Retail sales in the Netherlands increased by 3.5% year-on-year in August 2026, accelerating from a downwardly revised 2.5% increase in July and marking the strongest growth since November 2025. The acceleration was driven primarily by the non-food sector, where turnover rose (5.0% vs. 3.3% in July). Furniture and household articles recorded particularly strong growth (7.1% vs. 4.1%). Supermarket turnover also accelerated 0.4% (vs. 0.0%). Meanwhile, growth slowed in food and beverage retailers (0.9% vs. 1.0%), specialist shops (1.0% vs. 1.1%), clothing (2.5% vs. 4.2%), DIY products, kitchens and flooring (1.9% vs. 3.3%), personal care products (0.9% vs. 6.9%) and consumer electronics (0.7% vs. 5.4%). Shoes and leather products were the only category to record a decline, with turnover falling 1.1% after rising 0.8% in July. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail activity grew by 0.8% in August, edging up from a 0.4% increase in the previous month. source: Statistics Netherlands

Retail Sales in Netherlands increased 3.50 percent in August of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Netherlands averaged 2.32 percent from 2005 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 18.10 percent in January of 2022 and a record low of -6.40 percent in August of 2009. This page provides the latest reported value for - Netherlands Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Netherlands Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2026.

Retail Sales in Netherlands increased 3.50 percent in August of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Netherlands is expected to be 2.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Netherlands Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 2.50 percent in 2027 and 2.60 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-09-01 04:30 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jul 2.8% 2.9% 2.7%
2026-10-01 04:30 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Aug 3.5% 2.5% 2.5%
2026-11-02 05:30 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Sep 3.5% 2.8%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Confidence -34.00 -33.00 points Oct 2026
Consumer Spending 106043.00 105245.00 EUR Million Jun 2026
Disposable Personal Income 487078.00 440338.00 EUR Million Dec 2023
Household Consumption YoY 2.10 1.20 percent Aug 2026
Retail Sales MoM 0.80 0.40 percent Aug 2026
Retail Sales YoY 3.50 2.50 percent Aug 2026


Netherlands Retail Sales YoY
In Netherlands, 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
3.50 2.50 18.10 -6.40 2005 - 2026 percent Monthly
Constant Prices, 2021, WDA

News Stream
Dutch Retail Sales Growth Hits Nine-Month High
Retail sales in the Netherlands increased by 3.5% year-on-year in August 2026, accelerating from a downwardly revised 2.5% increase in July and marking the strongest growth since November 2025. The acceleration was driven primarily by the non-food sector, where turnover rose (5.0% vs 3.3% in July). Furniture and household articles recorded particularly strong growth (7.1% vs 4.1%). Supermarket turnover also accelerated (0.4% vs 0.0%). Meanwhile, growth slowed in food and beverage retailers (0.9% vs. 1.0%), specialist shops (1.0% vs 1.1%), clothing (2.5% vs 4.2%), DIY products, kitchens and flooring (1.9% vs 3.3%), personal care products (0.9% vs 6.9%) and consumer electronics (0.7% vs 5.4%). Shoes and leather products were the only category to record a decline, with turnover falling 1.1% after rising 0.8% in July. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail activity grew by 0.8% in August, edging up from a 0.4% increase in the previous month.
2026-10-01
Dutch Retail Sales Growth at 5-Month Low
Retail sales in the Netherlands rose by 2.8% year-on-year in July 2026, marking the softest growth since February and easing from a 2.9% increase in the previous month. Food and beverage retailers posted 1.5% revenue growth, down from 2.3% in June as smaller gains in supermarkets (1.6% vs 2.6%) more than offset an improvement at specialty stores (0.7% vs 0.4%). Online revenues also rose at a lesser extent (3.8% vs 7.5%), with all major online retailers recording slower sales growth than a year ago. Meanwhile, turnover in the non-food sector increased further (3.6% vs 3.3%), led by drugstores (12.5% vs 7.4%) and consumer electronics and white goods (5.5% vs 5.8%), while furniture and home furnishings (2.6% vs -0.8%) and shoes and leather goods (0.6% vs -4.7%) also rebounded. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail activity grew by 0.6% in July, recovering from a 0.1% fall in the preceding period.
2026-09-01
Dutch Retail Sales Growth Slows to 4-Month Low
Retail sales in the Netherlands increased by 2.9% year-on-year in June 2026, easing from an upwardly revised 3.4% in the previous month, marking the weakest growth in four months. Sales growth in the non-food sector moderated to 3.1% from 4.0% in May, as smaller gains in drugstores (4.5% vs. 7.2%), clothing (1.4% vs. 3.6%), DIY, kitchen, and flooring stores (2.2% vs. 3.2%), and recreational items (1.2% vs. 3.7%) outweighed a sharp increase in consumer electronics and white goods (6.3% vs. 1.0%). Additionally, sales declined in furniture and home furnishing stores (-0.5% vs. 1.5%) and shoe and leather goods stores (-4.6% vs. 2.7%). In contrast, turnover for food products grew by 2.5% from 2.1%, lifted by stronger supermarket sales (2.7% vs. 2.1%), while growth in specialty stores eased to 0.9% from 1.9%.
2026-08-03