US Retail Sales Databank

The Coresight Research US Retail Sales Databank brings together retail sales data to help you understand the scale and trajectory of US retail. Our Databank provides easy access to retail sales in total and by sector, by year and by month, in dollar terms and in year-over-year growth.

This Databank is updated monthly.

The US Retail Sales Databank includes:

Monthly Retail Sales: We chart retail sales for each of the latest 24 months, and the unadjusted year-over-year change for each of the latest 12 months.
US Retail Sales, Total and by Sector: We detail the latest 13 months of monthly retail sales.
US Retail Sales Growth, Total and by Sector: We present the year-over-year growth for the latest 13 months of total retail sales and sales by sector.
US Retail Sales (Annual): We chart the annual retail sales and unadjusted year-over-year change from 2010 to 2022. This measure of retail sales excludes sales by motor vehicle and parts dealers, gasoline stations and food-service businesses.
Breakdown of Retail Sales by Sector: We present the constitution of total retail sales by major retail sectors.

We chart annual retail sales and year-over-year percentage changes for the following retail sectors. Descriptions for these sectors are provided after the charts.

Food and beverage retailers
Grocery retailers
General merchandise retailers
Department store retailers
Home-improvement and gardening retailers
Health and personal care retailers
Clothing, footwear and accessories retailers
Furniture and home-furnishing retailers
Electronics and appliance retailers
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers
Miscellaneous retailers
Nonstore retailers

Monthly Retail Sales

Total retail sales (excluding sales by gasoline stations and motor vehicle and parts dealers) increased by 4.0% year over year in January 2025—down from strong growth of 4.9% (revised) in December 2024 but above the 3.3% (revised) rate in November 2024. Overall, the holiday quarter performed strongly, recording average retail sales growth of 4.6%.

Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research

US Retail Sales, by Sector: Latest 13 Months (USD Bil.)

Sector	Jan 24	Feb 24	Mar 24	Apr 24	May 24	Jun 24	Jul 24	Aug 24	Sep 24	Oct 24	Nov 24	Dec 24	Jan 25
1	Total retail sales (excl. automobiles and gasoline)	398.4	428.6	413.3	410.4	422.4	398.6	417.7	443.9	490.1	388.1	381.9	415.9	411.8	441.4	418.4	431.5	433.4	409.8	441.2	458.5	514.1	403.7
2	Food and beverage stores	79.7	83.5	81.3	83.2	82.9	80.7	81.4	83.4	89.2	79.8	77.0	83.2	78.8	85.9	82.8	85.2	85.3	81.1	84.7	86.0	90.6	83.8
3	- Grocery stores	71.7	74.8	72.7	74.5	74.5	72.3	73.0	74.3	77.8	72.6	69.3	74.8	70.8	76.8	74.0	76.2	76.3	72.8	75.9	76.6	78.8	76.4
4	General merchandise stores	72.0	74.8	73.3	73.8	75.4	70.7	73.8	77.9	92.7	66.2	67.3	75.7	70.7	77.8	75.2	74.9	78.6	71.6	76.3	81.6	93.1	69.6
5	- Department stores	10.5	11.0	10.4	10.6	11.5	10.1	10.3	12.3	16.6	8.9	9.5	10.5	9.9	11.1	10.6	10.4	11.4	9.9	10.4	12.2	16.2	9.0
6	Clothing and clothing access. stores	24.2	26.1	24.4	24.9	26.7	23.3	23.9	28.6	40.7	19.2	22.0	25.0	24.0	27.6	25.1	25.5	27.2	23.1	25.3	29.8	41.2	19.9
7	Building mat. and garden equip. and supplies dealers	43.2	50.5	46.4	41.9	43.9	39.9	41.9	39.7	36.6	32.8	33.8	38.7	44.9	48.5	43.8	44.1	42.9	40.4	45.0	40.1	37.0	33.0
8	Health and personal care stores	34.6	36.9	36.4	34.6	37.1	35.9	38.4	37.1	40.7	6.4	34.6	36.2	35.5	37.3	35.7	37.3	38.0	37.7	39.7	37.7	42.9	38.1
9	Furniture and home furnishings stores	11.1	11.7	11.7	11.2	11.9	11.5	10.9	12.1	11.8	10.0	10.3	11.0	10.6	11.4	10.8	11.4	11.9	11.3	11.4	12.6	12.7	10.6
10	Electronics and appliance stores	6.7	7.3	7.4	7.2	7.7	7.5	7.4	8.8	10.0	7.2	7.3	7.2	7.0	7.6	7.3	7.7	7.7	7.0	7.4	8.9	10.5	7.2
11	Sporting goods hobby musical instrument and book stores	7.9	8.3	8.6	8.5	9.2	8.2	7.9	9.4	11.9	7.1	6.9	8.0	7.3	8.0	8.2	8.0	8.9	7.8	7.9	9.3	12.0	6.8
12	Miscellaneous store retailers	14.1	15.8	15.6	14.5	14.5	14.5	15.5	14.7	15.3	13.0	13.4	14.9	15.4	16.6	15.7	15.5	15.8	15.3	16.7	14.5	16.3	13.9
13	Nonstore retailers	104.9	113.7	108.4	110.7	113.3	106.3	116.3	132.1	141.1	116.4	109.3	115.9	117.5	120.6	113.8	122.0	117.0	114.6	126.9	138.0	157.7	120.9

