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

Germany Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores, volume of sales (index, 2021=100, seasonally & calendar adjusted) was down 0.8% year on year in September 2026, compared with 0.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 87.80 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −12.6% (Mar 2023) to 5.9% (Feb 2022), averaging −0.9%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `DE.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/germany/retail-sale-of-food-beverages-and-tobacco-in-specialised-stores-volume

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 87.80 | −0.8 |
| August 2026 | 89.20 | 0.2 |
| July 2026 | 88.70 | −1.2 |
| June 2026 | 89.20 | −1.8 |
| May 2026 | 90.40 | 0.3 |
| April 2026 | 90.70 | −0.5 |
| March 2026 | 90.70 | −1.5 |
| February 2026 | 90.00 | −1.4 |
| January 2026 | 89.70 | −2.1 |
| December 2025 | 90.10 | 0.7 |
| November 2025 | 90.50 | −0.3 |
| October 2025 | 89.90 | −0.3 |
| September 2025 | 88.50 | −2.5 |
| August 2025 | 89.00 | −2.1 |
| July 2025 | 89.80 | 0.1 |
| June 2025 | 90.80 | 1.2 |
| May 2025 | 90.10 | 0.7 |
| April 2025 | 91.20 | 1.7 |
| March 2025 | 92.10 | 2.0 |
| February 2025 | 91.30 | 1.0 |
| January 2025 | 91.60 | 1.8 |
| December 2024 | 89.50 | −1.3 |
| November 2024 | 90.80 | 1.9 |
| October 2024 | 90.20 | 0.1 |

## API

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

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