Informations Rapides ·
31 January 2025 · n° 29
In November 2024, sales volume was stable in trade Sales volume in wholesale and retail trade - November 2024
In November 2024, the volume of sales in trade was stable over a month, after ‑0.3% in October.
- In November 2024, the volume of sales in wholesale trade was virtually stable and recovered slightly in retail trade
- From September to November 2024, the volume of sales decreased by 0.6% compared to the same three months a year before
- Early retail trade estimate for December 2024
- Revisions
- For more information
In November 2024, the volume of sales in trade was stable over a month, after ‑0.3% in October.
In November 2024, the volume of sales in wholesale trade was virtually stable and recovered slightly in retail trade
In November 2024*, the volume of sales fell back in the wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (‑0.4% after +1.6% in October), mainly due to the fall in the sale of motor vehicles (‑0.7% after +2.0%).
The volume of sales in wholesale trade except that of motor vehicles and motorcycles was virtually stable over a month (+0.1% after ‑0,7%). It bounced back in the agricultural raw material and live animals sector (+2.0% after ‑1.2%) as well as in the wholesale on a fee or contract basis (+0.6% after ‑0,3%), and fell again in the wholesale of household goods (‑1.5% after ‑0.5%).
Lastly, the volume of sales recovered slightly in retail trade except that of motor vehicles and motorcycles (+0.2% after ‑0.4%). It bounced back in specialised stores (+0.3% after ‑0.7%), slowed down in non‑specialised stores (+0.2% after +1.3%) and continued to fall in trade not in stores (‑1.0% after ‑4.1%). Within specialised stores, the volume of sales of “other household equipment” (sales of furniture, appliances, hardware, etc.) picked up anew (+1.1% after ‑1.1%) as in other goods specialised stores (+0.3% after ‑1.6%).
From September to November 2024, the volume of sales decreased by 0.6% compared to the same three months a year before
The cumulative volume of sales of the three months under review (September to November 2024) in overall trade was 0.6% lower than that of the same period a year earlier. It decreased sharply in the wholesale and repair trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles (‑4.8%) and more moderately in the wholesale trade except that of motor vehicles and motorcycles (‑1.2%). Conversely, the volume of sales increased in retail trade except that of motor vehicles and motorcycles (+2.6%): it grew in specialised stores (+3.0%), in non-specialised stores (+1.5%) and in retail trade not in stores (+4.6%).
tableauSales volume in wholesale trade and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Motor vehicles and motorcycles - 45 | Wholesale - 46 | Retail trade - 47 | Wholesale and retail trade - G | |
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2024-11 | 104.31 | 97.32 | 103.98 | 100.23 |
2024-10 | 104.74 | 97.24 | 103.8 | 100.19 |
2024-09 | 103.11 | 97.9 | 104.2 | 100.45 |
2024-08 | 104.17 | 99.52 | 105.16 | 101.81 |
2024-07 | 102.97 | 98.25 | 101.88 | 99.96 |
2024-06 | 102.7 | 99.11 | 101.77 | 100.38 |
2024-05 | 104.37 | 99.89 | 102.42 | 101.25 |
2024-04 | 106.65 | 100.61 | 102.5 | 102.0 |
2024-03 | 105.25 | 99.0 | 102.59 | 100.91 |
2024-02 | 108.33 | 101.07 | 102.79 | 102.58 |
2024-01 | 105.09 | 99.28 | 102.26 | 100.96 |
2023-12 | 111.51 | 99.84 | 101.53 | 101.96 |
2023-11 | 108.53 | 97.5 | 102.15 | 100.39 |
2023-10 | 109.21 | 99.07 | 101.05 | 101.06 |
2023-09 | 110.26 | 99.4 | 100.73 | 101.3 |
2023-08 | 110.01 | 100.26 | 100.05 | 101.56 |
2023-07 | 109.27 | 99.96 | 101.93 | 101.83 |
2023-06 | 109.13 | 100.34 | 101.48 | 101.9 |
2023-05 | 108.14 | 99.26 | 100.7 | 100.91 |
2023-04 | 102.95 | 96.62 | 99.48 | 98.33 |
2023-03 | 106.44 | 98.55 | 101.86 | 100.61 |
2023-02 | 104.26 | 99.33 | 101.44 | 100.63 |
2023-01 | 103.89 | 100.67 | 101.69 | 101.41 |
2022-12 | 102.38 | 100.24 | 101.95 | 101.04 |
2022-11 | 102.3 | 103.01 | 102.17 | 102.67 |
2022-10 | 101.3 | 101.82 | 103.17 | 102.14 |
2022-09 | 103.35 | 102.58 | 104.78 | 103.32 |
2022-08 | 101.98 | 101.55 | 102.81 | 101.97 |
2022-07 | 96.2 | 101.01 | 101.47 | 100.47 |
2022-06 | 96.94 | 102.21 | 103.58 | 101.87 |
2022-05 | 97.01 | 100.62 | 104.0 | 101.1 |
2022-04 | 94.53 | 102.34 | 103.85 | 101.68 |
2022-03 | 97.99 | 103.49 | 103.55 | 102.74 |
2022-02 | 99.06 | 103.28 | 103.09 | 102.63 |
2022-01 | 100.7 | 102.19 | 102.87 | 102.18 |
2021-12 | 100.0 | 100.45 | 103.26 | 101.2 |
2021-11 | 100.03 | 102.87 | 102.94 | 102.49 |
2021-10 | 99.47 | 101.03 | 102.73 | 101.31 |
2021-09 | 99.06 | 99.99 | 101.6 | 100.33 |
2021-08 | 100.38 | 100.33 | 101.63 | 100.71 |
2021-07 | 99.31 | 101.0 | 101.26 | 100.84 |
2021-06 | 102.11 | 102.33 | 101.39 | 102.03 |
2021-05 | 97.72 | 98.0 | 99.18 | 98.3 |
2021-04 | 99.35 | 98.15 | 92.24 | 96.61 |
2021-03 | 101.56 | 99.31 | 98.81 | 99.48 |
2021-02 | 98.79 | 97.61 | 97.78 | 97.82 |
2021-01 | 102.22 | 98.92 | 97.17 | 98.87 |
graphiqueSales volume in wholesale trade and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

- Source: DGFiP, INSEE.
