Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for January 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $733.5 billion, down 0.2 percent (±0.4 percent)* from the previous month, and up 3.2 percent (±0.5 percent) from January 2025. Total sales for the November 2025 through January 2026 period were up 2.9 percent (±0.4 percent) from the same period a year ago. The November 2025 to December 2025 percent change was unrevised from virtually unchanged (±0.3 percent)*.

Retail trade sales were down 0.2 percent (±0.5 percent)* from December 2025, and up 3.0 percent (±0.5 percent) from last year. Nonstore retailers were up 10.9 percent (±1.4 percent) from last year, while food service and drinking places were up 3.9 percent (±1.8 percent) from January 2025.