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 US retail sales, excluding gasoline and automobiles, increased by a moderate 3.2% year over year (YoY) in August 2023 versus revised growth of 3.1% in July, according to Coresight Research calculations based on data from the US Census Bureau. Retail sales in August revealed an even divide in the sectors that saw growth—seven of our tracked sectors showed YoY sales growth while seven showed YoY sales declines. Of the sectors that saw growth, health and personal care stores, clothing and clothing accessory stores, nonstore retailers and motor vehicles and parts dealers all saw sales growth above the overall average of 3.2%. Furniture and home-furnishing stores and building material and garden supply retailers saw YoY sales declines of more than 3.0% in August, continuing a trend of interest-rate-sensitive sectors showing relative weakness. Gasoline stations saw a YoY decline of 9.8% in August, compared to a YoY decline of 21.2% in July, due to a YoY spike in gas prices in August (per OPIS, an energy data and analytics provider). Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research US Retail Sales, by Sector: Latest 13 Months (USD Bil.) wdt_ID Sector 19-May Jun 19 Jul 19 Aug 19 Sep 19 Oct 19 Nov 19 Dec 19 Jan 20 Feb 20 Mar 20 Apr 20 May 20 Jun 20 Jul 20 Aug 20 Sep 20 Oct 20 Nov 20 Dec 20 Jan 21 Feb 21 Mar 21 Apr 21 May 21 Jun 21 Jul 21 Aug 21 Sep 21 Oct 21 Nov 21 Dec 21 Jan 22 Feb 22 Mar 22 Apr 22 May 22 Jun 22 Jul 22 Aug 22 Sep 22 Oct 22 Nov 22 Dec 22 Jan 23 Feb 23 Mar 23 Apr 23 May 23 Jun 23 Jul 23 Aug 23 1 Total retail sales (excl. automobiles and gasoline) 311.4 317.8 311.4 317.8 291.8 313.1 331.2 382.6 288.9 283.7 317.9 280.9 322.9 330.7 339.8 334.3 326.0 342.9 354.7 406.8 322.9 300.9 378.1 372.0 380.0 377.5 372.6 377.4 362.2 382.8 411.6 458.7 355.5 339.8 392.6 392.4 413.4 403.8 400.1 411.3 392.4 407.3 430.0 478.9 378.8 362.6 407.7 401.0 431.7 415.6 412.6 424.3 2 Food and beverage retailers 65.8 63.8 65.7 66.2 61.7 64.1 65.4 69.0 63.6 61.0 79.9 71.1 76.4 71.8 75.1 72.4 69.7 72.0 71.9 77.3 71.7 65.8 70.9 69.9 74.6 73.1 75.6 74.5 73.0 75.8 75.7 82.7 75.0 69.3 76.3 76.4 81.2 80.7 82.7 81.2 79.4 82.1 83.1 89.5 79.4 74.4 81.4 80.2 84.0 81.8 83.7 83.5 3 - Grocery retailers 58.8 56.9 58.6 59.0 55.2 57.3 58.2 59.8 57.7 54.8 72.6 64.4 68.4 64.0 66.9 64.5 62.1 64.0 63.9 67.0 64.8 59.0 63.1 62.2 66.3 64.9 67.2 66.6 65.3 67.8 67.3 71.8 68.1 62.3 68.6 68.4 73.2 72.5 74.3 73.0 71.4 73.9 74.5 78.6 72.4 67.4 73.6 72.4 75.5 73.3 75.1 75.0 4 General merchandise retailers 60.7 58.7 58.5 61.5 54.5 58.6 66.0 77.6 52.9 53.8 63.0 54.6 63.4 60.5 61.7 62.3 58.6 63.2 67.0 77.1 59.6 54.2 68.8 64.3 67.9 65.7 66.9 67.7 63.0 69.2 74.2 85.1 60.9 56.6 67.6 65.5 73.0 71.4 71.6 72.4 68.5 72.9 76.2 89.7 65.3 63.4 68.5 71.1 74.2 72.4 72.6 74.5 5 - Department store retailers 11.3 10.6 10.6 11.6 9.8 10.5 13.4 18.4 8.5 9.1 7.9 5.9 8.8 9.0 9.4 9.9 9.2 9.7 11.2 14.6 8.3 7.9 10.8 10.0 11.2 10.8 11.0 11.4 10.2 11.1 13.1 17.1 8.8 9.0 