Press Release 27/10/2025
LARGE STORES AND FOOD CHAINS TRADE INDEX. SEPTEMBER 2025
Sales in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country were up 1.1% in September 2025
Compared to the previous month, sales rose by 1.4%
Sales in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country saw an increase of 1.1% in September 2025 in relation to the same month of the previous year, at constant prices and once corrected for calendar effects, according to Eustat data.
Compared to the previous month (August 2025), sales at constant prices, once corrected for seasonal effects, rose by 1.4%.
The year-on-year evolution of sales was positive in the Food sector, with growth of 2.0%. However, in Other Products, sales were down 0.5% in respect of September 2024.
In month-on-month terms (September 2025 compared to August 2025), the evolution was positive in both the Food sector, with a rise of 1.8%, and in the Other Products sector, where the increase was 0.5%.
Large Stores and Food Chains Trade Index of the Basque Country by province and month. Inter-annual and inter-mensual variation rates (p). September 2025
| |
Constant prices |
| |
m / m-12 |
m / m-1 |
A (m) /A (m-12) |
| SALES INDEX by historic territory |
|
|
|
| Basque Country |
1.1 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
| Araba/Álava |
0.0 |
0.7 |
-0.2 |
| Bizkaia |
1.4 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
| Gipuzkoa |
1.1 |
1.3 |
-0.1 |
| |
| SALES INDEX by sector |
|
|
|
| Foodstuffs |
2.0 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
| Rest of products |
-0.5 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
| |
| Employment index |
|
|
|
| Basque Country |
2.6 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
(p)Provisional data
m / m-12 Year-on-year variation. Data corrected for calendar effects
m / m-1 Month-on-month variation. Deseasonalised data
A(m)/A(m-12) Interannual variation rate of the accumulated period from January to the current month over the same accumulated period of the previous year
Date October 27, 2025
Source: Eustat. Large Stores and Food Chains Trade Index
In September 2025, sales in large stores and food chains increased in year-on-year terms by 1.4% in Bizkaia and 1.1% in Gipuzkoa. In Álava, there was no year-on-year variation in sales.
In month-on-month terms, however, sales rose by 1.6% in Bizkaia, 1.3% in Gipuzkoa and 0.7% in Álava.
In the cumulative period of the first nine months of the year, sales in large stores and food chains increased by 0.7% compared to the same cumulative period of the previous year, reaching 1.4% in the case of Bizkaia. In Álava, however, they fell by 0.2%, and in Gipuzkoa they were down 0.1%.
Lastly, the number of people employed in large stores and food chains in the Basque Country rose by 2.6% compared to September 2024. In month-on-month terms, the index recorded a rise of 0.5%. In the cumulative period until September, it increased by 1.8%.
NOTE
Year-on-year variations are calculated using the series corrected for calendar effects, and month-on-month variations are calculated using the deseasonalised series.
Eustat would like to thank all the establishments that have collaborated in preparing the Large Stores and Food Chains Trade Index. The index for this month was calculated with 100.00% coverage.
For further information:
Eustat - Euskal Estatistika Erakundea/Basque Statistics Institute
C/ Donostia-San Sebastián, 1 01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz
Press Service: servicioprensa@eustat.eus Tel.: 945 01 75 62