Scottish Consumer Sentiment Indicator: 2025 Quarter 3

Key Points

In Q3 2025, the Scottish Consumer Sentiment Indicator rose by 0.6 points to -8.3 indicating strengthening in sentiment over the quarter.

However, over the past year, sentiment weakened with the indicator falling by 8.1 points compared to Q3 2024.

The indicator is also weaker than the quarterly series average of -2.1.[1]

Figure 1: The Scottish Consumer Sentiment Indicator rose by 0.6 points over the quarter to -8.3 in Q3 2025.

The Scottish Consumer Sentiment Indicator is a composite measure of consumer sentiment in Scotland based on a quarterly survey of households’ current sentiment and future expectations of: Scottish economic performance, security of households’ financial position, and attitudes to spending money. Excel tables of the results are available online alongside the publication, and include a monthly breakdown of the results.

The latest survey for Q3 2025 was conducted online between 1 July and 30 September 2025, with a total sample size of 3,205 adults. The indicator represents the balance of respondents who report that consumer sentiment is positive/negative.

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland

These statistics are official statistics. Official statistics are statistics that are produced by crown bodies, those acting on behalf of crown bodies, or those specified in statutory orders, as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.

Scottish Government statistics are regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

More information about Scottish Government statistics is available on the Scottish Government website.

[1] The quarterly series average is from Q2 2013 to Q3 2025.