Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria remained the European Union country with the highest annual growth of services production in May, having taken first place in the rankings in April, according to the latest estimates from Eurostat, published on the agency’s website.
The Bulgarian services production, excluding administrative and support services, increased its output at an annual rate of 8.1% in May, representing a slowdown compared with the previous month, when it rose by 9.3% – the highest rate since November 2022.
In April, Bulgaria became the EU country with the highest annual growth in services production, taking the top spot for the first time since data became available in the Eurostat database – from January 2022.
May was the eighth consecutive month in which Bulgarian service providers increased their output year-on-year.
However, compared with the previous month, in May services production in Bulgaria maintained the output level reached in April, recording zero growth.
In April, monthly growth in the domestic services sector stood at 2%, the highest among EU states.
Earlier Friday, the National Statistical Institute reported that the overall production index for business services in Bulgaria in May remained unchanged from the previous month, and on a year-on-year basis an increase of 8.1% was recorded.
In the euro area and the EU, output in services production rose by 0.8% in May compared with April. This marks an acceleration compared with the growth rates recorded for April – 0.7% in the euro area and 0.3% in the EU.
Compared with the same month last year, in May 2026 the volume of output in services production rose by 2.4% in both the euro area and the EU.
The main contributor to annual growth in services production in the euro area and the EU in May was the information and communication sector, where output grew by 4.6% in the euro area and by 4.7% in the EU. Bulgaria Remains EU State with Highest Annual Growth of Services Production for Second Consecutive Month 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-07 11:54:41 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
