Time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day in United States

Time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day in the United States was 0.3 hours per day in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 3.2% from 2024.

2025, hours per day0.3

Change on 2024-3.2%

Series high0.412004

Series low0.32025

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Time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day in United States, 2003 to 2025

hours per day. Source: BLS, American Time Use Survey: average hours per day shopping for consumer goods, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01004063, activity 070000). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-06-25.

All 22 values

Period	hours per day
2025	0.3
2024	0.31
2023	0.31
2022	0.31
2021	0.32
2019	0.35
2018	0.33
2017	0.35
2016	0.36
2015	0.36
2014	0.36
2013	0.37
2012	0.35
2011	0.37
2010	0.37
2009	0.38
2008	0.38
2007	0.39
2006	0.4
2005	0.41
2004	0.41
2003	0.4

Definition

Average hours per day that people aged 15 and over in the United States spent shopping for consumer goods as their main activity, from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series TUU10101AA01004063, activity code 070000). The average covers every day of the week and everyone in the population, including people who did not do the activity that day. Buying or renting consumer goods in a store, online or by phone, including grocery shopping. Travel to shops and buying services, such as banking or medical care, are excluded.

Only primary activities count: something done at the same time as another activity, such as watching TV while eating, is counted once, under the main activity. The population is people aged 15 and over living in households (the civilian noninstitutional population). United States only.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day shopping for consumer goods, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01004063, activity 070000). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). American Time Use Survey: average hours per day shopping for consumer goods, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01004063, activity 070000) (Time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day, United States, 2003 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData

MLA 9

American Time Use Survey: average hours per day shopping for consumer goods, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01004063, activity 070000), Time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day, United States, 2003 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 25 June 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-shopping/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day shopping for consumer goods, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01004063, activity 070000). Time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day, United States, 2003 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-shopping/united-states.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) American Time Use Survey: average hours per day shopping for consumer goods, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01004063, activity 070000), Time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day, United States, 2003 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-shopping/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{bureau_time_spent_shopping_for_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{American Time Use Survey: average hours per day shopping for consumer goods, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01004063, activity 070000): Time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day, United States, 2003 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-shopping/united-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day shopping for consumer goods, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01004063, activity 070000). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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What is the time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day in United States?

Time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day in the United States was 0.3 hours per day in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 3.2% from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day shopping for consumer goods, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01004063, activity 070000). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest time spent shopping for consumer goods, hours per day in United States?

0.41 hours per day in 2004, the highest value since 2003 in this series.

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