10.5 10.7 11.3 11.0 11.0 11.8 10.6 11.1 12.8 17.3 9.3 9.5 10.6 10.5 11.0 10.4 10.6 11.5 6 Clothing, footwear and accessories retailers 22.9 21.0 21.7 23.7 19.5 21.2 24.9 34.5 16.6 18.8 10.8 2.7 8.8 16.4 17.8 19.0 18.8 20.1 21.3 32.2 15.7 16.6 23.6 23.1 25.9 24.6 25.2 25.1 22.6 24.4 28.7 39.4 18.1 20.5 25.6 25.9 26.5 24.7 24.9 26.0 23.6 24.8 28.6 39.9 19.4 20.9 20.0 24.7 26.6 24.8 25.3 27.0 7 Home-improvement and gardening retailers 38.4 34.6 34.8 33.4 30.9 33.7 30.7 29.5 27.9 27.2 33.1 35.9 42.4 42.1 39.4 36.7 36.9 37.6 34.7 34.5 31.2 29.6 43.0 46.5 46.3 44.9 41.2 39.6 38.9 39.4 39.5 38.3 33.8 33.5 44.5 46.2 50.6 48.6 43.9 45.6 43.1 43.5 40.9 39.2 35.4 34.3 42.2 43.6 50.9 46.7 42.2 43.9 8 Health and personal care retailers 30.8 29.0 29.5 30.0 28.7 31.1 29.3 33.2 30.0 28.7 32.0 25.7 26.3 28.3 29.6 28.9 29.5 30.6 28.6 33.7 29.5 27.5 33.5 32.0 31.4 32.6 32.0 32.5 32.1 32.5 32.4 37.4 32.2 29.9 33.6 32.4 33.0 33.4 32.3 34.0 33.5 34.0 33.7 37.3 34.2 32.5 36.3 34.3 36.7 36.2 34.8 36.6 9 Furniture and home-furnishing retailers 10.1 9.5 9.9 10.3 9.8 10.0 10.8 11.0 9.3 9.2 7.9 4.0 7.3 10.0 10.6 11.0 11.1 11.1 11.2 12.1 10.7 10.0 12.4 12.0 11.9 11.7 12.0 12.1 12.0 12.0 12.8 12.7 10.4 10.7 12.5 12.2 12.0 11.7 11.6 12.3 11.9 11.9 12.3 12.2 11.0 10.6 12.0 10.6 11.3 11.3 10.8 11.4 10 Electronics and appliance retailers 7.6 7.5 7.7 8.0 7.6 7.6 10.0 11.8 7.7 7.2 6.3 3.0 4.0 5.6 6.6 6.8 6.5 6.9 8.3 9.5 7.1 6.2 7.9 7.3 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.9 8.9 10.4 6.7 6.4 7.6 7.1 7.4 7.3 7.5 7.8 7.6 7.3 8.4 9.9 7.2 6.8 7.5 6.6 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.7 11 Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers 6.4 6.6 6.5 7.5 6.3 6.4 7.3 9.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 3.5 6.4 8.4 8.0 8.2 7.8 7.7 8.4 11.3 7.4 6.4 9.3 8.8 8.7 9.1 9.0 9.5 8.6 8.6 10.0 12.8 7.3 7.1 8.7 8.7 8.2 8.6 8.5 9.4 8.3 8.2 9.4 12.4 7.3 6.8 8.3 8.0 8.4 8.7 8.5 9.3 12 Miscellaneous retailers 12.6 11.5 11.5 12.0 11.0 12.2 11.9 12.5 10.6 10.5 9.7 7.3 9.8 11.5 12.0 11.8 11.6 12.4 12.0 13.9 11.2 10.5 12.8 13.2 13.7 14.3 14.4 14.4 14.2 15.0 14.6 15.6 12.5 12.8 15.2 15.7 16.3 16.2 15.5 16.0 15.2 15.6 14.5 15.7 13.5 13.1 14.9 15.1 17.0 16.7 15.5 15.7 13 Nonstore retailers 66.1 61.6 65.6 65.2 61.8 68.3 74.8 93.9 64.5 61.7 70.1 73.0 78.1 76.0 79.1 77.2 75.5 81.4 91.5 105.2 78.7 74.1 95.9 94.9 92.1 93.5 88.5 94.1 90.4 98.0 114.6 124.3 98.6 92.9 100.8 102.3 105.2 101.1 101.6 106.6 101.3 107.0 122.7 133.1 106.1 99.9 111.7 99.9 115.4 109.7 112.0 114.7 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) wdt_ID Sector 19-May Jun 19 Jul 19 Aug 19 Sep 19 Oct 19 Nov 19 Dec 19 Jan 20 Feb 20 Mar 20 Apr 20 May 20 Jun 20 Jul 20 Aug 20 Sep 20 Oct 20 Nov 20 Dec 20 Jan 21 Feb 21 Mar 21 Apr 21 May 21 Jun 21 Jul 21 Aug 21 Sep 21 Oct 21 Nov 21 Dec 21 Jan 22 Feb 22 Mar 22 Apr 22 May 22 Jun 22 Jul 22 Aug 22 Sep 22 Oct 22 Nov 22 Dec 22 Jan 23 Feb 23 Mar 23 Apr 23 May 23 Jun 23 Jul 23 Aug 23 1 Total retail sales (excl. automobiles and gasoline) 3.2 2.6 5.6 4.6 