Monthly Retail Surveys

OMB 0607-0717

The Monthly Retail Surveys (MRS), comprised of the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) and the Advanced Monthly Retail Survey (MARTS), provide estimates of monthly retail sales, end-of-month merchandise inventories, and quarterly e-commerce sales of retailers in the United States by selected kinds of business. They also provide monthly sales of food service establishments. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) uses this information to prepare the National Income and Products Accounts and to benchmark the annual input-output tables. Statistics provided are used to calculate the gross domestic product (GDP).

The latest form for Monthly Retail Surveys expires 2023-05-31 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
MRS_30dayFRN_published.pdf Supplementary Document
Attachment 1 - MARTS - September 2022 Press Release.pdf Supplementary Document
2023 MRS OMB Supporting Statement B - FINAL.docx Supporting Statement B
2023 MRS OMB Supporting Statement A -FINAL.docx Supporting Statement A
Monthly Retail Surveys Other-Centurion Online Cover Letters

All Historical Document Collections

202301-0607-002 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2023-01-13
202001-0607-005 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2020-01-22
201704-0607-005 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2017-05-12
201405-0607-001 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2014-06-11
201103-0607-003 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2011-03-10
200803-0607-003 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2008-03-27
200604-0607-003 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2006-04-05
200503-0607-004 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2005-03-15
200204-0607-002 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2002-04-26
199906-0607-001 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	1999-06-16
199606-0607-002 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	1996-06-10
199404-0607-004 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	1994-04-15
199105-0607-006 Approved without change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	1991-05-30