Retail sales in Spain rose by 2.9% year-on-year in December 2025, following a 6% surge in the previous month. Sales growth slowed markedly for non-food products (+3.6% vs +7.8% in November), of which household equipment (+3.6% vs +8%), personal equipment (+2.2% vs 13.2%) and healthcare (3.8% vs 6.4%). Spending on food rose by 2.9%, down from a 4.7% advance in November. Sales turnover showed notable increases in large chain stores (+7.7%) and e-commerce (+7.4%), offset by a 2.8% decline in department stores. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail trade fell by 0.8% in December, the most since January 2025, after a 1% increase in the month before. Lower sales were recorded for both non-food products (-0.9%) and food (-0.4%). For the full year of 2025, retail sales increased 4.3% over a year ago. source: National Statistics Institute (INE)

Retail Sales in Spain increased 2.90 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Spain averaged 0.34 percent from 2001 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 35.50 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -29.30 percent in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Spain Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Spain Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Retail Sales in Spain increased 2.90 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Spain is expected to be 3.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Spain Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 2.00 percent in 2027 and 1.90 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-12-30 08:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Nov 6% 3.9% 3.6%
2026-01-29 08:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Dec 2.9% 6% 5.5%
2026-03-11 08:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jan 2.9% 4.2%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Spending 235827.00 230663.00 EUR Million Dec 2025
Disposable Personal Income 287804.00 340321.00 EUR Million Sep 2025
Retail Sales MoM -0.80 1.00 percent Dec 2025
Retail Sales YoY 2.90 6.00 percent Dec 2025


Spain Retail Sales YoY
In Spain, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
2.90 6.00 35.50 -29.30 2001 - 2025 percent Monthly
Constant Prices, WDA

News Stream
Spain Retail Trade Growth Slows to Near 1-Year Low
Retail sales in Spain rose by 2.9% year-on-year in December 2025, the smallest increase since January, last year, following a 6% surge in the prior month. Sales growth slowed markedly for non-food products (+3.6% vs +7.8% in November), of which household equipment (+3.6% vs +8%), personal equipment (+2.2% vs 13.2%) and healthcare (3.8% vs 6.4%). Spending on food rose by 2.9%, down from a 4.7% advance in November. Sales turnover showed notable increases in large chain stores (+7.7%) and e-commerce (+7.4%), offset by a 2.8% decline in department stores. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail trade fell by 0.8% in December, the most since January 2025, after a 1% increase in the month before. Lower sales were recorded for both non-food products (-0.9%) and food (-0.4%). For the full year of 2025, retail sales increased 4.3% over a year ago.
2026-01-29
Spain Retail Sales Surge to Strongest Growth Since June
Spain’s retail trade growth accelerated to 6.0% year-on-year in November 2025, up from a revised 3.9% in October, marking the fastest pace since June. Gains were broad-based, with stronger sales in household equipment (6.0% vs 3.8%), cultural and recreation goods (4.9% vs 1.1%), and other goods in specialized stores (5.7% vs 2.9%). Sales via stalls and markets also picked up (0.8% vs 0.1%), while online trade surged 11.9% compared with 9.1% in October. Trade growth remained robust for food, beverages, and tobacco (4.1% vs 5.2%) and for information and communication equipment (19.9% vs 21.4%). On a monthly basis, retail sales rose 1% in November, following no change in October.
2025-12-30
Spain Retail Sales Slow in October
Retail sales in Spain increased 3.8% year-on-year in October 2025, the smallest gain in eight months, following a downwardly revised 4.1% rise in September. Retail sales of cultural and recreation goods declined (-0.5% vs 1.3%) while a faster increase was recorded in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (5.4% vs 4.8%), information and communication (22.1% vs 21.6%), and auto fuel (4.7% vs 2.4%). Compared to the previous month, retail sales stalled, after a 0.4% rise in each of the previous two months.
2025-11-28