Producer prices for services grew by 1.3 per cent year-on-year in October to December 2025

Product groups driving the changes in indices

Compared with the previous year’s fourth quarter, the rise in producer price indices for services in total (Business to All, BtoAll) was particularly caused by higher prices of human health services, food and beverage serving services, and engineering services and related technical consulting services. The increase in BtoAll prices was curbed especially by lower prices of rental and leasing services of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment, publishing services and accommodation services compared with Q4 2024.

The year-on-year increase in the prices of services for enterprises and the public sector (Business to Business, BtoB) was driven especially by higher prices of human health services, sea and coastal freight water transport services, and engineering services and related technical consulting services. The increase in BtoB prices was curbed by lower prices of publishing services, rental and leasing services of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment, and computer programming services compared with Q4 2024.

Prices of services sold to households (Business to Consumers, BtoC) were increased from Q4 2024 particularly due to higher prices of food and beverage serving services, human health services, and telecommunications services. The increase was curbed especially by fallen prices of accommodation services, rental and leasing services of cars and light motor vehicles, and sea and coastal passenger water transport services compared with a year ago.

Producer price indices for services currently cover about 75 per cent of all market services. The coverage is nearly 90 per cent when wholesale and retail trade services are excluded from the analysis.