Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for September 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $745.0 billion, up 0.8 percent (±0.4 percent) from the previous month, and up 6.3 percent (±0.5 percent) from September 2025. Total sales for the July 2026 through September 2026 period were up 5.5 percent (±0.5 percent) from the same period a year ago. The July 2026 to August 2026 percent change was revised from up 1.1 percent (±0.4 percent) to up 1.3 percent (±0.1 percent).