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Vintage & Home Furnishings Statistics
Current U.S. figures on home-furnishings retail, household spending, and the afterlife of furniture. Every statistic below names its source and data year, so it is easy to check and cite.
Last updated October 7, 2026
At a glance
Key U.S. vintage & home furnishings statistics
Vintage retail is not reported as its own national category. These primary-source figures give the clearest available context for the wider home-furnishings market, household buying, and the case for keeping useful pieces in circulation.
$125.0 billion
Furniture and home-furnishings store sales in the U.S.
U.S. furniture and home-furnishings stores reported $125.0 billion in sales during 2024. This is the broad federal retail category that includes furniture stores, floor-covering stores, window-treatment stores, and other home-furnishings stores.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Integrated Economic Survey, 2024$68.9 billion
Furniture-store sales in the U.S.
Furniture stores accounted for $68.9 billion in 2024 sales, according to the Census Bureau's detailed retail table.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Integrated Economic Survey, 2024$56.1 billion
Home-furnishings store sales in the U.S.
Home-furnishings stores reported $56.1 billion in sales in 2024. The category includes floor coverings, window treatments, and other home-furnishings retailers.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Integrated Economic Survey, 2024$27.1 billion
Sales at other home-furnishings stores
The Census Bureau's "all other home furnishings stores" category reported $27.1 billion in 2024 sales, a useful broad benchmark for decorative and specialty home-goods retail.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Integrated Economic Survey, 2024$2,414
Average annual household spending on furnishings and equipment
The average U.S. consumer unit spent $2,414 on household furnishings and equipment in 2024, down 3.7% from 2023. The category represented 3.1% of average annual household spending.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures, 202412.1 million tons
Furniture and furnishings entering the U.S. waste stream
The Environmental Protection Agency estimated that furniture and furnishings generated 12.1 million tons of municipal solid waste in 2018, its latest published product-specific data year.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Durable Goods Product-Specific Data, 201880.1%
Furniture and furnishings landfilled
Of the furniture and furnishings entering the municipal waste stream in 2018, the EPA reported that 80.1% was landfilled. That equates to about 9.68 million tons in the agency's table.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Durable Goods Product-Specific Data, 2018Reading the numbers
What these figures do and do not measure
The federal government does not publish a single national figure for vintage or antique home-decor sales. For that reason, this page does not present broad furniture-retail numbers as a count of vintage sales. Instead, it separates the larger retail picture from the environmental data that shows what is at stake when useful furniture and furnishings are kept in use.
For shoppers, collectors, writers, and small retailers, the through-line is simple: home goods are a meaningful part of household spending, while a great deal of furniture still leaves use through the waste stream. One-of-a-kind pieces have their own histories, conditions, and local markets, which no national average can fully capture.
Sources & methodology
How to use this page
This page uses public data from the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Figures are reproduced from the latest relevant publication available for each source, rather than blended into a single estimate. Retail and spending data are for 2024; the EPA's most recent product-specific furniture data are for 2018.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Integrated Economic Survey, retail trade tables for 2024
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures in 2024
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Durable Goods Product-Specific Data, 2018
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Southern Roots Mercantile. “Vintage & Home Furnishings Statistics: U.S. Facts and Figures.” Updated October 7, 2026. https://southernrootsmercantile.com/vintage-home-furnishings-statistics.
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