High street: like-for-like sales growth in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017-2023

This statistic presents the percentage growth in like-for-like sales in high street stores in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2017 to December 2023. Over the time period observed, the biggest decline in like-for-like high street sales was seen in early 2020, when lockdown measures against the spread of the coronavirus hit the UK. Since the easing of restrictions around April 2021, high street sales on a like-for-like basis saw major improvements, jumping up by over 600 percent when compared to the previous year, when many countries worldwide had introduced strict lockdown measures. Most recently, in December 2023, like-for-like sales fell by 2.7 percent in UK high streets.