# United Kingdom RSI:Retail dispensing chemists (val sa):All Business Index ()

United Kingdom RSI:Retail dispensing chemists (val sa):All Business Index () was down 3.7% year on year in September 2026, compared with −13.7% in August 2026.
The level stood at 85.30 (index).
That is the highest reading since August 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −28.0% (Sep 2022) to 104.5% (Jun 2020), averaging 2.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.RETSALES.M.SA.MEASURE-VAL.SECTOR-CHEMISTS`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: index
- Coverage: 1988-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (465 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/rsi-retail-dispensing-chemists-val-sa-all-business-index

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 85.30 | −3.7 |
| August 2026 | 81.00 | −13.7 |
| July 2026 | 82.20 | −7.1 |
| June 2026 | 80.50 | −9.0 |
| May 2026 | 81.30 | −14.3 |
| April 2026 | 83.60 | −9.6 |
| March 2026 | 80.20 | −17.1 |
| February 2026 | 81.60 | −16.9 |
| January 2026 | 85.50 | −6.7 |
| December 2025 | 86.10 | −9.6 |
| November 2025 | 84.70 | −11.7 |
| October 2025 | 84.60 | −13.7 |
| September 2025 | 88.60 | −4.7 |
| August 2025 | 93.90 | 7.1 |
| July 2025 | 88.50 | −16.8 |
| June 2025 | 88.50 | −19.3 |
| May 2025 | 94.90 | −15.5 |
| April 2025 | 92.50 | −12.5 |
| March 2025 | 96.80 | 0.7 |
| February 2025 | 98.20 | −1.6 |
| January 2025 | 91.60 | −10.0 |
| December 2024 | 95.20 | 0.2 |
| November 2024 | 95.90 | −15.4 |
| October 2024 | 98.00 | −5.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.RETSALES.M.SA.MEASURE-VAL.SECTOR-CHEMISTS"

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