# South Korea Korea: Large Stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Large Stores / Volume Index (BOK ECOS) was up 1.9% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.1% in August 2026.
The level stood at 92.30 (index).
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.9% (Feb 2022) to 27.4% (Feb 2018), averaging −1.9%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74C-I74B`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-large-stores-volume-index-bok-ecos

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 92.30 | 1.9 |
| August 2026 | 86.60 | −0.1 |
| July 2026 | 82.40 | −7.4 |
| June 2026 | 75.20 | −13.8 |
| May 2026 | 82.00 | −8.7 |
| April 2026 | 76.30 | −5.6 |
| March 2026 | 79.60 | −12.5 |
| February 2026 | 88.00 | 15.0 |
| January 2026 | 91.40 | −20.1 |
| December 2025 | 85.80 | −7.8 |
| November 2025 | 84.10 | −8.3 |
| October 2025 | 90.70 | 7.1 |
| September 2025 | 90.60 | −10.0 |
| August 2025 | 86.70 | −13.9 |
| July 2025 | 89.00 | −2.6 |
| June 2025 | 87.20 | −2.7 |
| May 2025 | 89.80 | −4.0 |
| April 2025 | 80.80 | −4.4 |
| March 2025 | 91.00 | −3.0 |
| February 2025 | 76.50 | −18.1 |
| January 2025 | 114.4 | 16.4 |
| December 2024 | 93.10 | −7.1 |
| November 2024 | 91.70 | −1.1 |
| October 2024 | 84.70 | −5.9 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74C-I74B"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.RETSALES.M.NSA.ITEM-I74C-I74B",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```