TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--December 2011
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)
2011 2011 2011 2010 2010
NAICS(1) Kind of Business Dec(3) Nov Oct Dec Nov
Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 400,614 400,268 398,645 376,208 373,952
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 328,741 329,445 328,451 310,161 308,550
Retail ....................................... 357,975 357,923 356,544 336,857 334,586
GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 98,898 98,850 95,173 96,052
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 71,873 70,823 70,194 66,047 65,402
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 65,055 63,945 63,334 59,407 58,816
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 7,702 7,626 7,578 7,296 7,296
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 8,300 8,640 8,595 8,304 8,319
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 6,501 6,584 6,421 6,429
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 2,139 2,011 1,883 1,890
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 25,879 25,476 25,725 24,459 24,255
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 20,457 20,650 19,769 19,559
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 51,826 51,905 51,949 49,404 49,571
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 46,372 46,467 46,547 44,277 44,367
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,759 3,717 3,486 3,565
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 23,257 23,127 23,145 22,557 22,457
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 19,266 19,316 18,906 18,905
447 Gasoline stations................................ 44,782 45,508 45,082 41,120 39,698
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 19,182 19,051 18,968 18,098 18,404
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S)
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 3,191 3,171 3,135 3,147
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,328 2,290 2,241 2,239
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,433 7,402 7,509 7,228 7,258
452 General merchandise stores....................... 52,727 53,162 53,163 51,356 51,785
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 15,219 15,243 15,239 15,370 15,812
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 37,919 37,924 35,986 35,973
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 33,154 33,229 31,590 31,488
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 4,765 4,695 4,396 4,485
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 10,277 10,323 10,337 9,579 9,577
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 34,737 34,880 34,299 31,409 30,564
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 26,534 26,222 23,921 23,604
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 42,639 42,345 42,101 39,351 39,366
(*) 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.html
(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--December 2011
Estimates not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes.
(In Millions of dollars and Annual Percent Change)
12 month total
% Chg. 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010
NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2011 from Dec(2) Nov Oct Dec Nov
Code 2010 (a) (p) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 4,691,339 7.7 461,167 398,748 387,300 434,288 372,533
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 3,873,476 7.3 390,987 334,676 321,176 369,616 313,615
Retail ....................................... 4,197,152 7.9 417,675 358,774 344,988 394,780 335,293
GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 107,647 93,983 138,743 104,184
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 817,863 9.9 70,180 64,072 66,124 64,672 58,918
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 736,874 10.5 63,689 57,359 59,154 58,278 52,523
44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 48,564 49,844 49,626 43,652
4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 6,713 6,970 6,394 6,395
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 89,943 1.9 9,265 8,228 7,207 8,762 7,872
4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 4,233 3,823 4,120 4,084
4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,995 3,384 4,642 3,788
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 100,918 0.4 13,061 9,993 7,641 13,126 9,609
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 7,567 5,807 10,190 7,477
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 2,426 1,834 2,936 2,132
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 300,182 5.7 23,386 24,701 25,679 22,339 23,603
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 20,314 20,980 18,306 19,442
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 615,452 5.5 57,010 51,861 51,317 53,986 49,199
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 551,454 5.7 49,386 46,328 45,988 46,889 43,923
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,812 3,654 4,772 3,608
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 274,897 4.5 25,746 22,664 22,821 25,129 22,075
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 18,996 19,161 20,910 18,659
447 Gasoline stations................................ 533,559 17.7 43,080 42,823 44,992 39,434 37,515
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 226,520 5.9 30,848 20,767 18,087 28,586 20,024
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 760 735 1,057 715
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,456 3,114 4,442 3,396
44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 8,620 7,232 11,409 8,460
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 2,335 2,139 2,981 2,232
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 88,811 5.1 12,257 7,720 6,390 11,890 7,534
452 General merchandise stores....................... 630,889 3.5 74,132 57,908 51,528 72,404 56,136
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 184,171 -1.1 26,424 18,087 14,358 26,784 18,532
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 18,439 14,629 27,161 18,822
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 39,821 37,170 45,620 37,604
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 34,613 32,564 39,488 32,747
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 5,208 4,606 6,132 4,857
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 121,111 8.1 11,999 10,121 10,507 11,240 9,437
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 397,007 12.5 46,711 37,916 32,695 43,212 33,371
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 29,373 24,858 34,016 26,200
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 494,187 6.1 43,492 39,974 42,312 39,508 37,240
(*) 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.html
(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--December 2011 (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.