Euro Area Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

0.3

Units In

-0.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 07, 2025

Time to Release

25 Days 10 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 trade rose by 0.3% month-over-month in February 2025, following three consecutive months of stagnation, but fell short of market expectations for a 0.5% increase. Sales of non-food products rebounded by 0.3% after a 0.2% decline in January, while food, drinks, and tobacco sales also rose 0.3%, easing from a 0.5% gain the previous month. Fuel sales edged up 0.2% after remaining flat in January. Among the bloc’s largest economies, retail sales posted gains in Spain (1.3%), Germany (0.7%), and France (0.2%), while declining in Italy (-0.1%) and the Netherlands (-1.4%).