Retail sales · TOTALSA
Vehicle sales
As of Sep 2026, the vehicle sales stood at 16.4M (millions of units), a change of -3.5% from the month before.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED®. Monthly data, seasonally adjusted. Latest observation Sep 2026; snapshot taken Oct 27, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT.
Latest (Sep 2026)
16.4M
Change from Aug 2026
-3.5%
A year earlier
17.0M
12-month change
-3.4%
16.4M Sep 2026 · Millions of units
Millions of units. Data from Jan 1976 to Sep 2026 (609 observations).
What it measures
This is total sales of new cars and light trucks in the U.S., at a seasonally adjusted annual rate. It is one of the first monthly readings on consumer demand for big-ticket items.
- Official title
- Total Vehicle Sales
- Units
- Millions of units
- Frequency and adjustment
- Monthly, seasonally adjusted
- Original source
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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| Date | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 16.4M | -3.5% |
| Aug 2026 | 17.0M | +2.3% |
| Jul 2026 | 16.6M | -3.6% |
| Jun 2026 | 17.2M | +2.1% |
| May 2026 | 16.9M | +2.0% |
| Apr 2026 | 16.5M | +0.6% |
| Mar 2026 | 16.4M | +3.2% |
| Feb 2026 | 15.9M | +3.8% |
| Jan 2026 | 15.3M | -6.4% |
| Dec 2025 | 16.4M | +1.5% |
| Nov 2025 | 16.2M | +0.8% |
| Oct 2025 | 16.0M | -5.5% |
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Sources
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Total Vehicle Sales [TOTALSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TOTALSA, Oct 27, 2026.
- View TOTALSA on FRED® · U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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