Market Data
Men's apparel and dresswear statistics.
Current U.S. consumer-spending and clothing-store sales figures for writers, retailers, and anyone following the market for men's apparel and footwear.
Last updated August 14, 2026
Consumer spending
What households spend on the category.
These figures show average annual spending per U.S. consumer unit. The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the detailed category breakdown on its own annual schedule.
$2,001
Average annual household spending on apparel and services
U.S. consumer units spent an average of $2,001 on apparel and services in 2024, or 2.5% of total annual spending.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures, 2024 ↗$406
Average annual spending on men's and boys' apparel
The latest detailed consumer-expenditure release reports an average of $406 per consumer unit for men's and boys' apparel in 2023.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures, 2023 ↗$249
Average annual household spending on footwear
U.S. consumer units spent an average of $249 on footwear in 2024.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures, 2024 ↗Store sales
A current view of clothing-store demand.
The latest Census release tracks seasonally adjusted sales at U.S. clothing and accessory stores, a broad retail category that includes apparel and related accessories.
$28.3B
Clothing and accessory store sales in July 2026
U.S. clothing and accessory stores recorded an estimated $28.3 billion in seasonally adjusted sales during July 2026.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, July 2026 ↗+5.0%
Year-over-year clothing-store sales growth
July 2026 sales at clothing and accessory stores were 5.0% higher than July 2025, on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, July 2026 ↗Read the numbers in context.
Store sales are not the whole apparel market. They do not include every online or department-store purchase. They are useful as a timely, comparable measure of demand at clothing and accessory retailers.
Sources and citation
Built from public federal data.
Every figure above links to the original release. Figures are reported as published, with the source date shown beside each one.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures, 2024, September 2025
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures, 2023, September 2024
U.S. Census Bureau, Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, July 2026, August 14, 2026
Eliot Grey, “Men's Apparel and Dresswear Statistics (2026),” updated August 14, 2026, https://eliotgrey.com/mens-apparel-statistics.
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