Europe Retail Sales MoM

Insights

European Union Month-over-Month retail sales were unchanged at 0% in August 2025. This follows a 0.3% decrease in July 2025.
Euro area retail sales increased by 0.1% month-over-month in August 2025. This follows July's revised month-over-month decrease of 0.4%.
Germany's retail sales contracted by 0.2% month-over-month in August 2025. This follows a revised 0.5% decrease in July 2025.

Data is available for the period 1979 to 2025 across 29 countries in Europe.

Country	Current Value	Previous Value	Prior Year	Frequency	Period
Euro Area	0.1%	-0.4%	0.3%	Monthly	Aug'25
Germany	-0.2%	-0.5%	0.8%	Monthly	Aug'25
United Kingdom	0.5%	0.6%	-0.3%	Monthly	Sep'25
France	-0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	Monthly	Sep'25
Italy	-0.1%	0%	-0.5%	Monthly	Aug'25
Russia	3.1%	4.3%	2.5%	Monthly	Aug'25
Spain	0.4%	-0.4%	0.5%	Monthly	Aug'25
Turkey	0.9%	-0.1%	1.7%	Monthly	Aug'25
Netherlands	0.1%	1%	1%	Monthly	Aug'25
Switzerland	-0.2%	-0.4%	0.4%	Monthly	Aug'25
Poland	-0.8%	0.1%	-0.1%	Monthly	Aug'25
Belgium	0.4%	0.2%	0.6%	Monthly	Aug'25
Sweden	0.9%	0.4%	0.3%	Monthly	Aug'25
Ireland	-1%	0.9%	-1.5%	Monthly	Aug'25
Austria	-0.4%	0%	0%	Monthly	Aug'25
Norway	0.2%	0.7%	0.1%	Monthly	Aug'25
Denmark	0.3%	0.5%	0.4%	Monthly	Aug'25
Romania	-4%	-0.7%	1.5%	Monthly	Aug'25
Czech Republic	0.6%	-0.4%	0.2%	Monthly	Aug'25
Portugal	-0.7%	-0.2%	0.9%	Monthly	Aug'25
Finland	-0.5%	1.7%	1.4%	Monthly	Aug'25
Greece	-1.5%	2.2%	-3%	Monthly	Jul'25
Hungary	0.8%	0.5%	0.9%	Monthly	Aug'25
Ukraine	4.8%	4.3%	2.4%	Monthly	Aug'25
Slovakia	0%	0.5%	-1%	Monthly	Aug'25
Luxembourg	-0.7%	7.1%	-0.3%	Monthly	Aug'25
Croatia	0.4%	-1.7%	-0.5%	Monthly	Aug'25
Slovenia	0.3%	-1%	-0.7%	Monthly	Aug'25
European Union	0%	-0.3%	0.9%	Monthly	Aug'25

Europe Retail Sales MoM : Definition

Retail Sales MoM is the month-to-month change in the total value of goods sold by retailers.