Volume of retail trade down by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU

Overview

In January 2025, compared with December 2024, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In December 2024, retail trade volume remained stable in both the euro area and the EU.

In January 2025, compared with January 2024, the calendar adjusted retail sales index increased by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.6% in the EU.

Retail trade volume

Monthly comparison by retail sector and by Member State

In the euro area in January 2025, compared with December 2024, the volume of retail trade

increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 0.6%,
decreased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 0.7%,
decreased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 0.3%.

In the EU, the volume of retail trade

increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 0.3%,
decreased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 0.5%,
decreased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 0.2%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases in the total retail trade volume were recorded in Slovakia (-9.0%), Lithuania (-4.8%) and Cyprus (-2.2%). The highest increases were observed in Slovenia (+2.3%), Hungary (+2.2%) and the Netherlands (+1.6%).

Annual comparison by retail sector and by Member State

In the euro area in January 2025, compared with January 2024, the volume of retail trade

increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 1.4%,
increased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 1.8%,
increased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 0.1%.

In the EU, the volume of retail trade

increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 1.0%,
increased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 2.4%,
increased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 0.1%.

Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases in the total retail trade volume were recorded in Luxembourg (+11.4%), Bulgaria (+8.1%) and Portugal (+5.3%). Decreases were observed in Finland (-0.4%), Belgium and Italy (both -0.3%).

Tables

Volume of retail trade % change compared with the previous month*
	2024					2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area
Total retail trade	1.0	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3
Food, drinks, tobacco	0.8	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.6
Non-food products (except automotive fuel)	1.3	1.1	-0.7	-0.2	0.5	-0.7
Automotive fuel in specialised stores	1.4	-0.6	-0.4	0.7	-0.3	-0.3
EU
Total retail trade	0.9	0.4	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
Food, drinks, tobacco	0.7	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.3
Non-food products (except automotive fuel)	1.1	0.9	-0.2	-0.2	0.5	-0.5
Automotive fuel in specialised stores	1.1	-0.2	-0.8	1.3	-0.7	-0.2
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted Source dataset: sts_trtu_m

Volume of retail trade % change compared with the previous month*
			2024			2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area	1.0	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3
EU	0.9	0.4	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
Belgium	0.6	2.3	-1.9	-2.4	1.3	-0.8
Bulgaria	-0.2	0.7	0.7	1.6	0.4	0.1
Czechia	0.1	-0.1	0.5	-0.1	1.2	c
Denmark	-1.6	2.3	-1.2	1.2	-0.3	-0.4
Germany	0.8	1.7	-0.1	0.2	-0.8	0.1
Estonia	0.7	-0.8	1.7	0.4	1.1	-0.8
Ireland	-0.5	0.6	-0.5	0.9	0.2	c
Greece	-2.4	1.7	-2.3	1.9	-3.0	c
Spain	c	c	c	c	c	c
France	3.0	-0.8	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	-0.1
Croatia	-0.5	1.4	0.6	0.7	0.6	-1.4
Italy	0.1	0.5	-0.3	-0.4	0.4	-0.4
Cyprus	1.8	0.3	-1.1	2.3	-0.1	-2.2
Latvia	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.4	0.5	-0.7
Lithuania	0.2	0.5	0.9	1.6	0.7	-4.8
Luxembourg	-0.7	2.2	-1.0	1.0	0.0	0.6
Hungary	0.9	-1.1	1.0	0.5	-1.0	2.2
Malta	0.2	-0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	-0.8
Netherlands	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.3	1.6
Austria	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.5	0.0	-0.9
Poland	-0.1	-1.9	2.8	-0.9	-0.6	0.8
Portugal	1.0	-0.4	1.4	0.2	-0.2	0.1
Romania	1.6	1.1	0.9	0.0	-1.3	0.1
Slovenia	-0.7	-1.4	1.1	0.8	-1.6	2.3
Slovakia	-1.1	1.1	0.7	0.3	8.0	-9.0
Finland	1.1	-2.0	0.2	0.0	2.3	-1.4
Sweden	0.5	-0.1	0.1	0.3	1.6	0.0
Norway	0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.5	0.1	1.1
Switzerland	0.4	-0.9	0.2	-0.1	0.5	-0.1
* Calendar and seasonally adjusted c Confidential Source dataset: sts_trtu_m

