Consumer spending on recreational goods and vehicles in California

Consumer spending on recreational goods and vehicles in California was $88.48 billion in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 4.3% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, USD million88,476.7

Change on 2024+4.3%

Rank1st of 51US states ranked

Series high88,476.72025

Series low25,035.91997

Next release: Thursday, 30 September 2027, 08:30 ET, announced by BEA. Release calendar

Consumer spending on recreational goods and vehicles in California, 1997 to 2025

USD million. Source: BEA, SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, recreational goods and vehicles (line 13), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 29 values

Period	USD million
2025	88,476.7
2024	84,845.1
2023	80,184.8
2022	80,290.2
2021	78,489.1
2020	65,223.6
2019	57,529.7
2018	53,505.4
2017	48,284.4
2016	45,861.8
2015	45,854.8
2014	44,125.3
2013	43,084.7
2012	42,808.4
2011	41,331.5
2010	41,000.5
2009	39,815.8
2008	45,689.5
2007	49,052.1
2006	47,649.9
2005	44,683.5
2004	41,840.4
2003	38,747.2
2002	37,524.6
2001	36,409.4
2000	35,489.2
1999	30,771.6
1998	27,698.3
1997	25,035.9

Compared with United States

Place	2025
California	88,476.7
United States	692,985.8

Rankings

US states by consumer spending on recreational goods and vehicles 51 places

Definition

Personal consumption expenditures on computers, televisions, audio and photo equipment and media, sporting goods, recreational vehicles, books for leisure and musical instruments, by the households and nonprofit institutions serving households resident in the place, in millions of current US dollars. Bureau of Economic Analysis, PCE by state by type of product (table SAPCE3, line 13, Recreational goods and vehicles); the national figure equals the national accounts (NIPA table 2.4.5).

Millions of current US dollars: not adjusted for inflation or for price differences between states (see regional_price_parity). Spending is assigned to the state where the buyer lives, wherever the purchase is made. It includes purchases paid on behalf of households by employers, insurers and government programs, and the spending of nonprofit institutions serving households. Not the same as retail sales, which count store sales where the store is, and not the PCE price index. BEA revises the latest years every September.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, recreational goods and vehicles (line 13), millions of current dollars, United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, recreational goods and vehicles (line 13), millions of current dollars, United States and states (Consumer spending on recreational goods and vehicles, California, 1997 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip

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SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, recreational goods and vehicles (line 13), millions of current dollars, United States and states, Consumer spending on recreational goods and vehicles, California, 1997 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-recreational-goods/california. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, recreational goods and vehicles (line 13), millions of current dollars, United States and states. Consumer spending on recreational goods and vehicles, California, 1997 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-recreational-goods/california.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAPCE3: personal consumption expenditures by state by type of product, recreational goods and vehicles (line 13), millions of current dollars, United States and states, Consumer spending on recreational goods and vehicles, California, 1997 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAPCE.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/consumer-spending-recreational-goods/california (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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$88.48 billion in 2025, the highest value since 1997 in this series.

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