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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 November 2025 release for Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services and the October 2025 release for Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services, originally scheduled for December 17, 2025, have been rescheduled for release on January 14, 2026. For more information, see the Economic Indicators Release Schedule.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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 November 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $735.9 billion, up 0.6 percent (±0.4 percent) from the previous month, and up 3.3 percent (±0.5 percent) from November 2024. Total sales for the September 2025 through November 2025 period were up 3.6 percent (±0.4 percent) from the same period a year ago. The September 2025 to October 2025 percent change was revised from virtually unchanged (±0.5 percent)* to down 0.1 percent (±0.2 percent)*.
Retail trade sales were up 0.6 percent (±0.5 percent) from October 2025, and up 3.1 percent (±0.5 percent) from last year. Nonstore retailers were up 7.2 percent (±1.2 percent) from last year, while food service and drinking places were up 4.9 percent (±1.8 percent) from November 2024.
Additional Release Tables - November 2025
Files are available as Excel or Adobe PDF. All Files are [<1MB].
