NRSInsights’ September 2025 Retail Same-Store Sales Report

September same-store sales increased 5.8% year-over-year 
The average price paid for the top 500 items in August increased 2.9% year-over-year

NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NRSInsights, a provider of sales data and analytics drawn from retail transactions processed through the National Retail Solutions (NRS) point-of-sale (POS) platform, today announced comparative retail same-store sales results for September 2025.

As of September 30, 2025, the NRS retail network comprised approximately 37,400 active terminals nationwide, scanning purchases at approximately 32,400 independent retailers, including convenience stores, bodegas, liquor stores, grocers, and tobacco and sundries sellers, predominantly serving urban consumers.

September Highlights

(Same-store sales, unit sales, transactions, and average price data refer to September 2025 and are compared to September 2024 unless otherwise noted. All comparisons are provided on a “per calendar day” basis to remove from consideration variability in the number of days per month or three-month period.)

• SALES
  • Same-store sales increased 5.8% year-over-year. In the previous month (August 2025), same-store sales increased 8.3% year-over-year.

• Same-store sales decreased 2.5% compared to the previous month (August 2025). Same-store sales in August 2025 increased 3.4% compared to the previous month (July 2025).
• For the three months ended September 30, 2025, same-store sales increased 5.8% compared to the corresponding three months a year ago.

• UNITS SOLD
  • Units sold increased 2.5% year-over-year. In the previous month (August 2025), units sold increased 4.3% year-over-year.
  • Units sold decreased 1.1% compared to the previous month (August 2025). Units sold in August 2025 increased 1.8% compared to the previous month (July 2025).
    
• BASKETS (TRANSACTIONS) PER STORE
  • Baskets increased 1.9% year-over-year. In the previous month (August 2025), baskets increased 2.6% year-over-year.
  • Baskets decreased 1.1% compared to the previous month (August 2025). Baskets in August 2025 increased 2.2% compared to the previous month (July 2025).
• AVERAGE PRICES
  • A dollar-weighted average of prices for the top 500 items purchased increased 2.9% year-over-year, a lower rate of increase than the 3.0% year-over-year increase recorded in August 2025.

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