Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria was among the European Union Member States with the highest annual retail sales growth in May 2026, recording an increase of 7.9%, according to Eurostat data released on Monday.
In May 2026, compared with May 2025, the calendar adjusted retail sales index increased by 1.6% in the euro area and by 1.9% in the EU.
On an annual basis, retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco rose by 2.4% in the euro area and 1.9% in the EU. Sales of non-food products (except automotive fuel) increased by 2.3% and 2.8%, respectively, while sales of automotive fuel in specialized stores declined by 4.6% in the euro area and 2.9% across the EU.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest annual increases in the total retail trade volume were recorded in Cyprus (+8.4%), Bulgaria (+7.9%) and Luxembourg (+7.8%). Decreases were observed in Romania (-4.0%), Estonia (-0.5%) and Belgium (-0.4%).
In May 2026, compared with April 2026, the seasonally adjusted retail trade volume increased by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU. Bulgaria posted a 0.8% monthly increase.
In the euro area, sales of food, drinks and tobacco rose by 0.6%, while sales of non-food products (excluding automotive fuel) edged up by 0.1%. Sales of automotive fuel in specialized stores fell by 0.5%.
Across the EU, sales of food, drinks and tobacco increased by 0.6%, non-food products (except automotive fuel) by 0.5%, while automotive fuel sales declined by 0.4%.
Among Member States for which data are available, the highest monthly increases in the total retail trade volume were recorded in Cyprus (+3.7%), Luxembourg (+3.6%) and Poland (+2.4%). The largest decreases were observed in Estonia (-2.2%), Croatia (-2.0%), Belgium and Lithuania (both -0.7%). Bulgaria among EU Member States with Highest Annual Retail Sales Growth in May 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-06 13:10:16 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law