1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Retail Trade

North Carolina
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 89,645 74,499,229 54,082 2,142,466 35,563 72,356,763
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 10,187 21,032,709 5,683 674,771 4,504 20,357,938
4411 Automobile dealers 6,162 17,885,765 4,220 578,947 1,942 17,306,818
44112 Used car dealers 5,305 2,067,653 4,220 578,947 1,085 1,488,706
4412 Other motor vehicle dealers 1,148 885,788 753 52,708 395 833,080
44121 Recreational vehicle dealers 111 202,824 51 2,969 60 199,855
44122 Motorcycle, boat, & other motor vehicle dealers 1,037 682,964 702 49,739 335 633,225
441221 Motorcycle dealers 250 308,096 112 6,548 138 301,548
441222 Boat dealers 258 292,294 94 7,033 164 285,261
441229 All other motor vehicle dealers 529 82,574 496 36,158 33 46,416
4413 Automotive parts, accessories, & tire stores 2,877 2,261,156 710 43,116 2,167 2,218,040
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 3,904 2,748,713 1,462 74,581 2,442 2,674,132
4421 Furniture stores 1,926 1,831,275 639 35,240 1,287 1,796,035
4422 Home furnishings stores 1,978 917,438 823 39,341 1,155 878,097
443 Electronics & appliance stores 1,961 1,535,189 748 36,802 1,213 1,498,387
44311 Appliance, television, & other electronics stores 1,309 1,132,390 455 21,513 854 1,110,877
443111 Household appliance stores 494 278,506 166 7,240 328 271,266
443112 Radio, television, & other electronics stores 815 853,884 289 14,273 526 839,611
44312 Computer & software stores 563 355,115 261 13,991 302 341,124
44313 Camera & photographic supplies stores 89 47,684 32 1,298 57 46,386
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 3,999 8,191,797 973 65,570 3,026 8,126,227
4441 Building material & supplies dealers 2,932 7,256,232 635 47,914 2,297 7,208,318
44411 Home centers 186 N 29 1,685 157 D
44412 Paint & wallpaper stores 347 N 75 2,636 272 D
44413 Hardware stores 631 369,255 160 14,658 471 354,597
44419 Other building material dealers 1,768 4,310,936 371 28,935 1,397 4,282,001
4442 Lawn & garden equipment & supplies stores 1,067 935,565 338 17,656 729 917,909
445 Food & beverage stores 6,015 11,421,054 2,473 217,679 3,542 11,203,375
4451 Grocery stores 4,178 10,830,967 1,481 159,148 2,697 10,671,819
4452 Specialty food stores 1,325 195,781 929 54,156 396 141,625
44521 Meat markets N N 73 4,540 N N
44522 Fish & seafood markets N N 107 9,668 N N
44523 Fruit & vegetable markets N N 242 14,787 N N
44529 Other specialty food stores N N 507 25,161 N N
4453 Beer, wine, & liquor stores 512 394,306 63 4,375 449 389,931
446 Health & personal care stores 4,193 3,047,708 1,834 34,443 2,359 3,013,265
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores 1,525 2,616,315 90 3,656 1,435 2,612,659
44612 Cosmetics, beauty supplies, & perfume stores 1,413 138,308 1,151 16,032 262 122,276
44613 Optical goods stores 359 131,402 46 2,389 313 129,013
44619 Other health & personal care stores 896 161,683 547 12,366 349 149,317
447 Gasoline stations 5,419 6,492,992 495 86,766 4,924 6,406,226
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 7,231 3,691,704 2,536 90,120 4,695 3,601,584
4481 Clothing stores 4,727 2,560,634 1,869 64,879 2,858 2,495,755
44811 Men's clothing stores 431 242,486 79 5,301 352 237,185
44812 Women's clothing stores 1,701 719,684 383 13,651 1,318 706,033
44813 Children's & infants' clothing stores 229 102,817 87 3,049 142 99,768
44814 Family clothing stores 978 1,254,479 383 13,251 595 1,241,228
44815 Clothing accessories stores 529 47,118 381 10,475 148 36,643
44819 Other clothing stores 859 194,050 556 19,152 303 174,898
4482 Shoe stores 1,001 595,848 103 4,816 898 591,032
4483 Jewelry, luggage, & leather goods stores 1,503 535,222 564 20,425 939 514,797
44831 Jewelry stores 1,429 509,736 536 19,484 893 490,252
44832 Luggage & leather goods stores 74 25,486 28 941 46 24,545
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 4,518 1,476,853 2,542 89,809 1,976 1,387,044
45111 Sporting goods stores 1,322 447,077 644 34,350 678 412,727
45112 Hobby, toy, & game stores 796 344,337 495 17,881 301 326,456
45113 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores 559 65,595 365 8,331 194 57,264
45114 Musical instrument & supplies stores 330 107,584 181 7,286 149 100,298
4512 Book, periodical, & music stores 1,511 512,260 857 21,961 654 490,299
45121 Book stores & news dealers 1,128 307,405 718 18,328 410 289,077
451211 Book stores 612 283,112 252 7,972 360 275,140
451212 News dealers & newsstands 516 24,293 466 10,356 50 13,937
45122 Prerecorded tape, compact disc, & record stores 383 204,855 139 3,633 244 201,222
452 General merchandise stores 2,068 8,631,511 635 34,794 1,433 8,596,717
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 15,216 3,355,774 11,178 346,290 4,038 3,009,484
4531 Florists 1,668 204,700 836 23,144 832 181,556
4532 Office supplies, stationery, & gift stores 3,342 970,290 2,063 54,789 1,279 915,501
45321 Office supplies & stationery stores 307 537,340 111 6,159 196 531,181
45322 Gift, novelty, & souvenir stores 3,035 432,950 1,952 48,630 1,083 384,320
4533 Used merchandise stores 2,886 202,852 2,342 54,985 544 147,867
4539 Other miscellaneous store retailers 7,320 1,977,932 5,937 213,372 1,383 1,764,560
45391 Pet & pet supplies stores 546 100,151 350 13,720 196 86,431
45392 Art dealers 505 47,903 368 11,891 137 36,012
45393 Manufactured (mobile) home dealers 722 1,415,167 199 16,221 523 1,398,946
45399 All other miscellaneous store retailers 5,547 414,711 5,020 171,540 527 243,171
454 Nonstore retailers 24,934 2,873,225 23,523 390,841 1,411 2,482,384
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses 1,615 1,017,589 1,396 21,239 219 996,350
4542 Vending machine operators 1,307 301,014 1,084 25,289 223 275,725
4543 Direct selling establishments 22,012 1,554,622 21,043 344,313 969 1,210,309
45431 Fuel dealers 632 915,852 86 8,043 546 907,809
45439 Other direct selling establishments 21,380 638,770 20,957 336,270 423 302,500
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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