Euro Area Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

-0.5

Units In

0.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 06, 2025

Time to Release

30 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

Retail sales in the Eurozone fell by 0.5% from the previous month in July of 2025, erasing the upwardly revised, 15-month high increase of 0.6% in the previous period, and firmly above expectations of a softer 0.2% contraction. It was the sharpest drop in retail volume in nearly two years, pressured by a 1.1% slump in food, drinks, and tobacco (vs 0.7% in June) and a 1.7% plunge in sales of automotive fuel in specialized stores (vs 0.8%). Still, retail of non-food products rose by 02%, extending the 0.6% increase in the prior month. Among the Eurozone's largest economies, retail trade slipped by 1.5% in Germany and fell by 0.4% in Spain. In turn, retail sales were unchanged for a third month in France.