Retail sales in Denmark rose 3.8% year-on-year in May 2026, picking up from a ten-month low and an upwardly revised 1.4% increase in the previous month. Sales rebounded for supermarkets, department stores, and specialized grocery stores (3.2% vs -2.2% in April), while it increased at a faster pace for household equipment, furniture, and building materials (5.1% vs 2.4%) and cultural and leisure products (18.1% vs 17.4%). Meanwhile, trade continued to decline for liquid fuels and filling stations (-17.8% vs -14.7%). In addition, sales growth eased for consumer electronics (5.7% vs 15.1%), clothing, footwear, and jewelry (6.4% vs 10.6%), pharmacies and personal care products (3.3% vs 4.2%), and second-hand goods (13.2% vs 14.2%). On a monthly basis, retail sales rose 1.0%, rebounding from a 1.8% fall in April. source: Statistics Denmark

Retail Sales in Denmark increased 3.80 percent in May of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Denmark averaged 1.01 percent from 1996 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 22.80 percent in March of 2021 and a record low of -12.10 percent in March of 2022. This page provides the latest reported value for - Denmark Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Denmark Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2026.

Retail Sales in Denmark increased 3.80 percent in May of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Denmark is expected to be 2.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Denmark Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 1.90 percent in 2027 and 1.70 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-05-22 06:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Apr 1.3% 7% 5.9%
2026-06-24 06:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
May 3.8% 1.4% 1.0%
2026-07-28 06:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jun 3.8% 2.3%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Confidence -14.00 -19.80 points Jun 2026
Consumer Spending 280.30 277.10 DKK Billion Mar 2026
Disposable Personal Income 1436127.85 1385642.60 DKK Million Dec 2024
Retail Sales MoM 1.00 -1.80 percent May 2026
Retail Sales YoY 3.80 1.40 percent May 2026


Denmark Retail Sales YoY
In Denmark, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
3.80 1.40 22.80 -12.10 1996 - 2026 percent Monthly
Constant Prices, NSA

News Stream
Danish Retail Sales Pick Up in May
Retail sales in Denmark rose 3.8% year-on-year in May 2026, picking up from a ten-month low and an upwardly revised 1.4% increase in the previous month. Sales rebounded for supermarkets, department stores, and specialized grocery stores (3.2% vs -2.2% in April), while it increased at a faster pace for household equipment, furniture, and building materials (5.1% vs 2.4%) and cultural and leisure products (18.1% vs 17.4%). Meanwhile, trade continued to decline for liquid fuels and filling stations (-17.8% vs -14.7%). In addition, sales growth eased for consumer electronics (5.7% vs 15.1%), clothing, footwear, and jewelry (6.4% vs 10.6%), pharmacies and personal care products (3.3% vs 4.2%), and second-hand goods (13.2% vs 14.2%). On a monthly basis, retail sales rose 1.0%, rebounding from a 1.8% fall in April.
2026-06-24
Danish Retail Sales Hit 10-Month Low
Retail sales in Denmark rose by 1.3% year-on-year in April 2026, reversing a from a downwardly revised 7.0% increase in the prior month. This marked the slowest growth since the contraction in June 2025, as sales slipped for both liquid fuel filling station (-13.4% vs -7.2% in March) and supermarkets, department stores and specialized grocery stores (-2.3% vs 4.2%). In addition, sales moderated for consumer electronics (14.9% vs 19.0%), household equipment, furniture, and building materials (2.6% vs 10.4%), pharmacies and personal care products (3.5% vs 9.7%), and second-hand goods (16.6% vs 19.1%). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail activity fell by 1.8% in April, reversing an upwardly revised 2.8% rise in the previous month.
2026-05-22
Danish Retail Sales Hit Over 4-Year High
Retail sales in Denmark climbed 7.1% year-on-year in March 2026, accelerating from a downwardly revised eight-month low of 1.9% in the prior month. It marked the strongest growth since January 2022, as sales increased at a faster pace in supermarkets, department stores and specialized grocery stores (4.4% vs 0.5% in February), consumer electronics (19.1% vs 13%), household equipment, furniture, and building materials (10.5% vs 4.3%), clothing, footwear and jewelry (10% vs 3.6%), pharmacies and personal care products (10.5% vs 5.1%), and second-hand goods (22.2% vs 11.6%). In addition, trade rebounded in cultural and leisure products (12.9% vs -6%). Meanwhile, sales continued to decline for liquid fuel filling stations (-7% vs -2.5%). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail activity rose 2.5%, rebounding from a downwardly revised 0.2% fall in February. Over the first quarter of 2026, retail sales growth eased to 0.9% from 1.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025.
2026-04-24