United States Retail Sales Mom

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

0.6

Units In

0.6

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 16, 2025

Time to Release

28 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 increased 0.6% month-over-month in August 2025, the same as an upwardly revised 0.6% rise in July and beating market expectations of a smaller 0.2% gain. Biggest increases were seen in sales at nonstore retailers (2%); clothing stores (1%); sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, & books (0.8%); food services & drinking places (0.7%); gasoline stations (0.5%); and motor vehicles (0.5%). Sales also went up at electronics & appliance stores (0.3%); food & beverages (0.3%); and building material & garden equipment suppliers (0.1%). On the other hand, retail sales tumbled at miscellaneous store retailers (-1.1%); furniture (-0.3%); general merchandise stores (-0.1%); and health & personal care stores (-0.1%). Meanwhile, sales excluding food services, auto dealers, building materials stores and gasoline stations, which are used to calculate GDP, jumped 0.7%, following a 0.5% increase and also above expectations of 0.4%.