UK retail sales volumes rose 2.5% year-on-year in February 2026, exceeding expectations of a 2.1% gain, but slowing from January’s near four-year high of 4.8%. Retail Sales YoY in the United Kingdom averaged 1.90 percent from 1997 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 40.80 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -23.00 percent in April of 2020. source: Office for National Statistics
Retail Sales in the United Kingdom increased 2.50 percent in February of 2026 over the same month in the previous year.
Retail Sales in the United Kingdom increased 2.50 percent in February of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in the United Kingdom is expected to be 1.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Kingdom Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 1.70 percent in 2027 and 1.80 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.