general merchandise includes department stores, discount department stores, warehouse clubs and supercenters, and other general merchandise stores
Supplementary notes
Numbers have been rounded.
Estimates are are based on data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey, Annual Retail Trade Survey, Service Annual Survey, and administrative records.
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United States: general merchandise store sales 2005-2025
In 2025, general merchandise store sales amounted to about 922 billion U.S. dollars in the United States, of which more than 100 billion corresponded to discount department stores. Since 2005, sales of general merchandise stores which includes department stores, discount department stores, warehouse clubs and supercenters, and other general merchandise stores, have continuously increased.
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General merchandise store sales in the United States from 2005 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], U.S. Census Bureau, April 1, 2026. [Online]. Available: /statistics/197711/annual-general-merchandise-store-sales-in-the-us-since-1992/
