Business receipts across major service industries in Hong Kong rose in the fourth quarter of 2025, with financing, insurance, and trade posting the strongest year-on-year gains, the Census and Statistics Department said Thursday.

Receipts in financing (excluding banking) jumped 34.7% from a year earlier, while insurance rose 31.9%, import/export trade climbed 20.1%, and banking increased 16%.

In contrast, warehousing and storage receipts fell 3.3%, the data showed.

In the technology domain, computer and information technology services receipts more than doubled, surging 101.8% year over year. Receipts for tourism, convention, and exhibition services rose 11.7%.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, financing (excluding banking) receipts increased 23.9% from the third quarter, while real estate rose 12.1% and accommodation services climbed 10.4%. Insurance receipts declined 8%.