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

Data - Eurostat

Info

Last observation: Annual: 2026M06 (N = 420)

First observation: Annual: 1984M02 (N = 8)

Last data update: 23 jul 2026, 23:24. Last compile: 24 jul 2026, 01:22

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_4flags +
  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	22.6
Albania	17.5
Slovenia	17.1
North Macedonia	16.6
Ireland	16.3
Czechia	15.2
Türkiye	13.5
Italy	13.1
Finland	11.9
Bulgaria	11.0
Montenegro	10.7
Portugal	7.6
Greece	7.1
Serbia	7.1
Denmark	6.6
Lithuania	3.7
Netherlands	1.5
Croatia	1.3
Latvia	0.2
Poland	-2.1
Slovakia	-2.8
Belgium	-3.8
Cyprus	-4.9
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)	-7.5
Romania	-9.2
Hungary	-9.5
Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)	-9.7
Austria	-15.2
France	-17.4
Germany	-29.8