United States Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

1.4

Units In

0.2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 15, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 3 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
18.2 May 2020	-14.7 Apr 2020	0.4 %	1992-2025	U.S. Census Bureau

Retail sales report in the US provides aggregated measure of sales of retail goods and services over a period of a month. There are thirteen major types of retailers: Motor vehicle & parts dealers (around 20 percent of total sales), Food & beverage stores (13%), General merchandise stores (12.5%), Food services & drinking places (11%), Gasoline stations (10%), Nonstore retailers (9.2%), Building material & garden dealers (6%), Health & personal care stores (6%), Clothing & clothing accessories stores (5%), Miscellaneous store retailers (2.3%), Furniture stores (2%), Electronics & appliance stores (2%) and Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores (1.7%).

Latest Updates

Retail sales in the US jumped 1.4% mom in March 2025, following a 0.2% gain in February and slightly better than forecasts of 1.3%. It marked the largest increase in retail sales since January 2023, driven by a 5.3% increase in motor vehicle and parts sales, as consumers appeared to rush purchases ahead of impending auto tariffs. Excluding autos, retail sales were up 0.5%. Increases were also seen at building material & garden equipment (3.3%); sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, & book stores (2.4%); food services & drinking places (1.8%); electronics & appliance (0.8%); miscellaneous store retailers (0.7%); health & personal care stores (0.7%); general merchandise stores (0.6%); clothing (0.4%); and food & beverage stores (0.2%). On the other hand, retail sales declined at gasoline stations (-2.5%) and furniture stores (-0.7%). Meanwhile, sales excluding food services, auto dealers, building materials stores and gasoline stations, which are used to calculate GDP, were up 0.4%.