UK Retail Sales m/m

The quantity of goods bought (volume) in retail sales is estimated to have risen by 0.1% in the three months to January 2026, compared with the three months to October 2025. The rise was because of better automotive fuel sales over the three months to January 2026, and a good start to the year for non-food stores, which was only partly offset by falls in supermarkets. Retail sales volumes are estimated to have risen by 1.8% in January 2026, following a rise of 0.4% in December 2025 (unrevised from our previous publication) and a fall ...

The quantity of goods bought (volume) in retail sales is estimated to have fallen by 0.3% in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2025 compared with Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2025. Supermarkets and non-store retailers' sales both fell following a strong Quarter 3 2025. Retail sales volumes are estimated to have risen by 0.4% in December 2025, following a fall of 0.1% in November 2025 (unrevised from our previous publication) and a fall of 0.8% in October 2025 (revised up from a 0.9% fall in our previous publication). Non-store retailers' volumes ...

The quantity of goods bought (volume) in retail sales is estimated to have risen by 1.1% in the three months to October 2025 compared with the three months to July 2025. Clothing store sales rounded off a strong performance in those three months, peaking in September, while computer and telecommunication retailers rose across September and October 2025. Retail sales volumes are estimated to have fallen by 1.1% in October 2025, following an increase of 0.7% in September 2025 (revised up from a 0.5% rise in our previous publication) ...

The quantity of goods bought (volume) in retail sales are estimated to have fallen by 0.1% in the three months to August 2025 when compared with the three months to May 2025. Falls in automotive fuel and computer and telecoms equipment stores were partly offset by increases in non-store retailing and clothing stores. Retail sales volumes are estimated to have risen by 0.5% in August 2025, following an increase of 0.5% in July 2025 (revised down from a 0.6% rise in our last bulletin). Clothing stores, butchers and bakers, and ...

Retail sector monthly volumes Online retail values Data on retail sales Data sources and quality Cite this statistical bulletin Print this Statistical bulletin Download as PDF 1.Overview The quantity of goods bought (volume) in retail sales is estimated to have fallen by 0.6% in the three months to July 2025 when compared with the three months to April 2025. This decline follows four months of consecutive three-month on three-month growth. Retail sales volumes are estimated to have risen by 0.6% in July 2025, following an increase of ...

Retail sales volumes (quantity bought) are estimated to have risen by 0.9% in June 2025, following a fall of 2.8% in May 2025 (revised down from a fall of 2.7% in our last bulletin). Food store sales rose following a fall in May 2025, with retailers reporting the warm weather had a positive effect. More broadly, sales volumes rose by 0.2% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2025 when compared with Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2025. Sales volumes rose by 0.9% during June 2025, following a 2.8% fall in May. Sales volumes rose by 1.7% over the year to ...

Retail sales volumes (quantity bought) are estimated to have fallen by 2.7% in May 2025, following a rise of 1.3% in April 2025 (revised up from a rise of 1.2% in our last bulletin). Food store sales volumes fell back in May. This followed a strong rise in April which retailers attributed to the good weather. Despite this fall on the month, sales volumes rose by 0.8% in the three months to May 2025 when compared with the three months to February 2025. Sales volumes fell by 2.7% during May 2025, following a 1.3% rise in April. This ...

Retail sales volumes (quantity bought) are estimated to have risen by 1.2% in April 2025. This follows a rise of 0.1% in March 2025 (revised down from a rise of 0.4% in our last bulletin). Food store sales volumes grew strongly in April 2025, which retailers attributed to the good weather. Sales volumes rose by 1.8% in the three months to April 2025, when compared with the three months to January 2025. The chart shows the quantity bought in retail sales over time, for both the rolling three-month-on-three-month and month-on-month ...