Proportion of retail sales made online

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT1 Official
28.3%
estimate

United Kingdom · July 2026

Proportion of retail sales made online in United Kingdom stood at 28.3% in July 2026 (ONS).

Original source
Publisher
ONS
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Online sales rose over the three months to July 2026 across most sectors, but fell over the month across all
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

As a result, the proportion of sales made online fell from 29.2% in June 2026 to 28.3% in July 2026.

Office for National Statistics, Retail sales, Great Britain · Online sales rose over the three months to July 2026 across most sectors, but fell over the month across all
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APA
Office for National Statistics. (2026). Retail sales, Great Britain. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/bulletins/retailsales/july2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQW
MLA
Office for National Statistics. "Retail sales, Great Britain." 2026, https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/bulletins/retailsales/july2026. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQW.
Chicago
Office for National Statistics. "Retail sales, Great Britain." 2026. https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/bulletins/retailsales/july2026. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQW.
BibTeX
@misc{ons2026proportioncs3bqw, author = {{Office for National Statistics}}, title = {Retail sales, Great Britain}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQW}, note = {Original source: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/bulletins/retailsales/july2026. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
Office for National Statistics · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Retail sales, Great Britain
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Online sales rose over the three months to July 2026 across most sectors, but fell over the month across all
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQW