Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS)

Welcome to the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) home page. This site is designed to help businesses complete their forms. It describes highlights, clarifies coverage and content, and identifies other sources of assistance. Please contact staff if you have any questions.

The Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) provides current estimates of sales at retail and food services stores and inventories held by retail stores. The United States Code, Title 13, authorizes this survey and provides for voluntary responses. Companies with one or more establishments that sell merchandise and related services to final consumers. Retail firms provide data on dollar value of retail sales and sales for selected establishments; some firms also provide data on value of end-of-month inventories.

Reporting for March and other prior months cannot be submitted online starting April 26, 2013. Please fax the report(s) to 1-800-447-4613.

If you have questions or comments regarding this survey, please call us at 1-800-772-7852.

Online Reporting requires:

A web browser with 128-bit encryption (most browsers released since 1998 are sufficient).
A username and password that is located on the form below the address label.