tableauSales volume in wholesale trade and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Nace Classification | Weight | nov. 2024 | Change in % | |||
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Oct. 2024/Sept. 2024 | Nov. 2024/Oct. 2024 | q-o-q(1) | y-o-y(2) | |||
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 10,000 | 100.2 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -0.6 |
45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1,397 | 104.3 | 1.6 | -0.4 | 0.7 | -4.8 |
451 Sale of motor vehicles | 901 | 105.3 | 2.0 | -0.7 | 0.8 | -6.2 |
452 Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles | 103 | 101.2 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -1.2 | -1.8 |
453 Sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories | 363 | 104.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | -1.5 |
454 Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories | 30 | 84.2 | 1.1 | -1.5 | -5.2 | -12.2 |
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 5,703 | 97.3 | -0.7 | 0.1 | -1.5 | -1.2 |
461 Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 872 | 98.3 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -0.3 | 3.3 |
462 Agricultural raw materials and live animals | 307 | 95.5 | -1.2 | 2.0 | -2.9 | -6.5 |
463 Food, beverages and tobacco | 1,046 | 94.5 | -0.5 | 0.0 | -1.3 | 0.4 |
464 Household goods | 1,129 | 101.8 | -0.5 | -1.5 | -0.3 | 0.2 |
465 Information and communication equipment | 331 | 102.0 | 1.3 | -0.4 | -0.9 | -0.2 |
466 Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 748 | 102.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | -1.1 | -3.7 |
467 Other specialised wholesale | 1,161 | 89.7 | -3.0 | 1.0 | -4.0 | -5.1 |
469 Non specialised wholesale trade | 111 | 105.0 | 0.2 | -0.6 | -1.2 | 4.9 |
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 2,900 | 104.0 | -0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
471 Retail sale in non-specialised stores | 1,002 | 101.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
472 to 477 Retail sale in specialised stores | 1,621 | 106.4 | -0.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
472 Food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores | 223 | 97.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.8 |
473 Automotive fuel in specialised stores | 266 | 98.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
474 Information and communication equipment in specialised stores | 55 | 118.9 | -0.1 | -1.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
475 Other household equipment in specialised stores | 296 | 87.4 | -1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | -2.1 |
476 Cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores | 110 | 108.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.8 |
477 Other goods in specialised stores | 671 | 119.4 | -1.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 5.9 |
478 and 479 Retail trade not in stores | 277 | 98.2 | -4.1 | -1.0 | 0.8 | 4.6 |
- (1) Quarter-on-quarter: last three months / previous three months.
- (2) Year-on-year: last three months / same three months of previous year
- Source: DGFiP, INSEE.
Early retail trade estimate for December 2024
According to early estimates, the sales volume in retail trade except that of motor vehicles and motorcycles is expected to decrease in December 2024 (‑0.2% over a month). Over the fourth quarter of 2024, it would be 2.2% higher than in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Revisions
The monthly percentage change in the overall sales volume trade in October 2024 has been revised downwards by 0.1 points at ‑0.3% (after rounding) compared to the previous release.
tableauRevision of variationsin percentage points
Aug. 2024/July 2024 | Sept. 2024/Aug. 2024 | Oct. 2024/Sept. 2024 | Q3 2024/Q2 2024 | 2023/2022 | |
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G Overall trade | 0.04 | 0.00 | -0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
Raw series | 0.02 | 0.04 | -0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
SA-WDA parameters | 0.02 | -0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
- How to read: in the “wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles”, the SA-WDA variation between September and October 2024 is revised by -0.04 points. -0.04 points are due to the raw series’ revision and 0.00 points to the new calculation of the SA-WDA parameters.
- Source: DGFiP, INSEE.
For more information
* All data are seasonally and working-day adjusted (SA-WDA).
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