Turnover and volume of sales in wholesale and retail trade - monthly data - sts_trtu_m

Data - Eurostat

Info

Last observation: 2026M07 (N = 1805)

First observation: 1991M01 (N = 315)

Last data update: 01 sept. 2026, 01:07. Last compile: 02 sept. 2026, 01:05

Structure

indic_bt

nace_r2

s_adj

unit

geo

Retail Trade Volume (Excl. Motor Vehicles, SA)

France, Germany, Spain, Italy

sts_trtu_m |>
  filter(geo %in% c("FR", "DE", "ES", "IT"),
         indic_bt == "VOL_SLS",
         nace_r2 == "G47",
         s_adj == "SCA",
         unit == "I21") |>
  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(1994, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Volume of retail sales (Index 2021 = 100)")

France: Food vs. Non-Food

sts_trtu_m |>
  filter(geo == "FR",
         indic_bt == "VOL_SLS",
         nace_r2 %in% c("G47_FOOD", "G47_NFOOD"),
         s_adj == "SCA",
         unit == "I21") |>
  month_to_date() |>
  ggplot() + geom_line(aes(x = date, y = values, color = Nace_r2)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  scale_x_date(breaks = as.Date(paste0(seq(1994, 2100, 5), "-01-01")),
               labels = date_format("%Y")) +
  theme(legend.position = c(0.3, 0.85),
        legend.title = element_blank()) +
  xlab("") + ylab("Volume of retail sales (Index 2021 = 100)")