1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Retail Trade

Washington
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 63,605 53,645,706 40,764 1,172,840 22,841 52,472,866
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers 4,321 12,807,328 1,605 184,878 2,716 12,622,450
4411 Automobile dealers 1,774 10,127,812 819 122,432 955 10,005,380
44112 Used car dealers 1,312 951,299 819 122,432 493 828,867
4412 Other motor vehicle dealers 881 1,102,159 436 38,891 445 1,063,268
44121 Recreational vehicle dealers 154 505,725 47 6,272 107 499,453
44122 Motorcycle, boat, & other motor vehicle dealers 727 596,434 389 32,619 338 563,815
441221 Motorcycle dealers 130 177,605 46 2,835 84 174,770
441222 Boat dealers 356 347,229 146 13,474 210 333,755
441229 All other motor vehicle dealers 241 71,600 197 16,310 44 55,290
4413 Automotive parts, accessories, & tire stores 1,666 1,577,357 350 23,555 1,316 1,553,802
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores 2,084 1,532,240 641 35,658 1,443 1,496,582
4421 Furniture stores 780 805,312 204 12,049 576 793,263
4422 Home furnishings stores 1,304 726,928 437 23,609 867 703,319
443 Electronics & appliance stores 1,581 1,500,524 577 28,703 1,004 1,471,821
44311 Appliance, television, & other electronics stores 845 746,334 242 12,572 603 733,762
443111 Household appliance stores 323 224,249 77 3,680 246 220,569
443112 Radio, television, & other electronics stores 522 522,085 165 8,892 357 513,193
44312 Computer & software stores 619 678,781 295 15,290 324 663,491
44313 Camera & photographic supplies stores 117 75,409 40 841 77 74,568
444 Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers 2,611 5,508,137 585 34,415 2,026 5,473,722
4441 Building material & supplies dealers 1,895 4,679,393 358 26,274 1,537 4,653,119
44411 Home centers 82 1,158,199 16 1,110 66 1,157,089
44412 Paint & wallpaper stores 194 179,063 30 2,119 164 176,944
44413 Hardware stores 357 301,623 72 5,567 285 296,056
44419 Other building material dealers 1,262 3,040,508 240 17,478 1,022 3,023,030
4442 Lawn & garden equipment & supplies stores 716 828,744 227 8,141 489 820,603
445 Food & beverage stores 4,349 9,551,773 1,444 123,243 2,905 9,428,530
4451 Grocery stores 2,704 8,859,817 655 91,352 2,049 8,768,465
4452 Specialty food stores 1,147 207,632 720 27,025 427 180,607
44521 Meat markets N N 72 2,400 N N
44522 Fish & seafood markets N N 50 2,066 N N
44523 Fruit & vegetable markets N N 124 4,877 N N
44529 Other specialty food stores N N 474 17,682 N N
4453 Beer, wine, & liquor stores 498 484,324 69 4,866 429 479,458
446 Health & personal care stores 2,761 2,078,611 1,179 23,685 1,582 2,054,926
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores 718 1,660,383 38 1,203 680 1,659,180
44612 Cosmetics, beauty supplies, & perfume stores 785 70,611 618 7,439 167 63,172
44613 Optical goods stores 366 122,846 25 3,965 341 118,881
44619 Other health & personal care stores 892 224,771 498 11,078 394 213,693
447 Gasoline stations 2,139 3,770,379 83 13,059 2,056 3,757,320
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores 4,089 2,569,348 1,467 57,370 2,622 2,511,978
4481 Clothing stores 2,534 1,932,732 1,031 35,309 1,503 1,897,423
44811 Men's clothing stores 199 125,247 26 855 173 124,392
44812 Women's clothing stores 790 289,853 233 8,175 557 281,678
44813 Children's & infants' clothing stores 128 48,559 62 1,931 66 46,628
44814 Family clothing stores 631 1,327,656 206 7,014 425 1,320,642
44815 Clothing accessories stores 258 26,982 167 4,435 91 22,547
44819 Other clothing stores 528 114,435 337 12,899 191 101,536
4482 Shoe stores 628 268,682 42 2,250 586 266,432
4483 Jewelry, luggage, & leather goods stores 927 367,934 394 19,811 533 348,123
44831 Jewelry stores 853 344,476 366 18,777 487 325,699
44832 Luggage & leather goods stores 74 23,458 28 1,034 46 22,424
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, & music stores 3,999 1,739,797 2,109 65,770 1,890 1,674,027
45111 Sporting goods stores 1,129 613,012 481 19,270 648 593,742
45112 Hobby, toy, & game stores 858 358,629 528 17,032 330 341,597
45113 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores 477 118,291 276 5,450 201 112,841
45114 Musical instrument & supplies stores 259 100,150 117 3,434 142 96,716
4512 Book, periodical, & music stores 1,276 549,715 707 20,584 569 529,131
45121 Book stores & news dealers 1,001 357,039 613 16,249 388 340,790
451211 Book stores 646 341,336 288 9,679 358 331,657
451212 News dealers & newsstands 355 15,703 325 6,570 30 9,133
45122 Prerecorded tape, compact disc, & record stores 275 192,676 94 4,335 181 188,341
452 General merchandise stores 870 7,469,206 376 14,688 494 7,454,518
453 Miscellaneous store retailers 11,599 2,144,245 8,383 246,677 3,216 1,897,568
4531 Florists 1,037 126,525 537 10,339 500 116,186
4532 Office supplies, stationery, & gift stores 2,857 737,894 1,709 47,856 1,148 690,038
45321 Office supplies & stationery stores 286 363,043 82 7,358 204 355,685
45322 Gift, novelty, & souvenir stores 2,571 374,851 1,627 40,498 944 334,353
4533 Used merchandise stores 2,870 266,551 2,281 50,664 589 215,887
4539 Other miscellaneous store retailers 4,835 1,013,275 3,856 137,818 979 875,457
45391 Pet & pet supplies stores 473 164,278 254 8,323 219 155,955
45392 Art dealers 466 56,787 325 10,824 141 45,963
45393 Manufactured (mobile) home dealers 207 370,518 58 6,390 149 364,128
45399 All other miscellaneous store retailers 3,689 421,692 3,219 112,281 470 309,411
454 Nonstore retailers 23,202 2,974,118 22,315 344,694 887 2,629,424
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses 1,963 1,896,030 1,695 30,545 268 1,865,485
4542 Vending machine operators 1,035 107,694 939 16,533 96 91,161
4543 Direct selling establishments 20,204 970,394 19,681 297,616 523 672,778
45431 Fuel dealers 182 387,927 38 4,872 144 383,055
45439 Other direct selling establishments 20,022 582,467 19,643 292,744 379 289,723
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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