1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Retail Trade

United States
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 2,949,786 2,530,304,425 1,831,339 69,418,413 1,118,447 2,460,886,012
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 240,460 660,681,999 117,827 15,314,223 122,633 645,367,776
4411 Automobile dealers 123,347 565,508,799 74,110 11,856,507 49,237 553,652,292
44112 Used car dealers 97,450 46,536,975 74,110 11,856,507 23,340 34,680,468
4412 Other motor vehicle dealers 34,596 30,741,318 21,007 1,850,812 13,589 28,890,506
44121 Recreational vehicle dealers 5,122 10,292,082 2,108 222,333 3,014 10,069,749
44122 Motorcycle, boat, & other motor vehicle dealers 29,474 20,449,236 18,899 1,628,479 10,575 18,820,757
441221 Motorcycle dealers 6,641 7,574,779 3,006 205,519 3,635 7,369,260
441222 Boat dealers 9,026 9,239,388 3,764 305,158 5,262 8,934,230
441229 All other motor vehicle dealers 13,807 3,635,069 12,129 1,117,802 1,678 2,517,267
4413 Automotive parts, accessories, & tire stores 82,517 64,431,882 22,710 1,606,904 59,807 62,824,978
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 104,578 74,092,766 39,853 2,401,953 64,725 71,690,813
4421 Furniture stores 44,388 41,945,828 14,927 977,493 29,461 40,968,335
4422 Home furnishings stores 60,190 32,146,938 24,926 1,424,460 35,264 30,722,478
443 Electronics & appliance stores 71,486 70,210,383 28,113 1,649,052 43,373 68,561,331
44311 Appliance, television, & other electronics stores 44,028 43,059,404 15,239 808,426 28,789 42,250,978
443111 Household appliance stores 15,865 10,379,474 5,381 296,580 10,484 10,082,894
443112 Radio, television, & other electronics stores 28,163 32,679,930 9,858 511,846 18,305 32,168,084
44312 Computer & software stores 22,951 24,802,824 11,210 744,161 11,741 24,058,663
44313 Camera & photographic supplies stores 4,507 2,348,155 1,664 96,465 2,843 2,251,690
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 121,912 229,489,432 28,795 1,923,331 93,117 227,566,101
4441 Building material & supplies dealers 91,846 197,375,401 19,930 1,487,205 71,916 195,888,196
44411 Home centers 4,845 51,680,834 848 52,908 3,997 51,627,926
44412 Paint & wallpaper stores 10,977 8,086,891 2,548 143,471 8,429 7,943,420
44413 Hardware stores 20,504 13,997,880 4,756 392,617 15,748 13,605,263
44419 Other building material dealers 55,520 123,609,796 11,778 898,209 43,742 122,711,587
4442 Lawn & garden equipment & supplies stores 30,066 32,114,031 8,865 436,126 21,201 31,677,905
445 Food & beverage stores 239,290 410,287,297 90,762 8,522,798 148,528 401,764,499
4451 Grocery stores 141,289 373,071,940 44,747 4,821,469 96,542 368,250,471
4452 Specialty food stores 58,749 12,992,843 36,376 2,162,935 22,373 10,829,908
44521 Meat markets 11,045 4,625,758 3,831 278,737 7,214 4,347,021
44522 Fish & seafood markets 4,341 1,228,441 2,707 190,888 1,634 1,037,553
44523 Fruit & vegetable markets 10,464 2,515,617 7,285 408,789 3,179 2,106,828
44529 Other specialty food stores 32,899 4,623,027 22,553 1,284,521 10,346 3,338,506
4453 Beer, wine, & liquor stores 39,252 24,222,514 9,639 1,538,394 29,613 22,684,120
446 Health & personal care stores 142,491 119,055,982 59,550 1,355,119 82,941 117,700,863
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores 46,463 98,833,238 2,848 202,381 43,615 98,630,857
44612 Cosmetics, beauty supplies, & perfume stores 44,495 4,947,341 35,481 528,343 9,014 4,418,998
44613 Optical goods stores 16,989 6,576,535 1,797 144,457 15,192 6,432,078
44619 Other health & personal care stores 34,544 8,698,868 19,424 479,938 15,120 8,218,930
