Industry, trade and services
In September 2025, compared with August 2025, seasonally adjusted production in construction decreased by 0.5% in the euro area and remained stable in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2025, production in construction fell ...
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In September 2025, compared with August 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production increased by 0.2% 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 August 2025, industrial production fell by 1.1% in the eur...
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In August 2025, compared with July 2025, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 0.1% in the euro area and decreased by 0.2% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July 2025, services production grew by 0.3% in both the...
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In September 2025, compared with August 2025, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.1% in the euro area and remained stable in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In August 2025, retail trade volume fell by 0.1% in...
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In September 2025, compared with August 2025, industrial producer prices 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 August 2025, industrial producer prices fell by 0.4% in both the euro area and ...
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In August 2025, compared with July 2025, seasonally adjusted production in construction decreased by 0.1% in the euro area and by 0.9% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July 2025, production in construction grew by 0.5% in the ...
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In August 2025, compared with July 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production decreased by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July 2025, industrial production grew by 0.5% in the euro area ...
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In July 2025, compared with June 2025, seasonally adjusted services production decreased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In June 2025, services production fell by 0.1% in the euro area and re...
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In August 2025, compared with July 2025, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume increased by 0.1% in the euro area and remained stable in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July 2025, retail trade volume fell by 0.4% in the eu...
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In August 2025, compared with July 2025, industrial producer prices decreased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July 2025, industrial producer prices grew by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.6...
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In July 2025, compared with June 2025, seasonally adjusted production in construction increased by 0.5% 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 June 2025, production in construction fell by 0.7% in the eu...
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In 2023, 50.8% of foreign affiliates controlled by the institutional units resident in the EU countries were located outside the EU.
The highest shares of foreign affiliates active outside the EU were reported as enterprises controlled by institutional units resident in Croatia (64.7%), Spain (...
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In the third quarter of 2025, the number of registrations of EU businesses increased by 4.0% compared with the second quarter of 2025.
At the same time, the number of bankruptcy declarations increased by 4.4% compared with the second quarter of 2025.
This information comes from data on busine...
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In 2023, only 1% of EU market producer enterprises (hereinafter enterprises) were under foreign control. More than half, 60%, were controlled by institutional units from other EU countries, while 40% resided outside the EU.
In Luxembourg, foreign-controlled enterprises represented 28% of all en...
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In 2024, for the 13 EU countries that have reported inward foreign direct investment (FDI) positions by ultimate investing economy, the total value of foreign investment amounted to €3 892 billion.
Tracing the ultimate investor in enterprises has become increasingly important, as the ownership s...
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In September 2025, the volume index of retail trade in food, drinks and tobacco increased by 0.5% in the EU compared with the same month of 2024. In the euro area, the volume increased by 1.0%.
Out of 25 EU countries with available data, 15 recorded an annual increase in the volume of food, drin...
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Disclaimer: the total value of exported services in the first paragraph was corrected after publication.
In 2023, the EU exported services to countries outside the EU worth €1 440 billion. The majority (53.5%) of these exports were carried out by large enterprises with 250 or more employees. Sma...
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In 2024, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments across the EU increased by 2.7% compared with 2023, exceeding 3 billion for the first time.
Close to two-thirds (62.8%) of all overnight stays were made in hotels and similar accommodation, 23.7% in holiday and other sh...
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In 2023, there were around 33.1 million enterprises in the EU, employing 162.2 million people. Those enterprises generated a net turnover of over €38.5 trillion, leading to €10.5 trillion in value added.
Large enterprises (with more than 249 people employed) represented only 0.2% of the total ...
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In 2023, there were over 33 million enterprises in the EU. While 3.5 million new enterprises were born that year, 2.8 million enterprise deaths were registered, based on the preliminary enterprise death data. The enterprise birth rate was 10.5%, while the rate of enterprise deaths stood at 8.5%.
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In 2024, there were 1.19 billion personal and professional trips in the EU, a 4.4% increase from the 1.14 billion registered in 2023. Of the total, 850 million were domestic trips (71% of the total) and 250 million were foreign trips within the EU (21%), which means 92% of the trips made by EU re...
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In the second quarter of 2025, guests spent 245.9 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked via Airbnb, Booking or Expedia. As the first quarter of the year already indicated, 2025 is looking like a promising year for tourism. The total number of guest nights in the seco...
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Monthly occupancy of tourist accommodation establishments: arrivals and nights spent by residents and non-residents.
From reference year 2020 onwards, monthly data on nights spent is also available at NUTS 2 regional level (released once per year, for all reference months).
From re...
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Annual data on number of establishments, bedrooms and bed places at NUTS 2 level, by degree of urbanisation and by coastal/non-coastal area.
From reference year 2023 onwards, data on the number of establishments, bedrooms and bed places is also available at NUTS 3 regional level, b...
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Number of tourist accommodation establishments and their related bed places by NUTS 2 region. Establishments refer to all types of tourist accomodation: hotels, holiday and other short-stay accomodation, camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks. Bed places are determined b...
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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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This table presents 3 indexes showing the development of labour input in the sector of industry (excluding construction): Number of persons employed, the hours worked and the wages and salaries. The number of person employed shows the development of employment in Industry. It can be defined as th...
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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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