4.00 4.40 1.30 6.50 3.6 7.7 6.4 -4.9 1.9 10.6 10.9 6.8 13.5 11.2 8.7 7.9 13.0 7.2 20.5 32.4 17.3 13.8 9.3 12.2 10.4 10.9 15.0 11.9 9.4 12.0 3.8 5.5 8.9 7.6 7.8 9.7 9.2 7.2 5.3 5.5 6.6 5.9 3.1 1.3 4.4 2.9 3.1 3.2 2 Food and beverage retailers 2.5 2.1 4.1 4.5 1.40 3.10 3.70 2.20 2.0 8.2 26.9 13.9 14.9 11.4 13.0 8.1 11.7 11.0 8.3 10.3 11.1 6.2 -11.4 -0.2 -0.9 3.6 2.7 5.1 7.2 7.7 7.7 9.5 7.1 7.9 7.6 9.2 7.8 9.1 8.1 7.5 7.5 7.0 8.6 7.1 4.6 5.8 5.0 3.0 3.4 1.4 1.3 2.8 3 - Grocery retailers 2.5 2.4 4.2 4.5 1.50 3.30 4.00 2.30 2.0 8.2 28.5 14.9 14.7 10.7 12.5 7.6 10.7 10.0 7.9 10.0 10.3 5.6 -13.5 -2.0 -1.5 3.3 2.5 5.5 7.8 8.5 7.7 9.8 7.8 8.3 8.7 10.0 9.0 10.4 9.2 8.0 8.0 7.5 9.4 8.0 4.7 6.2 5.4 3.4 3.2 1.0 1.1 2.8 4 General merchandise retailers 0.7 1.2 2.0 2.4 -0.70 1.50 -0.30 -0.30 2.6 6.5 7.4 -4.2 4.1 2.6 5.0 0.9 6.9 7.4 0.9 -1.1 12.1 -0.8 9.5 18.7 8.1 9.7 10.0 10.6 9.6 11.7 11.1 11.5 4.1 6.6 -1.6 1.9 5.6 9.4 7.2 7.2 9.3 5.9 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.9 3.1 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.4 3.0 5 - Department store retailers -5.7 -4.5 -2.9 -4.1 -5.70 -4.80 -7.90 -3.50 -2.1 0.0 -26.1 -43.0 -22.2 -14.7 -11.6 -14.4 -5.7 -6.8 -15.9 -20.0 -1.8 -13.1 34.2 70.5 28.8 20.5 18.0 16.9 12.7 15.5 17.1 17.8 6.8 14.0 -2.6 6.7 0.4 1.2 -0.6 2.4 3.1 -0.5 -1.7 0.4 4.5 3.2 0.0 -3.7 -3.0 -5.3 -3.3 -2.4 6 Clothing, footwear and accessories retailers -2.9 -1.8 -0.5 2.3 -2.50 -0.70 -2.80 1.20 2.5 4.9 -50.7 -87.2 -61.9 -22.1 -18.2 -20.4 -4.0 -6.1 -15.4 -8.3 -6.7 -13.9 115.5 737.2 197.7 51.4 43.6 34.1 22.5 23.3 37.4 25.7 17.7 27.4 8.5 12.1 -44.6 -50.2 -51.7 -49.2 -53.2 -53.3 -43.5 -20.6 8.9 3.9 -1.5 -3.3 0.3 0.4 1.7 3.6 7 Home-improvement and gardening retailers -3.0 -5.1 0.8 0.2 1.50 -0.10 -0.90 3.50 1.1 9.1 7.1 5.5 13.9 25.6 17.0 13.2 23.3 15.2 16.3 20.6 15.8 12.8 34.6 30.4 10.0 7.6 5.3 8.9 6.2 6.0 15.1 12.0 9.3 14.5 3.4 -0.8 8.4 7.4 5.9 14.3 9.9 9.4 2.6 1.5 4.1 1.6 -5.9 -6.3 0.8 -3.8 -3.8 -3.8 8 Health and personal care retailers 3.8 2.0 4.5 0.7 3.70 2.50 -1.40 4.30 1.4 3.3 6.8 -9.4 -11.0 2.3 5.1 1.4 7.9 3.7 2.6 7.0 1.8 -0.9 7.6 24.0 19.3 14.6 7.4 11.6 8.0 5.4 12.5 9.6 9.7 8.5 0.6 1.5 4.4 2.0 0.8 4.2 4.3 4.3 3.7 -0.2 6.7 8.5 7.9 5.6 11.4 8.4 7.5 7.8 9 Furniture and home-furnishing retailers 1.2 -2.2 2.1 1.3 2.80 2.40 1.90 0.70 7.0 8.8 -20.0 -58.5 -28.6 2.4 4.3 3.8 9.4 8.2 1.4 8.4 12.8 5.8 54.3 210.3 66.9 20.8 16.6 12.1 10.4 10.9 16.9 7.5 -0.1 7.8 1.1 2.1 1.4 0.8 -2.3 3.0 0.4 -0.1 -2.5 -2.1 6.8 0.1 -3.1 -11.6 -6.0 -3.4 -7.3 -7.6 10 Electronics and appliance retailers -3.5 -6.0 -2.0 -3.6 -1.30 -2.40 -3.00 -0.60 0.9 3.4 -18.3 -53.2 -44.4 -19.7 -8.6 -9.0 -9.3 -3.3 -10.2 -12.9 -0.2 -7.2 36.3 143.8 91.6 41.3 22.3 16.1 18.3 16.4 9.1 11.5 -1.8 5.0 -3.1 -3.6 -0.3 -6.6 -5.2 -0.4 0.9 -6.7 -5.2 -5.1 4.3 2.1 -4.6 -10.5 -2.3 0.1 -4.1 -1.6 11 Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers -5.0 -3.2 3.0 2.1 2.90 5.30 -0.20 1.70 3.2 6.7 -17.7 -44.3 -2.6 25.8 20.7 8.0 23.2 19.0 13.4 17.1 26.5 14.1 79.8 156.4 39.7 10.9 14.6 18.7 12.8 15.5 23.1 