Sector Services Provided to Companies increased 3.84% during February 2025

During February of 2025, the sector Services Provided to Companies registered an increase of 3.84%, compared to the same month of the last year, explained by the progress of its four components; this was informed by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), based in the results of the Monthly Survey of Services. Likewise, it also informed that this sector added a growth of 4.03%, during the first two months of this year, compared to the same period of the last year.

During the month of February of 2025, the professional, scientific and technical activities increased by 3.15% compared to the same month of the year 2024. This result was driven by the architecture and engineering activities, in response to the development and delivery of engineering projects, management of new operations and projects commissioned, solutions in engineering, participation in tenders, supervision of quality assurance, consultancies, studies and architectonic designs.

At the same time, it showed positive behavior the essays and technical analysis due to the demand of physical and chemical analysis of minerals, concentrates and materials, metallurgical test, certification of products, essays and measurements of environmental indicators. Judicial activities also showed dynamism due to the assignation of new cases, consulting and representation in civil procedures, legal assistance in the criminal, familiar and corporative field, as well as notary procedures.

Likewise, the accounting activities grew due to the greater requirement of financial auditing, accounting, transformation of accounting processes, assistance in reports of financial risks and tax planning services for tax declaration. In addition, management consultancy activities increased before the demand of advice on strategic communications planning, financial, corporate social responsibility, sustainability and implementation of integral solutions.

The INEI informed that during the second month of 2025, the activities of administrative and support services increased by 4.22%, compared to the same month of the last year. In this positive performance influenced the dynamism in the rent and operative leasing of other types of machinery, such as machinery for mining and construction sector.

Likewise, the activities of private security grew due to the greater contraction of personnel of physical security for educational institutions, retails, banks, corporations, condos and shopping centers; as well as the transfer and security logistics, personal safety and comprehensive consulting of security. The activities of temporary job agencies and placement of employment registered an increase explained by the personnel recruitment and selection.

In addition, the activities of telephone exchanges increased before the campaigns and telemarketing services. Likewise, general cleaning of buildings showed a growing demand before the cleaning services of hospital, educational, industrial environments and buildings in general.

The results of the Monthly Survey of Services performed by the INEU revealed that travel agencies and tour operators registered an increase of 11.06%, in February of 2025, compared to the same month of the last year. This was associated to the dynamism of travel agencies, due to the variety of discounts, discounts by the use of mobile applications, coupons, promotions of online purchase of flights, tour packages, assistance, insurance and transportation to different national and international destinations by carnival and summer season linked to the celebration scheduled in honor of the Virgin of Candelaria, Carnival of Loreto and Ucayali, Valentine’s Day, among others. Likewise, it influences the performance of the XX International Fair of Tourism “2025 Peru and the World” in the Convention Center Casa Prado in Miraflores.

Tour operators experienced a growth due to the arrival of national and foreign visitors to tourist attractions of cultural value, natural beauty, historic significance, leisure and adventure in coast, highlands and rainforest regions of our country.

During February of 2025, advertising and market research increased by 3.40% compared to the same month of 2024, due to the advertising area before the innovating marketing campaigns by summer, by school season and Valetine’s Day, strategies of online sales and advertising in social media, platforms of online transmission, pages of electronic commerce and Marketplace, linked to the launch of new brands and products.

Likewise, the market research and the performance of surveys of public opinion grew before the demand of marketing studies, analysis of marketing, sales strategies, trends and forecasts, measurement of television audiences, competence evaluation, studies of effectivity of digital advertising and analysis about citizen insecurity.