Price indices
64
Data partnerships
CostInflation Data Partnerships
CostInflation publishes timestamped city-level price-index data for grocery, pet, household, personal-care, and consumer health retail goods. Licensing and commercial access are available by agreement.
Cities
12
Price observations
4,128,905
Use cases
Current prices
Daily index pages show dates, values, city coverage, price observation counts, and methodology.
Historical movement
Composite and component histories show how category prices change over time and across cities.
Licensed data access
Commercial datasets are available with agreed coverage, format, cadence, and usage rights.
Schema preview
Available fields include stable series IDs, canonical citation URLs, city labels, observation dates, values, price observation counts, and update timestamps.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
series_id | Stable index identifier. |
series_title | Index title. |
canonical_url | Citable HTML page for the index. |
geography_type | Geographic level of the observation. |
geography_id | Stable postal-code identifier. |
geography_label | City and neighborhood label. |
observed_date | Date represented by the daily value. |
value_usd | Daily price-index value in U.S. dollars. |
datapoint_count | Price observations contributing to the daily value. |
computed_at | Time the daily value was updated. |
Citation and commercial use
Editorial and research citations should link to the canonical CostInflation page for the relevant index and observation date. Commercial use is governed by the Terms of Service.
Available data
- Coverage: indices, cities, and retail-goods categories.
- Freshness: observation dates and aggregate update timestamps.
- Documentation: canonical pages, citation blocks, methodology, and corrections.
- Delivery: scope, format, cadence, rights, and commercial terms.
Contact
For AI grounding, publishing, research, or commercial licensing, email contact@costinflation.com with the intended use, coverage, and update cadence.