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Data for January 2026 Release Date: March 24, 2026 Next Release Date: April 23, 2026 Full report PDF
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Table 5.7. Number of Ultimate Customers Served by Sector:
2016 - January 2026

Period Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation All Sectors
Annual Totals
2016 131,068,760 18,148,353 838,059 86 150,055,258
2017 132,579,747 18,359,427 840,329 86 151,779,589
2018 133,893,321 18,605,393 840,321 83 153,339,118
2019 135,249,616 18,694,240 954,222 83 154,898,161
2020 136,682,001 18,848,813 992,311 83 156,523,208
2021 138,308,772 19,102,304 1,022,212 82 158,433,370
2022 139,854,178 19,257,529 1,049,983 86 160,161,776
2023 141,282,713 19,381,328 1,078,249 85 161,742,375
2024 143,144,185 19,480,886 1,115,974 81 163,741,126
2025 143,795,221 19,578,862 1,135,807 81 164,509,970
Year 2024
January 142,467,061 19,501,593 1,092,520 80 163,061,254
February 142,045,696 19,382,148 1,080,325 80 162,508,249
March 142,551,270 19,446,668 1,084,820 80 163,082,838
April 142,766,432 19,459,486 1,106,073 80 163,332,071
May 143,062,430 19,491,479 1,118,897 80 163,672,886
June 142,796,555 19,427,774 1,119,460 81 163,343,870
July 143,567,865 19,529,066 1,145,032 81 164,242,044
August 143,618,347 19,510,969 1,142,880 81 164,272,277
Sept 143,191,348 19,456,717 1,131,364 81 163,779,510
October 144,161,699 19,585,129 1,130,035 81 164,876,944
November 143,213,528 19,419,379 1,109,668 81 163,742,656
December 144,286,646 19,558,768 1,130,411 81 164,975,906
Year 2025
January 143,212,744 19,558,036 1,119,293 81 163,890,154
February 142,449,489 19,424,184 1,106,190 81 162,979,944
March 143,212,948 19,525,910 1,114,330 81 163,853,269
April 143,556,336 19,576,521 1,131,015 81 164,263,953
May 143,384,087 19,546,380 1,132,921 81 164,063,469
June 143,371,442 19,539,943 1,150,086 81 164,061,552
July 144,052,094 19,609,399 1,167,211 81 164,828,785
August 144,010,307 19,641,602 1,160,055 81 164,812,045
Sept 144,472,564 19,632,425 1,143,651 81 165,248,721
October 144,996,479 19,684,790 1,138,020 81 165,819,370
November 143,485,426 19,488,020 1,114,235 81 164,087,762
December 145,338,734 19,719,132 1,152,674 81 166,210,621
Year 2026
January 144,612,759 19,609,552 1,128,662 80 165,351,053
Rolling 12 Months Ending in January
2025 143,206,213 19,485,468 1,118,188 81 163,809,950
2026 143,911,889 19,583,155 1,136,588 81 164,631,712

See Technical notes for additional information on the Commercial, Industrial, and Transportation sectors. NA = Not available. See Glossary for definitions.
Geographic coverage is the 50 States and the District of Columbia. Values include energy service provider (power marketer) data.
Values for 2024 and prior years are final. Values for 2026 and 2025 are preliminary estimates based on a cutoff model sample. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-826. Utilities and energy service providers may classify commercial and industrial customers based on either NAICS codes or demands or usage falling within specified limits by rate schedule. Changes from year to year in consumer counts, sales and revenues, particularly involving the commercial and industrial consumer sectors, may result from respondent implementation of changes in the definitions of consumers, and reclassifications. Sales and net generation may not correspond exactly for a particular month for a variety of reasons (i.e., sales data may include purchases of electricity from nonutilities or imported electricity). Net generation is for the calendar month while sales and associated revenue accumulate from bills collected for periods of time (28 to 35 days) that vary dependent upon customer class and consumption occurring in and outside the calendar month.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861M (formerly EIA-826), Monthly Electric Industry Power Report.Form EIA-826, Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue Report with State Distributions Report;
Form EIA-861, Annual Electric Power Industry Report; and Form EIA-861S, Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Short Form).