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Eight sourced figures on household apparel spending, secondhand shopping, and textile waste. Last updated October 5, 2026.
Jump to sourcesFashion changes quickly. The underlying numbers should not. This page gathers the latest available figures from public agencies and named industry research, with the date and source beside every statistic.
The figure covers apparel and related services for the average U.S. consumer unit, down 2.0% from 2023 in nominal dollars.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures, 2024Apparel and services accounted for $2,001 of the average consumer unit’s $78,535 in annual spending.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditures, 2024The 2024 increase was the market’s strongest annual growth since 2021, according to GlobalData’s market assessment for ThredUp.
Source: ThredUp 2025 Resale Report, published March 2025This is a market forecast, not a current sales total. It comes from GlobalData’s 2025 assessment of the U.S. secondhand apparel market.
Source: ThredUp 2025 Resale Report, published March 2025Online resale grew for a second consecutive year and was expected to reach $40 billion by 2029 in the same market forecast.
Source: ThredUp 2025 Resale Report, published March 2025Textiles represented 5.8% of all municipal solid waste generated that year. The EPA notes that discarded clothing is the main source of textiles in this waste stream.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2018 dataAbout 2.5 million tons of textiles were recycled. The EPA estimates the recycling rate for textiles in clothing and footwear at 13%.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2018 dataThat total represented 7.7% of all municipal solid waste landfilled in the United States that year.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2018 dataMETHODOLOGY & SOURCES
Government figures are reported for the source year shown. The secondhand market figures are from a 2025 report that combines GlobalData market estimates with consumer and retailer research. Forecasts are labeled as forecasts.
For a precise claim, cite the linked source as well as this page. Figures will be reviewed on a regular basis, with updates made when a source releases newer data.
Timeless Curated & Co. (2026). U.S. Apparel and Resale Statistics. Retrieved October 5, 2026, from timelesscuratedco.com/apparel-resale-statistics.
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