Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for September 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $714.4 billion, an increase of 0.4 percent (±0.5 percent)* from the previous month, and up 1.7 percent (±0.5 percent) from September 2023. Total sales for the July 2024 through September 2024 period were up 2.3 percent (±0.5 percent) from the same period a year ago. The July 2024 to August 2024 percent change was unrevised from up 0.1 percent (±0.2 percent)*.
Retail trade sales were up 0.3 percent (±0.5 percent)* from August 2024, and up 1.4 percent (±0.5 percent) from last year. Nonstore retailers were up 7.1 percent (±1.4 percent) from last year, while food services and drinking places were up 3.7 percent (±2.1 percent) from September 2023.
Additional Release Tables - September 2024
Monthly Retail Trade Report - August 2024