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Service subsector survey indices and aggregate monthly indicators, July 2025 to October 2026
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Activity
Shared scale · 0 points to 62.6 points
New orders
Shared scale · 0 points to 62.6 points
Employment
Shared scale · 0 points to 62.6 points
Switch between reported business activity, new orders and employment. The neutral reading is 50 in each view.
Service subsector survey indices and aggregate monthly indicators, July 2025 to October 2026
These are diffusion indices, in points. Readings above 50 indicate expansion versus the prior month, below 50 contraction and 50 no change. The table includes the October subsectors and the aggregate services indicator histories published in the same report.
| Source | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICES | October 2026 sector or activity | 52.7 | 54.2 | 51.7 | 53.5 | 51.1 | 58.4 | 62.8 | Source 1 |
| Market Services | October 2026 sector or activity | 52.2 | 53.8 | 51.2 | 53.3 | 50.4 | 58.2 | 62.2 | Source 1 |
| Accommodation & Food Services | October 2026 sector or activity | 49.8 | 50.4 | 50.0 | 49.6 | 49.2 | 52.9 | 58.8 | Source 1 |
| Administrative and Support Services | October 2026 sector or activity | 53.3 | 53.3 | 53.3 | 54.3 | 52.2 | 56.5 | 66.3 | Source 1 |
| Finance & Insurance | October 2026 sector or activity | 57.1 | 59.4 | 60.1 | 55.1 | 53.6 | 58.7 | 60.9 | Source 1 |
| Information & Communication | October 2026 sector or activity | 51.3 | 56.3 | 50.0 | 51.2 | 47.7 | 58.2 | 61.7 | Source 1 |
| Publishing | October 2026 sector or activity | 56.5 | 69.0 | 57.1 | 59.5 | 40.5 | 61.9 | 71.4 | Source 1 |
| Telecommunications and Information Services | October 2026 sector or activity | 48.2 | 51.8 | 43.6 | 49.1 | 48.2 | 58.2 | 56.4 | Source 1 |
| Broadcasting | October 2026 sector or activity | 51.9 | 51.9 | 53.8 | 53.8 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 61.5 | Source 1 |
| Motion Pictures,Cinema, Sound Recording and Music Production | October 2026 sector or activity | 52.9 | 59.6 | 53.8 | 46.2 | 51.9 | 65.4 | 65.4 | Source 1 |
| Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services | October 2026 sector or activity | 54.8 | 56.1 | 53.5 | 57.9 | 51.8 | 54.4 | 62.3 | Source 1 |
| Real Estate | October 2026 sector or activity | 49.2 | 50.0 | 49.2 | 53.4 | 44.1 | 62.7 | 60.2 | Source 1 |
| Trade | October 2026 sector or activity | 53.4 | 57.3 | 49.6 | 52.8 | 53.7 | 59.8 | 61.4 | Source 1 |
| Transportation, Courier and Storage | October 2026 sector or activity | 47.6 | 47.9 | 43.6 | 54.3 | 44.7 | 67.0 | 73.4 | Source 1 |
| Non-market Services | October 2026 sector or activity | 54.7 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 55.7 | 55.0 | 59.0 | 64.9 | Source 1 |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | October 2026 sector or activity | 47.1 | 45.0 | 48.3 | 46.7 | 48.3 | 61.7 | 56.7 | Source 1 |
| Educational Services | October 2026 sector or activity | 60.2 | 58.0 | 60.3 | 62.6 | 59.8 | 60.3 | 69.0 | Source 1 |
| Human Health & Social Services | October 2026 sector or activity | 52.0 | 53.2 | 50.0 | 52.1 | 52.6 | 56.8 | 63.7 | Source 1 |
| 2025-07 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 53.5 | 53.4 | 52.4 | 52.1 | 59.7 | 64.5 | Source 1 |
| 2025-08 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 53.0 | 51.3 | 51.4 | 51.8 | 59.2 | 62.9 | Source 1 |
| 2025-09 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 56.3 | 55.1 | 54.1 | 53.2 | 60.7 | 62.9 | Source 1 |
| 2025-10 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 57.6 | 56.9 | 53.9 | 54.0 | 59.7 | 60.3 | Source 1 |
| 2025-11 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 59.2 | 56.6 | 55.3 | 55.8 | 58.7 | 61.4 | Source 1 |
| 2025-12 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 59.1 | 58.4 | 54.4 | 53.8 | 59.2 | 60.9 | Source 1 |
| 2026-01 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 56.5 | 54.5 | 54.7 | 52.5 | 58.3 | 60.4 | Source 1 |
| 2026-02 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 56.4 | 56.7 | 54.1 | 54.0 | 59.6 | 62.2 | Source 1 |
| 2026-03 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 52.6 | 51.1 | 52.5 | 51.9 | 60.7 | 62.4 | Source 1 |
| 2026-04 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 49.2 | 47.5 | 49.0 | 49.5 | 61.6 | 64.7 | Source 1 |
| 2026-05 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 49.5 | 47.2 | 51.7 | 48.9 | 60.1 | 64.6 | Source 1 |
| 2026-06 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 49.8 | 48.7 | 49.8 | 49.2 | 60.0 | 61.8 | Source 1 |
| 2026-07 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 52.1 | 50.9 | 51.4 | 49.9 | 59.2 | 62.7 | Source 1 |
| 2026-08 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 54.1 | 52.8 | 53.3 | 53.1 | 59.4 | 61.9 | Source 1 |
| 2026-09 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 54.0 | 54.5 | 51.7 | 52.6 | 59.3 | 62.0 | Source 1 |
| 2026-10 | Monthly services indicators | Unavailable | 54.2 | 51.7 | 53.5 | 51.1 | 58.4 | 62.8 | Source 1 |