Austria - Retail Sales

For Austria, turnover (sales) and employment, broken out according to the economic sectors of ÖNACE 2008. These are short-term business statistics. Turnover in domestic trade, at current and constant prices, by month (includes wholesale, retail, motor vehicles). Turnover in services, at current prices, by quarter. Corresponding employment indexes.

Short-term indices of trade

Active:

• Classification:
  • Taxonomy: ÖNACE 2008, the local adaptation of NACE Rev. 2
  • Scope: Section G
• Measurements:
  • Fixed-base volume index relative to 2021 (Vol. Index 2021=100)
  • Value index (Index 2021=100)
• Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
• Native frequency: Monthly
• Start date: Uniformly 2021m1

Predecessors:

• 2015=100 - 2010m1 to 2023m12 ("_15")
• 2010=100 - 2005m1 to 2017m12 ("_10")
• 2005=100, monthly - 2000m1 to 2013m3 ("_05")
• 2000=100, monthly - 2003m1 to 2008m12 ("00")
• 2000=100, quarterly - 2001Q1 to 2008Q2 ("_00")
• 1995=100, monthly - 2001m2 to 2002m12 ("95")

Short-term indices of services

Active:

• Classification:
  • Taxonomy: ÖNACE 2008, the local adaptation of NACE Rev. 2
  • Scope: Sections H to M, excl. 70.1, 72, 75
• Measurement: Fixed-base value index (Index 2021=100)
• Adjustment: Not seasonally adjusted (NSA)
• Native frequency: Quarterly
• Start date: Uniformly 2021Q1

Predecessors:

• 2015=100 - 2010Q1 to 2023Q4 ("_15")
• 2010=100 - 2005Q1 to 2017Q4 ("_10")
• 2005=100 - 2003Q1 to 2012Q4 ("_05")

The source writes:

The nominal turnover indices are measured per reference month and breakdown the corresponding total revenue as a percentage of the respective average Total revenue in base year 2015.

The price adjustment of nominal turnover indices takes place with the figures of the commodity groups (ÖCPA) of the wholesale price index or the COICOP Consumer price index groups, which correspond to the individual breakdown areas.

Moody's Analytics supplements

For retail trade (division 47), headline value and volume indexes, we back-extend and construct seasonally adjusted counterparts.

Yes. There is a preliminary and then a final release.

The index base is advanced every fifth year.

Further reading

At the source:

• Short-term business statistics » Turnover index
• Short-term statistics Trade and Services since 2018, Base year 2015=100 (Jul 2018, PDF)
• Press release: Retail turnover stagnates in Q1 (13 326-092/24, 7 May 2024, pdf)

STATcube tables:

• Short-term indices trade (base 2021)
• Short-term indices trade (base 2015)
• Short-term indices trade (base 2010)
• Short-term indices trade (base 2005)
• Short-term indices services (base 2021)
• Short-term indices services (base 2015)
• Short-term indices services (base 2010)
• Short-term indices services (base 2005)

• Sep 2005 - Initial version using base 2000.
• Apr 2009 - Reclassified to NACE Rev. 2, rebased to 2005.
• May 2013 - Rebased to 2010.
• May 2018 - Rebased to 2015.
• 10 Jun 2024, Phillip Thorne - Rebased to 2021: Description, Properties, Further reading.