Table 3
Wholesale merchants' inventories by industry—seasonally adjusted
| January 2025 |
December 2025r |
January 2026p |
December 2025 to January 2026 | January 2025 to January 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total, wholesale inventories | 139,241 | 148,406 | 147,734 | -0.5 | 6.1 |
| Total, wholesale inventories (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain) | 126,723 | 136,534 | 135,558 | -0.7 | 7.0 |
| Farm product (excluding oilseed and grain) | 376 | 387 | 409E | 5.8 | 9.0 |
| Petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Food, beverage and tobacco | 13,476 | 14,805 | 15,322 | 3.5 | 13.7 |
| Food | 11,914 | 13,223 | 13,742 | 3.9 | 15.3 |
| Beverage | 880 | 947 | 943 | -0.4 | 7.1 |
| Cigarette and tobacco product | 419 | 374 | 369 | -1.2 | -12.0 |
| Cannabis | 262 | 262 | 269 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Personal and household goods | 20,679 | 23,124 | 22,991 | -0.6 | 11.2 |
| Textile, clothing and footwear | 3,597 | 4,288 | 4,482 | 4.5 | 24.6 |
| Home entertainment equipment and household appliance | 1,438 | 1,609 | 1,596 | -0.8 | 11.0 |
| Home furnishings | 1,747 | 1,720 | 1,731 | 0.6 | -0.9 |
| Personal goods | 2,782 | 2,863 | 2,815 | -1.7 | 1.2 |
| Pharmaceuticals and pharmacy supplies | 10,068 | 11,441 | 11,152 | -2.5 | 10.8 |
| Toiletries, cosmetics and sundries | 1,047 | 1,203 | 1,215 | 1.0 | 16.0 |
| Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories | 17,365 | 18,491 | 18,141 | -1.9 | 4.5 |
| Motor vehicle | 11,253 | 11,567 | 11,176 | -3.4 | -0.7 |
| New motor vehicle parts and accessories | 5,973 | 6,792 | 6,819 | 0.4 | 14.2 |
| Used motor vehicle parts and accessories | F | F | F | F | F |
| Building material and supplies | 22,404 | 22,802 | 22,711 | -0.4 | 1.4 |
| Electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies | 6,976 | 7,214 | 7,208 | -0.1 | 3.3 |
| Metal service centres | 5,909 | 5,609 | 5,375E | -4.2 | -9.0 |
| Lumber, millwork, hardware and other building supplies | 9,519 | 9,978 | 10,127 | 1.5 | 6.4 |
| Machinery, equipment and supplies | 37,731 | 40,823 | 40,489 | -0.8 | 7.3 |
| Farm, lawn and garden machinery and equipment | 10,163 | 12,373 | 11,609 | -6.2 | 14.2 |
| Construction, forestry, mining, and industrial machinery, equipment and supplies | 16,860 | 17,328 | 17,403 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| Computer and communications equipment and supplies | 3,330 | 3,704 | 3,704 | -0.0 | 11.2 |
| Other machinery, equipment and supplies | 7,377 | 7,418 | 7,773 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| Miscellaneous | 14,693 | 16,104 | 15,497 | -3.8 | 5.5 |
| Recyclable material | 1,098 | 1,264 | 1,281 | 1.4 | 16.6 |
| Paper, paper product and disposable plastic product | 1,344 | 1,399 | 1,360 | -2.8 | 1.2 |
| Agricultural supplies | 6,898 | 7,929 | 7,267 | -8.3 | 5.4 |
| Chemical (except agricultural) and allied product | 1,731 | 1,804 | 1,765 | -2.1 | 2.0 |
| Mineral, ore and precious metal | 296 | 187 | 226 | 20.4 | -23.7 |
| Log, wood chips, and other wood | 106 | 99 | 86 | -13.1 | -18.7 |
| Other miscellaneous | 3,220 | 3,421 | 3,512 | 2.7 | 9.1 |
r
revised
p
preliminary
..
not available for a specific reference period
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.
Source(s):
Table 20-10-0076-01.
Table note 1
Not included in some of the totals for wholesale inventories.
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