1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Retail Trade

Minnesota
Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. More detail is available for employers. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)
44-45 Retail trade 59,288 49,182,334 38,400 1,084,352 20,888 48,097,982
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 4,026 12,894,648 1,764 217,231 2,262 12,677,417
4411 Automobile dealers 1,809 10,825,416 951 151,243 858 10,674,173
44112 Used car dealers 1,260 568,188 951 151,243 309 416,945
4412 Other motor vehicle dealers 783 789,570 416 34,428 367 755,142
44121 Recreational vehicle dealers 132 200,503 55 3,273 77 197,230
44122 Motorcycle, boat, & other motor vehicle dealers 651 589,067 361 31,155 290 557,912
441221 Motorcycle dealers 109 148,997 55 4,984 54 144,013
441222 Boat dealers 190 260,885 56 4,925 134 255,960
441229 All other motor vehicle dealers 352 179,185 250 21,246 102 157,939
4413 Automotive parts, accessories, & tire stores 1,434 1,279,662 397 31,560 1,037 1,248,102
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 1,787 1,367,844 686 35,964 1,101 1,331,880
4421 Furniture stores 633 743,717 169 11,100 464 732,617
4422 Home furnishings stores 1,154 624,127 517 24,864 637 599,263
443 Electronics & appliance stores 1,262 1,386,138 466 24,749 796 1,361,389
44311 Appliance, television, & other electronics stores 830 952,737 289 16,032 541 936,705
443111 Household appliance stores 356 199,942 114 7,886 242 192,056
443112 Radio, television, & other electronics stores 474 752,795 175 8,146 299 744,649
44312 Computer & software stores 361 378,132 157 7,925 204 370,207
44313 Camera & photographic supplies stores 71 55,269 20 792 51 54,477
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 2,860 5,553,826 525 32,863 2,335 5,520,963
4441 Building material & supplies dealers 2,066 4,261,234 362 27,472 1,704 4,233,762
44411 Home centers 93 995,791 16 599 77 995,192
44412 Paint & wallpaper stores 179 133,523 34 1,618 145 131,905
44413 Hardware stores 605 437,824 66 6,476 539 431,348
44419 Other building material dealers 1,189 2,694,096 246 18,779 943 2,675,317
4442 Lawn & garden equipment & supplies stores 794 1,292,592 163 5,391 631 1,287,201
445 Food & beverage stores 3,559 7,136,764 920 86,217 2,639 7,050,547
4451 Grocery stores 1,607 6,102,298 378 42,070 1,229 6,060,228
4452 Specialty food stores 887 202,579 437 22,660 450 179,919
44521 Meat markets N N 56 3,910 N N
44522 Fish & seafood markets N N 16 769 N N
44523 Fruit & vegetable markets N N 57 1,494 N N
44529 Other specialty food stores N N 308 16,487 N N
4453 Beer, wine, & liquor stores 1,065 831,887 105 21,487 960 810,400
446 Health & personal care stores 2,556 1,725,521 1,176 18,331 1,380 1,707,190
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores 736 1,375,453 55 2,739 681 1,372,714
44612 Cosmetics, beauty supplies, & perfume stores 832 73,744 715 6,096 117 67,648
44613 Optical goods stores 375 137,619 34 2,080 341 135,539
44619 Other health & personal care stores 613 138,705 372 7,416 241 131,289
447 Gasoline stations 2,850 4,441,137 197 29,207 2,653 4,411,930
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 3,575 2,087,402 1,197 35,945 2,378 2,051,457
4481 Clothing stores 2,371 1,489,413 888 23,316 1,483 1,466,097
44811 Men's clothing stores 195 109,659 31 1,110 164 108,549
44812 Women's clothing stores 803 400,363 183 3,268 620 397,095
44813 Children's & infants' clothing stores 105 58,359 36 1,230 69 57,129
44814 Family clothing stores 551 761,255 186 4,376 365 756,879
44815 Clothing accessories stores 264 32,685 161 4,072 103 28,613
44819 Other clothing stores 453 127,092 291 9,260 162 117,832
4482 Shoe stores 514 290,120 53 2,546 461 287,574
4483 Jewelry, luggage, & leather goods stores 690 307,869 256 10,083 434 297,786
44831 Jewelry stores 641 287,528 240 9,957 401 277,571
44832 Luggage & leather goods stores 49 20,341 16 126 33 20,215
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 3,393 1,317,768 2,020 56,122 1,373 1,261,646
45111 Sporting goods stores 1,215 594,588 608 23,070 607 571,518
45112 Hobby, toy, & game stores 603 238,417 390 10,352 213 228,065
45113 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores 473 79,009 333 6,530 140 72,479
45114 Musical instrument & supplies stores 214 96,596 123 3,173 91 93,423
4512 Book, periodical, & music stores 888 309,158 566 12,997 322 296,161
45121 Book stores & news dealers 697 217,223 483 10,425 214 206,798
451211 Book stores 374 196,296 179 4,845 195 191,451
451212 News dealers & newsstands 323 20,927 304 5,580 19 15,347
45122 Prerecorded tape, compact disc, & record stores 191 91,935 83 2,572 108 89,363
452 General merchandise stores 875 6,226,399 290 13,366 585 6,213,033
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 10,234 1,429,379 7,915 211,907 2,319 1,217,472
4531 Florists 855 170,713 354 8,995 501 161,718
4532 Office supplies, stationery, & gift stores 2,345 518,864 1,462 35,701 883 483,163
45321 Office supplies & stationery stores 189 180,087 88 3,349 101 176,738
45322 Gift, novelty, & souvenir stores 2,156 338,777 1,374 32,352 782 306,425
4533 Used merchandise stores 2,026 127,278 1,740 40,404 286 86,874
4539 Other miscellaneous store retailers 5,008 612,524 4,359 126,807 649 485,717
45391 Pet & pet supplies stores 456 133,445 281 6,771 175 126,674
45392 Art dealers 378 40,687 280 9,824 98 30,863
45393 Manufactured (mobile) home dealers 95 134,364 37 2,880 58 131,484
45399 All other miscellaneous store retailers 4,079 304,028 3,761 107,332 318 196,696
454 Nonstore retailers 22,311 3,615,508 21,244 322,450 1,067 3,293,058
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses 1,283 2,170,362 1,024 17,507 259 2,152,855
4542 Vending machine operators 902 196,359 731 21,040 171 175,319
4543 Direct selling establishments 20,126 1,248,787 19,489 283,903 637 964,884
45431 Fuel dealers 367 489,396 72 12,631 295 476,765
45439 Other direct selling establishments 19,759 759,391 19,417 271,272 342 488,119
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available; S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;   W Wholesale receipts for nonemployers are not comparable to wholesale sales for employers;   X Industry not in scope of Economic Census for employers;   t Total does not include employer data for out-of-scope industries;   r revised subsequent to initial publication

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Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Nonemployer Statistics and Geographic Area Series (for employers)

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