16.3 0.8 14.2 -6.2 -0.6 -0.7 -1.5 1.3 3.9 3.9 2.3 -0.4 2.8 7.8 2.6 1.4 -2.1 1.8 0.2 0.1 -1.6 12 Miscellaneous retailers 2.8 1.6 8.4 5.8 6.60 5.70 5.30 6.50 13.3 14.8 -4.8 -30.2 -20.5 3.2 6.7 1.3 8.3 3.9 3.0 14.0 7.5 2.1 37.9 87.9 45.0 30.8 25.8 26.4 28.0 26.1 30.8 21.3 21.5 28.4 18.8 18.7 20.5 16.8 10.7 14.3 9.9 6.7 2.5 2.7 9.9 5.2 2.0 1.0 4.2 2.5 0.5 -1.4 13 Nonstore retailers 15.3 15.3 18.6 14.4 16.50 15.00 4.50 24.50 7.1 10.2 16.3 23.5 23.6 29.4 26.5 24.3 28.3 24.8 28.0 17.2 26.4 25.9 39.8 26.3 12.3 16.5 5.5 13.2 10.6 11.1 16.7 9.6 14.7 14.8 5.0 7.8 16.9 10.4 16.5 16.2 15.0 12.0 7.4 9.4 8.4 7.9 6.5 -1.5 9.7 8.5 10.2 7.6 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) In 2022, total US retail sales grew 7.9% to $4,826 billion. This measure of retail sales excludes sales by food-service businesses, gasoline stations and motor vehicle and parts dealers. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Breakdown of Retail Sales By Sector In 2022, Non store retailers constituted 26.4% of total retail sales, while food and beverage retailers accounted for 19.9%. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Food and Beverage Retailers In 2022, food and beverage retailers’ sales grew 8.1% to $961.5 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Grocery Retailers In 2022, Grocery retailers’ sales grew 9% to $863.8 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research General Merchandise Retailers In 2022, General merchandise retailers’ sales grew 6.9% to $852.4 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Department Store Retailers In 2022, Department store retailers’ sales grew by 2.2% to $136.4 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Clothing, Footwear and Accessories Retailers In 2022, Clothing, footwear and accessories retailers’ sales grew 5.9% to $307.9 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Home-Improvement and Gardening Retailers In 2022, Home-improvement and gardening retailers’ sales grew 7% to $514.5 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Health and Personal Care Retailers In 2022, Health and personal care retailers’ sales grew 3.2% to $399.4 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Furniture and Home-Furnishing Retailers In 2022, Furniture and home-furnishing retailers’ sales grew 0.51 to $141.3 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Electronics and Appliance Retailers In 2022, Electronics and appliance retailers’ sales fell 1.6% to $92 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument and Book Retailers In 2022, Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers’ sales rose by 0.3% to $102.8 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Miscellaneous Retailers In 2022, Miscellaneous retailers grew by 12.4% to $179.3 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Nonstore Retailers In 2022, Miscellaneous retailers grew by 12.4% to $179.3 billion. Source: US Census Bureau/Coresight Research Below, we provide the Census