TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--October 2009
Estimates adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes.
(Total sales estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey, Monthly Retail Trade Survey, and administrative records.)(2)
(In Millions of dollars)
2009 2009 2009 2008 2008
NAICS(1) Kind of Business Oct(3) Sep Aug Oct Sep
Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 347,483 342,783 350,800 353,641 365,855
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 288,468 287,809 286,661 296,142 303,757
Retail ....................................... 309,094 304,849 312,879 315,802 327,651
GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 93,796 93,401 94,056 95,217
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 59,015 54,974 64,139 57,499 62,098
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 52,677 48,619 57,736 50,890 55,521
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 7,699 7,761 7,696 8,335 8,363
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 8,343 8,394 8,316 8,969 9,143
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 6,594 6,546 7,082 7,303
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 1,800 1,770 1,887 1,840
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 22,557 23,116 23,249 26,540 26,726
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 19,417 19,389 22,348 22,435
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 49,590 49,516 49,222 49,355 49,453
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 44,282 44,203 43,890 44,120 44,245
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,487 3,500 3,512 3,488
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 21,460 21,363 21,110 20,580 20,565
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 17,739 17,553 17,118 17,062
447 Gasoline stations................................ 31,464 31,458 31,165 37,030 42,319
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 17,647 17,577 17,465 17,382 17,639
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S)
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 2,904 2,931 2,990 3,121
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,179 2,198 2,141 2,143
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,202 7,289 7,303 7,010 7,169
452 General merchandise stores....................... 49,948 49,567 49,407 49,196 49,672
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 15,602 15,557 15,584 16,070 16,286
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 34,010 33,823 33,126 33,386
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 30,031 29,892 29,393 29,627
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 3,979 3,931 3,733 3,759
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 9,615 9,525 9,512 9,746 9,743
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 24,554 24,309 24,295 24,160 24,761
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 17,665 17,618 16,674 16,905
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 38,389 37,934 37,921 37,839 38,204
(*) Advance estimates are not available for this kind of business.
(NA) Not available (S) Suppressed (a) Advance estimate (p) Preliminary estimate (r) Revised estimate
(1) For a full description of the NAICS codes used in this table, see http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics
(2) Estimates are concurrently adjusted for seasonal variation and for holiday and trading day differences, but not for price changes. Concurrent seasonal adjustment
uses all available unadjusted estimates as input to the X-12 ARIMA program. The factors derived from the program are used in calculating all seasonally
adjusted estimates shown in this table. Year-to-date seasonally adjusted sales estimates are not tabulated. Adjustment factors and explanatory material can be found
on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/retail
(3) Advance estimates are based on early reports obtained from a small sample of firms selected from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) sample.
All other estimates are from the MRTS sample.
(4) GAFO represents firms which specialize in department store types of merchandise and is comprised of furniture & home furnishings (442), electronics & appliances (443),
clothing & clothing accessories (448), sporting goods, hobby, book, and music (451), general merchandise (452), office supply, stationery, and gift stores (4532).
(5) Estimates include data for leased departments operated within department stores. Data for this line are not included in broader kind-of-business totals.
TABLE 1B. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--October 2009
Estimates not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes.
(In Millions of dollars and Annual Percent Change)
10 month total
% Chg. 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008
NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2009 from Oct(2) Sep Aug Oct Sep
Code 2008 (a) (p) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 3,384,719 -8.2 346,584 330,297 359,483 352,479 352,554
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 2,797,197 -6.6 289,286 276,082 290,828 296,500 291,226
Retail ....................................... 3,001,928 -9.2 307,197 293,349 320,197 314,224 315,534
GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 85,862 94,988 90,452 86,587
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 587,522 -14.9 57,298 54,215 68,655 55,979 61,328
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 522,275 -16.4 50,675 47,841 62,009 49,007 54,744
44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 37,113 50,054 39,063 44,022
4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 6,374 6,646 6,972 6,584
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 76,476 -12.4 7,753 7,761 7,988 8,393 8,338
4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 4,288 4,401 4,359 4,459
4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,473 3,587 4,034 3,879
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 78,602 -9.5 7,406 7,558 8,131 7,988 8,226
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 5,882 6,428 6,218 6,522
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 1,676 1,703 1,770 1,704
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 242,853 -12.6 23,069 23,208 23,415 27,676 26,895
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 20,349 20,261 23,912 23,445
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 486,612 0.1 50,047 48,022 49,727 49,403 47,664
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 435,818 -0.3 44,681 42,921 44,417 44,164 42,741
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,368 3,524 3,516 3,303
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 209,040 3.1 21,567 20,658 20,624 20,786 19,907
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 17,225 17,062 17,392 16,567
447 Gasoline stations................................ 297,419 -30.2 32,565 31,647 34,063 38,326 42,785
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 161,903 -4.9 17,473 15,954 17,971 16,860 15,929
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 705 667 764 729
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 2,791 2,831 3,002 2,984
44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 6,168 7,263 6,660 6,102
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 1,992 2,734 2,064 1,948
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 67,339 -1.4 6,374 6,888 8,296 6,190 6,710
452 General merchandise stores....................... 468,297 -0.7 48,771 44,472 49,186 47,705 44,179
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 142,778 -6.7 15,060 13,539 15,441 15,487 13,958
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 13,889 15,840 15,972 14,407
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 30,933 33,745 32,218 30,221
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 27,268 30,101 28,511 26,842
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 3,665 3,644 3,707 3,379
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 93,430 -4.2 10,011 9,457 9,423 9,984 9,686
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 232,435 -3.8 24,863 23,509 22,718 24,934 23,887
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 17,294 16,860 17,091 16,618
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 382,791 1.0 39,387 36,948 39,286 38,255 37,020
(*) Advance estimates are not available for this kind of business.
(NA) Not available (a) Advance estimate (p) Preliminary estimate (r) Revised estimate
(1) For a full description of the NAICS codes used in this table, see http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics
(2) Advance estimates are based on early reports obtained from a small sample of firms selected from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) sample.
All other estimates are from the MRTS sample.
(3) GAFO represents firms which specialize in department store types of merchandise and is comprised of furniture & home furnishings (442), electronics & appliances (443),
clothing & clothing accessories (448), sporting goods, hobby, book, and music (451), general merchandise (452), office supply, stationery, and gift stores (4532).
(4) Estimates include data for leased departments operated within department stores. Data for this line are not included in broader kind-of-business totals.
SOURCE: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services--OCTOBER 2009 (Press Release available without charge from Public Information Office, Bureau of the Census Washington, D.C. 20233). Survey methodology and measures of sampling variability are documented in the Advance Press Release. Questions concerning this report should be directed to Mr. Timothy Winters (301) 763-2713.