Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria recorded the third-highest annual increase in retail trade volume among EU Member States in June 2026, at 7.1%, behind Luxembourg and Sweden, according to first estimates released by Eurostat on Thursday.
In May, Bulgaria had also ranked joint third with Sweden, both recording annual growth of 7.9%. Luxembourg led with 9.4%, followed by Cyprus with 8.4%.
Month on month, Bulgaria’s seasonally adjusted retail trade volume rose by 0.5% in June, after a 0.7% increase in May and a 1% decline in April.
Across the EU, seasonally adjusted retail trade volume fell by 0.1% in June from May, compared with a 0.3% decline in the euro area. In May, it had increased by 0.6% in the EU and by 0.4% in the euro area.
Year on year, the calendar-adjusted retail sales index rose by 1.2% in the EU and by 0.7% in the euro area.
Among Member States, Luxembourg recorded the strongest annual increase in total retail trade volume in June, at 8.3%, followed by Sweden at 7.2%, Bulgaria at 7.1% and Latvia at 5.8%. Declines were recorded in Romania (-6.6%), Austria (-0.3%), and Belgium and Germany (both -0.1%).
In June compared with May, retail trade volume in the EU fell by 0.4% for food, drinks and tobacco and by 0.3% for non-food products excluding automotive fuel. Automotive fuel sales in specialised stores rose by 1.7%.
In the euro area, retail trade volume fell by 0.5% for food, drinks and tobacco and by 0.4% for non-food products excluding automotive fuel, while automotive fuel sales in specialised stores rose by 1.5%.
Luxembourg recorded the largest monthly increase in total retail trade volume in June, at 2.5%, followed by Portugal at 1.7%, and Croatia and Sweden at 1.5% each. The steepest declines were recorded in Finland (-1.5%), Romania (-1.2%) and Germany (-1.1%).
Compared with June 2025, retail trade volume in the EU rose by 0.7% for food, drinks and tobacco and by 2.3% for non-food products excluding automotive fuel, while automotive fuel sales in specialised stores fell by 4.1%.
In the euro area, retail trade volume rose by 0.9% for food, drinks and tobacco and by 1.7% for non-food products excluding automotive fuel, while automotive fuel sales in specialized stores fell by 6.6%. Bulgaria Ranks Third in EU for Annual Retail Trade Growth in June 2026 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-06 12:07:17 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