United States Retail Sales in United States

Oficina del Censo · Monthly

763,602 (Jul-26) ABS · million dollars · Mensual · CSV
-0.6% (Jul-26) MOM · % · Mensual · CSV
5.01% (Jul-26) YOY · % · Mensual · CSV
-0.5% (Jul-26) MOM · % · Mensual · CSV
-0.3% (Jul-26) MOM · % · Mensual · CSV
Recessions COVID recession
Periodmillion dollars
Jul 2026 763,602
Jun 2026 768,072
May 2026 766,192
Apr 2026 759,097
Mar 2026 754,013
Feb 2026 741,278
Jan 2026 734,503
Dec 2025 734,717
Nov 2025 734,718
Oct 2025 731,051
Sep 2025 732,192
Aug 2025 731,700
Jul 2025 727,176
Jun 2025 719,484
May 2025 714,513
Apr 2025 722,442
Mar 2025 723,339
Feb 2025 711,575
Jan 2025 711,260
Dec 2024 717,265
Nov 2024 711,853
Oct 2024 708,290
Sep 2024 703,055
Aug 2024 697,039
Jul 2024 698,835
Jun 2024 692,449
May 2024 692,774
Apr 2024 687,602
Mar 2024 687,641
Feb 2024 685,280
Jan 2024 680,456
Dec 2023 686,277
Nov 2023 685,328
Oct 2023 686,148
Sep 2023 689,403
Aug 2023 684,755
Jul 2023 678,424
Jun 2023 677,117
May 2023 673,902
Apr 2023 670,494
Mar 2023 665,071
Feb 2023 672,152
Jan 2023 680,253
Dec 2022 651,763
Nov 2022 659,458
Oct 2022 668,671
Sep 2022 661,854
Aug 2022 663,566
Jul 2022 659,550
Jun 2022 666,113
May 2022 659,847
Apr 2022 660,194
Mar 2022 651,027
Feb 2022 638,101
Jan 2022 631,509
Dec 2021 619,938
Nov 2021 624,874
Oct 2021 618,573
Sep 2021 609,671
Aug 2021 605,533
Period%
Jul 2026 -0.6%
Jun 2026 0.2%
May 2026 0.9%
Apr 2026 0.7%
Mar 2026 1.7%
Feb 2026 0.9%
Jan 2026 0.0%
Dec 2025 0.0%
Nov 2025 0.5%
Oct 2025 -0.2%
Sep 2025 0.1%
Aug 2025 0.6%
Jul 2025 1.1%
Jun 2025 0.7%
May 2025 -1.1%
Apr 2025 -0.1%
Mar 2025 1.7%
Feb 2025 0.0%
Jan 2025 -0.8%
Dec 2024 0.8%
Nov 2024 0.5%
Oct 2024 0.7%
Sep 2024 0.9%
Aug 2024 -0.3%
Jul 2024 0.9%
Jun 2024 0.0%
May 2024 0.8%
Apr 2024 0.0%
Mar 2024 0.3%
Feb 2024 0.7%
Jan 2024 -0.8%
Dec 2023 0.1%
Nov 2023 -0.1%
Oct 2023 -0.5%
Sep 2023 0.7%
Aug 2023 0.9%
Jul 2023 0.2%
Jun 2023 0.5%
May 2023 0.5%
Apr 2023 0.8%
Mar 2023 -1.1%
Feb 2023 -1.2%
Jan 2023 4.4%
Dec 2022 -1.2%
Nov 2022 -1.4%
Oct 2022 1.0%
Sep 2022 -0.3%
Aug 2022 0.6%
Jul 2022 -1.0%
Jun 2022 0.9%
May 2022 -0.1%
Apr 2022 1.4%
Mar 2022 2.0%
Feb 2022 1.0%
Jan 2022 1.9%
Dec 2021 -0.8%
Nov 2021 1.0%
Oct 2021 1.5%
Sep 2021 0.7%
Aug 2021 0.6%
Period%
Jul 2026 5.01%
Jun 2026 6.75%
May 2026 7.23%
Apr 2026 5.07%
Mar 2026 4.24%
Feb 2026 4.17%
Jan 2026 3.27%
Dec 2025 2.43%
Nov 2025 3.21%
Oct 2025 3.21%
Sep 2025 4.14%
Aug 2025 4.97%
Jul 2025 4.06%
Jun 2025 3.90%
May 2025 3.14%
Apr 2025 5.07%
Mar 2025 5.19%
Feb 2025 3.84%
Jan 2025 4.53%
Dec 2024 4.52%
Nov 2024 3.87%
Oct 2024 3.23%
Sep 2024 1.98%
Aug 2024 1.79%
Jul 2024 3.01%
Jun 2024 2.26%
May 2024 2.80%
Apr 2024 2.55%
Mar 2024 3.39%
Feb 2024 1.95%
Jan 2024 0.03%
Dec 2023 5.30%
Nov 2023 3.92%
Oct 2023 2.61%
Sep 2023 4.16%
Aug 2023 3.19%
Jul 2023 2.86%
Jun 2023 1.65%
May 2023 2.13%
Apr 2023 1.56%
Mar 2023 2.16%
Feb 2023 5.34%
Jan 2023 7.72%
Dec 2022 5.13%
Nov 2022 5.53%
Oct 2022 8.10%
Sep 2022 8.56%
