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Don Huffines
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
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STATE SALES AND USE TAX ANALYSIS QUARTERLY REPORT
STATE SALES AND USE TAX ANALYSIS QUARTERLY REPORT
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA
| Industry | Outlets 2026 2nd Qtr |
Outlets 2025 2nd Qtr |
Gross Sales 2026 2nd Qtr |
Gross Sales 2025 2nd Qtr |
Percent Change |
Use Tax Purchases |
Amount Subject to State Sales & Use Tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources/Mining | 1,960 | 2,142 | $35,683,157,341 | $7,892,830,616 | 352.1% | $3,449,913,456 | $3,841,874,415 |
| Transportation/Utilities | 2,905 | 3,119 | $12,269,481,765 | $11,785,975,163 | 4.1% | $1,387,369,349 | $2,829,515,590 |
| Construction | 16,119 | 16,913 | $19,255,269,680 | $15,107,181,257 | 27.5% | $465,159,438 | $2,128,745,465 |
| Manufacturing | 14,472 | 15,367 | $42,237,125,416 | $31,978,566,536 | 32.1% | $1,205,513,927 | $3,212,431,926 |
| Wholesale Trade | 14,008 | 15,129 | $101,119,105,490 | $82,509,342,426 | 22.6% | $346,217,741 | $3,717,444,127 |
| Retail:Motor Vehicles | 4,734 | 5,348 | $7,386,130,840 | $7,545,177,113 | -2.1% | $10,559,830 | $961,202,157 |
| Retail:Home Furnishings | 2,126 | 2,457 | $783,694,309 | $785,151,602 | -0.2% | $32,078,803 | $580,385,482 |
| Retail:Electronics/Appliance | 2,161 | 2,453 | $804,602,460 | $702,704,245 | 14.5% | $896,515 | $501,179,527 |
| Retail:Building Materials | 1,736 | 1,821 | $2,634,756,219 | $2,829,293,209 | -6.9% | $11,352,825 | $1,955,824,791 |
| Retail:Food and Beverage | 5,482 | 5,714 | $6,995,557,952 | $6,796,783,948 | 2.9% | $23,319,969 | $1,996,053,788 |
| Retail:Health and Personal | 3,309 | 3,791 | $2,118,169,409 | $2,059,007,155 | 2.9% | $6,543,262 | $361,238,157 |
| Retail:Gasoline Stations | 4,729 | 4,641 | $2,338,688,968 | $1,971,945,816 | 18.6% | $2,378,280 | $859,948,951 |
| Retail:Clothing Stores | 9,291 | 10,855 | $1,740,128,682 | $1,643,565,578 | 5.9% | $9,900,519 | $1,550,835,611 |
| Retail:Sport/Hobby/Books | 2,724 | 2,824 | $626,185,229 | $608,925,348 | 2.8% | $5,625,819 | $539,133,727 |
| Retail:General Merchandise | 4,660 | 5,443 | $5,003,181,726 | $4,836,161,672 | 3.5% | $24,511,135 | $2,664,700,043 |
| Retail:Miscellaneous Stores | 11,813 | 13,232 | $3,080,180,674 | $2,998,386,845 | 2.7% | $21,541,036 | $1,208,343,973 |
| Retail:Nonstore, Other | 24,680 | 28,440 | $2,263,447,171 | $2,106,186,226 | 7.5% | $10,832,092 | $539,577,639 |
| TOTAL RETAIL TRADE | 77,445 | 87,019 | $35,774,723,639 | $34,883,288,757 | 2.6% | $159,540,085 | $13,718,423,846 |
| Information | 3,241 | 3,425 | $1,374,734,811 | $1,300,351,724 | 5.7% | $177,328,203 | $685,093,086 |
| Financial Activities | 6,701 | 7,211 | $4,744,519,359 | $5,337,685,452 | -11.1% | $69,342,438 | $1,021,356,503 |
| Professional/Bus. Svcs. | 21,431 | 23,950 | $12,978,008,005 | $11,972,296,139 | 8.4% | $196,817,880 | $2,478,325,890 |
| Educational and Health | 4,656 | 5,022 | $3,712,521,364 | $3,387,256,326 | 9.6% | $18,825,940 | $76,781,440 |
| Leisure and Hospitality | 36,451 | 37,786 | $7,546,944,780 | $7,278,029,041 | 3.7% | $47,321,834 | $6,657,960,490 |
| Other Services | 16,514 | 18,053 | $3,129,431,253 | $14,317,168,436 | -78.1% | $28,599,655 | $1,029,687,454 |
| Public Administration | 252 | 258 | $186,543,650 | $175,395,637 | 6.4% | $10,277,177 | $100,301,198 |
| Nonclassifiable | 1 | 1 | * | * | * | * | * |
| Other | 4,710 | 556 | $1,759,253 | $1,030,221 | 70.8% | $506,228,898 | $506,700,445 |
| TOTAL | 220,866 | 235,951 | $280,013,862,081 | $227,927,072,868 | 22.9% | $8,068,456,021 | $42,005,020,109 |
"*" - No data reported, cannot compute or omitted to avoid disclosure.