional, scientific and technical activities M74 4.4 -14.9 14.2 2.6 4.3 -4.3
Administrative and support service activities N 0.8 1.5 8.6 -9.9 3.6 -1.8
Rental and leasing activities N77 1.4 1.8 -3.5 4.6 15.4 -5.9
Employment activities N78 -0.3 1.1 -4.2 5.7 -0.2 -8.6
Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities N79 -2.7 -4.8 -8.7 -11.0 -1.0 21.1
Security and investigation activities N80 -0.7 1.2 43.3 -28.5 0.0 -4.2
Services to buildings and landscape activities N81 12.2 8.2 4.0 -5.0 -2.9 15.1
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities N82 1.4 3.2 -5.1 0.8 8.0 -6.5
* Preliminary data.

 Table 2

Changes of production indices in services (compared to the same month of the previous year) - calendar-adjusted data
(Per cent)
Economic activities NACE.BG - 2008 V.2025 VI.2025 VII.2025 VIII.2025 IX.2025 X.2025*
Services of the business economy (except trade and financial and insurance activities) HTNXK 2.5 3.2 1.4 -0.1 1.8 5.3
Transportation and storage H 1.6 2.4 -4.0 0.7 2.1 -0.3
Land transport and transport via pipelines H49 0.0 0.6 -5.0 -1.0 1.5 -2.4
Water transport H50 18.0 18.8 26.1 8.9 6.1 -11.2
Air transport H51 16.3 26.5 0.3 31.0 15.2 7.5
Warehousing and support activities for transportation H52 0.7 0.0 -3.4 -4.9 0.7 4.9
Postal and courier activities H53 -1.3 -6.1 -10.7 -9.1 -6.4 -8.5
Accommodation and food service activities I -4.4 -0.1 -0.6 0.9 -0.7 3.2
Accommodation I55 -7.7 2.3 2.1 1.6 3.9 20.5
Food and beverage service activities I56 -1.9 -2.6 -3.9 -0.4 -4.0 -9.2
Information and communication J 0.0 9.6 2.4 7.7 1.6 6.5
Publishing activities J58 5.3 2.6 -22.7 -46.8 4.8 7.3
Motion picture, video, television programme production; programming and broadcasting activities J59 13.4 -44.1 -26.5 22.5 -36.1 -14.7
Programming and broadcasting activities J60 -6.3 5.0 -9.4 0.4 11.6 -7.3
Telecommunications J61 -8.5 -3.9 -7.6 -6.3 -12.6 -9.7
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities J62 2.3 19.3 10.7 20.4 10.8 16.1
Information service activities J63 23.7 41.5 25.0 31.0 23.1 35.6
Real estate activities L 10.8 -4.2 6.9 -0.1 4.9 2.8
Professional, scientific and technical activities (specific grouping under Regulation (EU) 2019/2152) M_STS 11.7 1.5 1.7 -14.5 0.8 14.2
Legal and accounting activities   M69 4.0 13.4 -4.1 -3.4 5.8 8.7
Management consultancy activities M702 10.6 -40.4 -46.2 -53.5 -44.0 -33.4
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis M71 18.4 40.0 52.6 -1.3 26.9 74.6
Advertising and market research M73 1.4 -2.9 11.3 2.0 13.9 -0.8
Other professional, scientific and technical activities M74 24.9 -4.7 7.3 5.1 27.3 15.2
Administrative and support service activities N 0.8 1.6 12.4 0.7 4.0 5.9
Rental and leasing activities N77 -14.4 -16.6 -24.0 -11.1 3.2 -1.7
Employment activities N78 11.8 18.8 23.3 28.9 25.1 13.5
Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities N79 6.4 -9.4 -5.0 -16.7 -26.7 0.2
Security and investigation activities N80 -0.7 5.1 52.5 3.2 4.6 5.5
Services to buildings and landscape activities N81 17.0 19.7 33.3 29.2 19.6 38.4
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities N82 -0.9 3.6 -1.0 -2.2 13.7 -1.8
* Preliminary data.

