Euro Area Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Dec 31, 2025

Actual

-0.5

Units In

0.2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Mar 05, 2026

Time to Release

26 Days 23 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
19 May 2020	-11.5 Apr 2020	0.06 %	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 fell by 0.5% month on month in December 2025, reversing a downwardly revised 0.1% increase in November and undershooting market expectations for a 0.2% decline. The weakness was led by non-food retailing, where sales dropped 1.2%, the steepest fall since September 2023, ending a three-month run of gains. Fuel sales were unchanged for a second consecutive month, while sales of food, drinks and tobacco edged up by 0.1%, following a 0.4% decline in November. Among the region’s largest economies, retail activity contracted notably in France (-1.4%), Spain (-0.9%) and Italy (-0.5%), while Germany recorded a modest increase of 0.1%. On an annual basis, retail sales growth slowed sharply to 1.3% in December, down from 2.4% in November and below the 1.6% consensus forecast, underscoring a loss of consumer momentum toward year-end.