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Sourced statistics on retail and trade: retail sales and growth, the largest retailers, grocery and non-food segments, store numbers, consumer spending and market share, with the original source named on every chart.
Overview
Retail is where the economy meets the consumer. Retail sales are one of the most closely watched indicators of household demand, and the sector employs a large share of the workforce in most countries. The businesses that lead it, from global grocery chains to discounters and department stores, shape supply chains, pricing and how brands reach shoppers, both in-store and increasingly online. When retail spending slows, it is often the first visible sign that consumers are pulling back.
This category brings together the statistics that describe that market: how much is sold at retail and how fast it is growing, which retailers lead by revenue and market share, how grocery, apparel and other segments perform, and how consumer spending and store networks are changing as online and physical retail blend. Comparisons across companies and countries show who is winning share and where demand is strongest.
Every chart names the organisation that produced the underlying data and the date it was published, and separates reported figures from estimates and forecasts. Use the topic links above to narrow the list, or scroll to the latest statistics below.
Latest statistics
Newest first. Each chart links to its full page with source and notes.
Topics
Six areas make up the Retail & Trade category. Each block lists the indicators we track most often so you know what to expect before opening a chart.
Total retail sales and growth by country and segment, and how spending shifts over the cycle.
Indicators: retail sales value, growth rate, segment breakdown
The biggest retailers by revenue and market share, and how leadership shifts between them.
Indicators: retailer revenue, market share, largest chains
Grocery and food retail sales, the leading supermarket chains and their market positions.
Indicators: grocery sales, chain market share, per-capita spend
Apparel, electronics and general-merchandise retail: market size and leading players.
Indicators: segment sales, apparel and electronics share
Household and consumer spending and how it feeds retail demand across categories.
Indicators: consumer spending, retail demand, spending by category
Store numbers, openings and closures and how physical and online retail blend.
Indicators: store counts, openings, closures, online share
Data sources
We use the organisations that produce or collect the primary data. The specific source and its publication date are shown on each chart.
U.S. retail and wholesale trade sales statistics.
Retail trade turnover and volume for the EU.
Retail sales and consumer-spending data by country.
Revenue and store data from the largest retailers.
Retail and grocery trade-body statistics.
Published market-size and share reports, cited where used.
Consumer-spending and credit data.
Household consumption and development indicators.
Questions
Retail and trade statistics: retail sales and growth, the largest retailers, grocery and food retail, non-food segments such as apparel and electronics, consumer spending, store networks and market share.
Primary sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, Eurostat, national statistical offices, company filings, industry associations and central banks. The source and date are shown on every chart so you can check the figure yourself.
Official retail sales figures are updated monthly or quarterly as agencies release them, company results each earnings quarter, and annual share data when new figures are published. Each chart shows the date of its last update.
Yes. Reference them in reports, articles and academic work with credit to Business Stats and the original source named on the chart. For commercial reuse of full charts or datasets, contact us first.