Business surveys - NACE Rev. 2 activity - Retail sale - monthly data - ei_bsrt_m_r2

Data - Eurostat

Info

Last observation: 2026M07 (N = 420)

First observation: 1984M02 (N = 8)

Last data update: 14 aoû 2026, 23:24. Last compile: 18 aoû 2026, 00:31

Structure

indic

s_adj

geo

Retail Confidence Indicator

France, Germany, Italy, Spain

ei_bsrt_m_r2 |>
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "IT", "ES"),
         indic == "BS-RCI",
         s_adj == "SA") |>
  month_to_date() |>
  left_join(colors, by = c("Geo" = "country")) |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = color)) +
  theme_minimal() + scale_color_identity() + add_flags +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1980, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Retail confidence indicator (balance, SA)") +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0, linetype = "dashed", color = "black")

France: Retail Business Survey

Key Indicators

ei_bsrt_m_r2 |>
  filter(geo == "FR",
         indic %in% c("BS-RCI", "BS-REBS", "BS-ROP", "BS-REM"),
         s_adj == "SA") |>
  month_to_date() |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Indic)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1980, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(legend.position = "right", legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Balance (SA)") +
  geom_hline(yintercept = 0, linetype = "dashed", color = "black")

Latest Month: Retail Confidence Indicator

latest_m <- ei_bsrt_m_r2 |>
  filter(indic == "BS-RCI",
         s_adj == "SA",
         !is.na(values)) |>
  summarise(m = max(time)) |>
  pull(m)

ei_bsrt_m_r2 |>
  filter(indic == "BS-RCI",
         s_adj == "SA",
         time == latest_m) |>
  select(Geo, values) |>
  arrange(-values) |>
  print_table_conditional()

Geo	values
Sweden	30.3
Slovenia	18.1
Greece	17.0
Czechia	16.2
North Macedonia	16.1
Denmark	14.6
Italy	12.4
Türkiye	12.3
Montenegro	12.2
Albania	12.0
Bulgaria	11.7
Finland	11.7
Netherlands	9.4
Ireland	8.3
Serbia	6.8
Portugal	6.7
Lithuania	3.9
Latvia	2.3
Slovakia	2.3
Croatia	0.4
Poland	-0.1
Romania	-2.1
Cyprus	-2.6
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)	-4.1
Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)	-6.6
Austria	-7.0
Hungary	-9.1
Belgium	-9.8
France	-12.1
Germany	-25.8