EMCC : Monthly Outlook Survey in Retail Trade and Trade and Repair of Motor Vehicles - 2024
Data description
The opinion of retailers on their recent activity and business prospects is tracked by monitoring sales volumes and related variables such as stocks, order intentions, changes in workforce and price trends.
Entrepreneurs also provide an opinion on their cash flow, the payment deadlines and the easiness to predict the future development of the business situation.
Mostly, the questions are qualitative, with three choices. The results are balances of opinion calculated as the difference between the percentage of << up (+)>> and the percentage of << down (-)>>.
Sector coverage
The survey covers the retail trade and automobile trading and repairs, excluding :
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local food and specialised retailers,
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retail sales of flowers and pets,
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retail trade in used goods,
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out-of-store retail trade (except for the mail-order sector which is included in the scope of the survey).
More precisely, the survey covers the sectors defined in the following French activity nomenclature NAF Rev. 2 codes: division 45, 47.1 (except 47.11A, 47.11B, 47.11C), 47.3, 47.4, 47.5, 47.6, 47.7 (except 47.76Z), 47.91A, 47.91B.
Statistical unit
The unit surveyed is the enterprise (legal unit or profiled enterprise).
Reference area
France métropolitaine
Until 2007, the survey has occurred each month except in August. Since 2008, it occurrs every month.
Sample size
3,200 units
Data collection documents
The survey is conducted every month but not all questions are asked every month.
The survey questionnaires consists of a common core of monthly questions to which are added, depending on the month, some bi-monthly or biannual questions.
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Since the October 2020 campaign, the survey in retail trade and motor vehicle trade and repair has included a set of quarterly questions on the effects of the sanitary crisis.
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Since the April 2021 campaign, a question has been introduced within the framework of the joint harmonised EU programme of business and consumer surveys (BCS). The business managers are asked to indicate how easy it is to predict the future development of their business situation.
Sample questionnaires to be published : march to december.
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 01/2024 - January 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 02/2024 - February 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 08/2024 - August 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 09/2024 - September 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 10/2024 - Octobre 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 03/2024 - March 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 04/2024 - April 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 11/2024 - November 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 12/2024 - December 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 05/2024 - May 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 06/2024 - June 2024 (pdf, fr)
- Questionnaire for the monthly survey in the retail trade and in the trade and repair of motor vehicles - 07/2024 - July 2024 (pdf, fr)
Joint harmonised European Union programme of business and consumer surveys
European Commission website
- Indicateur de climat des affaires et de retournement conjoncturel – Tous secteurs (pdf, fr)
- Méthodologie de l'enquête mensuelle de conjoncture dans le commerce de détail et le commerce et la réparation automobiles (pdf, fr)