Euro Area Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

0.3

Units In

-0.7

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Sep 04, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 11 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 increased 0.3% month-over-month in June 2025, rebounding from a 0.3% fall in the previous month but slightly below market expectations of a 0.4% gain. A recovery was seen in sales for food, drinks and tobacco (0.2% vs -0.5%), non-food products (0.6% vs -0.1% in May) and auto fuel (0.4% vs -0.8%). Among the bloc's largest economies, retail sales increased in Germany (0.9% vs -0.6%), Italy (0.4% vs -0.3%), Spain (1.2% vs 0.4%), Netherlands (0.1% vs -0.1%), Belgium (0.5% vs -2.5%) and Ireland (0.5% vs 0.7%) but fell in France (-0.9% vs 0%). Year-on-year, retail sales in the Euro Area increased 3.1%, the most since September 2024, compared to a 1.9% gain in the previous month and forecasts of 2.6%.