In the Q4 2015, seasonally adjusted sales in services decreased at constant prices by 0.3%, quarter-on-quarter. Working days adjusted sales increased by 1.7%, year-on-year, non-adjusted sales by 2.2%. The growth of sales was contributed to by all economic activities except for professional, scientific and technical activities.
For the entire year 2015, sales in services increased at constant prices by 2.6%, y-o-y.

In the Q4 2015, seasonally adjusted sales in services¹⁾ decreased at constant prices by 0.3%, quarter-on-quarter. Year-on-year, working days adjusted sales increased by 1.7%, non-adjusted sales by 2.2% (in the Q4 2015 there was 1 working day more than in the Q4 2014). The growth was reported by all economic activities of services except for professional, scientific and technical activities.
 

Year-on-year development of seasonally non-adjusted sales in services broken down by CZ-NACE division:

- sales in transportation and storage increased by 0.2%. The growth was owing to the development in land transport and transport via pipelines, which is the most important as for the volume and the sales of which grew already for the twelfth successive quarter (this time by 2.8%). On the contrary, lower sales were reported for warehousing and support activities for transportation (-3.0%). Drop of sales was recorded also by postal and courier activities (-1.5%), air transport (-1.0%), and water transport (-19.6%);

- sales in accommodation and food service activities increased by 4.5%. Sales increased in accommodation (+4.6%) as well as in food and beverage service activities (+4.5%);

- sales in information and communication increased by 7.1%. The highest y-o-y growth was recorded by music and motion picture activities (+26.1%). A double-digit growth, already for the fourth successive quarter (this time by 12.1%) was recorded by information service activities, which include, for example, data processing, web portals, and hosting. A double-digit increase (+11.5%) was reported also for computer programming, consultancy and related activities, which include, for example, computer programming activities, computer consultancy activities, and computer facilities management activities. Sales increased also in programming and broadcasting activities (+1.5%), telecommunications (+0.8%), and publishing activities (+0.3%);

- sales in real estate activities increased by 0.1%. Sales in real estate activities on a fee or contract basis increased by 4.7%, while sales in buying and selling of own real estate and renting and operating of own or leased real estate decreased by 1.4%; 

- sales in professional, scientific and technical activities²⁾ decreased by 0.8%. However, what decreased were only sales of the most important division as for the volume - architectural and engineering activities (-7.0%). Other divisions, on the contrary, reported growth. Sales for activities of head offices; management consultancy activities increased by 7.2% and for other professional, scientific and technical activities by 6.5%. Advertising and market research as well as legal and accounting activities increased the same (+2.0%);  

- sales in administrative and support service activities³⁾ increased by 5.3%. The same as in the previous quarter, growth was reported by all divisions except for travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities (-13.6%). A double-digit growth rate occurred at employment activities (+17.6%), marked sales growth was also in office administrative, office support and other business support activities (+9.4%). Sales for services to buildings and landscape activities increased by 4.9%, for security and investigation activities by 4.7%, and for rental and leasing activities by 3.7%.
 

Development in 2015

In 2015, sales in services¹⁾ increased by 2.6%, year-on-year, at constant prices. All divisions of services contributed to the growth; the biggest influence on the overall growth came from information and communication.
 

Year-on-year development of seasonally non-adjusted sales in services broken down by CZ-NACE division:

- sales in transportation and storage stagnated, y-o-y. Growth was reported only by land transport and transport via pipelines (+3.9%). Having grown for three preceding years, sales decreased in warehousing and support activities for transportation (-4.6%). Lower sales were recorded also by postal and courier activities, which were declining for the fourth year already (this time -2.4%). Over the whole year 2015, also air transport and water transport decreased (-3.6% and -6.5%, respectively);

- sales in the whole section of accommodation and food service activities increased by 5.2%. The sales growth was contributed to by the development in both the accommodation (+7.5%) and food and beverage service activities (+4.1%). In accommodation, sales were increasing in all months of the year, while in food and beverage service activities sales dropped in January and during the other months they were growing;

- sales in information and communication increased by 5.5%, which was contributed to by all divisions except for music and motion picture activities (drop by 3.7%). An increase was recorded for information service activities (+12.0%) and also for the volume most important activities in the area of computer programming, consultancy and related activities (+8.3%). Sales increased for programming and broadcasting activities (+7.4%) as well as for publishing activities (+3.0%). For already a third successive year, telecommunications reported growth (this time +2.6%);

- sales in real estate activities increased by 0.2%. The sales of more significant group in terms of volume - buying and selling of own real estate and in renting and operating of own or leased real estate dropped by 0.8% while sales of real estate activities on a fee or contract basis increased by 3.4%;

- sales in professional, scientific and technical activities²⁾ increased by 2.1%. Sales increased in all divisions, the most in other professional, scientific and technical activities (+4.5%). Advertising and market research activities grew by 2.1%, legal and accounting activities by 1.8%, architectural and engineering activities by 1.7%, and activities of head offices; management consultancy activities by 1.6%;

- sales in administrative and support service activities³⁾ grew by 5.5%. Decrease was reported only by travel agency and tour operator (-7.9%), other divisions grew, among which the biggest growth was recorded in employment activities (+19.9%). Sales in office administrative, office support and other business support activities increased by 6.7%, sales in rental and leasing activities by 6.3%, sales in services to buildings and landscape activities by 6.1%, and  sales of security and investigation activities by 3.8%.

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