In April 2026, compared with March 2026, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume decreased by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2026, retail trade volume grew by 0.8% in the euro area and by 1.1% in the EU.
In April 2026, compared with April 2025, the calendar adjusted retail sales index increased by 1.0% in the euro area and by 0.9% in the EU.
Monthly comparison by retail sector and by Member State
In the euro area in April 2026, compared with March 2026, the volume of retail trade
increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 0.9%,
decreased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 0.9%,
decreased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 2.7%.
In the EU, the volume of retail trade
increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 0.5%,
decreased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 1.2%,
decreased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 2.4%.
Among Member States for which data are available, the largest monthly decreases in the total retail trade volume were recorded in Denmark (-4.5%), Romania (-2.6%), Belgium and Slovakia (both -1.8%). Increases were observed in Lithuania (+1.9%), Malta (+1.0%) and France (+0.3%).
Annual comparison by retail sector and by Member State
In the euro area in April 2026, compared with April 2025, the volume of retail trade
increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 0.6%,
increased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 2.0%,
decreased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 3.5%.
In the EU, the volume of retail trade
increased for food, drinks, tobacco by 0.2%,
increased for non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 1.8%,
decreased for automotive fuel in specialised stores by 2.0%.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases in the total retail trade volume were recorded in Lithuania (+8.9%), Bulgaria (+7.4%) and Luxembourg (+6.6%). The largest decreases were observed in Romania (-5.7%), Belgium (-2.1%) and Austria (-0.6%).
Tables
Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the previous month*
Nov-25
Dec-25
Jan-26
Feb-26
Mar-26
Apr-26
0.1
0.2
0.0
-0.5
0.8
-0.4
-0.4
0.5
0.5
-0.6
-0.2
0.9
0.4
-0.1
-0.3
-0.3
1.7
-0.9
-0.3
0.5
-1.1
0.3
0.9
-2.7
0.1
0.2
-0.1
-0.6
1.1
-0.5
-0.2
0.4
0.1
-0.5
0.0
0.5
0.3
0.0
-0.3
-0.4
1.9
-1.2
-0.2
0.6
-1.2
0.8
1.6
-2.4
Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the previous month*
Nov-25
Dec-25
Jan-26
Feb-26
Mar-26
Apr-26
0.1
0.2
0.0
-0.5
0.8
-0.4
0.1
0.2
-0.1
-0.6
1.1
-0.5
-1.6
0.8
-0.2
-0.4
3.6
-1.8
-0.2
1.5
-0.4
2.2
1.3
-0.9
0.9
0.0
1.1
-0.2
1.2
c
1.8
-1.6
-0.3
-0.3
4.4
-4.5
-0.5
1.7
-1.0
-0.5
-0.3
-0.2
-0.8
-0.1
4.5
-0.3
0.4
-1.5
-0.1
-0.4
-0.1
0.5
0.8
-0.8
-0.6
0.9
0.7
1.4
-0.5
c
0.9
-1.0
0.0
-0.1
1.2
-1.5
0.2
-0.2
0.6
-1.0
0.7
0.3
-0.8
2.4
-1.3
0.0
0.5
-0.2
0.4
-0.5
0.3
c
c
c
0.4
0.5
-1.2
0.7
0.5
-1.0
0.0
-0.7
3.3
-2.1
-0.1
-0.4
0.5
0.4
0.2
-2.0
3.6
1.9
-2.0
-0.8
-3.0
-3.5
5.6
-0.2
0.2
0.5
0.6
0.4
1.8
-1.1
-0.4
0.7
-0.3
2.2
-1.6
1.0
0.6
-0.8
0.2
-0.1
1.4
-0.2
-1.0
2.1
-0.2
-0.5
0.2
-0.2
-1.0
0.4
0.4
-2.2
2.9
-1.5
1.3
-1.8
0.7
-0.7
2.3
-0.8
0.2
0.6
-3.2
0.5
2.0
-2.6
0.2
1.3
-1.2
-1.5
5.3
-0.9
-0.8
0.7
-1.3
0.2
2.5
-1.8
0.8
-0.4
1.2
0.0
1.2
-0.5
2.1
-2.1
0.7
-1.5
3.6
-0.4
1.1
-0.8
1.0
-1.2
-0.1
0.3
-0.3
1.0
-1.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the same month of the previous year*
Nov-25
Dec-25
Jan-26
Feb-26
Mar-26
Apr-26
2.5
2.1
2.2
1.3
2.1
1.0
1.1
1.4
1.8
1.0
0.8
0.6
3.8
2.4
2.8
1.7
3.5
2.0
1.2
2.0
0.7
0.4
1.0
-3.5
2.6
2.1
2.3
1.2
2.6
0.9
1.1
1.3
1.2
0.6
0.7
0.2
3.9
2.7
2.9
1.6
4.0
1.8
1.8
3.2
1.7
0.6
2.7
-2.0
Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the same month of the previous year*
