France all services excluding transport activity prospects
France all services excluding transport activity prospects stood at -7.5 Balance of opinion (%) in Sep 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the INSEE business surveys table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jun 2000 to Sep 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the INSEE business surveys table
| Indicator | 09-2026 | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | |
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| Services | |||||||||||
| Monthly economic survey in services - General prospects on activity - All services excluding transport | -7.5 | -8.2 | -5.5 | -10.8 | -12.8 | -11.6 | -8.7 | -7.9 | -7.7 | -4.2 | |
| Monthly economic survey in services - General prospects on activity - All services excluding interim, including transportation | -10.1 | -11.3 | -8.5 | -14.2 | -16.4 | -15.8 | -11.5 | -9.2 | -8.8 | -5.6 |
Understanding france all services excluding transport activity prospects
Service sector enterprises, excluding all transportation and logistics providers, report their broader strategic activity prospects for the upcoming period. This forward-looking measure captures general corporate confidence across diverse tertiary branches while deliberately omitting freight and passenger transport. By filtering out transport, the index focuses executive sentiment on office-based, professional, consumer, and digital services without logistics distortions.
Interpreting these prospects requires monitoring sequential month-on-month shifts in the net balance rather than treating figures as absolute economic forecasts. Analysts should account for provisional revisions that occur when late survey submissions are processed in subsequent publications. Contrasting this transport-free outlook with total service prospects reveals the degree to which logistics sentiment influences overall tertiary confidence.
Frequently asked questions
- What specific industry is omitted from this activity prospects series?
- Transportation and storage services are excluded.
- What timeframe do respondents consider when answering this question?
- General strategic prospects for future activity in the months ahead.
- How should preliminary monthly figures be handled by researchers?
- Treated as provisional estimates that may be updated in later release cycles.