Short-term indicators Wholesale trade

Persons employed in wholesale trade by selected branches of economic activity
% changes on the previous year
Year, month Wholesale of Other specialised
wholesale1
Non-specialised
wholesale1 trade
food, beverages
and tobacco
household
goods
information and
communication equipment
other machinery,
equipment
and supplies
2025 Apr 0.1 -2.2 -1.9 -0.6 -2.5 -2.0
Mar 0.1 -1.8 -1.7 0.0 -2.2 -1.9
Feb 0.3 -1.7 -2.0 0.1 -2.0 -2.2
Jan 0.1 -1.6 -2.1 0.0 -2.2 -2.8
2024 Dec 0.5 -1.6 -1.3 -1.1 -2.1 -3.2
Nov 0.6 -1.4 -1.0 -1.0 -1.7 -2.8
Oct 0.9 -1.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1.8 -2.8
Sep 0.9 -1.9 -1.2 1.0 -2.0 -2.7
Aug 0.9 -2.0 -1.5 0.8 -1.9 -2.3
Jul 0.9 -1.8 -1.4 1.1 -1.9 -2.9
Jun 0.9 -1.3 -1.1 0.9 -1.8 -2.3
May 0.7 -0.7 -1.5 -0.1 -1.9 -2.2
Apr 1.3 -0.6 -0.8 0.1 -1.6 -1.7
Mar 1.1 -1.1 0.2 -0.5 -1.4 -1.6
Feb 0.9 -1.2 0.3 -0.3 -1.4 -1.0
Jan 0.8 -0.9 -0.4 0.2 -1.0 -0.7
2023 Dec 1.3 -0.6 0.3 2.0 -0.9 -0.6
Nov 1.2 -0.6 -0.3 2.1 -1.1 -0.2
Oct 1.5 -0.5 0.3 2.2 -0.7 -0.5
Sep 2.0 -0.4 1.0 0.9 -0.1 0.0
Aug 2.2 0.1 1.4 1.0 0.4 -0.1
Jul 2.3 0.6 1.3 1.1 0.5 0.4
Jun 2.5 0.3 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.3
May 2.4 0.0 2.8 2.3 0.6 0.6
Apr 2.7 0.1 2.6 2.3 0.6 0.3
Mar 3.0 0.2 1.4 2.7 0.8 0.4
Feb 3.1 0.6 1.4 2.6 0.8 0.0
Jan 2.9 0.8 2.9 2.2 0.6 0.6
2022 Dec 6.1 1.2 2.7 -3.9 -1.6 4.5
Nov 6.4 1.3 3.3 -3.6 -1.4 13.9
Oct 6.6 1.6 2.8 -3.5 -1.4 14.2
Sep 6.3 1.7 2.5 -3.3 -1.4 14.5
Aug 6.2 1.9 2.1 -3.7 -3.0 13.9
Jul 7.5 1.6 2.8 -3.6 -3.1 14.0
Jun 7.6 1.8 3.0 -3.9 -3.1 14.5
May 7.9 2.3 1.9 -4.3 -2.8 14.1
Apr 7.5 2.3 2.2 -4.0 -2.6 14.0
Mar 7.0 2.6 2.2 -4.4 -2.6 14.6
Feb 7.8 3.5 2.7 -3.8 -1.6 15.7
Jan 7.5 3.0 1.9 -4.4 -2.2 13.9
2021 Dec 3.0 2.1 -0.3 2.0 -0.4 10.7
Nov 2.5 1.7 -0.1 1.6 -0.5 1.0
Oct 2.2 1.7 -0.2 1.5 -0.6 0.8
Sep 2.0 1.4 0.2 1.2 -0.8 0.4
Aug 1.5 0.8 0.1 1.2 0.5 1.0
Jul -0.1 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.8
Jun 0.0 0.5 -0.3 0.6 0.4 0.6
May -0.6 0.1 -0.4 0.4 0.3 0.7
Apr -1.2 -0.5 -1.0 -0.3 -0.2 0.6
Mar -2.2 -1.4 -1.1 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6
Feb -3.2 -2.7 -1.7 -1.4 -1.4 -1.7
Jan -2.8 -2.4 -1.2 -0.8 -0.7 -0.6
2020 Dec -1.8 -2.0 0.0 -1.2 -0.2 -1.5
Nov -1.7 -1.9 -0.1 -1.2 -0.5 -1.2
Oct -1.5 -2.1 -1.0 -1.4 -0.7 -1.5
Sep -1.2 -1.9 -2.1 -1.1 -0.6 -1.5
Aug -1.2 -1.8 -2.4 -1.0 -0.6 -1.5
Jul -1.0 -1.5 -1.9 -0.8 -0.4 -1.2
Jun -1.1 -1.4 -1.6 -0.4 -0.3 -1.1
May -0.8 -1.1 -1.8 -0.2 -0.2 -1.0
Apr -0.4 -0.7 -1.4 -0.6 -0.1 0.3
Mar 0.9 0.2 -1.1 0.0 0.1 -0.4
Feb 1.2 0.5 -0.9 0.4 0.2 -0.2
Jan 1.3 0.5 -1.1 0.4 0.3 0.1

As at 27 June 2025

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