Euro Area Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

0.1

Units In

-0.5

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Nov 06, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
19 May 2020	-11.5 Apr 2020	0.07 %	1995-2025	Eurostat

In the Euro Area, retail sales show the evolution of the total amount of goods sold. Among them, food drinks and tobacco account for the highest share (39.3 percent); followed by electrical goods and furniture (12.0 percent share); computer equipment books and other (11.4 percent share); pharmaceutical and medical goods (9.9 percent share); textiles, clothing, footwear (9.2 percent share); auto fuel (9.1 percent share); other non-food products (6.0 percent share) and mail orders and internet (2.9 percent share). Among countries, Germany has the highest weight (25.9 percent), followed by France (21.7 percent), Italy (16.1 percent) and Spain (11.4 percent). Others are Netherlands (5.2 percent); Belgium (4.3 percent); Greece (3.0 percent); Austria (2.8 percent); Portugal (2.4 percent); Finland (1.8 percent); Ireland (1.7 percent); Luxembourg and Slovakia (0.8 percent each); Slovenia (0.6 percent); Lithuania (0.4 percent); Latvia and Cyprus (0.3 percent); Estonia (0.2 percent) and Malta (0.1 percent).

Latest Updates

Eurozone retail sales edged up 0.1% month-over-month in August 2025, partially recovering from a revised 0.4% decline in July and in line with market expectations. Gains were driven by higher sales of food, drinks, and tobacco (0.3% vs. -1.1% in July) and automotive fuel (0.4% vs. -1.6%), which offset a slight decline in non-food products (-0.1% vs. 0.3%). Among the region’s largest economies, France (0.5% vs. -0.9%) and Spain (0.4% vs. -0.4%) saw growth, while the Netherlands remained flat and Germany (-0.2% vs. -0.5%) and Italy (-0.3% vs. -0.2%) posted declines. On an annual basis, retail trade growth slowed sharply to 1.0% in August, marking the weakest year-on-year increase since July 2024.