# Belgium Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores, volume of sales (index, 2021=100, seasonally & calendar adjusted)

Belgium Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores, volume of sales (index, 2021=100, seasonally & calendar adjusted) was up 0.0% year on year in September 2026, compared with −1.0% in August 2026.
The level stood at 81.00 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −14.9% (Dec 2017) to 10.8% (Nov 2021), averaging −1.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BE.RETSALES.M.SA.NACE-G472`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (309 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/belgium/retail-sale-of-food-beverages-and-tobacco-in-specialised-stores-volume

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 81.00 | 0.0 |
| August 2026 | 83.40 | −1.0 |
| July 2026 | 84.00 | −0.7 |
| June 2026 | 81.80 | −4.0 |
| May 2026 | 84.90 | −0.8 |
| April 2026 | 86.00 | −3.4 |
| March 2026 | 84.50 | 2.4 |
| February 2026 | 81.50 | −0.5 |
| January 2026 | 83.10 | −1.9 |
| December 2025 | 87.60 | 3.7 |
| November 2025 | 83.20 | 0.4 |
| October 2025 | 84.40 | −2.8 |
| September 2025 | 81.00 | −6.4 |
| August 2025 | 84.20 | −4.0 |
| July 2025 | 84.60 | −4.4 |
| June 2025 | 85.20 | −2.6 |
| May 2025 | 85.60 | −3.9 |
| April 2025 | 89.00 | 3.5 |
| March 2025 | 82.50 | −7.8 |
| February 2025 | 81.90 | −9.5 |
| January 2025 | 84.70 | −4.5 |
| December 2024 | 84.50 | −2.5 |
| November 2024 | 82.90 | −7.9 |
| October 2024 | 86.80 | −2.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.RETSALES.M.SA.NACE-G472"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BE.RETSALES.M.SA.NACE-G472",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```