Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $763.7 billion, up 0.9 percent (±0.4 percent) from the previous month, and up 6.9 percent (±0.5 percent) from May 2025. Total sales for the March 2026 through May 2026 period were up 5.3 percent (±0.5 percent) from the same period a year ago. The March 2026 to April 2026 percent change was revised from up 0.5 percent (±0.4 percent) to up 0.4 percent (±0.2 percent).

Retail trade sales were up 1.0 percent (±0.4 percent) from April 2026, and up 7.5 percent (±0.5 percent) from last year. Nonstore retailers were up 12.2 percent (±1.8 percent) from last year, while food services and drinking places were up 2.7 percent (±1.8 percent) from May 2025.