Price index, October 2026
What September cost, against what October cost, for the same products at the same retailers. 8,067 products had a recorded price in both months, and 2058 of them were cheaper in October. This release is final: the month has ended and its figures will not change.
| Category | Typical change | Cheaper | Dearer | Unchanged | Steepest fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car471 measured | 0.0% | 119 | 109 | 243 | Meguiar's Hot Shine Tire Foam, 19 Oz -42.2% |
| Electronics3929 measured | 0.0% | 1040 | 1061 | 1828 | myQ Smart Garage Door Video Keypad with Wide-Angle Camera, Customizable PIN Codes, and Smartphone Control–Take Charge of Your Garage Access Works with Chamberlain, LiftMaster and Craftsman openers, White -53.7% |
| Home2979 measured | 0.0% | 731 | 710 | 1538 | SHELIKI Robot Vacuum and Mop Combo, Self-Emptying Robotic Vacuums Cleaner Smart Mapping, 2-3 Months Hands-Free Base Strong Suction & LiDAR Navigation, 220 Mins Long Runtime for Pet Hair, Hard Floor -59.6% |
| Sports & outdoors688 measured | 0.0% | 168 | 171 | 349 | Allen Sports Deluxe 4-Bike Hitch Mount Rack (2-Inch Receiver) , Black -32.7% |
How the number is built
- Each product gets one figure per month: the median of every price we recorded for it that month. A median rather than an average, so a single flash sale does not become the month.
- A product counts only where we have that figure for both months. Products we started tracking this month contribute nothing, which is why the category number cannot be moved by our own catalogue growing.
- “Typical change” is the median of those per-product changes. Cheaper and dearer count movements of at least 1% — below that is repricing noise, and calling it a change would be spending the word on nothing.
- Open-box and used listings are excluded, and so are retailers we have switched off. Amazon prices are included here: this is a figure computed from their prices, not a republication of them.
This is an index of what we watch, not of the US retail market. We track 12,731 products at 1 retailer, chosen because people search for them; nobody should read a national inflation figure out of that. How we verify prices, and the observations behind every row are downloadable at /data.
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BasketPrice price index, October 2026. https://www.basketprice.com/price-index/2026-10