Where and When Do Garage and Estate Sales Happen?
Updated November 2, 2026 · from Spotted's store-by-store data
California, Texas, Florida list the most upcoming garage and estate sales, and Saturday is the most common start day.
4,122
Upcoming sales tracked
66%
Estate sales
Saturday
Most common start day
Counts cover upcoming in-person sales Spotted has found from public listings, refreshed several times a day. Online-only auctions are excluded.
Estate sales usually run two or three days starting Thursday or Friday; garage and yard sales cluster on Saturday.
Sales by start day (past and next 30 days)
| Day | Share of sales |
|---|---|
| Sunday | 8% |
| Monday | 2% |
| Tuesday | 2% |
| Wednesday | 3% |
| Thursday | 11% |
| Friday | 28% |
| Saturday | 46% |
Upcoming sales by state
| State | Sales | Estate | Garage / yard / moving |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 496 | 300 | 192 |
| Texas | 464 | 352 | 103 |
| Florida | 384 | 202 | 179 |
| New York | 259 | 153 | 104 |
| Illinois | 224 | 206 | 15 |
| New Jersey | 189 | 132 | 54 |
| Arizona | 152 | 88 | 64 |
| Georgia | 151 | 121 | 28 |
| Tennessee | 145 | 122 | 21 |
| Michigan | 135 | 115 | 17 |
| Missouri | 130 | 103 | 27 |
| North Carolina | 113 | 80 | 31 |
| Oregon | 99 | 33 | 65 |
| Ohio | 89 | 57 | 32 |
| Pennsylvania | 89 | 38 | 51 |
| Virginia | 88 | 64 | 24 |
| Maryland | 75 | 46 | 27 |
| Washington | 72 | 48 | 22 |
| Massachusetts | 71 | 46 | 25 |
| Connecticut | 70 | 51 | 19 |
| Wisconsin | 68 | 38 | 26 |
| Indiana | 66 | 35 | 30 |
| Colorado | 57 | 42 | 15 |
| Minnesota | 55 | 42 | 11 |
| Kansas | 48 | 35 | 11 |
| Alabama | 38 | 25 | 13 |
| Louisiana | 36 | 20 | 14 |
| Nevada | 34 | 15 | 19 |
| Oklahoma | 34 | 21 | 13 |
| South Carolina | 33 | 18 | 15 |
Questions
What day do most estate sales start?
Saturday is the most common start day in our data.
Which state has the most estate sales?
Right now California lists the most upcoming garage and estate sales.
How we measured this
Spotted collects upcoming garage, yard, moving and estate sales from public listing sites several times a day and places each sale by its map location.
You can cite these numbers with a link to this page; they refresh several times a day.