We all use a number of different services every day.

Public services, such as basic education, dental care, health centers and public transport are paid for with tax revenues. Private services are bought from private companies that seek to maximize the amount of profit they make from providing the service.

Private services cover almost three quarters of all Finnish services, and they produce approximately two thirds of the Finnish Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Stores, shops, social services and health services are important employers in Finnish society. As the Finnish population grows older, the need for social and health services increases. Transport and housing are examples of expensive but profitable services.

Technological services are the fastest-growing field of the service sector. The development and popularization of technological services has changed the number of jobs available in different fields of the service sector. This has been further influenced by the automation of previously non-technological services.