Volume of retail trade % change compared with the same month of the previous year*
	2024					2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area
Total retail trade	2.7	3.3	2.3	1.8	2.2	1.5
Food, drinks, tobacco	1.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	0.8	1.4
Non-food products (except automotive fuel)	2.5	5.7	3.2	2.1	3.6	1.8
Automotive fuel in specialised stores	5.0	2.3	1.1	0.9	-0.4	0.1
EU
Total retail trade	2.6	3.1	2.4	1.9	2.3	1.6
Food, drinks, tobacco	1.6	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.0
Non-food products (except automotive fuel)	2.7	5.3	3.5	2.3	3.7	2.4
Automotive fuel in specialised stores	4.0	1.7	0.0	1.3	-0.4	0.1
* Calendar adjusted Source dataset: sts_trtu_m

Volume of retail trade % change compared with the same month of the previous year*
	2024					2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area	2.7	3.3	2.3	1.8	2.2	1.5
EU	2.6	3.1	2.4	1.9	2.3	1.6
Belgium	1.4	2.6	0.3	-2.9	-0.2	-0.3
Bulgaria	5.8	6.8	6.1	8.2	9.0	8.1
Czechia	5.0	4.7	5.2	4.2	6.2	c
Denmark	-1.6	2.6	0.0	1.7	0.6	1.3
Germany	2.2	4.5	2.5	3.4	2.8	2.7
Estonia	-2.7	-4.4	-1.6	-0.2	1.1	2.8
Ireland	-1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	2.2	c
Greece	-5.1	-0.6	-1.6	1.1	-5.4	c
Spain	c	c	c	c	c	c
France	5.3	3.5	2.7	1.9	1.5	0.7
Croatia	5.7	7.0	6.7	6.7	6.5	4.4
Italy	0.1	2.5	1.0	-0.8	1.4	-0.3
Cyprus	5.8	5.9	3.4	6.2	5.5	1.7
Latvia	0.8	0.7	0.4	3.4	3.5	2.1
Lithuania	4.3	4.9	6.5	7.7	8.7	1.3
Luxembourg	21.2	21.2	15.8	15.4	8.4	11.4
Hungary	4.2	1.7	3.5	4.1	0.0	4.6
Malta	4.7	3.0	3.9	5.0	6.6	3.8
Netherlands	2.4	1.5	1.1	0.2	0.8	2.0
Austria	0.7	2.2	2.7	2.9	3.7	2.0
Poland	1.1	-3.0	1.9	0.5	0.0	1.2
Portugal	5.5	3.8	5.5	5.6	5.2	5.3
Romania	8.7	10.4	10.2	8.7	6.1	1.7
Slovenia	1.6	-1.2	-0.4	0.5	-2.1	3.4
Slovakia	1.1	3.9	4.6	4.9	10.0	1.2
Finland	0.5	-2.7	-2.6	-2.8	2.5	-0.4
Sweden	0.7	1.9	-1.0	1.5	4.1	4.1
Norway	-0.1	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.7	2.7
Switzerland	2.9	1.7	1.9	1.2	2.1	1.2
* Calendar adjusted c Confidential Source dataset: sts_trtu_m

