Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services
Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for March 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $752.1 billion, up 1.7 percent (±0.4 percent) from the previous month, and up 4.0 percent (±0.5 percent) from March 2025. Total sales for the January 2026 through March 2026 period were up 3.7 percent (±0.4 percent) from the same period a year ago. The January 2026 to February 2026 percent change was revised from up 0.6 percent (±0.4 percent) to up 0.7 percent (±0.2 percent).

Retail trade sales were up 1.9 percent (±0.5 percent) from February 2026, and up 4.2 percent (±0.5 percent) from last year. Nonstore retailers were up 10.1 percent (±1.8 percent) from last year, while food services and drinking places were up 2.4 percent (±1.9 percent) from March 2025.