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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 January 2026 release for Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services and the December 2025 release for Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services, originally scheduled for February 17, 2026, have been rescheduled for release on March 6, 2026. For more information, see the Economic Indicators Release Schedule.
The Fourth Quarter 2025 release for Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales, originally scheduled for February 19, 2026, has been rescheduled for release on March 10, 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 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.
Additional Release Tables - January 2026
Files are available as Excel or Adobe PDF. All Files are [<1MB].
