Content

More details about each file are in the individual file descriptions.

Context

This is a dataset from the U.S. Census Bureau hosted by the Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED). FRED has a data platform found here and they update their information according the amount of data that is brought in. Explore the U.S. Census Bureau using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the U.S. Census Bureau organization page!

• Update Frequency: This dataset is updated daily.

Acknowledgements

This dataset is maintained using FRED's API and Kaggle's API.

Retail Sales in the United States decreased 0.90 percent in May of 2025 over the previous month. This dataset provides - U.S. December Retail Sales Increased More Than Forecast - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Context

The Monthly State Retail Sales (MSRS) is the Census Bureau's new experimental data product featuring modeled state-level retail sales. This is a blended data product using Monthly Retail Trade Survey data, administrative data, and third-party data. Year-over-year percentage changes are available for Total Retail Sales excluding Non-store Retailers as well as 11 retail North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) retail subsectors. These data are provided by state and NAICS codes beginning with January 2019.

Content

Geography: US

Time period: 2019 - 2022

Unit of analysis: US Census Bureau's Monthly State Retail Sales Data

Variables

Acknowledgements

Datasource: United States Census Bureau's Monthly State Retail Sales

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Graph and download economic data for Monthly State Retail Sales: Total Retail Sales Excluding Nonstore Retailers in California (MSRSCATOTAL) from Jan 2019 to Mar 2025 about retail trade, CA, sales, retail, and USA.

The U.S. Census Bureau.s economic indicator surveys provide monthly and quarterly data that are timely, reliable, and offer comprehensive measures of the U.S. economy. These surveys produce a variety of statistics covering construction, housing, international trade, retail trade, wholesale trade, services and manufacturing. The survey data provide measures of economic activity that allow analysis of economic performance and inform business investment and policy decisions. Other data included, which are not considered principal economic indicators, are the Quarterly Summary of State & Local Taxes, Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions, and the Manufactured Homes Survey. For information on the reliability and use of the data, including important notes on estimation and sampling variance, seasonal adjustment, measures of sampling variability, and other information pertinent to the economic indicators, visit the individual programs' webpages - http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm.

Graph and download economic data for Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade (RSXFS) from Jan 1992 to May 2025 about retail trade, sales, retail, services, and USA.

RS: ARTS: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument & Book Stores (SG) data was reported at 98.941 USD bn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 98.525 USD bn for 2021. RS: ARTS: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument & Book Stores (SG) data is updated yearly, averaging 75.091 USD bn from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2022, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 98.941 USD bn in 2022 and a record low of 40.143 USD bn in 1992. RS: ARTS: Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument & Book Stores (SG) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.H009: Retail Sales: Annual Retail Trade Survey: NAICS 2017.

Graph and download economic data for Retail Sales: Book Stores (MRTSSM451211USN) from Jan 1992 to Apr 2025 about book, retail trade, sales, retail, and USA.

Analysis of ‘USA Monthly Retail Sales’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/landlord/usa-monthly-retail-trade on 28 January 2022.

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Introduction

The dataset contains the Monthly sales for retail trade and food services in USA, adjusted and unadjusted for seasonal variations for various categories. These categories shows various kind of Business categories operating in USA. These categories are based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Dataset Description

• The dataset contains the estimates of Monthly Retail and Food Services Sales by Kind of Business from the year 1992 - 2020. These estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey, Annual Retail Trade Survey, * Service Annual Survey, and administrative records.
• Their are another to files that contain the monthly data for the code NAICS code 44X72: Retail Trade and Food Services: U.S. Total for both Seasonally Adjusted Sales and non Seasonally Adjusted Sales in Millions of Dollars from 1992 to 2020.
• An helper file for NAICS code for retail and food industry is also provided for reference

Acknowledgements

The Dataset was published on U.S. Census Bureau website (https://www.census.gov)

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This dataset presents statistics for Retail Trade: Floor Space by Selected Industry for the U.S. and States

Content

More details about each file are in the individual file descriptions.

Context

This is a dataset from the U.S. Census Bureau hosted by the Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED). FRED has a data platform found here and they update their information according the amount of data that is brought in. Explore the U.S. Census Bureau using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the U.S. Census Bureau organization page!

• Update Frequency: This dataset is updated daily.

Acknowledgements

This dataset is maintained using FRED's API and Kaggle's API.

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RS: ARTS: SG: Sporting Goods, Hobby & Musical Instrument Stores (HM) data was reported at 90.507 USD bn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 90.392 USD bn for 2021. RS: ARTS: SG: Sporting Goods, Hobby & Musical Instrument Stores (HM) data is updated yearly, averaging 58.237 USD bn from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2022, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 90.507 USD bn in 2022 and a record low of 31.424 USD bn in 1992. RS: ARTS: SG: Sporting Goods, Hobby & Musical Instrument Stores (HM) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.H009: Retail Sales: Annual Retail Trade Survey: NAICS 2017.

Graph and download economic data for Retail Sales: Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Stores (MRTSSM4423XUSN) from Jan 1992 to Apr 2025 about appliances, furniture, electronics, retail trade, sales, retail, and USA.

