France accommodation and food services value added
France accommodation and food services value added stood at 19,127 EUR million in Q2 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Quarterly GDP and value added table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1949 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Quarterly GDP and value added table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current prices | |||||||||||
| Accommodation and food service activities | 19,127 | 18,728 | 18,209 | 17,824 | 17,632 | 17,472 | 17,492 | 17,407 | 17,102 | 16,673 | |
| Information and communication | 37,781 | 37,505 | 37,467 | 37,229 | 36,429 | 36,292 | 36,119 | 36,387 | 36,153 | 35,510 |
Understanding france accommodation and food services value added
Hotel lodging, holiday rentals, restaurant dining, catering operations, and beverage service activities generate the current price gross value added recorded in this series. The measure captures total monetary receipts minus the cost of food ingredients, utilities, and other intermediate inputs, reflecting both the volume of customer transactions and prevailing menu or room rates. It excludes food retail stores and packaged goods manufacturing, isolating direct consumer hospitality and away-from-home dining.
Because prices in hospitality are quick to adjust and consumer demand responds rapidly to disposable income shifts, nominal figures here exhibit high cyclical sensitivity. Quarterly comparisons require careful attention to tourism seasonality, where vacation periods drive massive revenue concentrations that seasonal adjustment algorithms attempt to smooth out. Analysts comparing this nominal series against broader retail measures must account for the high labor and real estate cost structures unique to hospitality.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the boundary between food retail and accommodation and food services?
- Food retail covers supermarkets selling unprepared groceries, whereas accommodation and food services covers restaurants, bars, and hotels serving prepared food and lodging.
- Why are current prices particularly volatile in hospitality?
- Room rates and menu prices adjust rapidly to tourism demand surges and fluctuating food supply costs.
- How does tourism affect the interpretation of quarterly data in this sector?
- Peak holiday quarters generate outsized nominal revenues that require seasonal adjustment to reveal underlying economic trends.