UK Retail Sales Data
Retail Economics identifies crucial economic indicators which underpin our retail insight and analysis for the UK retail market.
As a subscriber you can instantly view, download and analyse a range of retail data sources using our data visualisation tools and intuitive dashboard. Includes:
- Retail sales by category: food, clothing, electricals, homewares etc.
- Online retail sales growth
- Access underlying data for graphs and charts in your insight reports
- Downloadable retail sales time series data and more...
Members can click on the download icon 
to access a CSV file containing up to ten years' worth of data which can be easily manipulated.
As a member, we can also work with you to provide you with bespoke Excel charting options with the indicators that most suit your business needs.
Non-members can only view and select data up to December 2014. Subscribers can view and select the latest available data, going back up to ten years.
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Retail Sales Growth by Category (Retail Economics)
| % change year-on-year | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Source | Download |
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| Homewares y/y | Retail Economics |
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| Electricals y/y | Retail Economics |
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| Clothing y/y | Retail Economics |
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| Footwear y/y | Retail Economics |
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| Furniture and Flooring y/y | -3.1 | -3.8 | -7 | -2.7 | -1.5 | N/A | Retail Economics |
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| DIY and Gardening y/y | Retail Economics |
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| Health and Beauty y/y | Retail Economics |
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| Other y/y | Retail Economics |
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| Non-Store y/y | Retail Economics |
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Retail Sales Spend by Category (Retail Economics)
| £ million - average per week | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Source | Download |
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| Food | Retail Economics |
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| Homewares | Retail Economics |
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| Electricals | 311.6 | 332.9 | 339.1 | 560.1 | 296.7 | N/A | Retail Economics |
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| Clothing | Retail Economics |
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| Footwear | Retail Economics |
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| Furniture and Flooring | Retail Economics |
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| Non-Store | Retail Economics |
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Retail Sales Spend by Region (Retail Economics)
| £ million - average per week | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Source | Download |
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| South West | Retail Economics |
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| East of England | 732.2 | 761.7 | 789.6 | 988.6 | 729.7 | N/A | Retail Economics |
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| Yorkshire and the Humber | Retail Economics |
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| Great Britain | Retail Economics |
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Retail Sales (exc automotive fuel) (ONS)
| % change year-on-year | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Source | Download |
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| ONS Retail Sales Value NSA | 2.3 | 0.9 | -2.7 | 4.7 | ONS |
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| ONS Retail Sales Volume NSA | 2.5 | 1.1 | -3.1 | 4.3 | ONS |
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| ONS Retail Sales Value SA | 2.5 | 1 | -0.7 | 2.1 | ONS |
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| ONS Retail Sales Volume SA | 2.5 | 1 | -0.7 | 2.1 | ONS |
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Retail Sales by Sector (Values, Non-Seasonally Adjusted) (ONS)
| % change year-on-year | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Source | Download |
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| ONS Predominately Food | -0.8 | -1.7 | -2.4 | 0.7 | ONS |
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| ONS Furniture and Lighting | -11.8 | -7.5 | -8.6 | -4.3 | ONS |
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| ONS Household Goods | -3.8 | -2.5 | -6.8 | 4.6 | ONS |
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| ONS Electrical Household Applicances | 0.1 | -2.4 | -15.9 | 19.9 | ONS |
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| ONS Computers and Telecoms | 75.3 | 65.1 | -2.3 | 4.1 | ONS |
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| ONS Non-Specialised Stores | 2.7 | 1.4 | -4.2 | 6.2 | ONS |
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| ONS Predominately Non-Food | 5.5 | 3.2 | -1.9 | 7.5 | ONS |
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| ONS Other Non-Food | 14.9 | 12.6 | 6.7 | 16.2 | ONS |
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| ONS Clothing and Footwear | 3.3 | -2.4 | -7.2 | 0.5 | ONS |
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| ONS Hardware | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 4.9 | ONS |
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| ONS Footwear | 3.6 | -1.5 | -9.6 | 7.5 | ONS |
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Retail Sales by Size of Retailer (Values, Non-Seasonally Adjusted) (ONS)
| % change year-on-year | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Source | Download |
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| ONS Retail Sales (NSA) Large Businesses | 2.7 | 1.9 | -2.5 | 4.1 | ONS |
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| ONS Food Stores (NSA) Large Businesses | -1.4 | -1.5 | -1.9 | -0.2 | ONS |
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| ONS Non-Food Stores (NSA) Large Businesses | 7.6 | 4.9 | -1.6 | 6.9 | ONS |
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| ONS Clothing and Footwear (NSA) Large Businesses | 6.8 | 1.8 | -3.9 | 1.6 | ONS |
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| ONS Clothing (NSA) Large Businesses | 6.8 | 1.5 | -4.4 | 0.6 | ONS |
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| ONS Household Goods (NSA) Large Businesses | 1.3 | 0.7 | -4.1 | 7.2 | ONS |
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| ONS Retail Sales (NSA) Small Businesses | 1 | -2.4 | -3.6 | 6.9 | ONS |
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| ONS Food Stores (NSA) Small Businesses | 2.7 | -2.9 | -5.3 | 6 | ONS |
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| ONS Non-Food Stores (NSA) Small Businesses | 0.2 | -0.9 | -3.1 | 9.4 | ONS |
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| ONS Clothing and Footwear (NSA) Small Businesses | -10.9 | -21.7 | -23.4 | -5.7 | ONS |
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| ONS Clothing (NSA) Small Businesses | -17 | -27.9 | -23.1 | -14.6 | ONS |
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| ONS Household Goods (NSA) Small Businesses | -13.6 | -8.6 | -12.4 | -1.5 | ONS |
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Online Retail Sales (ONS)
| % change year-on-year | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Source | Download |
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| ONS Online Retail Sales | 6.5 | 4.9 | -5.8 | 8.6 | ONS |
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| ONS Online Food | 1.7 | 2.7 | -3.3 | 3.1 | ONS |
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| ONS Online Non-Food | 16 | 11.4 | -3.9 | 12.8 | ONS |
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| ONS Online Clothing and Footwear | 10 | 3.6 | -5.3 | 5.7 | ONS |
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| ONS Online Household Goods | -8.9 | -7.9 | -15 | -5.5 | ONS |
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| ONS Online Non-Specialised Non-Food | 15.1 | 6.4 | -4.1 | 25.6 | ONS |
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| Online Other Non-Food | 46.4 | 42.3 | 5.3 | 23.6 | ONS |
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| ONS Online Non-Store | 0.9 | 0.7 | -8.1 | 6.4 | ONS |
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| Measure | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Source | Download |
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| Average Weekly Online Sales Values (£m) | 2323.6 | 2512.5 | 3018.1 | 3239.7 | ONS |
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| Online as Percentage of Total Retail Sales | 27 | 27.7 | 30.3 | 29.1 | ONS |
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