Bureau’s descriptions of the retail sectors that we cover, in brief. Furniture and home-furnishing retailers: Retailers that sell furniture, home furnishings, floor coverings and major home appliances and electronics. Some may offer interior decorating services along with the sale of products. Electronics and appliance retailers: Retailers that sell household and consumer electronics, such as household appliances, home entertainment systems, computers, computer peripherals, mobile phones, gaming consoles and others. Home-improvement and gardening retailers: Retailers that sell home-improvement and garden equipment and supplies. Food and beverage retailers: Retailers that sell fresh and processed food, such as supermarkets, convenience stores, specialty food stores, markets (for meat, fish, fruit and vegetables), baked goods stores, confectionery stores and liquor stores. Grocery retailers: A subsector of food and beverage retailers that includes supermarkets and convenience stores, which retail general lines of food. Health and personal care retailers: Retailers that primarily sell personal care products, beauty products, medicines, supplements and optical goods. Drugstore retailers and pharmacies, beauty shops and perfume retailers are part of this sector. Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument and book retailers: Retailers that sell sporting equipment (including fitness equipment, camping gear, bicycles, athletic uniforms and specialty sports footwear), toys, games, musical instruments, hobby and craft supplies, and books. Clothing, footwear and accessories retailers: Retailers that sell women’s, men’s and children’s clothing, accessories (such as hats, gloves, handbags, ties and belts), footwear, jewelry, and luggage and leather goods. General merchandise retailers: Retailers that sell many lines of products. Department stores, discount department stores, warehouse clubs, supercenters and variety stores fall within this sector. Department stores: A subsector of general merchandise retailers. Retailers within this group sell a wide range of products, including apparel, footwear, appliances, home furnishings, jewelry, toys and beauty products. Miscellaneous retailers: Retailers include florists; office supplies and stationery retailers; gift and novelty retailers; used-merchandise retailers; pet and pet supplies retailers; art dealers; mobile home dealers; and tobacco retailers. Nonstore retailers: Retailers include electronic shopping and mail order houses, vending-machine operators, direct-selling businesses and fuel dealers, among other direct-selling businesses such as in-home retailers and those that sell from a truck or wagon. This sector also includes online sales from some store-based retailers that separate this business from their store-based operations. Data on this page are based on non seasonally adjusted data published by the US Census Bureau. This report is for Premium subscribers only. Learn more about subscriptions here.
