United States Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

0.2

Units In

0.6

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 17, 2025

Time to Release

20 Days 15 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 went up 0.2% month-over-month in September 2025, the smallest increase in four months, following a 0.6% rise in August, and below forecasts of a 0.4% gain. Sales rose the most at miscellaneous store retailers (2.9%) and gasoline stations (2%). Other increases were also seen in sales at health & personal care stores (1.1%), food services & drinking places (0.7%), furniture stores (0.6%), food and beverages stores (0.2%), building material & garden equipment dealers (0.2%), and general merchandise stores (0.1%). On the other hand, sales fell for sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, & book stores (-2.5%), clothing (-0.7%) and nonstore retailers (-0.7%), electronics & appliance stores (-0.5%), and motor vehicles & parts (-0.3%). Meanwhile, sales excluding food services, auto dealers, building materials stores and gasoline stations, which are used to calculate GDP, declined 0.1%, following a 0.6% gain in August, and compared to forecasts of a 0.3% rise.