447 Gasoline stations 137,566 199,855,866 10,677 1,690,080 126,889 198,165,786
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 251,398 140,565,269 94,797 4,167,624 156,601 136,397,645
4481 Clothing stores 160,793 98,506,180 66,053 2,588,097 94,740 95,918,083
44811 Men's clothing stores 15,507 10,076,240 3,364 211,611 12,143 9,864,629
44812 Women's clothing stores 53,375 27,850,525 13,703 592,842 39,672 27,257,683
44813 Children's & infants' clothing stores 8,373 4,783,192 3,258 145,186 5,115 4,638,006
44814 Family clothing stores 33,042 45,259,285 12,592 463,225 20,450 44,796,060
44815 Clothing accessories stores 16,915 2,502,762 11,055 370,481 5,860 2,132,281
44819 Other clothing stores 33,581 8,034,176 22,081 804,752 11,500 7,229,424
4482 Shoe stores 35,323 20,787,945 3,924 244,693 31,399 20,543,252
4483 Jewelry, luggage, & leather goods stores 55,282 21,271,144 24,820 1,334,834 30,462 19,936,310
44831 Jewelry stores 51,664 19,778,195 23,328 1,266,845 28,336 18,511,350
44832 Luggage & leather goods stores 3,618 1,492,949 1,492 67,989 2,126 1,424,960
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 164,753 65,571,936 95,604 3,561,010 69,149 62,010,926
45111 Sporting goods stores 50,076 21,286,187 25,652 1,242,866 24,424 20,043,321
45112 Hobby, toy, & game stores 31,080 15,110,488 20,256 722,211 10,824 14,388,277
45113 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores 19,676 3,477,978 13,086 295,062 6,590 3,182,916
45114 Musical instrument & supplies stores 10,149 4,047,332 5,672 246,619 4,477 3,800,713
4512 Book, periodical, & music stores 53,772 21,649,951 30,938 1,054,252 22,834 20,595,699
45121 Book stores & news dealers 40,270 14,042,376 25,594 813,512 14,676 13,228,864
451211 Book stores 22,809 12,754,889 10,446 379,831 12,363 12,375,058
451212 News dealers & newsstands 17,461 1,287,487 15,148 433,681 2,313 853,806
45122 Prerecorded tape, compact disc, & record stores 13,502 7,607,575 5,344 240,740 8,158 7,366,835
452 General merchandise stores 56,788 331,453,331 20,617 1,008,871 36,171 330,444,460
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 530,500 91,670,329 400,662 13,561,168 129,838 78,109,161
4531 Florists 50,970 7,342,521 24,770 787,433 26,200 6,555,088
4532 Office supplies, stationery, & gift stores 119,316 33,787,769 74,701 2,214,734 44,615 31,573,035
45321 Office supplies & stationery stores 12,284 17,365,982 4,954 290,243 7,330 17,075,739
45322 Gift, novelty, & souvenir stores 107,032 16,421,787 69,747 1,924,491 37,285 14,497,296
4533 Used merchandise stores 105,034 8,312,672 87,044 2,269,030 17,990 6,043,642
4539 Other miscellaneous store retailers 255,180 42,227,367 214,147 8,289,971 41,033 33,937,396
45391 Pet & pet supplies stores 21,124 6,009,581 12,806 516,832 8,318 5,492,749
45392 Art dealers 19,870 3,614,252 14,172 613,454 5,698 3,000,798
45393 Manufactured (mobile) home dealers 8,997 13,663,279 3,512 315,788 5,485 13,347,491
45399 All other miscellaneous store retailers 205,189 18,940,255 183,657 6,843,897 21,532 12,096,358
454 Nonstore retailers 888,564 137,369,835 844,082 14,263,184 44,482 123,106,651
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses 66,392 80,121,127 56,379 1,102,822 10,013 79,018,305
4542 Vending machine operators 44,985 7,799,148 37,915 914,651 7,070 6,884,497
4543 Direct selling establishments 777,187 49,449,560 749,788 12,245,711 27,399 37,203,849
45431 Fuel dealers 15,379 22,934,008 2,847 311,759 12,532 22,622,249
45439 Other direct selling establishments 761,808 26,515,552 746,941 11,933,952 14,867 14,581,600
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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