In order to explore the relationship between cultural industry development and residents' consumption, based on the current situation of China's cultural industry, the sample data of cultural industry and household consumption were selected, and the Stata software benchmark regression model was used to empirically study the influence effect of different sub-industry categories of cultural industry on residents' consumption.It is found that cultural wholesale and retail industry and cultural service industry play a significant role in promoting residents' consumption. The cultural service industry has a positive role in promoting the consumption of residents across the country, and there is indeed regional heterogeneity in the influence of the development of cultural industry on residents' consumption.