Press Release 07/11/2025
RETAIL TRADE INDEX (ICIm). III/2025
Retail trade sales in the Basque Country rose by 3.8% in the third quarter of 2025
In relation to the previous quarter, the increase in sales stood at 1.1%
In the third quarter of 2025 sales in the retail trade sector of the Basque Country rose by 3.8% compared to the same quarter of the previous year, once corrected for calendar effects and at constant prices, according to Eustat data. Without taking service stations into consideration, the year-on-year increase in sales was 3.1%.
In respect of the previous quarter, once seasonal effects had been eliminated, the sales index increased by 1.1% during the third quarter of 2025.
Sales at constant prices increased by 3.0% in Food, 3.3% in Other Products and 10.5% in the Automotive fuel sector compared to the same quarter of 2024.
In respect of the second quarter of 2025, in deseasonalised terms and at constant prices, there was a growth of sales in Food, Other Products and Automotive fuel of 1.2%, 1.7% and 1.7% respectively.
Retail Trade Index in the Basque Country. Inter-annual and inter-mensual variation rates (p). 2025/III
| |
Constant prices |
| |
t / t-4 |
t / t-1 |
At / At-4 |
| SALES INDEX by historic territory |
|
|
|
| Basque Country |
3.8 |
1.1 |
3.4 |
| Araba/Álava |
5.9 |
2.0 |
5.2 |
| Bizkaia |
3.7 |
1.1 |
3.0 |
| Gipuzkoa |
3.0 |
0.8 |
3.0 |
| |
| SALES INDEX by sector |
|
|
|
| Foodstuffs |
3.0 |
1.2 |
2.7 |
| Establishments specialized in food |
-3.2 |
-0.1 |
-1.7 |
| Nonspecialist establishments mainly selling food products |
5.3 |
2.3 |
4.3 |
| Rest of products |
3.3 |
1.7 |
2.8 |
| Establishments specialising in personal equipment |
1.6 |
0.2 |
1.8 |
| Establishments specialising in household equipment |
1.9 |
0.5 |
3.3 |
| Establishments specialising in other consumer goods |
9.5 |
1.8 |
6.6 |
| Nonspecialist establishments mainly selling other products |
1.7 |
0.5 |
-0.3 |
| Automotive fuel |
10.5 |
1.7 |
10.0 |
| |
| GENERAL INDEX without service station |
3.1 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
| |
| Personnel index |
|
|
|
| Basque Country |
1.3 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
(p)Provisional data
t / t-4 Year-on-year variation. Data corrected for calendar effects
t / t-1 Interquarterly variation. Deseasonalised data
At / A(t-4) Year-on-year variation rate in the accumulated period from the 1st quarter to the last quarter observed (At) with regards to the same accumulated period in the previous year (A(t-4))
Date November 7, 2025
Source: Eustat. Retail trade index
Within the Food sector, sales increased by 5.3% in Non-specialised retail trade with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (basically supermarkets and hypermarkets). However, in Specialised trade in food, beverages and tobacco (establishments such as greengrocers, butchers and fishmongers) sales fell by 3.2% compared to the third quarter of 2024.
With regard to sales in Other Products, in the Specialised trade in personal goods (clothes, footwear, cosmetic and hygiene products), sales increased by 1.6%, in the Specialised trade in household goods sector (including domestic appliances, furniture and telecommunications equipment), they increased by 1.9%, in the Specialised trade in other consumer goods sector (including, among others, sporting goods, games and toys) there was a 9.5% increase, and in the Non-specialised trade with other products predominating sector (by mail order or online) there was an increase of 1.7%.
The retail trade sales index for the third quarter of 2025 registered a year-on-year increase in all three provinces. The index increased by 5.9% in Álava, 3.7% in Bizkaia and 3.0% in Gipuzkoa.
Compared to the previous quarter, the evolution in sales was also positive in all three provinces. Álava registered a quarter-on-quarter growth of 2.0%, in Bizkaia it was 1.1% and 0.8% in Gipuzkoa.
The number of people employed in the retail trade sector in the Basque Country as a whole in the third quarter of 2025 grew by 1.3% in relation to the third quarter of the previous year. Compared to the second quarter of 2025, there was a rise of 0.8%.
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 with gathering information. As a result, the index for this quarter was calculated with 98.48% coverage of the sample.
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