Bulgaria Retail Sales YoY

Retail sales in Bulgaria grew by 6% year-on-year in July 2025, slowing from a 6.8% rise in the previous month. This was mainly driven by lower sales in other retail sales in non-specialised stores (10.7% vs 13.6%), household appliances and furnitures (11.9% vs 15.5%), pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetics and toiletries (9.5% vs 10.5%), and automotive fuels and lubricants (3.0% vs 9.7%). In addition, sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-7.0% vs -3.8%) declined further. Meanwhile, sales increased in non-food products (11.8% vs 11.7%), textiles, clothing, footwear, leather goods (16.6% vs 10.2%), and computer and communication equipment (18.9% vs 16.6%). On a monthly basis, retail sales grew by 0.5% in July, easing slightly from last month’s 0.6% gain. source: National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria

Retail Sales in Bulgaria increased 6 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Bulgaria averaged 6.58 percent from 2001 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 24.60 percent in March of 2007 and a record low of -12.50 percent in January of 2010. This page provides - Bulgaria Retail Sales YoY - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Bulgaria Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Consumer Confidence	-21.10	-16.40	points	Sep 2025
Consumer Spending	24370.87	22986.40	BGN Million	Jun 2025
Retail Sales MoM	0.50	0.60	percent	Jul 2025
Retail Sales YoY	6.00	6.80	percent	Jul 2025

In Bulgaria, 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
	6.00	6.80	24.60	-12.50	2001 - 2025	percent	Monthly	Constant Prices, WDA

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Bulgaria Retail Sales Growth Eases in July

Retail sales in Bulgaria grew by 6% year-on-year in July 2025, slowing from a 6.8% rise in the previous month. This was mainly driven by lower sales in other retail sales in non-specialised stores (10.7% vs 13.6%), household appliances and furnitures (11.9% vs 15.5%), pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetics and toiletries (9.5% vs 10.5%), and automotive fuels and lubricants (3.0% vs 9.7%). In addition, sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-7.0% vs -3.8%) declined further. Meanwhile, sales increased in non-food products (11.8% vs 11.7%), textiles, clothing, footwear, leather goods (16.6% vs 10.2%), and computer and communication equipment (18.9% vs 16.6%). On a monthly basis, retail sales grew by 0.5% in July, easing slightly from last month’s 0.6% gain.

2025-09-05

Bulgaria Retail Sales Growth Eases in June

Retail sales in Bulgaria grew by 6.8% year-on-year in June 2025, slowing from a 7.2% rise in the previous month. This was mainly driven by lower sales in non-food products (11.7% vs 12.3% in May), other retail sales in non-specialised stores (13.6% vs 15.6%), audio and video equipment (15.5% vs 17.0%), and textiles, clothing, footwear, leather goods (10.2% vs 17.0%). In addition, sales in food, beverages, and tobacco (-0.5% vs -0.1%) continued to decline. Meanwhile, sales increased in automotive fuel in specialised stores (9.7% vs 8.8%) and computers, peripheral units, and software (16.6% vs 13.3%). On a monthly basis, retail sales grew by 0.6% in June, easing from a 2.0% gain in the previous month.

2025-08-07

Bulgaria Retail Sales Accelerate to Four-Month High

Retail sales in Bulgaria surged 7.2% year-on-year in May 2025, the fastest growth in four months and up from a 2.4% rise in the previous month. The acceleration was driven by robust gains in non-food products including fuel (11.6% vs 4.0% in April), particularly for textiles, clothing, and footwear (17.0% vs 6.4%), computers, peripheral units, and software (13.3% vs -4.2%), information and communication equipment, household appliances, and leisure products (14.8% vs 1.3%), audio and video equipment (16.9% vs 6.7%), and other retail sales in non-specialised stores (15.6% vs 6.1%). Meanwhile, sales edged down slightly for food, beverages, and tobacco sales (-0.1% vs 0.1%). On a monthly basis, retail sales rebounded 2.0% in May, recovering from a downwardly revised 0.4% decline in April.

2025-07-07