Nov-25
Dec-25
Jan-26
Feb-26
Mar-26
Apr-26
2.5
2.1
2.2
1.3
2.1
1.0
2.6
2.1
2.3
1.2
2.6
0.9
0.5
0.0
0.4
-0.4
1.9
-2.1
4.8
9.0
4.2
7.3
12.4
7.4
4.4
1.8
5.0
3.7
4.9
c
6.4
3.7
2.7
1.6
6.6
0.9
1.3
3.1
1.5
0.9
-0.2
-0.3
0.2
-0.9
8.7
4.8
6.2
1.6
0.8
-0.6
1.9
-0.1
1.5
-0.1
0.7
4.7
4.1
4.4
3.0
c
6.3
2.7
3.6
2.1
4.3
0.4
3.6
3.1
3.4
1.7
2.2
1.7
1.4
4.8
3.0
3.1
3.3
2.0
1.6
-0.6
0.7
c
c
c
8.4
9.0
8.9
5.0
6.1
2.7
3.2
1.1
7.1
4.5
4.3
2.5
3.2
2.4
9.1
2.9
6.7
8.9
6.1
4.1
18.9
11.3
6.5
6.6
2.5
3.4
3.5
3.9
8.1
3.6
3.8
5.1
4.1
13.0
2.5
5.3
2.3
0.4
-0.3
0.3
1.6
1.7
-2.3
0.4
0.8
-0.2
0.1
-0.6
2.2
4.3
4.2
0.8
7.1
-0.1
7.1
3.9
4.1
2.6
5.9
4.8
-4.5
-2.1
-5.2
-7.1
-2.6
-5.7
0.6
4.0
-0.3
-2.6
6.3
3.4
-2.7
-5.0
-2.8
-2.4
5.1
-0.2
2.9
-0.3
3.4
2.7
4.7
2.3
6.9
2.5
3.9
1.9
6.2
4.8
5.3
3.1
4.0
1.6
0.8
0.9
1.6
2.6
-0.3
0.8
1.4
1.6
Volume of retail trade, calendar and seasonally adjusted indices
(base year 2021)
Nov-25
Dec-25
Jan-26
Feb-26
Mar-26
Apr-26
103.9
104.1
104.1
103.6
104.4
104.0
104.3
104.5
104.4
103.8
104.9
104.4
91.7
92.4
92.2
91.8
95.1
93.4
123.1
125.0
124.5
127.3
128.9
127.8
100.7
100.7
101.8
101.6
102.8
c
100.0
98.4
98.1
97.8
102.1
97.5
100.4
102.1
101.1
100.6
100.3
100.1
94.0
93.9
98.1
97.8
98.2
96.7
110.6
110.2
110.1
110.6
111.5
110.6
100.7
101.6
102.3
103.7
103.2
c
113.3
112.2
112.2
112.1
113.5
111.8
107.7
107.5
108.1
107.0
107.7
108.0
117.1
119.9
118.3
118.3
118.9
118.7
98.1
97.6
97.9
c
c
c
128.0
128.6
127.0
127.9
128.6
127.3
106.2
105.5
109.0
106.7
106.6
106.2
110.0
110.4
110.6
108.4
112.3
114.4
144.0
142.8
138.5
133.6
141.1
140.8
103.9
104.4
105.0
105.4
107.3
106.1
124.5
125.4
125.0
127.7
125.7
126.9
102.2
101.4
101.6
101.5
102.9
102.7
95.8
97.8
97.6
97.1
97.3
97.1
111.3
111.8
112.2
109.7
112.9
111.2
119.0
116.8
117.6
116.8
119.5
118.6
113.8
114.5
110.8
111.4
113.6
110.7
100.5
101.8
100.6
99.1
104.4
103.5
102.5
103.2
101.9
102.1
104.7
102.8
93.5
93.1
94.2
94.2
95.3
94.8
100.2
98.1
98.8
97.3
100.8
100.4
97.3
96.5
97.5
96.3
96.2
96.5
101.5
102.5
101.3
101.5
101.8
101.9
Volume of retail trade, calendar adjusted indices
(base year 2021)
Nov-25
Dec-25
Jan-26
Feb-26
Mar-26
Apr-26
107.4
121.7
97.5
91.5
103.0
100.6
108.1
121.7
97.1
91.3
103.8
101.4
92.8
108.2
89.6
81.7
94.9
91.6
129.4
142.4
113.6
108.7
126.6
122.3
114.1
124.1
91.8
87.6
100.8
c
108.7
114.6
88.8
84.6
99.7
97.3
108.1
114.0
92.8
90.1
102.9
100.1
93.4
104.9
90.8
85.5
97.6
94.1
129.7
160.8
93.3
101.8
103.0
101.1
100.1
110.0
92.2
98.2
98.9
c
113.8
130.9
109.9
97.5
109.6
105.9
109.3
130.1
104.1
94.0
105.2
104.8
107.1
124.8
96.0
93.9
109.9
114.2
100.5
118.5
91.6
c
c
c
132.2
157.9
114.1
111.6
122.6
122.1
105.0
119.2
99.2
91.2
104.2
101.3
109.7
124.8
100.8
92.0
109.2
113.6
148.1
156.4
139.4
138.0
148.0
139.8
108.6
122.1
92.3
91.3
107.2
104.4
132.3
143.0
109.4
110.5
117.4
120.0
107.0
111.7
96.7
88.9
103.1
101.3
96.7
112.5
89.4
87.2
98.8
98.2
111.9
128.3
102.6
95.7
118.2
112.2
121.1
139.8
107.6
99.9
113.3
110.7
119.3
126.9
97.7
94.5
110.6
109.9
102.1
112.0
91.7
86.0
107.3
103.5
106.3
119.1
89.5
89.6
105.8
100.6
93.8
107.0
82.5
79.0
92.1
92.7
105.8
109.7
87.3
81.6
99.1
100.8
106.5
112.3
88.7
80.8
91.4
92.2
109.0
123.9
94.9
90.1
102.7
98.1
Notes for users
Revisions and timetable
Compared with the data issued in the News Release of 7 May 2026, the monthly percentage change for March 2026 has been revised from -0.1% to +0.8% in the euro area and from +0.3% to +1.1% in the EU. The annual percentage change has been revised from +1.2% to +2.1% in the euro area and from +1.9% to +2.6% 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.
Geographical information
Euro area (EA21): Belgium, Bulgaria, 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.
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