France services excluding interim including transport
France services excluding interim including transport stood at 0.7 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 Jan 2004 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 - Change in the situation of the enterprise over the last 3 months - All services excluding interim, including transportation | 0.7 | -0.5 | -2.7 | -0.7 | 1.7 | -1.8 | 2.1 | 1.2 | -1.4 | -4.6 | |
| Monthly economic survey in services - Change in the situation of the enterprise over the last 3 months - All services excluding transport | -1.8 | -3.7 | -3.8 | -1.6 | 0.9 | -2.6 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -1 | -3.8 |
Understanding france services excluding interim including transport
Corporate service enterprises, excluding temporary employment agencies but retaining transportation and logistics providers, report their three-month retrospective operational performance via this specific indicator. Enterprise managers evaluate whether their activity levels, revenue, and overall business standing have improved, worsened, or remained unchanged over the past quarter. This formulation captures the core corporate service economy alongside physical goods movement, while consciously omitting temporary labor providers to separate permanent operational trends from flexible staffing adjustments. This structural definition places freight transport side-by-side with professional and administrative services, creating a hybrid measure of commercial activity and goods distribution.
Interpreting this series demands careful consideration of the interaction between transport logistics and professional services, as supply chain disruptions can pull the aggregate balance in directions distinct from pure advisory firms. Seasonal adjustment smooths out recurring transport peaks and administrative holiday lulls embedded in the data. Analysts comparing this index with sibling series that exclude transport can isolate the exact contribution of freight and warehousing to the broader service economy. Revisions to early estimates typically reflect late-arriving administrative returns from logistics operators and transport hubs.
Frequently asked questions
- What is included in this service measure that is left out of its transport-excluding sibling?
- Freight transport, warehousing, and logistics enterprises are included alongside professional and administrative services.
- Why are temporary employment agencies still excluded from this calculation?
- Interim staffing agencies are removed to prevent flexible workforce hiring cycles from distorting core commercial trends.
- How should analysts use this series in conjunction with pure transport surveys?
- Comparing them helps determine whether logistics trends are mirroring or diverging from broader corporate service activity.