Grocery retailers are a subset of food and beverage retailers. Department store retailers are a subset of general merchandise retailers.
Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research

US Retail Sales, by Sector: Latest 13 Months (YoY % Change)

Sector	Jan 24	Feb 24	Mar 24	Apr 24	May 24	Jun 24	Jul 24	Aug 24	Sep 24	Oct 24	Nov 24	Dec 24	Jan 25
1	Total retail sales (excl. automobiles and gasoline)	1.4%	4.6%	3.3%	3.5%	3.7%	2.7%	3.6%	4.3%	3.4%	2.7%	5.9%	2.7%	3.4%	3.0%	1.2%	5.1%	2.6%	2.8%	5.6%	3.3%	4.9%	4.0%
2	Food and beverage stores	2.7%	3.2%	1.2%	1.1%	2.6%	2.2%	-0.2%	0.9%	0.4%	1.2%	3.8%	3.0%	-1.1%	2.9%	1.9%	2.4%	2.9%	0.5%	4.0%	3.2%	1.5%	5.0%
3	- Grocery stores	3.1%	2.9%	0.8%	0.9%	2.7%	2.1%	-0.3%	0.6%	-0.1%	1.3%	3.4%	2.5%	-1.4%	2.7%	1.8%	2.4%	2.5%	0.6%	4.0%	3.1%	1.3%	5.2%
4	General merchandise stores	2.3%	1.3%	1.5%	1.7%	2.8%	2.1%	-0.1%	0.8%	1.9%	-0.3%	4.8%	9.3%	-1.7%	4.1%	2.6%	1.4%	4.3%	1.2%	3.3%	4.7%	0.5%	5.2%
5	- Department stores	-3.5%	-2.6%	-5.1%	-3.1%	-2.3%	-4.2%	-6.5%	-3.6%	-3.3%	-4.3%	0.7%	-1.1%	-6.2%	0.7%	1.6%	-1.7%	-0.5%	-2.4%	1.0%	-0.8%	-2.6%	1.4%
6	Clothing and clothing access. stores	-3.9%	-0.2%	0.1%	1.6%	3.9%	0.8%	-1.3%	1.9%	3.6%	0.4%	6.5%	1.9%	-1.0%	5.6%	3.1%	2.2%	2.1%	-1.0%	5.8%	4.1%	1.3%	3.6%
7	Building mat. and garden equip. and supplies dealers	-6.6%	0.5%	-4.1%	-4.0%	-3.1%	-6.8%	-3.0%	-2.3%	-6.2%	-6.8%	-0.7%	-7.6%	3.8%	-4.1%	-5.5%	5.3%	-2.3%	1.2%	7.3%	1.0%	1.2%	0.7%
8	Health and personal care stores	5.9%	11.3%	8.0%	5.9%	8.2%	6.4%	11.9%	9.5%	7.3%	-81.5%	5.7%	-1.1%	2.5%	0.9%	-2.0%	8.0%	2.6%	4.8%	3.3%	1.5%	5.6%	4.6%
9	Furniture and home furnishings stores	-9.3%	-4.2%	-1.9%	-5.0%	-5.3%	-5.4%	-9.5%	-4.0%	-5.3%	-11.8%	-5.3%	-11.5%	-4.1%	-2.6%	-7.4%	2.0%	0.3%	-1.5%	5.1%	3.7%	7.1%	5.2%
10	Electronics and appliance stores	-10.7%	-3.1%	-0.7%	-4.6%	-2.4%	-1.4%	0.8%	3.7%	1.4%	-4.5%	6.0%	-4.0%	4.2%	5.0%	-1.1%	6.3%	-0.4%	-6.9%	-1.0%	1.7%	5.3%	0.2%
11	Sporting goods hobby musical instrument and book stores	-2.4%	1.8%	0.3%	0.0%	-2.1%	-0.7%	-2.5%	-1.6%	-4.8%	-1.9%	2.0%	-2.6%	-7.4%	-3.3%	-5.1%	-5.6%	-3.3%	-5.5%	-0.7%	-0.8%	1.0%	-4.3%
12	Miscellaneous store retailers	-1.8%	1.3%	1.1%	-0.9%	-5.2%	0.8%	4.1%	6.6%	3.0%	2.8%	9.4%	6.9%	8.9%	5.4%	1.1%	6.7%	9.1%	5.5%	7.6%	-1.1%	6.3%	6.6%
13	Nonstore retailers	6.5%	11.5%	10.6%	12.4%	10.1%	8.7%	12.7%	11.6%	9.9%	10.8%	11.5%	5.5%	12.1%	6.1%	5.0%	10.2%	3.3%	7.9%	9.1%	4.4%	11.7%	3.8%

Data are not seasonally adjusted. Grocery retailers are a subset of food and beverage retailers. Department store retailers are a subset of general merchandise retailers
Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research

US Retail Sales (Annual)

This measure of retail sales excludes sales by food-service businesses, gasoline stations and motor vehicle and parts dealers.