United States Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

-0.9

Units In

-0.1

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 17, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 12 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
18.2 May 2020	-14.7 Apr 2020	0.39 %	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 declined 0.9% month-over-month in May 2025, following a downwardly revised 0.1% drop in April and worse than forecast of a 0.7% fall. It is the biggest decrease in four months, as consumers scaled back their purchases ahead of the expected tariffs. Sales at motor vehicle & parts dealers recorded the largest decline (-3.5%), followed by building material & garden equipment suppliers (-2.7%), gasoline stations (-2%), food services & drinking places (-0.9%), food & beverage stores (-0.7%), electronics & appliance stores (-0.6%) and health & personal care stores (-0.1%). In contrast, sales rose at miscellaneous store retailers (2.9%), sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, & book stores (1.3%), furniture (1.2%), nonstore retailers (0.9%), and clothing (0.8%). Meanwhile, sales excluding food services, auto dealers, building materials stores and gasoline stations, which are used to calculate GDP, were up 0.4%, above forecasts of 0.3% and a 0.1% fall in April.