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Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales

231B for Jun 2026

Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales came in at 231B for Jun 2026, up 0.64% from 230B the prior month and 3.15% above its level of 224B one year ago. The series has averaged 172B since 1992, reaching a record high of 231B in June 2026 and a record low of 114B in March 1992.

Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), St. Louis Fed

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Historical Data

Observation dateValue
June 1, 2026231B
May 1, 2026230B
April 1, 2026228B
March 1, 2026228B
February 1, 2026226B
January 1, 2026225B
December 1, 2025225B
November 1, 2025226B
October 1, 2025N/A
September 1, 2025226B
August 1, 2025226B
July 1, 2025226B
June 1, 2025224B
May 1, 2025223B
April 1, 2025226B
March 1, 2025226B
February 1, 2025223B
January 1, 2025223B
December 1, 2024226B
November 1, 2024225B
October 1, 2024224B
September 1, 2024223B
August 1, 2024222B
July 1, 2024223B
June 1, 2024221B
May 1, 2024221B
April 1, 2024220B
March 1, 2024220B
February 1, 2024220B
January 1, 2024220B
December 1, 2023222B
November 1, 2023222B
October 1, 2023223B
September 1, 2023224B
August 1, 2023224B
July 1, 2023223B
June 1, 2023223B
May 1, 2023222B
April 1, 2023221B
March 1, 2023220B
February 1, 2023223B
January 1, 2023226B
December 1, 2022218B
November 1, 2022221B
October 1, 2022224B
September 1, 2022223B
August 1, 2022225B
July 1, 2022224B
June 1, 2022226B
May 1, 2022227B
April 1, 2022229B
March 1, 2022226B
February 1, 2022224B
January 1, 2022224B
December 1, 2021221B
November 1, 2021224B
October 1, 2021224B
September 1, 2021223B
August 1, 2021222B
July 1, 2021221B
June 1, 2021226B
May 1, 2021226B
April 1, 2021228B
March 1, 2021228B
February 1, 2021207B
January 1, 2021213B
December 1, 2020206B
November 1, 2020205B
October 1, 2020207B
September 1, 2020208B
August 1, 2020205B
July 1, 2020204B
June 1, 2020202B
May 1, 2020187B
April 1, 2020157B
March 1, 2020181B
February 1, 2020199B
January 1, 2020199B
December 1, 2019199B
November 1, 2019199B
October 1, 2019199B
September 1, 2019199B
August 1, 2019200B
July 1, 2019199B
June 1, 2019198B
May 1, 2019198B
April 1, 2019196B
March 1, 2019196B
February 1, 2019194B
January 1, 2019194B
December 1, 2018194B
November 1, 2018197B
October 1, 2018196B
September 1, 2018195B
August 1, 2018196B
July 1, 2018196B
June 1, 2018195B
May 1, 2018196B
April 1, 2018193B
March 1, 2018194B
February 1, 2018194B
January 1, 2018193B
December 1, 2017195B
November 1, 2017194B
October 1, 2017193B
September 1, 2017193B
August 1, 2017190B
July 1, 2017190B
June 1, 2017191B
May 1, 2017190B
April 1, 2017191B
March 1, 2017190B
February 1, 2017190B
January 1, 2017191B
December 1, 2016189B
November 1, 2016188B
October 1, 2016188B
September 1, 2016188B
August 1, 2016187B
July 1, 2016187B
June 1, 2016187B
May 1, 2016186B
April 1, 2016186B
March 1, 2016186B
February 1, 2016187B
January 1, 2016185B
December 1, 2015186B
November 1, 2015185B
October 1, 2015185B
September 1, 2015185B
August 1, 2015186B
July 1, 2015186B
June 1, 2015184B
May 1, 2015185B
April 1, 2015184B
March 1, 2015184B
February 1, 2015181B
January 1, 2015182B
December 1, 2014182B
November 1, 2014183B
October 1, 2014182B
September 1, 2014181B
August 1, 2014182B
July 1, 2014180B
June 1, 2014180B
May 1, 2014180B
April 1, 2014180B
March 1, 2014178B
February 1, 2014177B
January 1, 2014175B
December 1, 2013177B
November 1, 2013176B
October 1, 2013176B
September 1, 2013176B
August 1, 2013175B
July 1, 2013176B
June 1, 2013175B
May 1, 2013175B
April 1, 2013174B
March 1, 2013175B
February 1, 2013176B
January 1, 2013175B
December 1, 2012173B
November 1, 2012173B
October 1, 2012172B
September 1, 2012172B
August 1, 2012172B
July 1, 2012170B
June 1, 2012170B
May 1, 2012171B
April 1, 2012171B
March 1, 2012172B
February 1, 2012172B
January 1, 2012170B
December 1, 2011169B
November 1, 2011169B
October 1, 2011169B
September 1, 2011168B
August 1, 2011166B
July 1, 2011167B
June 1, 2011167B
May 1, 2011166B
April 1, 2011166B
March 1, 2011166B
February 1, 2011166B
January 1, 2011165B
December 1, 2010164B
November 1, 2010164B
October 1, 2010163B
September 1, 2010161B
August 1, 2010160B
