United States Wholesale Inventories

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

-0.2

Units In

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2.7 Mar 2022	-1.9 Mar 2009	0.4 %	1992-2025	U.S. Census Bureau

The Wholesale Inventories are the stock of unsold goods held by wholesalers. Inventories are a key component of gross domestic product changes. A high inventory points to economic slowdown in the US, while a low reading points to a stronger growth.

Latest Updates

US wholesale inventories rose by 0.5% to around $911.5 billion in September 2025, after a revised 0.1% decrease in August and better than market estimates of a 0.1% uptick. This marked the strongest increase in inventories since February. Non-durable goods inventories picked up 0.7%, following a 0.1% fall in the previous month, mainly on the back of drugs (+1.9%) and petroleum (+1.1%). At the same time, durable goods inventories rose by 0.3%, bouncing from a 0.1% decrease in August, with notable stock builds in computer equipment (+4.1%), electrical equipment (+2.4%) and metals (+1.6%), partly offset by a 3.2% decline in miscellaneous durables. On a yearly basis, wholesale inventories increased by 1.8% in September.