 Table 3

Production indices in services - seasonally adjusted (2021 = 100)
NACE.BG - 2008 X.2024 XI.2024 XII.2024 I.2025 II.2025 III.2025 IV.2025 V.2025 VI.2025 VII.2025 VIII.2025 IX.2025 X.2025*
HTNXK 119.1 118.4 120.2 123.0 122.0 118.4 118.3 119.7 120.7 121.2 120.4 122.1 124.4
H 114.0 109.9 114.9 115.0 120.7 110.9 111.9 112.3 112.0 109.1 110.3 111.9 113.0
H49 106.6 104.4 107.4 106.8 104.7 101.6 102.2 104.4 105.6 102.3 104.1 104.8 104.1
H50 125.1 127.9 137.1 142.5 129.7 133.6 140.6 142.8 155.1 159.7 147.6 132.9 113.3
H51 309.1 240.3 313.3 259.1 274.7 324.3 308.4 321.7 309.9 267.6 303.0 303.6 326.1
H52 104.7 102.1 107.1 113.6 137.0 107.0 110.6 105.1 102.7 103.5 100.9 104.7 108.1
H53 133.1 132.8 124.2 125.1 122.2 112.6 112.3 116.8 114.4 116.3 116.0 117.5 120.0
I 143.7 144.4 144.0 145.4 144.7 142.2 141.0 141.5 144.5 144.1 144.6 143.5 145.7
I55 179.9 178.6 179.4 182.0 183.2 176.9 176.7 179.0 189.4 190.3 190.6 195.4 202.0
I56 122.3 124.2 123.2 120.9 121.8 120.1 117.8 118.4 115.5 117.5 113.4 112.2 112.3
J 120.4 116.6 121.1 126.3 119.6 117.3 119.9 118.9 125.6 123.3 129.0 124.2 127.9
J58 85.1 89.0 84.8 98.5 86.4 87.2 92.6 96.0 91.0 86.4 82.4 90.2 90.9
J59 106.7 107.0 82.2 111.5 87.3 90.0 84.4 93.5 70.6 81.3 104.3 71.2 90.0
J60 77.7 73.5 78.7 85.7 77.4 63.7 78.0 76.0 76.5 72.5 78.5 79.2 74.7
J61 125.7 123.4 122.4 115.5 120.7 118.0 115.1 112.6 116.4 113.5 113.3 110.6 113.5
J62 122.3 120.3 126.1 134.5 120.9 121.9 126.3 124.4 136.9 133.8 144.3 137.7 140.9
J63 120.6 92.7 130.9 157.1 149.6 129.6 143.8 149.5 152.4 153.5 152.1 153.0 162.3
L 96.5 88.9 102.2 102.7 110.1 106.2 101.5 103.9 100.5 101.2 98.2 108.1 101.0
M_STS 124.0 128.8 122.6 125.6 118.3 117.0 120.2 127.4 121.5 126.9 119.9 128.8 138.3
M69 128.9 119.0 114.4 137.3 127.4 130.4 125.1 134.4 132.5 120.7 132.0 136.7 139.4
M702 148.4 174.8 144.1 127.5 118.4 107.2 109.2 123.0 91.8 97.2 100.7 101.2 98.8
M71 116.0 126.4 120.3 135.4 121.3 115.0 120.7 131.0 144.1 155.9 117.6 139.8 186.2
M73 120.8 114.1 126.0 116.0 108.1 111.4 122.6 116.7 120.2 127.4 118.4 126.3 119.9
M74 109.6 114.3 113.6 106.3 112.0 117.4 121.6 127.0 108.1 123.4 126.7 132.1 126.4
N 113.3 125.3 117.0 123.9 122.7 127.5 117.1 118.0 119.8 130.1 117.3 121.5 119.3
N77 118.6 114.2 113.4 119.4 117.4 117.1 101.9 103.3 105.1 101.5 106.2 122.5 115.3
N78 115.9 119.1 134.9 136.8 138.6 134.9 141.9 141.5 143.0 137.0 144.8 144.6 132.2
N79 191.1 194.7 197.3 204.8 203.9 202.8 202.5 197.1 187.6 171.3 152.5 151.0 182.9
N80 96.3 100.4 99.9 117.5 113.0 103.3 103.2 102.5 103.7 148.6 106.3 106.3 101.9
N81 105.6 112.7 110.7 112.1 110.2 104.9 107.3 120.4 130.3 135.5 128.7 125.0 143.8
N82 108.4 153.4 107.4 105.6 107.8 147.3 106.9 108.4 111.9 106.2 107.0 115.5 108.0
* Preliminary data.

