Sales
The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for February, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $2,014.8 billion, up 1.7 percent (±0.2 percent) from January 2026 and was up 5.5 percent (±0.5 percent) from February 2025.
Inventories
Manufacturers’ and trade inventories for February, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $2,686.8 billion, up 0.4 percent (±0.1 percent) from January 2026 and were up 1.3 percent (±0.4 percent) from February 2025.
Inventories/Sales Ratio
The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of February was 1.33. The February 2025 ratio was 1.39.
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* The 90 percent confidence interval includes zero. There is insufficient evidence to conclude that the actual change is different from zero.
