Volume of retail trade down by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU

Overview

In July 2026, compared with June 2026, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In June 2026, retail trade volume grew by 0.2% in both the euro area and the EU.

In July 2026, compared with July 2025, the calendar adjusted retail sales index increased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU.

Retail trade volume

Monthly comparison by retail sector and by Member State

In the euro area in July 2026, compared with June 2026, the volume of retail trade

increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 0.4%,
decreased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 1.4%,
decreased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 0.8%.

In the EU, the volume of retail trade

increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 0.3%,
decreased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 1.1%,
decreased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 1.1%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases in the total retail trade volume were recorded in Germany (-3.4%), Spain (-0.9%), Italy and Poland (both -0.3%). The highest increases were observed in Latvia (+2.5%), Cyprus (+2.0%) and Luxembourg (+1.8%).

Annual comparison by retail sector and by Member State

In the euro area in July 2026, compared with July 2025, the volume of retail trade

increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 1.6%,
increased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 0.2%,
decreased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 3.1%.

In the EU, the volume of retail trade

increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 1.3%,
increased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 0.9%,
decreased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 2.0%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases in the total retail trade volume were recorded in Cyprus (+8.6%), Latvia (+7.1%) and Sweden (+6.4%). Decreases were observed in Romania (-5.7%), Germany (-2.5%), Italy (-1.0%) and Spain (-0.7%).

Tables

Volume of retail trade % change compared with the previous month*
	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26

-0.4	0.9	-0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.6
-0.5	0.0	0.7	0.4	-0.6	0.4
-0.5	1.6	-0.6	0.5	0.5	-1.4
0.1	1.0	-3.5	-1.7	1.8	-0.8

-0.5	1.2	-0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.4
-0.5	0.1	0.6	0.3	-0.5	0.3
-0.5	1.8	-0.9	0.8	0.5	-1.1
0.7	1.6	-3.1	-1.4	1.7	-1.1

Volume of retail trade % change compared with the previous month*
	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26
-0.4	0.9	-0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.6
-0.5	1.2	-0.6	0.5	0.2	-0.4
-0.4	3.6	-1.8	-0.7	0.8	0.9
2.2	1.3	-1.0	0.7	0.4	-0.2
-0.2	1.6	-1.2	1.3	-0.1	c
-0.5	4.2	-5.1	3.4	0.0	0.6
-0.2	0.1	-0.5	1.1	0.0	-3.4
-0.3	0.1	-1.6	-2.2	0.9	0.7
0.5	0.8	-0.8	0.6	0.4	0.7
1.3	-0.4	-1.5	3.3	-1.4	c
-0.1	1.1	-1.5	0.5	0.4	-0.9
-1.0	0.7	0.6	-0.2	0.4	0.9
0.0	0.5	-0.2	-2.0	1.5	1.4
0.0	0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
0.8	0.6	-0.9	3.7	-0.9	2.0
-2.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.2	0.8	2.5
-2.0	3.6	2.4	-1.0	0.5	0.8
-2.4	1.6	-6.6	1.7	2.8	1.8
0.4	1.8	-1.2	0.7	-0.3	1.0
2.3	-1.3	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.9
-0.1	1.4	-0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2
-0.5	0.2	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.6
-2.2	2.9	-1.1	2.0	0.6	-0.3
-0.7	2.6	-0.6	-0.3	1.3	0.0
0.5	2.0	-2.5	0.8	-1.3	0.8
-1.4	5.3	-1.1	0.2	-0.6	1.7
0.1	2.5	-1.8	0.0	0.4	0.2
-0.3	1.2	0.0	0.4	-1.4	0.4
-1.5	3.6	0.1	-0.3	1.4	0.1
-1.4	-0.3	0.2	-2.1	1.6	-0.7
-0.2	0.6	-0.2	1.0	0.3	0.1

Volume of retail trade % change compared with the same month of the previous year*
	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26

1.3	2.4	1.0	2.0	1.4	0.6
1.0	0.9	1.2	2.2	0.7	1.6
1.7	3.8	1.9	3.0	2.8	0.2
0.4	1.3	-4.8	-5.7	-4.2	-3.1

1.1	2.9	0.8	2.1	1.7	1.0
0.6	0.9	0.6	1.7	0.6	1.3
1.6	4.4	1.5	3.4	3.0	0.9
0.7	3.2	-3.1	-3.8	-2.8	-2.0

Volume of retail trade % change compared with the same month of the previous year*
	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26
1.3	2.4	1.0	2.0	1.4	0.6
1.1	2.9	0.8	2.1	1.7	1.0
-0.4	1.9	-2.1	-0.4	-0.1	0.6
7.3	12.4	7.4	7.9	7.1	5.6
3.7	6.2	0.8	4.8	3.6	c
1.6	6.7	0.6	4.2	4.9	4.8
0.9	0.9	-0.4	1.9	0.7	-2.5
4.9	6.2	1.6	-0.5	0.2	4.1
-0.1	1.1	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.8
4.4	3.0	-0.3	6.7	1.9	c
2.1	4.3	0.3	1.2	0.8	-0.7
1.7	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.4	3.8
3.1	3.3	2.0	0.5	0.4	3.7
0.2	2.2	0.8	0.7	0.8	-1.0
5.0	6.1	2.7	8.4	5.0	8.6
4.5	4.1	2.5	3.5	5.1	7.1
2.9	6.7	9.8	6.9	6.5	5.9
10.5	8.6	4.4	9.5	8.6	1.1
3.9	8.2	3.6	4.8	3.0	4.9
13.3	3.2	5.3	5.1	4.0	5.6
0.3	1.6	1.4	1.7	1.5	1.2
-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.7	0.3	1.1
0.8	7.1	-1.0	3.3	4.5	3.6
2.6	6.2	5.2	2.6	2.7	3.0
-7.1	-2.6	-5.8	-4.4	-6.9	-5.7
-2.7	6.2	3.0	2.2	1.6	5.1
-2.4	5.1	-0.1	1.5	1.4	0.1
1.8	4.0	2.5	5.6	2.5	2.0
1.9	6.2	4.7	7.9	7.1	6.4
1.6	0.9	0.8	-2.4	-0.5	-2.0
0.4	1.4	1.0	3.6	1.9	2.3