The value for the most recent month is an advance estimate that is based on data from a subsample of firms from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The advance estimate will be superseded in following months by revised estimates derived from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The associated series from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey is available at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MRTSSM44X72USS

Information about the Advance Monthly Retail Sales Survey can be found on the Census website at https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/about_the_surveys.html

Graph and download economic data for Retail Sales: Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores (MRTSSM4453USS) from Jan 1992 to Apr 2025 about spirits, wine, beer, retail trade, sales, retail, and USA.

RS: ARTS: Taxes: CC: Jewelry, Luggage & Leather Goods Stores data was reported at 2.784 USD bn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.677 USD bn for 2021. RS: ARTS: Taxes: CC: Jewelry, Luggage & Leather Goods Stores data is updated yearly, averaging 1.679 USD bn from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2022, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.784 USD bn in 2022 and a record low of 1.345 USD bn in 2009. RS: ARTS: Taxes: CC: Jewelry, Luggage & Leather Goods Stores data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.H009: Retail Sales: Annual Retail Trade Survey: NAICS 2017.

United States Retail Sales: Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores (FH) data was reported at 10.166 USD bn in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.928 USD bn for Sep 2018. United States Retail Sales: Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores (FH) data is updated monthly, averaging 7.615 USD bn from Jan 1992 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 322 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.636 USD bn in Dec 2017 and a record low of 3.846 USD bn in Jan 1992. United States Retail Sales: Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores (FH) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.H001: Retail Sales: By NAIC System.

RS: ARTS: GM: WS: All Other General Merchandise Stores data was reported at 98.067 USD bn in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 92.690 USD bn for 2021. RS: ARTS: GM: WS: All Other General Merchandise Stores data is updated yearly, averaging 42.744 USD bn from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2022, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 98.067 USD bn in 2022 and a record low of 27.595 USD bn in 1994. RS: ARTS: GM: WS: All Other General Merchandise Stores data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by U.S. Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.H009: Retail Sales: Annual Retail Trade Survey: NAICS 2017.

Release Date: 2020-12-17.Release Schedule:.The data in this file come from the 2017 Economic Census of Island Areas data files released on a flow basis from October 2019 through December 2020. For more information about economic census planned data product releases, see Economic Census: About: 2017 Release Schedules...Key Table Information:.Includes only establishments and firms with payroll..Data may be subject to employment- and/or sales-size minimums that vary by industry..The level of geographic detail covered varies by island. Refer to geographic area definitions for a detailed list of the geographies. Note that some tables include geography levels that only pertain to Puerto Rico..Some noise range columns are hidden..Totals may not sum due to rounding...Data Items and Other Identifying Records: .Number of establishments.Sales, value of shipments, or revenue ($1,000).Total under-roof floor space (1,000 sq. ft.).Under-roof selling space (1,000 sq. ft.).Sales per square foot of under-roof selling space (dollars).Under-roof selling space as percent of total under-roof floor space (%).Range indicating percent of total sales, value of shipments, or revenue imputed...Each record includes a SHOPCTR code, which represents a specific mall or shopping center location category....The data are shown by mall or shopping center location...Geography Coverage:.The data are shown for employer establishments and firms that vary by industry:. At the Territory and Planning Region level for Puerto Rico.For information about economic census geographies, including changes for 2017, see Economic Census: Economic Geographies...Industry Coverage:.The data are shown for Puerto Rico at the 2- through 3-digit NAICS code levels for the retail trade. For information about NAICS, see Economic Census: Technical Documentation: Economic Census Code Lists...Footnotes:.Not applicable...FTP Download:.Download the entire table at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/IA1700SUBJ08.zip..API Information:.Economic census data are housed in the Census Bureau API. For more information, see Explore Data: Developers: Available APIs: Economic Census..Methodology:.To maintain confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses data to protect the identity of any business or individual. The census results in this file contain sampling and/or nonsampling error. Data users who create their own estimates using data from this file should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original data only...To comply with disclosure avoidance guidelines, data rows with fewer than three contributing establishments are not presented. Additionally, establishment counts are suppressed when other select statistics in the same row are suppressed. For detailed information about the methods used to collect and produce statistics, including sampling, eligibility, questions, data collection and processing, data quality, review, weighting, estimation, coding operations, confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and more, see Economic Census: Technical Documentation: Methodology...Symbols:.D - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totals.N - Not available or not comparable.S - Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability, poor response quality, or other concerns about the estimate quality. Unpublished estimates derived from this table by subtraction are subject to these same limitations and should not be attributed to the U.S. Census Bureau. For a description of publication standards and the total quantity response rate, see link to program methodology page..X - Not applicable.A - Relative standard error of 100% or more.r - Revised.s - Relative standard error exceeds 40%.For a complete list of symbols, see Economic Census: Technical Documentation: Data Dictionary.. .Source:.U.S. Census Bureau, 2017 Economic Census.For information about the economic census, see Business and Economy: Economic Census...Contact Information:.U.S. Census Bureau.For general inquiries:. (800) 242-2184/ (301) 763-5154. ewd.outreach@census.gov.For specific data questions:. (800) 541-8345.For additional contacts, see Economic Census: About: Contact Us.

Graph and download economic data for Monthly State Retail Sales: Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers in the United States (MSRSUSA444) from Jan 2019 to Feb 2025 about garden, dealers, materials, supplies, buildings, equipment, retail trade, sales, retail, and USA.