KSH: retail turnover in December exceeded the same period of the previous year by 3.5 percent and the previous month by 0.2 percent

According to seasonally and calendar-adjusted data, the volume of retail trade turnover was 0.2 percent higher than the previous month.

In 2025, the volume of turnover – also according to calendar-adjusted data – exceeded the previous year by 2.9 percent – the Central Statistical Office announced.

The volume of turnover in food and food-related mixed retail trade increased by 2.1 percent. The sales volume of food-related mixed stores, which account for 78 percent of food retail trade, increased by 3.3 percent, while that of food, beverage and tobacco specialty stores decreased by 3.1 percent.

The volume of turnover in non-food retail trade increased by 4.3 percent overall. The volume of sales in second-hand goods stores increased by 13 percent, in general stores of industrial goods by 10 percent, in pharmaceutical, medical product and perfume stores by 6.6 percent, in furniture and technical goods stores by 3.2 percent, in book, computer and other industrial goods stores by 2.2 percent, and in textile, clothing and footwear stores by 1.2 percent, the report listed.

The volume of mail-order and online retail, which covers a wide range of goods and accounts for 9.3 percent of retail turnover, increased by 2.8 percent.

The volume of turnover at gas stations increased by 1.7 percent increased.

The volume of motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts stores not included in retail data decreased by 1.2 percent.

In December, the national retail turnover reached 1975 billion forints at current prices. 49 percent of the national retail turnover was realized in food and food-type mixed stores, 39 percent in non-food retail, and 12 percent in the turnover of gas stations.

In 2025, the volume of retail turnover increased by 2.9 percent, adjusted for calendar effects, compared to the previous year. Sales volume increased by 2.5 percent in food and food-related retail trade, 4.4 percent in non-food retail trade, and 0.8 percent in fuel retail trade, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) announced.