Volume of retail trade, calendar and seasonally adjusted indices (base year 2021)
			2024			2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area	101.1	101.7	101.4	101.4	101.4	101.1
EU	101.5	101.9	101.9	101.8	101.8	101.6
Belgium	93.1	95.2	93.4	91.2	92.4	91.7
Bulgaria	113.7	114.5	115.3	117.1	117.6	117.7
Czechia	96.6	96.5	97.0	96.9	98.1	c
Denmark	92.5	94.6	93.5	94.6	94.3	93.9
Germany	97.4	99.1	99.0	99.2	98.4	98.5
Estonia	90.8	90.1	91.6	92.0	93.0	92.3
Ireland	108.5	109.2	108.7	109.7	109.9	c
Greece	96.7	98.3	96.0	97.8	94.9	c
Spain	c	c	c	c	c	c
France	105.1	104.3	103.8	104.0	103.3	103.2
Croatia	112.2	113.8	114.5	115.3	116.0	114.4
Italy	98.0	98.5	98.2	97.8	98.2	97.8
Cyprus	116.1	116.4	115.1	117.8	117.7	115.1
Latvia	102.6	102.7	103.1	104.5	105.0	104.3
Lithuania	103.6	104.1	105.0	106.7	107.4	102.2
Luxembourg	122.6	125.3	124.1	125.3	125.3	126.1
Hungary	100.3	99.2	100.2	100.7	99.7	101.9
Malta	116.8	116.6	117.2	118.0	118.9	118.0
Netherlands	100.9	100.8	100.7	100.5	100.8	102.4
Austria	96.4	97.3	97.3	97.8	97.8	96.9
Poland	108.0	106.0	109.0	108.0	107.3	108.2
Portugal	111.2	110.8	112.3	112.5	112.3	112.4
Romania	116.1	117.4	118.4	118.4	116.9	117.0
Slovenia	99.1	97.7	98.8	99.6	98.0	100.3
Slovakia	102.2	103.3	104.0	104.3	112.6	102.5
Finland	93.0	91.1	91.3	91.3	93.4	92.1
Sweden	93.9	93.8	93.9	94.2	95.7	95.7
Norway	92.2	92.1	92.4	92.9	93.0	94.0
Switzerland	100.5	99.6	99.8	99.7	100.2	100.1
c Confidential Source dataset: sts_trtu_m

Volume of retail trade, calendar adjusted indices (base year 2021)
	2024					2025
	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan
Euro area	104.1	99.3	102.5	104.5	118.8	94.7
EU	104.2	99.6	103.0	105.2	118.8	94.4
Belgium	87.4	91.3	95.1	92.3	108.2	89.2
Bulgaria	118.1	115.4	117.7	123.7	130.5	107.7
Czechia	94.3	93.2	99.6	109.4	121.7	c
Denmark	93.4	90.2	91.3	102.5	109.4	85.0
Germany	94.4	96.1	100.7	106.4	110.0	90.7
Estonia	93.7	88.8	93.1	93.2	105.9	83.5
Ireland	102.2	102.9	102.5	128.7	161.7	c
Greece	103.7	100.6	96.5	99.4	105.0	c
Spain	c	c	c	c	c	c
France	123.1	101.2	104.1	105.1	125.3	98.5
Croatia	136.2	118.7	112.8	105.5	119.1	93.1
Italy	96.6	98.5	102.0	99.0	119.5	91.2
Cyprus	116.2	115.9	114.2	120.6	143.8	104.0
Latvia	107.7	100.3	101.2	101.6	119.1	93.2
Lithuania	109.5	103.2	106.9	106.1	122.4	91.5
Luxembourg	113.8	125.4	124.9	126.7	140.9	120.9
Hungary	103.1	97.2	103.5	105.5	117.7	89.1
Malta	118.6	111.8	118.1	126.0	134.1	104.4
Netherlands	96.3	96.5	101.4	105.0	111.6	97.7
Austria	95.0	96.0	99.6	99.0	112.1	88.5
Poland	109.7	105.3	112.8	108.7	122.3	98.6
Portugal	118.8	108.5	111.0	113.5	134.8	103.2
Romania	122.8	119.0	120.5	124.9	129.6	102.1
Slovenia	99.4	97.7	101.3	101.4	107.7	92.4
Slovakia	101.0	100.5	107.4	108.9	125.0	92.6
Finland	97.3	88.9	90.5	91.4	107.4	80.6
Sweden	95.0	90.0	93.3	99.0	107.0	84.7
Norway	94.3	88.2	90.7	101.1	108.9	85.1
Switzerland	95.4	94.7	99.8	107.0	120.6	93.8
c Confidential Source dataset: sts_trtu_m

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

Data of previous months have been revised compared to those issued in the News Release of 6 February 2025. The monthly percentage change for December 2024 has been revised from -0.2% to 0.0% in the euro area and from -0.3% to 0.0% in the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from +1.9% to +2.2% in the euro area and from +2.0% to +2.3% in the EU.

Methods and definitions

The index of the volume of retail trade measures the evolution of the turnover in retail trade, adjusted for price changes (deflated), i.e. the evolution of the total amount of goods sold, based on data adjusted for calendar and seasonal effects.

Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national data.

Missing observations from Member States for recent months are estimated for the calculation of the euro area and the EU aggregates.

Geographical information

The euro area (EA20) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The European Union (EU27) includes Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.