Türkiye’s services sector consumed a total of 485,413 terajoules of final energy in 2025, with electricity accounting for more than half of overall consumption, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said on Friday.

According to the results of TurkStat’s Survey on Final Energy Consumption in Services, wholesale and retail trade, including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, accounted for the largest share of energy consumption at 26.5%.

The public administration and defence sector, including compulsory social security, ranked second with 24.5%, followed by accommodation and food service activities at 17.7%.

Electricity was the most widely consumed energy source in the services sector, accounting for 53.4% of total consumption, or 259,004 terajoules. Natural gas followed with 37.8%, while petroleum products accounted for 4.5%.

In the wholesale and retail trade sector, which recorded the highest energy consumption among the subsectors, electricity represented 70.3% of energy use. Natural gas accounted for 18.2%, while solid fossil fuels made up 5.9%.

TurkStat also reported that electricity consumption in data centres reached 3,097 terajoules, equivalent to 860 gigawatt-hours (GWh), in 2025. (ILKHA)