NICS Firearm Background Checks:
Month/Year
November 30, 1998 - February 28, 2018

Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018

591,355
639,972
640,528
665,803
653,751
695,000
685,811
775,518
894,608
942,556
1,213,885
1,119,229
1,323,336
1,377,301
2,495,440
1,660,355
1,772,794
2,545,802
2,043,184
2,030,530

696,323
707,070
675,156
694,668
708,281
723,654
743,070
820,679
914,954
1,021,130
1,259,078
1,243,211
1,473,513
1,749,903
2,309,393
2,086,863
1,859,584
2,613,074
2,234,817
2,333,193

753,083
736,543
729,532
714,665
736,864
738,298
768,290
845,219
975,806
1,040,863
1,345,096
1,300,100
1,449,724
1,727,881
2,209,407
2,488,842
2,012,488
2,523,265
2,433,092

646,712
617,689
594,723
627,745
622,832
642,589
658,954
700,373
840,271
940,961
1,225,980
1,233,761
1,351,255
1,427,343
1,714,433
1,742,946
1,711,340
2,145,865
2,045,564

576,272
538,648
543,501
569,247
567,436
542,456
557,058
626,270
803,051
886,183
1,023,102
1,016,876
1,230,953
1,316,226
1,435,917
1,485,259
1,580,980
1,870,000
1,942,677

569,493
550,561
540,491
518,351
529,334
546,847
555,560
616,097
792,943
819,891
968,145
1,005,876
1,168,322
1,302,660
1,281,351
1,382,975
1,529,057
2,131,485
1,901,768

589,476
542,520
539,498
535,594
533,289
561,773
561,358
631,156
757,884
891,224
966,162
1,069,792
1,157,041
1,300,704
1,283,912
1,402,228
1,600,832
2,197,169
1,742,546

703,394
682,501
707,288
693,139
683,517
666,598
687,012
833,070
917,358
956,872
1,074,757
1,089,374
1,310,041
1,526,206
1,419,088
1,546,497
1,745,410
1,853,815
1,925,146

808,627
782,087
864,038
724,123
738,371
740,260
791,353
919,487
944,889
973,003
1,093,230
1,145,798
1,253,752
1,459,363
1,401,562
1,456,032
1,795,102
1,992,219
1,967,104

945,701
845,886
1,029,691
849,281
856,863
865,741
852,478
970,030
1,025,123
1,183,279
1,233,982
1,368,184
1,340,273
1,614,032
1,687,599
1,603,469
1,976,759
2,333,539
2,030,391

21,196
1,004,333
898,598
983,186
887,647
842,932
890,754
927,419
1,045,194
1,079,923
1,529,635
1,223,252
1,296,223
1,534,414
2,006,919
1,813,643
1,803,397
2,243,030
2,561,281
2,382,788

871,644
1,253,354
1,000,962
1,062,559
974,059
1,008,118
1,073,701
1,164,582
1,253,840
1,230,525
1,523,426
1,407,155
1,521,192
1,862,327
2,783,765
2,041,528
2,309,684
3,314,594
2,771,159
2,586,138

TOTAL

NOTE:

Totals
892,840
9,138,123
8,543,037
8,910,191
8,454,322
8,481,588
8,687,671
8,952,945
10,036,933
11,177,335
12,709,023
14,033,824
14,409,616
16,454,951
19,592,303
21,093,273
20,968,547
23,141,970
27,538,673
25,235,215
4,363,723
282,816,103

These statistics represent the number of firearm background checks initiated through the NICS. They do not represent the number of
firearms sold. Based on varying state laws and purchase scenarios, a one-to-one correlation cannot be made between a firearm background
check and a firearm sale.