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The U.S. Census Bureau is updating its economic indicator release calendar in coordination with other agencies and the Office of Management and Budget to address the impacts of the recent lapse in federal funding. We will provide the updated release schedule as soon as it becomes available. For more information, see Census' Recovery Plan for Principal Federal Economic Indicators.
The December 2025 release for the Advance Economic Indicators Report, originally scheduled for January 28, 2026, has been rescheduled for release on February 19, 2026. For more information, see the Economic Indicators Release Schedule.
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
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Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for December 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $735.0 billion, virtually unchanged (±0.4 percent)* from the previous month, and up 2.4 percent (±0.5 percent) from December 2024. Total sales for the 12 months of 2025 were up 3.7 percent (±0.4 percent) from 2024. Total sales for the October 2025 through December 2025 period were up 3.0 percent (±0.4 percent) from the same period a year ago. The October 2025 to November 2025 percent change was unrevised from up 0.6 (±0.3 percent).
Retail trade sales were virtually unchanged (±0.5 percent)* from November 2025, and up 2.1 percent (±0.5 percent) from last year. Nonstore retailers were up 5.3 percent (±1.4 percent) from last year, while food service and drinking places were up 4.7 percent (±1.8 percent) from December 2024.
Additional Release Tables - December 2025
Files are available as Excel or Adobe PDF. All Files are [<1MB].
