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Monthly & Annual Retail Trade


Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report

The December 2016 Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on January 13, 2017 at 8:30 a.m., and available as:

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Monthly Retail Trade Report

The November 2016 Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on January 13, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. for sales and 10:00 a.m. for inventories, and available as:

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Latest Annual Retail Trade Report

The 2014 Annual Retail Trade Report was released on March 7, 2016. A Summary of Changes provides comparability with previous surveys.

  • Annual Retail Trade Survey—2014:
    Sales (1992-2014): Excel [66KB]
    Sales Taxes (2004-2014): Excel [46KB]
    Inventories (1992-2014): Excel [44KB]
    Purchases (1992-2014): Excel [46KB]
    Total Operating Expenses (2006-2014): Excel [47KB]
    Gross Margin (1993-2014): Excel [46KB]
    Gross Margin as a Percentage of Sales (1993-2014): Excel [47KB]
    Accounts Receivable (2004-2014): Excel [43KB]
    Per Capita Sales (2000-2014): Excel [40KB]
    Inventories Held Inside and Outside the U.S. (2004-2014): Excel [41KB]
    U.S. Retail Trade Sales - Total and E-commerce (1998-2014): Excel [43KB]
    U.S. Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses (NAICS 4541) - Total and E-commerce Sales by Merchandise Line (1999-2014): Excel [43KB]
  • Annual Accommodation and Food Services—2014:
    Sales (1992-2014): Excel [37KB]
    E-commerce (1998-2014): http://www.census.gov/services/, Table 9: Estimated E-commerce Revenue for Employer Firms: 1998 through 2014
  • Measures of Sampling Variability—2014:
    Annual Sales, Sales Taxes, End-of-Year Inventories by Location Held, Accounts Receivable by Type of Account, Operating Expenses, Purchases, Gross Margin and E-commerce (2010-2014): Excel [310KB]
    Detailed Operating Expenses (2012): Excel [68KB]
  • Latest Detailed Operating Expenses—2012:
    Detailed Operating Expenses, including Accommodation and Food Services Excel [62KB]
    Visit historical releases of Detailed Operating Expenses here.

Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report

Notice of correction released December 7, 2016: The graphic on the front page of this report was updated to correct the data for 2006-2011. Please note this error only impacted the graphic and none of the estimates in this release or corresponding historical tables were impacted.

The 3rd Quarter 2016 Retail E-Commerce Sales Report was released on November 17, 2016 and available as:

  • Full 3Q 2016 Publication in PDF [123KB]
  • Individual 3Q 2016 Tables available in Excel Format: Table 1 [36KB] | Table 2 [34KB]
    Individual 3Q 2016 Tables available as delimited text: Table 1 | Table 2

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Monthly & Annual Retail Trade | (301) 763-2713 or (301) 763-2747 |  Last Revised: November 17, 2016