UK Consumer Data
Retail Economics identifies crucial economic indicators which underpin the strength of UK household spending.
As a subscriber you can instantly view, download and analyse a range of retail data sources using our data visualisation tools and intuitive dashboard. Includes:
- Retail sales by category: food, clothing, electricals, homewares etc.
- Online retail sales growth
- Access underlying data for graphs and charts in your insight reports
- Downloadable retail sales time series data and more...
Subscribers can click on the download icon 
to access a CSV file containing up to ten years' worth of data which can be easily manipulated.
As a subscriber, we can also work with you to provide you with bespoke Excel charting options with the indicators that most suit your business needs.
Non-subscribers can only view and select data up to December 2014. Subscribers can view and select the latest available data, going back up to ten years.
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UK Output (ONS)
| % change | Q4 2017 | Q1 2018 | Q2 2018 | Q3 2018 | Source | Download |
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| GDP (% change Q-o-Q) | 0.4 | 0.2 | ONS |
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| GDP (% change Y-o-Y) | 1.1 | 1.8 | ONS |
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Consumer Spending - year-on-year (ONS)
| % change | Q4 2017 | Q1 2018 | Q2 2018 | Q3 2018 | Source | Download |
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| Consumer Spending y/y | 1.6 | 1.2 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Food and Non-Alcohol y/y | 2.5 | 1.8 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Alcohol and Tobacco y/y | -1.3 | -2.2 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Clothing and Footwear y/y | 1.6 | 0.5 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Housing Costs y/y | 1.7 | 2.3 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Furniture and Household y/y | 4.8 | 5.9 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Health y/y | 5 | 2.9 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Transport y/y | 0.5 | -2 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Communications y/y | 1.5 | 2.1 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Recreation and Culture y/y | 1.9 | 0.2 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Education y/y | -0.8 | -0.8 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Restaurants and Hotels y/y | 1.4 | -0.4 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Miscellaneous y/y | 2.4 | 3.1 | ONS |
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Consumer Spending - quarter-on-quarter (ONS)
| % change | Q4 2017 | Q1 2018 | Q2 2018 | Q3 2018 | Source | Download |
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| Consumer Spending q/q | 1.1 | 0.9 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Food and Non-Alcohol q/q | 0.2 | 0.4 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Alcohol and Tobacco q/q | -1.2 | -1.5 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Clothing and Footwear q/q | -0.2 | -0.5 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Housing Costs q/q | 0.4 | 0.5 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Furniture and Household q/q | 1.2 | 1.4 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Health q/q | -0.1 | 1.5 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Transport q/q | -0 | -0.3 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Communications q/q | 0.3 | 0.5 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Recreation and Culture q/q | 0.4 | -0.4 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Education q/q | -2 | 0.5 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Restaurants and Hotels q/q | N/A | -1.2 | ONS |
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| Household Expenditure - Miscellaneous q/q | 0.9 | 0.9 | ONS |
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UK Retail Sales (ONS)
| % change year-on-year | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Source | Download |
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| ONS Retail Sales Value NSA | 5.2 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 4.4 | ONS |
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| ONS Retail Sales Volume NSA | 3.1 | -1.4 | 4.5 | 3 | ONS |
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Housing Data (Bank of England)
| % change year-on-year | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Source | Download |
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| UK mortgage approvals y/y | -7 | -6.1 | -1.8 | -0.2 | Bank of England |
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| UK mortgage approvals m/m | -14.9 | -2 | 36.9 | 18.8 | Bank of England |
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| UK mortgage approvals (thousands) | 63.1 | 63 | 64.7 | 65.6 | Bank of England |
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Credit and Borrowing (Bank of England)
| % change year-on-year | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Source | Download |
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| Secured Lending | 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | Bank of England |
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| Net unsecured borrowing | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | Bank of England |
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Household Data (ONS)
| % change | Q4 2017 | Q1 2018 | Q2 2018 | Q3 2018 | Source | Download |
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| Real households' disposable income y/y | 0.5 | 1.9 | ONS |
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| Real households' disposable income q/q | -0.4 | 0.4 | ONS |
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| Interest payments as a percentage of income | 4.2 | 4.1 | ONS |
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| Total debt to income ratio | 140.2 | 138.5 | ONS |
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