July 1, 2010160B
June 1, 2010160B
May 1, 2010160B
April 1, 2010161B
March 1, 2010160B
February 1, 2010156B
January 1, 2010156B
December 1, 2009156B
November 1, 2009155B
October 1, 2009155B
September 1, 2009153B
August 1, 2009158B
July 1, 2009155B
June 1, 2009155B
May 1, 2009154B
April 1, 2009152B
March 1, 2009152B
February 1, 2009154B
January 1, 2009156B
December 1, 2008154B
November 1, 2008156B
October 1, 2008160B
September 1, 2008164B
August 1, 2008167B
July 1, 2008168B
June 1, 2008170B
May 1, 2008171B
April 1, 2008171B
March 1, 2008171B
February 1, 2008171B
January 1, 2008173B
December 1, 2007173B
November 1, 2007176B
October 1, 2007176B
September 1, 2007175B
August 1, 2007175B
July 1, 2007174B
June 1, 2007174B
May 1, 2007176B
April 1, 2007174B
March 1, 2007175B
February 1, 2007175B
January 1, 2007175B
December 1, 2006175B
November 1, 2006174B
October 1, 2006174B
September 1, 2006173B
August 1, 2006173B
July 1, 2006173B
June 1, 2006174B
May 1, 2006173B
April 1, 2006174B
March 1, 2006174B
February 1, 2006174B
January 1, 2006175B
December 1, 2005172B
November 1, 2005171B
October 1, 2005169B
September 1, 2005169B
August 1, 2005171B
July 1, 2005174B
June 1, 2005174B
May 1, 2005169B
April 1, 2005170B
March 1, 2005169B
February 1, 2005169B
January 1, 2005168B
December 1, 2004169B
November 1, 2004167B
October 1, 2004167B
September 1, 2004167B
August 1, 2004164B
July 1, 2004165B
June 1, 2004164B
May 1, 2004165B
April 1, 2004164B
March 1, 2004165B
February 1, 2004163B
January 1, 2004162B
December 1, 2003162B
November 1, 2003162B
October 1, 2003161B
September 1, 2003161B
August 1, 2003162B
July 1, 2003161B
June 1, 2003160B
May 1, 2003158B
April 1, 2003158B
March 1, 2003157B
February 1, 2003155B
January 1, 2003158B
December 1, 2002158B
November 1, 2002156B
October 1, 2002156B
September 1, 2002155B
August 1, 2002158B
July 1, 2002158B
June 1, 2002156B
May 1, 2002155B
April 1, 2002157B
March 1, 2002156B
February 1, 2002157B
January 1, 2002156B
December 1, 2001156B
November 1, 2001158B
October 1, 2001163B
September 1, 2001151B
August 1, 2001155B
July 1, 2001154B
June 1, 2001154B
May 1, 2001156B
April 1, 2001156B
March 1, 2001153B
February 1, 2001155B
January 1, 2001155B
December 1, 2000154B
November 1, 2000154B
October 1, 2000155B
September 1, 2000156B
August 1, 2000155B
July 1, 2000154B
June 1, 2000155B
May 1, 2000155B
April 1, 2000155B
March 1, 2000157B
February 1, 2000156B
January 1, 2000154B
December 1, 1999156B
November 1, 1999153B
October 1, 1999152B
September 1, 1999152B
August 1, 1999152B
July 1, 1999151B
June 1, 1999150B
May 1, 1999150B
April 1, 1999149B
March 1, 1999148B
February 1, 1999148B
January 1, 1999146B
December 1, 1998146B
November 1, 1998145B
October 1, 1998144B
September 1, 1998142B
August 1, 1998141B
July 1, 1998142B
June 1, 1998143B
May 1, 1998142B
April 1, 1998142B
March 1, 1998140B
February 1, 1998139B
January 1, 1998139B
December 1, 1997139B
November 1, 1997138B
October 1, 1997139B
September 1, 1997139B
August 1, 1997139B
July 1, 1997139B
June 1, 1997137B
May 1, 1997136B
April 1, 1997136B
March 1, 1997138B
February 1, 1997138B
January 1, 1997137B
December 1, 1996136B
November 1, 1996136B
October 1, 1996136B
September 1, 1996135B
August 1, 1996134B
July 1, 1996134B
June 1, 1996134B
May 1, 1996135B
April 1, 1996134B
March 1, 1996134B
February 1, 1996133B
January 1, 1996132B
December 1, 1995133B
November 1, 1995132B
October 1, 1995131B
September 1, 1995132B
August 1, 1995132B
July 1, 1995130B
June 1, 1995131B
May 1, 1995130B
April 1, 1995129B
March 1, 1995129B
February 1, 1995128B
January 1, 1995130B
December 1, 1994130B
November 1, 1994130B
October 1, 1994130B
September 1, 1994129B
August 1, 1994128B
July 1, 1994127B
June 1, 1994127B
May 1, 1994126B
April 1, 1994127B
March 1, 1994127B
February 1, 1994125B
January 1, 1994123B
December 1, 1993124B
November 1, 1993123B
October 1, 1993122B
September 1, 1993122B
August 1, 1993121B
July 1, 1993122B
June 1, 1993120B
May 1, 1993120B
April 1, 1993120B
March 1, 1993117B
February 1, 1993118B
January 1, 1993119B
December 1, 1992118B
November 1, 1992117B
October 1, 1992117B
September 1, 1992116B
August 1, 1992115B
July 1, 1992116B
June 1, 1992115B
May 1, 1992115B
April 1, 1992115B
March 1, 1992114B
February 1, 1992115B
January 1, 1992115B

About Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales

What it measures

Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales (FRED series RRSFS) takes the Census Bureau monthly advance estimate of retail and food services sales and deflates it with the CPI, yielding an inflation-adjusted measure of consumer goods spending and restaurant activity. The nominal source data come from a survey of retailers published about two weeks after month-end, making this one of the timeliest reads on real consumer demand.

Why it matters

Consumer spending drives roughly two-thirds of US GDP, and this series shows whether households are buying more actual goods or merely paying higher prices, a distinction nominal retail sales cannot make. Forecasters feed it into GDP nowcasts for the consumption component. During inflationary periods the gap between nominal and real sales reveals how much purchasing power is eroding, a key input to recession risk assessment.

How to read it

Monthly readings are choppy and heavily revised, so trends over three months carry more signal than single prints. The series covers mostly goods plus food services, missing the majority of services consumption, so it can understate total spending when households rotate from goods to travel and experiences. Flat real sales alongside rising nominal sales simply means inflation is absorbing the growth.

Get Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales in Excel

Pull Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales directly into your spreadsheet with a single MarketXLS formula - always current, no copy-pasting:

=SalesRetailFood()

View the Sales - Retail & Food Services formula documentation or browse all 100+ Economic Data functions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales?

Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales is 231B as of June 2026.

What is the all-time high and low of Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales?

The highest value on record is 231B (June 2026) and the lowest is 114B (March 1992).

How often is Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales updated?

Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales is published on a monthly basis, sourced from Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED).

How do I get Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales in Excel?

Use the MarketXLS Excel formula =SalesRetailFood() to pull Advance Real Retail and Food Services Sales directly into any cell, with historical values available for analysis.

Basic info
Sales in the retail and food services industry in an economy.
RegionUnited States
FrequencyMonthly
Last updatedJuly 16, 2026
Seasonal adjustmentSeasonally Adjusted
UnitMillions of 1982-84 CPI Adjusted Dollars

Stats
Last Value231B
Latest PeriodJun 2026
Last UpdatedJuly 16 2026, 07:43
Value Previous Month230B
Change From Previous Month0.64%
Value 1 Year Ago224B
Change From Year Ago3.15%
Average Growth Rate2.05%/yr
Record High (Jun 2026)231B
Record Low (Mar 1992)114B
Long-Term Average172B
FrequencyMonthly
AdjustmentSeasonally Adjusted
UnitMillions of 1982-84 CPI Adjusted Dollars

Annual Averages
2026228B
2025225B
2024222B
2023223B
2022224B
2021222B
2020197B
2019198B
2018195B
2017191B
2016187B
2015184B

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