# United States Retail Sales: Building Materials & Garden

United States Retail Sales: Building Materials & Garden was up 4.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 5.4% in August 2026.
The level stood at 44,077 USD m.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.7% (Jan 2024) to 33.8% (Apr 2021), averaging 4.8%.

- Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau
- Makrognosis code: `US.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-BLDG`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: USD m
- Coverage: 1992-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (417 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/retail-sales-building-materials-and-garden

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 44,077 USD m | 4.5 |
| August 2026 | 44,323 USD m | 5.4 |
| July 2026 | 44,233 USD m | 5.6 |
| June 2026 | 44,366 USD m | 5.2 |
| May 2026 | 43,841 USD m | 5.0 |
| April 2026 | 43,909 USD m | 2.7 |
| March 2026 | 43,842 USD m | 3.2 |
| February 2026 | 43,342 USD m | 4.0 |
| January 2026 | 43,235 USD m | 4.8 |
| December 2025 | 42,906 USD m | 0.5 |
| November 2025 | 42,366 USD m | −2.8 |
| October 2025 | 41,797 USD m | −4.7 |
| September 2025 | 42,180 USD m | −2.8 |
| August 2025 | 42,053 USD m | −2.2 |
| July 2025 | 41,887 USD m | −2.8 |
| June 2025 | 42,179 USD m | −0.6 |
| May 2025 | 41,744 USD m | −1.2 |
| April 2025 | 42,769 USD m | 2.0 |
| March 2025 | 42,484 USD m | 1.2 |
| February 2025 | 41,663 USD m | −1.8 |
| January 2025 | 41,247 USD m | 0.5 |
| December 2024 | 42,677 USD m | −0.4 |
| November 2024 | 43,606 USD m | 2.5 |
| October 2024 | 43,841 USD m | 3.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-BLDG"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.RETSALES.M.SA.GRP-BLDG",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```