The Polish Council of Shopping Centres (PRCH) has published data on shopping centre performance for February 2026. Compared with the same month last year, turnover increased by 1.7%, while footfall remained close to the level recorded a year earlier.
Since April 2025, turnover in shopping centres has been rising almost continuously on a year-on-year basis, with November being the only exception. This positive trend continued in February. The turnover index came in at +1.7%, while footfall was slightly below the level seen in February 2025, at -0.9%. At the same time, the average value of a visit to a shopping centre increased by 2.6%.
The highest turnover growth was recorded in the following categories:
- Services (+15.1%)
- Restaurants and cafés (+5.5%)
- Entertainment (+4.9%)
- Health and beauty (+4.4%)
Broken down by shopping centre size, turnover developed as follows:
- Very large centres (>60,000 sq m): +1.4%
- Large centres (40,000–60,000 sq m): +2.1%
- Medium-sized centres (20,000–40,000 sq m): +1.3%
- Small and very small centres (5,000–20,000 sq m): +1.6%
From a regional perspective, the strongest turnover growth was recorded in the Białystok, Poznań and Szczecin metropolitan areas. On a broader macro-regional level, the best-performing areas were southern Poland (Śląskie and Małopolskie), eastern Poland (Podkarpackie, Lubelskie, Podlaskie and Świętokrzyskie), and north-western Poland (Wielkopolskie, Zachodniopomorskie and Lubuskie).
“After strong results in December and an exceptionally good January, the pace of turnover growth eased somewhat in February. It is worth noting that this year more regions had their winter school holidays entirely in that month, while the snowy and frosty winter encouraged some people to travel and others to stay at home and limit outings. This had an impact on shopping centre performance in February,” said Bogda Korolczuk, Managing Director of PRCH.