Aug 2022 9.58%
Jul 2022 9.59%
Jun 2022 8.85%
May 2022 9.01%
Apr 2022 8.41%
Mar 2022 7.86%
Feb 2022 17.11%
Jan 2022 12.92%
Dec 2021 15.11%
Nov 2021 17.03%
Oct 2021 14.74%
Sep 2021 12.63%
Aug 2021 14.09%
Period%
Jul 2026 -0.5%
Jun 2026 0.3%
May 2026 0.6%
Apr 2026 0.6%
Mar 2026 1.0%
Feb 2026 0.9%
Jan 2026 0.5%
Dec 2025 -0.1%
Nov 2025 0.2%
Oct 2025 0.5%
Sep 2025 -0.2%
Aug 2025 0.6%
Jul 2025 1.0%
Jun 2025 0.6%
May 2025 0.2%
Apr 2025 0.1%
Mar 2025 0.2%
Feb 2025 1.3%
Jan 2025 -0.9%
Dec 2024 1.2%
Nov 2024 0.0%
Oct 2024 0.0%
Sep 2024 1.5%
Aug 2024 -0.3%
Jul 2024 0.2%
Jun 2024 1.2%
May 2024 0.6%
Apr 2024 0.1%
Mar 2024 0.8%
Feb 2024 0.2%
Jan 2024 -0.6%
Dec 2023 0.2%
Nov 2023 0.1%
Oct 2023 0.3%
Sep 2023 0.2%
Aug 2023 0.3%
Jul 2023 0.7%
Jun 2023 0.4%
May 2023 0.2%
Apr 2023 1.1%
Mar 2023 -1.0%
Feb 2023 0.1%
Jan 2023 2.6%
Dec 2022 -0.2%
Nov 2022 -0.8%
Oct 2022 0.5%
Sep 2022 0.3%
Aug 2022 0.8%
Jul 2022 -0.3%
Jun 2022 0.8%
May 2022 0.3%
Apr 2022 1.1%
Mar 2022 1.2%
Feb 2022 0.4%
Jan 2022 1.2%
Dec 2021 -0.7%
Nov 2021 0.5%
Oct 2021 1.5%
Sep 2021 0.2%
Aug 2021 1.9%
Period%
Jul 2026 -0.3%
Jun 2026 -0.2%
May 2026 0.9%
Apr 2026 0.9%
Mar 2026 2.0%
Feb 2026 0.9%
Jan 2026 0.1%
Dec 2025 0.0%
Nov 2025 0.4%
Oct 2025 0.2%
Sep 2025 0.1%
Aug 2025 0.6%
Jul 2025 0.7%
Jun 2025 0.7%
May 2025 -0.2%
Apr 2025 0.0%
Mar 2025 0.6%
Feb 2025 0.6%
Jan 2025 -0.5%
Dec 2024 0.9%
Nov 2024 -0.1%
Oct 2024 0.3%
Sep 2024 1.1%
Aug 2024 -0.2%
Jul 2024 0.4%
Jun 2024 0.7%
May 2024 0.3%
Apr 2024 0.2%
Mar 2024 0.7%
Feb 2024 0.5%
Jan 2024 -0.9%
Dec 2023 0.1%
Nov 2023 -0.1%
Oct 2023 -0.2%
Sep 2023 0.6%
Aug 2023 1.0%
Jul 2023 0.6%
Jun 2023 0.2%
May 2023 0.2%
Apr 2023 0.7%
Mar 2023 -1.0%
Feb 2023 -0.7%
Jan 2023 2.9%
Dec 2022 -0.7%
Nov 2022 -1.1%
Oct 2022 0.8%
Sep 2022 -0.2%
Aug 2022 0.1%
Jul 2022 -0.7%
Jun 2022 0.9%
May 2022 0.8%
Apr 2022 1.3%
Mar 2022 2.8%
Feb 2022 1.3%
Jan 2022 0.6%
Dec 2021 -0.3%
Nov 2021 0.9%
Oct 2021 1.4%
Sep 2021 0.6%
Aug 2021 1.4%

About this indicator

SourceU.S. Census Bureau
FrequencyMonthly
Release La primera quincena del mes siguiente al que se refiere (12:30 GMT)
What it isMeasures the monthly change in sales at US retailers and food-service outlets. It is one of the most closely watched gauges of consumer spending, the main driver of the US economy.
How it's calculatedThe Census Bureau estimates it from a survey of retailers. An advance figure for the prior month is released, later revised with a larger sample, along with measures excluding autos and gasoline (which are steadier).
Market implicationsConsumption is about two-thirds of US GDP, so a strong reading supports the dollar and equities and a higher-for-longer rate path; it also feeds real-time GDP nowcasts.
LimitationsIt is a nominal figure (not inflation-adjusted), so in high-price periods it can rise without a real increase in consumption. The advance figure is based on a partial sample and is revised; autos and gasoline make it volatile.