Orleans seeing strong growth in sales tax revenue so far this year
Returns up 9.7 percent, 5th highest among 57 counties outside NYC
Sales tax revenues are seeing strong growth in Orleans County through the first three quarters of the year, according to a report from State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
The local sales tax revenues in Orleans are up 9.7 percent, from $17.46 million to $19.14 million, for the first three quarters. That is the fifth highest growth rate in the state.
The only counties that have a higher growth rate include Hamilton County at 12%, followed by the counties of Yates and Chenango (each at 10.4%) and Delaware (10.3%).
Among the GLOW region, Genesee County is up 7.0 percent from $41.57 million to $44.49 million.
Livingston County is one of the six counties that seeing a drop in sales tax revenue. Livingston is down 2.5 percent from $36.41 million to $35.51 million in the first three quarters.
Wyoming County also is down. It dipped 0.1 percent, from $19.94 million to $19.92 million.
The state comptroller reported that nearly 90 percent of counties experienced a year-over-year increase in collections, with close to one-third of counties seeing more than 5 percent growth.
Orleans has seen steady growth in each of the three quarters so far this year – up 9.2 percent in first quarter ($5.39 million to $5.88 million), 14.8 percent increase in second quarter (from $5.68 million to $6.52 million) and up 5.5 percent in third quarter (from $6.39 million to $6.74 million).
State-wide, local government sales tax collections totaled $18.2 billion from January to September 2025, an increase of 4.3% ($747 million) compared to the same period last year, DiNapoli reported.
“New York’s local sales tax revenues rose through September compared to last year, but federal policy actions create significant fiscal risk for municipalities amid signs of a slowing economy,” DiNapoli said. “Local officials who rely on these revenues should take advantage of the financial planning tools and guidance my office offers to help them bolster their fiscal resilience.”
Click here to see the comptroller’s report.
