The value of flooring retail sales was almost static in February.
Sales in England, Scotland and Wales were £215,532,000 a 0.96% (£2.04m) rise on January but down 0.92% on a year earlier.
Sales were 391% up on February 2021, 94.6% higher than February 2020 and up 93.2% on January 2019.
February was the 75th highest of the 446 months since January 1986, when ONS began recording comparable data.
The figures are not seasonally adjusted, do not take inflation into account and are subject to revision.