1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Retail Trade

Colorado
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 51,969 41,652,505 33,670 1,116,471 18,299 40,536,034
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 3,262 10,825,839 1,471 228,084 1,791 10,597,755
4411 Automobile dealers 1,474 9,088,730 798 161,029 676 8,927,701
44112 Used car dealers 1,150 823,891 798 161,029 352 662,862
4412 Other motor vehicle dealers 555 603,602 340 44,155 215 559,447
44121 Recreational vehicle dealers 101 238,683 39 3,223 62 235,460
44122 Motorcycle, boat, & other motor vehicle dealers 454 364,919 301 40,932 153 323,987
441221 Motorcycle dealers 124 206,072 59 6,257 65 199,815
441222 Boat dealers 56 71,095 18 2,544 38 68,551
441229 All other motor vehicle dealers 274 87,752 224 32,131 50 55,621
4413 Automotive parts, accessories, & tire stores 1,233 1,133,507 333 22,900 900 1,110,607
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 1,927 1,454,726 712 41,706 1,215 1,413,020
4421 Furniture stores 663 765,104 213 12,924 450 752,180
4422 Home furnishings stores 1,264 689,622 499 28,782 765 660,840
443 Electronics & appliance stores 1,274 1,328,736 481 23,030 793 1,305,706
44311 Appliance, television, & other electronics stores 715 804,977 222 11,082 493 793,895
443111 Household appliance stores 239 107,994 81 4,299 158 103,695
443112 Radio, television, & other electronics stores 476 696,983 141 6,783 335 690,200
44312 Computer & software stores 484 448,849 226 11,036 258 437,813
44313 Camera & photographic supplies stores 75 74,910 33 912 42 73,998
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 1,989 4,607,547 461 29,105 1,528 4,578,442
4441 Building material & supplies dealers 1,607 4,122,996 344 23,820 1,263 4,099,176
44411 Home centers 97 1,036,997 14 973 83 1,036,024
44412 Paint & wallpaper stores 188 155,022 40 2,747 148 152,275
44413 Hardware stores 265 238,995 43 3,418 222 235,577
44419 Other building material dealers 1,057 2,691,982 247 16,682 810 2,675,300
4442 Lawn & garden equipment & supplies stores 382 484,551 117 5,285 265 479,266
445 Food & beverage stores 3,082 7,073,386 1,092 109,003 1,990 6,964,383
4451 Grocery stores 1,110 6,207,167 258 23,305 852 6,183,862
4452 Specialty food stores 758 109,091 507 23,233 251 85,858
44521 Meat markets N N 33 1,682 N N
44522 Fish & seafood markets N N 29 980 N N
44523 Fruit & vegetable markets N N 80 4,065 N N
44529 Other specialty food stores N N 365 16,506 N N
4453 Beer, wine, & liquor stores 1,214 757,128 327 62,465 887 694,663
446 Health & personal care stores 2,456 1,121,573 1,293 29,213 1,163 1,092,360
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores 416 746,006 42 6,251 374 739,755
44612 Cosmetics, beauty supplies, & perfume stores 851 74,159 694 11,795 157 62,364
44613 Optical goods stores 357 132,323 25 2,094 332 130,229
44619 Other health & personal care stores 832 169,085 532 9,073 300 160,012
447 Gasoline stations 1,971 3,045,339 126 21,583 1,845 3,023,756
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 3,924 1,937,617 1,372 57,381 2,552 1,880,236
4481 Clothing stores 2,468 1,312,655 905 33,377 1,563 1,279,278
44811 Men's clothing stores 178 112,509 30 1,797 148 110,712
44812 Women's clothing stores 685 332,521 141 5,828 544 326,693
44813 Children's & infants' clothing stores 104 58,344 39 1,156 65 57,188
44814 Family clothing stores 584 589,062 166 5,670 418 583,392
44815 Clothing accessories stores 243 30,496 155 6,046 88 24,450
44819 Other clothing stores 674 189,723 374 12,880 300 176,843
4482 Shoe stores 520 283,833 47 2,845 473 280,988
4483 Jewelry, luggage, & leather goods stores 936 341,129 420 21,159 516 319,970
44831 Jewelry stores 858 312,421 390 19,365 468 293,056
44832 Luggage & leather goods stores 78 28,708 30 1,794 48 26,914
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 3,285 1,499,495 1,675 57,987 1,610 1,441,508
45111 Sporting goods stores 1,250 690,878 484 22,999 766 667,879
45112 Hobby, toy, & game stores 560 279,778 338 9,654 222 270,124
45113 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores 323 56,437 215 3,839 108 52,598
45114 Musical instrument & supplies stores 182 69,730 93 3,363 89 66,367
4512 Book, periodical, & music stores 970 402,672 545 18,132 425 384,540
45121 Book stores & news dealers 737 245,459 450 13,702 287 231,757
451211 Book stores 485 224,111 223 8,205 262 215,906
451212 News dealers & newsstands 252 21,348 227 5,497 25 15,851
45122 Prerecorded tape, compact disc, & record stores 233 157,213 95 4,430 138 152,783
452 General merchandise stores 734 5,190,394 330 14,334 404 5,176,060
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 8,813 1,667,973 6,197 217,791 2,616 1,450,182
4531 Florists 728 108,757 342 10,149 386 98,608
4532 Office supplies, stationery, & gift stores 2,297 648,772 1,348 39,886 949 608,886
45321 Office supplies & stationery stores 216 334,131 71 3,525 145 330,606
45322 Gift, novelty, & souvenir stores 2,081 314,641 1,277 36,361 804 278,280
4533 Used merchandise stores 1,529 165,050 1,122 33,004 407 132,046
4539 Other miscellaneous store retailers 4,259 745,394 3,385 134,752 874 610,642
45391 Pet & pet supplies stores 422 156,032 227 8,290 195 147,742
45392 Art dealers 541 98,388 357 17,113 184 81,275
45393 Manufactured (mobile) home dealers 166 203,830 75 7,099 91 196,731
45399 All other miscellaneous store retailers 3,130 287,144 2,726 102,250 404 184,894
454 Nonstore retailers 19,252 1,899,880 18,460 287,254 792 1,612,626
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses 1,466 1,129,751 1,251 23,094 215 1,106,657
4542 Vending machine operators 1,072 101,506 940 19,624 132 81,882
4543 Direct selling establishments 16,714 668,623 16,269 244,536 445 424,087
45431 Fuel dealers 188 180,613 56 3,421 132 177,192
45439 Other direct selling establishments 16,526 488,010 16,213 241,115 313 246,895
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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