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Taxable Sales

Last Updated: October 20th, 2026

Summary

• Seasonally-adjusted real taxable sales for Southwest Florida totaled $2.491 billion in August 2026, a decline of 16.7 percent from August 2025 and 2.0 percent down from the July 2026 measure.
• Lee County’s seasonally-adjusted real taxable sales were $1.341 billion in August 2026, down 16.0 percent from August 2025 and 2.4 percent below the prior month.
• Collier County seasonally-adjusted real taxable sales were $837.2 million in August 2026, 17.0 percent below August 2025 and virtually unchanged from July 2026.
• Seasonally-adjusted real taxable sales in Charlotte County totaled $271.3 million in August 2026, down 19.2 percent compared to August 2025 and 1.6 percent below July 2026.
• Seasonally-adjusted real taxable sales in Hendry County totaled $40.3 million in August 2026, a 12.5 percent decline from August 2025 but 1.0 percent over the July 2026 total.
• Glades County seasonally-adjusted real taxable sales amounted to $4.4 million in August 2026, a 4.0 percent decrease from previous year but 1.5 percent above the previous month.

About the Data

Taxable sales represent transactions that are subject to the state sales tax. Florida currently has a state sales tax of 6%. In addition to the state sales tax, each county is afforded the ability to enact a local option sales tax. See the Regional Economic Research Institute resources page for more information on the sales tax rate for each county. 

Taxable sales data is provided by the Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) and is updated on a monthly basis. Because sales data collected by the DOR is based on the latest month of merchant collections, the RERI adjusts the data to the month of transaction by lagging the data one month. Furthermore, all sales data were adjusted from nominal to real values using the U.S. Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), with all dollar values reported in January 2022 dollars. Lastly, all data is seasonally-adjusted by the Regional Economic Research Institute using the X13-ARIMA-SEATS seasonal adjustment program, software that is produced, distributed and maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau.