GAFO sales in the United States 2021

In 2010, GAFO sales in the United States amounted to about one and a half trillion U.S. dollars, up from around 1.23 trillion registered a year earlier. GAFO represents sales at stores that sell merchandise normally sold in general merchandise stores. GAFO includes the following kinds of retail businesses: general merchandise stores; clothing and clothing accessories stores; furniture and home furnishings stores; electronics and appliance stores; sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores; and office supplies, stationery, and gift stores.

GAFO sales in the United States from 1992 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Retail sales in billion U.S. dollars
2021	1,454
2020	1,225
2019	1,304
2018	1,296
2017	1,275
2016	1,268
2015	1,263
2014	1,241
2013	1,214
2012	1,192
2011	1,156
2010	1,114
2009	1,088
2008	1,136
2007	1,143
2006	1,110
2005	1,060
2004	1,004
2003	946
2002	913
2001	883
2000	863
1999	816
1998	758
1997	713
1996	683
1995	650
1994	616
1993	571
1992	533

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1992 to 2021

Supplementary notes

GAFO (General Merchandise, Apparel and Accessories, Furniture and Other Sales) represents stores classified in the following NAICS codes: 442, 443, 448, 451, 452, and 4532. NAICS code 4532 includes office supplies, stationery, and gift stores.
Figures have been rounded.
Figures are not adjusted for price changes. Retail and food services total and other subsector totals may include data for kinds of business not shown. Additional information on sample design, estimation procedures, and measures of sampling variability can be found here.
Estimates have been adjusted using preliminary results of the 2017 Economic Census.

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