Retail Sales in the United States increased 0.20 percent in September 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.

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This dataset, identified by the series ID RSXFS, is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau and is available through the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) system of the St. Louis Fed. It provides a monthly measure of retail sales across the United States. The data represents the total value of sales at retail and food services stores, measured in millions of dollars and adjusted for seasonal variations. It is important to note that the most recent month's value is an advance estimate, which is subject to revision in subsequent months as more comprehensive data becomes available. As a key economic indicator, this series is widely used by economists and analysts to gauge consumer spending and assess the overall health of the U.S. economy.

Suggested Use Cases: - This dataset is highly valuable for economic analysis and can be used to: - Conduct time series analysis and modeling. - Track consumer spending patterns. - Forecast future retail sales. - Analyze the impact of economic events on the retail sector.

License The RSXFS dataset is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau and is considered Public Domain: Citation Requested. This means the data is freely available for use, but you must cite the source and acknowledge that the data was obtained from FRED. If you plan on using any copyrighted series from other data providers on FRED for commercial purposes, you would need to contact the original data owner for permission.

Data Fields: The dataset primarily contains two columns: - observation_date: The date of the monthly data point, recorded as the first day of each month from January 1992 to July 2025. - RSXFS: The value of advance retail sales in millions of dollars.

Citation and Provenance:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Release: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
FRED Link: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RSXFS
Citation: U.S. Census Bureau, Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade [RSXFS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RSXFS, September 8, 2025.

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This statistic shows a trend in total retail sales, including food services, in the United States from January 2017 to July 2025. In July 2025, U.S. retail sales had amounted to an estimated *********** U.S. dollars (not adjusted), which is an increase of approximately ** ******* U.S. dollars compared to the same month one year earlier.

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

Variable	Description
fips	2-digit State Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code. For more information on FIPS Codes, please reference this document. Note: The US is assigned a "00" State FIPS code.
state_abbr	States are assigned 2-character official U.S. Postal Service Code. The United States is assigned "USA" as its state_abbr value. For more information, please reference this document.
naics	Three-digit numeric NAICS value for retail subsector code.
subsector	Retail subsector.
year	Year.
month	Month.
change_yoy	Numeric year-over-year percent change in retail sales value.
change_yoy_se	Numeric standard error for year-over-year percentage change in retail sales value.
coverage_code	Character values assigned based on the non-imputed coverage of the data.

Variable	Description
coverage_code	Character values assigned based on the non-imputed coverage of the data.
coverage	Definition of the codes.

Acknowledgements

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

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By the end of 2024, total retail sales reached approximately **** trillion U.S. dollars, around a quarter of a billion U.S. dollar increase from the year before. Retail sales have steadily increased since 2009, as the economy recovered from the downward trend due to the recession following the 2007-2008 financial crisis, and most recently from the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The United States as retail powerhouse The United States is home to many of the leading retail companies in the world, including Walmart, Costco, and Amazon. Amazon, in particular, has seen extreme levels of growth in revenue in tandem with the increase of e-commerce globally. The rise of e-commerce and mobile shopping E-commerce is responsible for a growing percentage of total retail sales, partially due to a surge in mobile shopping, with customers increasingly using their mobile devices for various online shopping activities. Smartphones accounted for more retail website visits than desktops or tablets, and matched desktops in generating online shopping orders.

In the second quarter of 2025, the share of e-commerce in total U.S. retail sales stood at **** percent, up from the previous quarter. From January to March 2025, retail e-commerce sales in the United States hit over *** billion U.S. dollars, the highest quarterly revenue in history. How e-commerce measures up in total U.S. retail In 2024, the reported total value of retail e-commerce sales in the United States amounted to over ****trillion U.S. dollars—impressive, but the figure pales compared to the total annual retail trade value of ******trillion U.S. dollars. Rising e-commerce segments Online shopping is popular among all age groups, though digital purchases are most common among Millennial internet users. In 2022, around ** percent of Millennials purchased items via the internet. Mobile commerce is also growing in popularity, as consumers increasingly rely on their smartphones and mobile apps for shopping activities. In the fourth quarter of 2022, m-commerce spending made up ** percent of the overall online spending in the United States.

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This statistic shows the year-over-year growth of total retail sales in the United States from 2002 to 2023, with a forecast for 2024. In 2023, total retail sales grew by approximately 3.6 percent compared to the previous year. In 2024, the conservative estimate for annual retail sales growth was 2.5 percent.

