Inditex hits new high: reports profit of 2.98 billion euros with 7.6 percent growth through July

Madrid – The Spanish fashion multinational Inditex group (Inditex), parent company of popular fashion chains such as Bershka, Massimo Dutti and Zara, its flagship and “star” chain, reported its results for the first half of its current 2026 fiscal year earlier today. The period, from February 1 to July 31, saw the company once again record new all-time highs in both sales and profits.

According to information submitted by the company to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), Inditex completed the first half of the 2026 financial year with total net sales of 19.76 billion euros (23 billion dollars). This figure represents a 7.6 percent increase compared to the 18.36 billion euros reported in the same period last year. The company noted that revenue growth rises to 9.2 percent at a constant exchange rate.

Inditex acheives record sales and profit growth

This result not only marks a new all-time sales high for a first half but also shows a clear acceleration in Inditex's growth rate. This follows the 2025 financial year, which ended with 3.20 percent sales growth, and the first quarter of 2026, which saw 5.8 percent growth, with this latest second quarter accelerating to 9.14 percent.

In line with this new sales record, the Spanish fashion multinational also reported a new all-time high in profit for the first half, with a net profit of 2.98 billion euros. This figure represents a 6.8 percent increase from the 2.79 billion euros net profit recorded at the end of the first half of last year. This rate is also above the 0.8 percent profit growth Inditex recorded in the first half of 2025, as well as the 5.84 percent it posted at the close of its last full financial year.

“These excellent results demonstrate the extraordinary ability of our teams, who, in a very complex global environment, have managed to deliver the product and fashion experience our customers around the world demand every day,” remarked Óscar Garcia Maceiras, chief executive officer of Inditex, in a statement provided by the Spanish fashion multinational's management. He added that “ambition, flexibility and innovation are differentiating elements that reinforce Inditex's long-term growth potential.”

Positive results across chains

Delving into Inditex's performance during the first half of the year, all its chains recorded widespread revenue growth. Net sales were once again led by Zara, which includes the Zara, Zara Home and Lefties business models, closing the half-year with net sales of 13.78 billion euros (+4.81 percent). These revenues were complemented by those generated by Bershka, with 1.68 billion euros (+16.7 percent); Stradivarius, with sales of 1.57 billion euros (+18.54 percent); Pull&Bear, with 1.26 billion euros (+8.89 percent); Massimo Dutti, with 988 million euros (+10.39 percent); and Oysho, which closed the half-year with sales of 472 million euros (+21.34 percent).

Regarding the company's performance by market, Inditex only provides general estimates of the weight of each region in terms of statistical sales on an adjusted basis. The geographical breakdown of turnover shows Asia and the rest of the world reducing their share to 15 percent of total sales (a decrease of one percentage point). Europe, excluding Spain, accounted for 51.5 percent (an increase of 0.8 percentage points); the Americas represented 17.9 percent (an increase of 0.1 percentage points); and Spain accounted for 15.6 percent of the group's total sales (an increase of 0.1 percentage points).

Sales up 9 percent at start of second half

As a final update, Inditex reports that during the start of the new autumn/winter season, specifically from August 1 to September 7, sales have grown by 9 percent compared to the same period in 2025. This is an encouraging figure for the close of the 2026 financial year, for which Inditex estimates a currency impact of -1 percent on sales.