Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) rose 0.6% in September as gains in five subsectors outpaced declines in two others.

• This was the sixth increase in wholesale sales in nine months.
• Sales in September were 4.0% higher compared with the same month one year earlier.
• Despite ongoing trade uncertainty, sales in the third quarter of 2025 were the highest on record for the wholesale sector, 0.2% higher than the previous record set in the first quarter of 2025.
• In volume terms, wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) rose 0.6% in September.