Services provided to companies sector registered a decrease of 2.18%, in September 2023

In September 2023, services provided to companies sector registered a decrease of 2.18%, compared to the same month of the last year, determined by the low registered in the professional, scientific and technical activities, the activities of administrative services and support to companies and travel agencies and tour operators. Nevertheless, the advertising and market research increased by 4.68%.

During the first nine months of the year, the sector registers a progress of 0.75%.

Professional, scientific and technical activities registered a decrease of 2.62%, as a result of the contraction of architecture and engineering activities, due to lower mining tenders, construction projects, engineering services, consultancies, structure projects and supervision of works, as well as lower valorizations of projects and ending of works. Likewise, essays and technical analysis decreased due to lower agricultural certification services and lower quantity of samples received and processed.

The judicial activities showed a negative trend due to closure of cases, lower demand of legal cases, consultancy services, legal consultations, and opening hours in Notaries. The management consultancy activities decreased due to the lower entrepreneurial projects, consultancies, guidance and operative assistance to companies.

On the other hand, the accounting activities registered a growth due to accounting and financial consultancies, tax, labour and outsourcing consultancies.

Administrative and support services activities registered a decrease of 2.16%, mainly due to the lower activity of private security, due to the reduction of surveillance posts, lower advising on security, and termination of contracts with main customers. The same trend showed rental and operating leasing of other types of machinery, equipment and tangible goods due to lower execution of construction projects, of contracted equipment of maintenance services and several work areas. Likewise, the activities in agencies of temporary employment decreased due to the lower demand of temporary personnel and replacement staff. The same behavior showed other supply of human resources before the reduction of outsourced personnel and provisional personal. The activities of telephone exchanges showed a negative trend due to lower services of customer service and telemarketing.

Nevertheless, the activity of collection agencies and credit information agencies increased due to a greater debt portfolio and contract renewals.

Travel agencies and tour operators presented a contraction of 12.00%, due to the lower demand of air tickets at national and international level, of tourist packages, reservation services. Also, by lower requests of planning and management of travels, decrease of business travels and events and lower tourists flow to the city of Machu Picchu, Valle del Colca, Nazca, Paracas and other touristic destinations. Likewise, the tour operators reported a decrease due to lower tourists flow, lower reservations of travel packages, tours, full days and trips.

Advertising and market research registered an increase of 4.68%, driven by the advertising area, before the creation of campaigns through digital media, customer loyalty programs, launching of traditional campaigns for mass media advertisements through ATL channels (radio, television, newspapers, magazines), advertising in public road through advertising panels, services of personalized promoters, as well as strategies of digital marketing of members and influencers. Likewise, the activity of market research showed a positive trend before the increase of local and regional studies, services of audience measurement, consumer profile, surveys and opinion polls in political and economic subjects.