https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/timeseries/j4mc/drsi

Office for National Statistics. Internet sales as a percenta · Read the paper

The Office for National Statistics' monthly series of internet sales as a percentage of retail sales in Great Britain. It was 19.1 per cent in February 2020, peaked at 37.8 per cent in January 2021, averaged 30.7 per cent in 2021, 27.1 in 2024 and 27.5 in 2025, and was 27.3 per cent in August 2026.

The Office for National Statistics' monthly series of internet sales as a percentage of retail sales in Great Britain. It was 19.1 per cent in February 2020, peaked at 37.8 per cent in January 2021, averaged 30.7 per cent in 2021, 27.1 in 2024 and 27.5 in 2025, and was 27.3 per cent in August 2026.

Written from the official time series read 2026-10-11.

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Reproduced as it was written when this source was checked, figures and all.

Office for National Statistics. Internet sales as a percentage of total retail sales, series J4MC, dataset DRSI, released 18 September 2026. https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/timeseries/j4mc/drsi