Volume of retail trade, calendar and seasonally adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26
103.8	104.7	104.3	104.6	104.8	104.2
104.0	105.2	104.6	105.1	105.3	104.9
91.8	95.1	93.4	92.7	93.4	94.2
127.3	128.9	127.6	128.5	129.0	128.8
101.5	103.1	101.9	103.2	103.1	c
98.5	102.6	97.4	100.7	100.7	101.3
101.1	101.2	100.7	101.8	101.8	98.3
97.1	97.2	95.6	93.5	94.3	95.0
110.7	111.6	110.7	111.4	111.9	112.7
103.7	103.3	101.7	105.1	103.6	c
112.0	113.2	111.5	112.1	112.5	111.5
107.1	107.9	108.5	108.3	108.7	109.7
118.3	118.9	118.7	116.3	118.1	119.7
97.9	98.2	98.2	97.9	97.9	97.6
128.5	129.3	128.1	132.9	131.7	134.3
107.0	106.9	106.7	106.9	107.8	110.5
108.4	112.3	115.0	113.9	114.5	115.4
141.9	144.2	134.7	137.0	140.9	143.5
105.3	107.2	105.9	106.6	106.3	107.4
128.3	126.6	127.6	128.5	128.8	130.0
101.5	102.9	102.5	102.6	102.8	103.0
97.1	97.3	97.4	97.6	97.5	98.1
109.7	112.9	111.7	113.9	114.6	114.2
116.8	119.8	119.1	118.8	120.4	120.4
111.4	113.6	110.8	111.7	110.3	111.2
99.1	104.4	103.3	103.5	102.9	104.6
101.8	104.3	102.4	102.4	102.8	103.0
93.6	94.7	94.7	95.1	93.8	94.2
97.3	100.8	100.9	100.6	102.0	102.1
96.1	95.8	96.0	94.0	95.5	94.8
101.4	102.0	101.8	102.8	103.1	103.2

Volume of retail trade, calendar adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	Feb-26	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jul-26
91.7	103.4	100.9	104.4	105.4	102.7
91.4	104.2	101.6	105.2	106.0	103.8
81.7	94.9	91.6	94.3	96.5	94.8
108.7	126.6	122.3	126.1	129.0	134.6
87.6	102.1	97.0	103.3	103.6	c
84.6	99.7	97.3	106.9	103.4	99.9
90.8	104.3	101.1	102.8	101.0	98.8
85.6	97.6	94.1	95.3	96.2	98.4
101.8	102.6	101.6	108.2	118.0	104.4
98.2	98.9	99.0	104.5	106.0	c
97.5	109.6	105.8	110.6	115.2	119.5
94.1	105.5	105.3	106.3	108.6	91.1
93.9	109.9	114.2	117.0	127.9	146.4
86.1	94.5	89.0	97.5	98.3	104.5
111.6	122.6	122.1	131.1	133.3	143.4
91.2	104.1	101.4	106.1	108.9	116.8
92.0	109.2	114.5	117.9	116.7	119.8
137.0	150.9	136.8	145.2	146.5	150.7
91.3	107.2	104.4	106.6	107.0	109.5
110.8	118.2	119.9	128.8	131.7	140.4
88.9	103.1	101.0	106.5	105.0	105.7
87.2	98.8	98.5	96.2	97.8	99.9
95.7	118.2	111.2	113.5	113.6	115.3
99.9	113.6	111.1	117.2	116.4	129.1
94.5	110.6	109.8	111.5	110.4	117.3
85.9	107.2	103.1	103.4	105.2	108.3
89.6	105.8	100.6	103.5	104.4	102.4
78.3	91.5	92.9	99.8	99.3	100.4
81.6	99.1	100.7	106.4	108.3	105.2
80.8	91.5	92.1	100.3	101.2	94.1
89.8	102.7	97.5	104.8	103.1	102.6

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Compared with the data issued in the News Release of 6 August 2026, the monthly percentage change for June 2026 has been revised from -0.3% to +0.2% in the euro area and from -0.1% to +0.2% in the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from +0.7% to +1.4% in the euro area and from +1.2% to +1.7% in the EU.

Methods and definitions

The index of the volume of retail trade measures the evolution of the turnover in retail trade, adjusted for price changes (deflated), i.e. the evolution of the total amount of goods sold, based on data adjusted for calendar and seasonal effects.

Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national data.

Geographical information

Euro area (EA21): Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The European Union (EU27) includes Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.