Euro Area Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

0.1

Units In

-0.1

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 07, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 2 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 rose by 0.1% month-over-month in April 2025, following a revised 0.4% increase in March, in line with market consensus. Gains were driven by automotive fuel, which rose 1.3% compared to 0.6% in March, and food, drinks, and tobacco, which increased 0.5% versus 0.1%. However, sales of non-food products declined by 0.3%, reversing March’s 0.5% gain. Among the largest economies, retail sales grew in Spain (0.7%), Italy (0.4%), and France (0.3%), but fell in Germany (-1.1%) and the Netherlands (-0.4%). On an annual basis, retail trade growth quickened to a six-month high of 2.3% in April, from an upwardly revised 1.9% in March and above market estimates of 1.4%.