Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services, Excluding Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

Observations

Feb 2025: 513,729

Updated: Mar 17, 2025 7:34 AM CDT

Units:

Millions of Dollars,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services, Excluding Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	2013-05-13	2025-03-17

Source

U.S. Census Bureau	2013-05-13	2025-03-17

Release

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services	2013-05-13	2025-03-17

Units

Millions of Dollars	2013-05-13	2025-03-17

Frequency

Monthly	2013-05-13	2025-03-17

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2013-05-13	2025-03-17

Notes

The value for the most recent month is an advance estimate that is based on data from a subsample of firms from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The advance estimate will be superseded in following months by revised estimates derived from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The associated series from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey is available at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MRTSSM44Y72USN Information about the Advance Monthly Retail Sales Survey can be found on the Census website at https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/about_the_surveys.html	2013-05-13	2025-03-17