France retail & motor trade next 3M sales: non-food general
France retail & motor trade next 3M sales: non-food general stood at 37.1 Balance of opinion (%) in Sep 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the INSEE business surveys table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 2003 to Sep 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the INSEE business surveys table
| Indicator | 09-2026 | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | |
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| Retail trade | |||||||||||
| Monthly survey in retail trade and in trade and repair of motor vehicles - Business development (sales) in the next 3 months - Sectors: Non-food general retail trade, excluding via mail order houses or Internet | 37.1 | 56.1 | 14.5 | 8.5 | 0.5 | -15.7 | 42.8 | 43.6 | 47.5 | 52.1 | |
| Monthly survey in retail trade and in trade and repair of motor vehicles - Business development (sales) in the next 3 months - Sectors: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet | 13.3 | -0.4 | -3.7 | -19.1 | -18.4 | -18.7 | -23.2 | 2.1 | -41.6 | 3.8 |
Understanding france retail & motor trade next 3M sales: non-food general
Monthly Monthly survey in retail trade and in trade and repair of motor vehicles - Business development (sales) in the next 3 months - Sectors: Non-food general retail trade, excluding via mail order houses or Internet — INSEE monthly business surveys: climate and sector balances of opinion, France. Series covers 2003 to 2026-08 (284 observations). Source: INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM).
Frequently asked questions
- How does non-food general retail differ from food retailing?
- It isolates department stores and general merchandise outlets that do not primarily sell groceries.
- Are online and mail-order transactions included in this physical store index?
- No, distance selling channels are explicitly removed to focus on brick-and-mortar retail dynamics.
- What prospective business outcome do survey participants evaluate?
- They estimate how their sales volumes will evolve over the subsequent three months.