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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, August 2026 Released

Released Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 08:30 ET.

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Result

The retail and food services sales, seasonally adjusted in the United States rose to $737.76 billion in August 2026 from $729.54 billion in July 2026 (+1.1%), according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Revised since: the August 2026 figure is now $739.32 billion.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Monthly Retail Trade Survey, newest month from the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey: sales of retail trade and food services, total (44X72), seasonally adjusted, millions of dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-28. The figure as Invokely stored it on 2026-10-13.

Recent history

Against the previous release

Invokely has no earlier release of this series on record.

Revisions to earlier periods

This release did not change the figure of any earlier period of this series.

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Retail and food services sales, seasonally adjusted in United States: all figures

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Monthly Retail Trade Survey, newest month from the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey: sales of retail trade and food services, total (44X72), seasonally adjusted, millions of dollars. https://www.census.gov/econ/currentdata/?programCode=MRTS. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Statistics this release updates

• Retail and food services sales, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: clothing and clothing accessories stores, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: electronic shopping and mail-order houses, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: food and beverage stores, seasonally adjusted
• Sales of food services and drinking places, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliance stores, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: gasoline stations, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: general merchandise stores, including department stores, warehouse clubs and supercenters, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: grocery stores, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: health and personal care stores, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: motor vehicle and parts dealers, seasonally adjusted
• Retail sales: nonstore retailers, seasonally adjusted
• Retail trade sales excluding food services, seasonally adjusted

Next release

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, Thursday, 15 October 2026, 08:30 ET Released