Industry, trade and services
In April 2025, compared with March 2025, seasonally adjusted services production decreased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2025, services production grew by 0.8% in the euro area and by 0....
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In May 2025, compared with April 2025, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.8% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April 2025, retail trade volume grew by 0.3% in the euro area a...
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In May 2025, compared with April 2025, industrial producer prices decreased by 0.6% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April 2025, industrial producer prices fell by 2.2% in the euro area and by 2.1% in th...
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In April 2025, compared with March 2025, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 1.7% in the euro area and by 1.4% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2025, production in construction fell by 0.2% in the...
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In April 2025, compared with March 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 2.4% in the euro area and by 1.8% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2025, industrial production grew by 2.4% in the euro area...
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In March 2025, compared with February 2025, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 0.9% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2025, services production fell by 0.2% in both the eu...
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In April 2025, compared with March 2025, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume increased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2025, retail trade volume grew by 0.4% in the euro area...
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In April 2025, compared with March 2025, industrial producer prices decreased by 2.2% in the euro area and by 2.1% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2025, industrial producer prices fell by 1.7% in the euro area and by 1....
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In March 2025, compared with February 2025, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 0.1% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2025, production in construction fell by 1.2% in the...
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In March 2025, compared with February 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 2.6% in the euro area and by 1.9% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2025, industrial production grew by 1.1% in both th...
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In February 2025, compared with January 2025, seasonally adjusted services production decreased by 0.1% in both the euro area and the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In January 2025, services production grew by 0.4% in the euro area an...
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In 2023, EU countries exported €127.3 billion worth of professional and management consulting services (such as legal, accounting, management consulting and advertising services) to countries outside of the EU and imported €164.3 billion. This resulted in a €37 billion trade deficit. Both exports...
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In the first quarter of 2025, guests spent 129.6 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked via Airbnb, Booking or Expedia.
2025 appears promising, as the total number of guest nights increased by 4.8% compared with 2024 and by as much as 34.5% compared with 2023.
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In 2023, EU countries exported €154.3 billion worth of technical, trade-related and other business services (such as engineering, waste treatment and operating leasing services) to countries outside of the EU and imported €136.6 billion, resulting in a €17.7 billion trade surplus. Exports increas...
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A new breakdown of enterprises by group affiliation highlights the importance of their participation in larger enterprise groups for economic performance. This approach also enables a deeper understanding of the structure and significance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
In 2022, in...
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In March 2025, the total market production increased by 0.9% in the EU and by 1.2% in the euro area compared with the previous month.
The total market production index (TMPI) is a composite indicator that combines 4 short-term business statistics indicators covering most of the market economy, i...
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In the first quarter of 2025, there were 452.4 million overnight stays in tourist accommodations across the EU, marking a slight decline of 0.2% compared with the same quarter of 2024. January recorded 139.0 million nights (+3.5% compared with January 2024), February 147.7 million (-0.8%) and Mar...
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In the first quarter of 2025, the number of bankruptcy declarations of EU businesses decreased by 0.9% compared with the fourth quarter of 2024.
At the same time, business registrations also dropped by 5.1% compared with the fourth quarter of 2024.
This information comes from data on business...
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The second round of the micro data linking exercise between EuroGroups Register and structural business statistics highlights the economic significance of multinational enterprise (MNE) groups operating within national economies.
In 2022, independent enterprises accounted for an average of 95.2%...
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In 2023, 868 700 people in the EU were employed as authors, journalists or linguists. The number of people employed in these professions decreased by 2.5% compared with 2022.
In 2023, Germany employed the largest number of authors, journalists or linguists (237 600 people), followed by France (9...
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In 2023, 151 004 multinational enterprise groups were operating in the EU and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, employing 49.0 million people. In the EU, multinational enterprise groups employed 29.3% of people working in the business economy including industry, construction a...
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In 2024, guests spent 854.1 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor. This represents an 18.8% increase compared with 2023 (719.0 million nights), setting a new record high.
With the exception of April, each month in 20...
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The index of services production is a business indicator that measures the monthly changes in the production volume of the services industries (excluding financial and public services). Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national d...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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The Retail Trade Index is a business cycle indicator which shows the monthly activity of the retail sector in value and volume. It is a short-term indicator for final domestic demand. It should be noted that the volume of sales is different from the volume of (retail) trade services. The latter t...
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