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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 October 2025 release for Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services and the September 2025 release for Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services, originally scheduled for November 14, 2025, have been rescheduled for release on December 16, 2025. For more information, see the Economic Indicators Release Schedule.
The Third Quarter 2025 release for Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales, originally scheduled for November 18, 2025, has been rescheduled for release on December 18, 2025.
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 October 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $732.6 billion, virtually unchanged (±0.5 percent)* from the previous month, and up 3.5 percent (±0.5 percent) from October 2024. Total sales for the August 2025 through October 2025 period were up 4.2 percent (±0.4 percent) from the same period a year ago. The August 2025 to September 2025 percent change was revised from up 0.2 percent (±0.4 percent)* to up 0.1 percent (±0.3 percent)*.
Retail trade sales were up 0.1 percent (±0.5 percent)* from September 2025, and up 3.4 percent (±0.5 percent) from last year. Nonstore retailers were up 9.0 percent (±1.2 percent) from last year, while food service and drinking places were up 4.1 percent (±1.8 percent) from October 2024.
Additional Release Tables - October 2025
Files are available as Excel or Adobe PDF. All Files are [<1MB].
