1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Retail Trade

Georgia
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 79,167 74,061,630 46,094 1,849,146 33,073 72,212,484
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 7,006 20,161,898 3,216 388,651 3,790 19,773,247
4411 Automobile dealers 3,574 17,346,714 2,032 296,983 1,542 17,049,731
44112 Used car dealers 2,847 1,512,191 2,032 296,983 815 1,215,208
4412 Other motor vehicle dealers 830 616,353 544 47,795 286 568,558
44121 Recreational vehicle dealers 82 133,736 38 3,346 44 130,390
44122 Motorcycle, boat, & other motor vehicle dealers 748 482,617 506 44,449 242 438,168
441221 Motorcycle dealers 187 207,760 87 7,806 100 199,954
441222 Boat dealers 186 210,504 68 5,223 118 205,281
441229 All other motor vehicle dealers 375 64,353 351 31,420 24 32,933
4413 Automotive parts, accessories, & tire stores 2,602 2,198,831 640 43,873 1,962 2,154,958
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 3,673 2,783,667 1,390 88,689 2,283 2,694,978
4421 Furniture stores 1,658 1,504,196 529 32,914 1,129 1,471,282
4422 Home furnishings stores 2,015 1,279,471 861 55,775 1,154 1,223,696
443 Electronics & appliance stores 1,878 2,029,006 707 40,103 1,171 1,988,903
44311 Appliance, television, & other electronics stores 1,148 1,124,389 373 18,919 775 1,105,470
443111 Household appliance stores 401 191,421 134 6,048 267 185,373
443112 Radio, television, & other electronics stores 747 932,968 239 12,871 508 920,097
44312 Computer & software stores 640 828,282 297 19,479 343 808,803
44313 Camera & photographic supplies stores 90 76,335 37 1,705 53 74,630
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 3,674 7,996,672 907 54,638 2,767 7,942,034
4441 Building material & supplies dealers 2,736 7,096,374 604 37,621 2,132 7,058,753
44411 Home centers 138 1,883,072 25 809 113 1,882,263
44412 Paint & wallpaper stores 371 240,795 77 3,743 294 237,052
44413 Hardware stores 650 355,304 197 12,508 453 342,796
44419 Other building material dealers 1,577 4,617,203 305 20,561 1,272 4,596,642
4442 Lawn & garden equipment & supplies stores 938 900,298 303 17,017 635 883,281
445 Food & beverage stores 6,035 11,373,583 2,351 243,656 3,684 11,129,927
4451 Grocery stores 3,752 10,439,257 1,263 145,114 2,489 10,294,143
4452 Specialty food stores 1,191 188,864 812 47,725 379 141,139
44521 Meat markets N N 83 4,939 N N
44522 Fish & seafood markets N N 75 4,485 N N
44523 Fruit & vegetable markets N N 183 8,539 N N
44529 Other specialty food stores N N 471 29,762 N N
4453 Beer, wine, & liquor stores 1,092 745,462 276 50,817 816 694,645
446 Health & personal care stores 4,308 2,860,495 1,717 38,426 2,591 2,822,069
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores 1,567 2,333,454 92 4,479 1,475 2,328,975
44612 Cosmetics, beauty supplies, & perfume stores 1,380 154,163 1,075 16,932 305 137,231
44613 Optical goods stores 428 196,580 45 3,063 383 193,517
44619 Other health & personal care stores 933 176,298 505 13,952 428 162,346
447 Gasoline stations 5,142 6,861,804 457 74,158 4,685 6,787,646
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 7,100 4,228,909 2,497 103,132 4,603 4,125,777
4481 Clothing stores 4,642 2,932,837 1,839 69,286 2,803 2,863,551
44811 Men's clothing stores 516 316,461 110 7,435 406 309,026
44812 Women's clothing stores 1,668 820,097 360 12,046 1,308 808,051
44813 Children's & infants' clothing stores 232 134,933 95 3,157 137 131,776
44814 Family clothing stores 869 1,399,636 320 12,462 549 1,387,174
44815 Clothing accessories stores 489 50,266 343 10,554 146 39,712
44819 Other clothing stores 868 211,444 611 23,632 257 187,812
4482 Shoe stores 1,042 701,907 88 4,914 954 696,993
4483 Jewelry, luggage, & leather goods stores 1,416 594,165 570 28,932 846 565,233
44831 Jewelry stores 1,315 560,315 530 27,596 785 532,719
44832 Luggage & leather goods stores 101 33,850 40 1,336 61 32,514
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 3,621 1,549,257 1,957 79,253 1,664 1,470,004
45111 Sporting goods stores 969 474,338 458 27,611 511 446,727
45112 Hobby, toy, & game stores 614 336,184 364 12,162 250 324,022
45113 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores 444 84,927 275 6,186 169 78,741
45114 Musical instrument & supplies stores 260 113,861 129 5,474 131 108,387
4512 Book, periodical, & music stores 1,334 539,947 731 27,820 603 512,127
45121 Book stores & news dealers 946 314,997 584 22,730 362 292,267
451211 Book stores 593 288,733 262 10,404 331 278,329
451212 News dealers & newsstands 353 26,264 322 12,326 31 13,938
45122 Prerecorded tape, compact disc, & record stores 388 224,950 147 5,090 241 219,860
452 General merchandise stores 1,871 9,372,140 653 33,498 1,218 9,338,642
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 13,856 2,753,707 10,392 357,480 3,464 2,396,227
4531 Florists 1,565 204,877 787 26,415 778 178,462
4532 Office supplies, stationery, & gift stores 2,748 935,527 1,696 53,362 1,052 882,165
45321 Office supplies & stationery stores 346 546,344 141 8,458 205 537,886
45322 Gift, novelty, & souvenir stores 2,402 389,183 1,555 44,904 847 344,279
4533 Used merchandise stores 2,843 266,158 2,276 57,935 567 208,223
4539 Other miscellaneous store retailers 6,700 1,347,145 5,633 219,768 1,067 1,127,377
45391 Pet & pet supplies stores 490 139,774 316 11,617 174 128,157
45392 Art dealers 484 51,670 356 11,721 128 39,949
45393 Manufactured (mobile) home dealers 432 714,365 168 10,787 264 703,578
45399 All other miscellaneous store retailers 5,294 441,336 4,793 185,643 501 255,693
454 Nonstore retailers 21,003 2,090,492 19,850 347,462 1,153 1,743,030
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses 1,659 985,650 1,390 25,266 269 960,384
4542 Vending machine operators 1,206 250,573 1,017 26,018 189 224,555
4543 Direct selling establishments 18,138 854,269 17,443 296,178 695 558,091
45431 Fuel dealers 367 320,004 55 4,037 312 315,967
45439 Other direct selling establishments 17,771 534,265 17,388 292,141 383 242,124
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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