Overview with Chart & Report: Retail Sales m/m reflect a change in the US retail sails in the reported month compared to the previous one. The indicator is calculated based on statistics received from 5,000 retail stores of

Data Overview

• Scale: All sales figures are reported in millions of dollars.
• Size: The dataset contains 40,479 rows and 5 columns.
• Time Frame: January 1992 - September 2024.
• Industries Covered: Over 60 industries, including food, clothing, footwear, office supplies, automobiles, electronics, books, beverages, furniture, grocery and many more.
• Attributes:
  • naics_code
  • kind_of_business
  • sales_month
  • sales
  • estimate_type
• Source: This dataset was sourced from the publicly available U.S. Census Bureau retail sales data.

Cleaning & Preprocessing

• Missing Values:
  Some entries contained (NA) and (S) values, which were converted to null values.
  • (S): Estimate does not meet publication standards due to high sampling variability (coefficient of variation greater than 30%) or poor response quality (low total quantity response rate).
• Formatting:
  The downloaded data included headings, subheadings, and notes embedded within the tables. These extraneous elements were removed to ensure a clean and consistent dataset.
• Data Compilation:
  The original dataset was spread across multiple sheets, with each sheet containing data for a specific year. These sheets were consolidated into a single, unified table.
• Feature Engineering:
  A new column was created to provide both seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted sales values, enabling more nuanced analysis. Estimates are adjusted for seasonal variations, as well as holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes.

Use Cases

This dataset can be applied to a variety of analytical and machine learning tasks, including:

• Data Cleaning: Practice handling missing values, stray entries, and working with datetime data.
• Time Series Analysis: Perform trend analysis, seasonality detection, and forecasting.
• Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Gain insights into industry-specific trends and patterns.
• Machine Learning: Use it for predictive modeling and classification tasks.
• Market Research: Analyze industry performance to inform business strategies.

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The 'Retail Sales MoM' (Month-over-Month) in the USA measures the percentage change in the total value of sales at the retail level from one month to the next.-2025-08-15

Global retail sales were projected to amount to around **** trillion U.S. dollars by 2026, up from approximately **** trillion U.S. dollars in 2021. The retail industry encompasses the journey of a good or service. This typically starts with the manufacturing of a product and ends with said product being purchased by a consumer from a retailer. Retail establishments come in many forms such as grocery stores, restaurants, and bookstores. American retailers worldwide As a result of globalization and various trade agreements between markets and countries, many retailers are capable of doing business on a global scale. Many of the world’s leading retailers are American companies. Walmart and Amazon are examples of such American retailers. The success of U.S. retailers can also be seen through their performance in online retail. Retail in the U.S. The domestic retail market in the United States is a lucrative market, in which many companies compete. Walmart, a retail chain offering low prices and a wide selection of products, is the leading retailer in the United States. Amazon, The Kroger Co., Costco, and Target are a selection of other leading U.S. retailers.

In 2024, total retail and food service sales reached **** trillion U.S. dollars for the first time in the United States. This is more than **** times the sales numbers that were generated in 1992, not adjusting for inflation. Leading retailers and store types In 2023, the leading food and grocery retailer in the United States was by far Walmart, which generated sales numbers of close to *** billion U.S. dollars that year. The Kroger Co., Costco Wholesale Club, and Ahold Delhaize were also among the top U.S. retailers. With a grocery market share of almost ** percent, the supermarket was the top store type in 2018. The warehouse clubs and superstores category stood in second place, accounting for almost a quarter of the U.S. market. Consumer habits The American consumer made an average of a little more than *** and a half trips to the grocery store per week in 2023. The average amount of trips has noticeably decreased, compared to a decade earlier. In recent times, online grocery shopping has also become an option for consumers. The concept is projected to grow considerably in the coming years, reaching roughly *** billion U.S. dollars’ worth of sales numbers in the United States by 2024.

The 'Retail Sales MoM' (Month-over-Month) in the USA measures the percentage change in the total value of sales at the retail level from one month to the next.-2025-01-16

Key information about United States Retail Sales Growth

• United States Retail Sales grew 4.1 % YoY in Sep 2025, compared with a 4.9 % increase in the previous month.
• US Retail Sales Growth YoY data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1993 to Sep 2025, with an average growth rate of -8.8 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 42.0 % in Apr 2021 and a record low of -15.8 % in Apr 2020.
• In the latest reports, Car Sales of US recorded 1,491,440.0 units in Aug 2025, representing a growth of 2.4 %.

CEIC calculates monthly Retail Sales: Excl. Motor Vehicles Growth from monthly Retail Sales excluding Motor Vehicle and Parts. The U.S. Census Bureau provides Retail Sales excluding Motor Vehicle and Parts in USD. Retail Sales include Food Services.