Index of service and trade production, February 2025

Service and trade production slightly lower than in the previous month

Service and trade production went down at the monthly level, but up year-on-year. Compared to January, it decreased in all groups of service activities except real estate activities.

  • 30 April 2025 at 10:30
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At the monthly level slight growth in trade, decline in services

Total production went down by 0.4% over the previous month. In trade, it increased by 0.2%, while in service activities it decreased by 1.4%.

It declined in almost all groups of service activities: the most in information and communication (by 2.3%), followed by professional, scientific and technical activities (by 2.0%), transportation and storage (by 1.8%), accommodation and food service activities (by 1.2%), and administrative and support service activities (by 0.5%). Growth was recorded only in real estate activities (by 4.7%).

Year-on-year, also up in trade and down in services

Compared to last February, total production grew by 1.3%. In trade it went up by 4.6% and in service activities down by 0.5%.

It declined in most groups of service activities. The largest decrease was recorded in accommodation and food service activities (by 3.2%), followed by administrative and support service activities (by 2.2%), information and communication (by 1.8%) and real estate activities (by 0.1%). It increased in professional, scientific and technical activities (by 2.8%) and to a lesser extent in transportation and storage (by 0.1%).

In the first two months of this year, service and trade production grew by 1.0% over the same period of the previous year. In trade, it increased by 4.4%, while in service activities it decreased by 1.0%. It went down in four out of six groups of service activities, the largest decline was observed in real estate activities (by 8.0%).

The table with the latest data is available in the SiStat Database.
Index of service and trade production, Slovenia
Index of service and trade production, Slovenia
Index of service and trade production, Slovenia
Feb 2025
Jan 2025
Feb 2025
Feb 2024
Jan–Feb 2025
Jan–Feb 2024
% change
Total G–N1)-0.41.31.0
G Wholesale and retail trade0.24.64.4
45 Wholesale, retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles-1.04.13.6
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles1.05.05.1
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles0.44.54.3
H–N Service activities1)-1.4-0.5-1.0
H Transportation and storage-1.80.12.2
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines-1.00.82.1
50 Water transport-15.823.839.4
51 Air transport-12.6-3.62.8
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation-1.30.52.1
53 Postal and courier activities1.010.08.9
I Accommodation and food service activities-1.2-3.2-2.0
55 Accommodation-2.0-0.71.3
56 Food and beverage service activities-1.5-4.9-3.2
J Information and communication-2.3-1.8-3.6
58 Publishing activities-3.4-9.9-6.9
59 Motion picture, video and TV programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities-1.5-10.2-12.3
60 Programming and broadcasting activities-3.5-8.7-5.0
61 Telecommunications3.62.20.8
62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities-4.1-3.6-4.7
63 Information service activities8.63.02.4
L Real estate activities4.7-0.1-8.0
M Professional, scientific and technical activities1)-2.02.81.4
69 Legal and accounting activities3.88.57.1
70.2 Management consultancy activities-4.53.15.3
71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis0.01.6-1.6
73 Advertising and market research-2.33.50.6
74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities-4.8-4.4-9.5
N Administrative and support service activities-0.5-2.2-3.7
77 Rental and leasing activities-8.642.137.3
78 Employment activities-1.2-17.9-18.4
79 Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities-1.0-9.3-5.0
80 Security and investigation activities6.37.10.1
81 Services to buildings and landscape activities2.95.54.1
82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities4.9-5.9-7.4
1) Service activities are covered according to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 acts in the field of business statistics.
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Data are seasonally and calendar adjusted. 

Data for the last 10 months are provisional. With each release, the data for this period can be corrected and supplemented with new data.

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