Eurozone retail sales rose by 1.3% year over year in December 2025, slowing from a revised 2.4% increase in November and missing market expectations of a 1.6% advance. Retail Sales YoY in Euro Area averaged 1.15 percent from 1996 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 24.20 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -19.60 percent in April of 2020. source: EUROSTAT

Retail Sales In the Euro Area increased 1.30 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year.

Retail Sales In the Euro Area increased 1.30 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Euro Area is expected to be 1.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Euro Area Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 1.50 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-01-09 10:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Nov 2.3% 1.9% 1.6% 1.9%
2026-02-05 10:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Dec 1.3% 2.4% 1.6% 2.0%
2026-03-05 10:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jan 1.3% 1.7%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Spending 1623.33 1620.93 EUR Billion Sep 2025
Disposable Personal Income 2433201.00 2421891.00 EUR Million Sep 2025
Households Debt to Income 93.09 96.79 percent Dec 2022
Personal Savings 15.11 15.38 percent Sep 2025
Retail Sales MoM -0.50 0.10 percent Dec 2025
Retail Sales YoY 1.30 2.40 percent Dec 2025


Euro Area Retail Sales YoY
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).
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
1.30 2.40 24.20 -19.60 1996 - 2025 percent Monthly
Constant Prices, WDA