Table 4

Production indices in services - calendar-adjusted (2021 = 100)
NACE.BG - 2008 X.2024 XI.2024 XII.2024 I.2025 II.2025 III.2025 IV.2025 V.2025 VI.2025 VII.2025 VIII.2025 IX.2025 X.2025*
HTNXK 117.6 114.9 134.4 106.1 110.2 117.1 111.5 114.9 128.2 131.6 126.7 124.6 123.8
H 118.7 110.2 110.4 97.6 109.9 111.4 110.0 111.9 118.4 121.2 111.8 113.7 118.4
H49 112.9 109.5 104.7 91.0 100.1 107.1 101.7 104.2 110.0 109.7 97.5 103.4 110.2
H50 134.9 116.6 133.2 108.8 105.4 130.9 143.7 153.6 161.3 193.3 164.5 137.3 119.8
H51 301.8 131.9 212.9 142.0 146.8 223.9 244.8 327.7 413.5 425.5 489.5 403.7 324.4
H52 108.0 100.9 104.9 100.9 124.5 107.7 112.1 104.2 105.0 112.7 101.5 105.0 113.3
H53 134.4 146.7 136.3 121.2 117.6 114.2 109.8 112.1 113.5 113.8 108.3 111.0 122.9
I 121.4 109.5 124.9 117.6 121.4 123.7 120.2 130.3 161.1 201.2 224.1 157.0 125.2
I55 132.0 114.2 136.3 132.0 154.8 139.2 142.0 147.2 225.5 308.5 346.9 228.1 159.1
I56 115.1 106.7 118.2 109.2 102.5 114.6 107.4 120.4 123.6 138.6 152.0 117.5 104.5
J 122.0 119.7 150.8 114.5 108.3 119.8 113.8 112.9 131.6 120.2 122.2 123.3 129.8
J58 89.0 91.0 96.4 85.8 68.9 73.2 80.9 86.7 96.2 104.4 79.7 110.7 95.5
J59 123.4 122.8 153.7 83.0 69.6 88.3 73.0 81.3 68.8 72.6 85.9 59.5 105.2
J60 95.8 100.5 82.5 60.1 70.6 58.0 89.1 81.9 83.0 58.5 60.3 83.7 88.8
J61 126.3 123.8 134.4 108.6 111.2 114.6 109.1 110.6 119.9 114.7 115.7 113.8 114.0
J62 123.6 120.2 168.8 121.2 108.2 130.2 119.1 115.8 146.1 127.9 133.8 134.3 143.4
J63 115.1 115.6 158.7 144.1 143.7 133.4 141.7 141.6 151.8 145.5 133.7 143.2 156.1
L 91.4 85.5 123.4 95.8 108.4 105.7 96.1 97.1 104.7 103.5 97.6 116.7 94.0
M_STS 122.8 129.4 168.8 103.8 106.0 121.1 113.1 121.4 127.3 128.7 107.7 123.3 140.2
M69 123.9 114.3 142.7 120.7 116.8 138.7 126.3 134.2 142.7 122.4 118.4 129.7 134.7
M702 145.4 167.4 187.1 106.1 104.4 104.5 98.2 112.5 92.4 96.3 92.0 109.6 96.9
M71 109.6 127.5 199.2 103.5 104.6 121.0 103.7 118.8 150.7 165.8 108.4 123.7 191.4
M73 134.8 134.7 168.4 83.5 91.4 109.6 123.9 116.8 125.1 123.9 100.8 119.6 133.7
M74 109.0 111.9 145.1 98.7 107.9 124.8 114.5 121.6 113.0 121.4 113.8 130.2 125.6
N 111.7 121.1 118.4 106.3 112.8 120.9 110.4 115.4 130.1 142.3 127.9 131.1 118.3
N77 113.1 115.3 123.3 97.6 103.5 109.4 98.3 106.3 108.5 107.3 108.1 125.5 111.2
N78 117.6 119.1 155.4 121.0 136.0 137.6 141.8 137.7 143.2 136.1 143.2 143.1 133.5
N79 167.3 95.8 123.0 120.1 125.8 139.8 141.5 172.4 273.3 309.8 308.7 236.8 167.7
N80 98.9 99.6 107.6 106.9 111.8 100.2 101.5 101.0 103.9 150.8 108.9 108.6 104.3
N81 106.0 112.7 116.3 95.9 100.4 101.7 105.2 124.8 139.4 146.5 133.6 123.1 146.7
N82 108.3 167.5 104.8 101.7 106.2 147.5 102.8 105.5 123.4 104.8 98.0 126.9 106.3
* Preliminary data.

Detailed data can be found on the website of NSI at the sections:
Production Indices in Services