Retail sales in the Netherlands rose by 5% year-on-year in July 2025, accelerating from an upwardly revised 3.4% increase in the previous month. This marked the thirteenth consecutive month of growth in retail activity and the strongest pace since September 2023, supported by higher sales of both food (5.2% vs 3.3% in June) and non-food products (4.9% vs 3.5%), as well as another solid expansion in online trade (6.2% vs 6.6%). Food sales gained momentum as supermarkets recorded stronger sales (6.3% vs 3.5%), while specialty shops declined (-2% vs 2.1%). Non-food activity also improved, with clothing (2.2% vs 0.7%), footwear (8.9% vs 0.1%), and DIY, kitchens, floors (4.7% vs 3.6%) contributing to growth. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail sales climbed by 1.6% in July, following a revised 0.2% gain in the preceding period. source: Statistics Netherlands

Retail Sales in Netherlands increased 5 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Netherlands averaged 2.30 percent from 2005 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 18.10 percent in January of 2022 and a record low of -6.40 percent in August of 2009. This page provides the latest reported value for - Netherlands Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Netherlands Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.

Retail Sales in Netherlands increased 5 percent in July of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Netherlands is expected to be 2.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Netherlands Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 3.00 percent in 2026 and 3.20 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-08-01 04:30 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jun 3.3% 2.7% 2.6%
2025-09-01 04:30 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jul 5% 3.4% 2.7%
2025-10-01 04:30 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Aug 5% 2.5%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Confidence -32.00 -32.00 points Aug 2025
Consumer Spending 104242.00 104626.00 EUR Million Jun 2025
Disposable Personal Income 487078.00 440338.00 EUR Million Dec 2023
Household Consumption YoY 0.70 2.60 percent Jun 2025
Retail Sales MoM 1.60 0.20 percent Jul 2025
Retail Sales YoY 5.00 3.40 percent Jul 2025

Netherlands Retail Sales YoY
In Netherlands, 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
5.00 3.40 18.10 -6.40 2005 - 2025 percent Monthly
Constant Prices, 2021, WDA

News Stream
Dutch Retail Sales Growth Hits Nearly 2-Year High
Retail sales in the Netherlands rose by 5% year-on-year in July 2025, accelerating from an upwardly revised 3.4% increase in the previous month. This marked the thirteenth consecutive month of growth in retail activity and the strongest pace since September 2023, supported by higher sales of both food (5.2% vs 3.3% in June) and non-food products (4.9% vs 3.5%), as well as another solid expansion in online trade (6.2% vs 6.6%). Food sales gained momentum as supermarkets recorded stronger sales (6.3% vs 3.5%), while specialty shops declined (-2% vs 2.1%). Non-food activity also improved, with clothing (2.2% vs 0.7%), footwear (8.9% vs 0.1%), and DIY, kitchens, floors (4.7% vs 3.6%) contributing to growth. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail sales climbed by 1.6% in July, following a revised 0.2% gain in the preceding period.
2025-09-01
Dutch Retail Sales Up Over 3% in June
Retail sales in the Netherlands rose by 3.3% year-on-year in June 2025, accelerating from an upwardly revised 2.7% increase in the previous month. This marked the twelfth consecutive month of growth in retail activity, driven by higher sales of both food (3.6% vs 2.4% in May) and non-food products (3.1% vs 2.9%). Food products rose faster particularly in supermarkets (3.7% vs 2.2%), while trade rebounded for shoes & leather goods (1.4% vs -7%) and clothing (0.6% vs -2.1%). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail activity fell by 0.1% in June, the same pace as the prior period’s downwardly revised figure.
2025-08-01
Dutch Retail Sales Growth Slows to 5-Month Low
Retail sales in the Netherlands rose by 2.2% year-on-year in May 2025, slowing from a downwardly revised and ten-month high of 3.9% advance in the previous month. This marked the eleventh consecutive month of growth in retail activity but the softest since December last year, driven by slower increases in sales of both food (1.7% vs 2.4% in April) and non-food products (2.5% vs 4.7%). Food products particularly moderated in specialty shops (3.6% vs 8.4%) and supermarkets (1.4% vs 1.6%), while trade declined for shoes & leather goods (-4.3% vs 2.5%), consumer electronics & white goods (-10% vs -10.3%), and eased for DIY, kitchens, and floors (1.6% vs 5.6%) for non-food products. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail activity dropped by 0.6% in May, following an upwardly revised 0.5% fall in the preceding period.
2025-07-01