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NAICS 4441
Building material and supplies dealers

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual, monthly data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

44-45	Retail trade	1,114,637	3,056,421,997	302,113,581	14,647,675
444	Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers	88,314	246,560,851	30,066,671	1,160,016
4441	Building material & supplies dealers	67,190	215,640,919	26,282,496	988,707
44411	Home centers	5,644	94,759,588	9,401,241	411,656
44412	Paint & wallpaper stores	7,857	7,987,141	1,163,183	41,720
44413	Hardware stores	15,103	16,601,582	2,591,062	142,881
44419	Other building material dealers	38,586	96,292,608	13,127,010	392,450

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	NAICS Title	All firms		Nonemployers				Employers
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Establishments		Receipts		Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)

44-45	Retail trade	2,953,629	3,134,317,733	1,838,992	62.3	77,895,736	2.5	1,114,637	3,056,421,997
444	Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers	118,756	248,886,961	30,442	25.6	2,326,110	0.9	88,314	246,560,851
4441	Building material & supplies dealers	89,002	217,443,786	21,812	24.5	1,802,867	0.8	67,190	215,640,919
44411	Home centers	7,648	94,865,379	2,004	26.2	105,791	0.1	5,644	94,759,588
44412	Paint & wallpaper stores	9,672	8,099,498	1,815	18.8	112,357	1.4	7,857	7,987,141
44413	Hardware stores	19,536	17,008,257	4,433	22.7	406,675	2.4	15,103	16,601,582
44419	Other building material dealers	52,146	97,470,652	13,560	26.0	1,178,044	1.2	38,586	96,292,608

Definition: NAICS 4441 Building material and supplies dealers

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing new building materials and supplies.

Historical comparability

NAICS 4441, Building material and supplies dealers, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparable statistics are not available between 1997 and 2002.

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Geographic Distribution -- Building material and supplies dealers: 2002

Data for the Retail trade sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, places, and ZIP Codes.

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

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Indus-
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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

67,190

215,640,919

100.00

748

26,282,496

988,707

California

5,606

24,515,132

11.37

700

2,931,252

105,000

Texas

4,068

14,375,557

6.67

661

1,691,288

66,977

Florida

3,798

12,614,849

5.85

756

1,458,476

58,265

New York

4,049

12,096,377

5.61

631

1,502,312

53,387

Illinois

2,661

9,349,187

4.34

742

1,165,366

43,161

Michigan

2,706

8,376,942

3.88

835

1,058,544

38,557

Pennsylvania

2,880

8,208,730

3.81

666

995,422

39,523

Ohio

2,773

7,957,487

3.69

697

974,192

39,519

North Carolina

2,215

7,518,929

3.49

904

840,491

32,641

Georgia

1,948

7,450,261

3.45

867

896,522

32,918

New Jersey

1,796

7,003,246

3.25

816

923,472

29,390

Virginia

1,459

5,896,976

2.73

809

666,547

25,353

Massachusetts

1,468

5,734,456

2.66

892

762,977

23,261

Indiana

1,685

4,892,855

2.27

795

599,463

24,540

Wisconsin

1,589

4,877,478

2.26

897

618,171

23,345

Minnesota

1,623

4,804,688

2.23

956

581,302

21,787

Tennessee

1,502

4,482,938

2.08

774

540,163

20,691

Maryland

985

4,374,446

2.03

804

528,540

18,122

Washington

1,372

4,345,814

2.02

716

594,687

20,354

Missouri

1,676

4,294,286

1.99

756

534,312

22,477

Colorado

1,195

4,104,097

1.90

912

528,398

19,169

South Carolina

1,115

3,456,364

1.60

843

404,449

16,053

Arizona

941

3,423,533

1.59

629

423,025

16,764

Connecticut

849

3,423,017

1.59

990

439,535

13,339

Alabama

1,145

3,026,087

1.40

676

352,880

15,338

Kentucky

1,143

2,942,854

1.36

720

351,776

14,143

Louisiana

1,082

2,900,810

1.35

649

327,905

14,391

Oregon

958

2,496,969

1.16

709

318,763

11,141

Iowa

1,108

2,330,856

1.08

794

281,636

11,746

Oklahoma

873

2,041,325

0.95

585

244,569

10,501

Utah

538

1,748,782

0.81

752

219,272

8,224

Kansas

852

1,732,203

0.80

638

223,172

9,378

Arkansas

781

1,720,650

0.80

636

197,546

8,475

Mississippi

748

1,710,854

0.79

598

201,145

8,735

New Hampshire

482

1,661,504

0.77

1,304

218,741

7,086

Nevada

375

1,540,510

0.71

710

190,075

6,624

Nebraska

684

1,417,979

0.66

821

184,571

7,470

Maine

493

1,259,935

0.58

972

146,343

5,497

West Virginia

498

1,236,573

0.57

685

141,741

6,176

New Mexico

449

1,164,363

0.54

628

144,022

5,866

Idaho

502

1,161,863

0.54

864

141,860

5,670

Delaware

222

929,043

0.43

1,153

108,519

3,823

Montana

474

815,868

0.38

896

97,894

4,191

Rhode Island

213

722,493

0.34

676

96,110

3,096

Hawaii

210

690,615

0.32

560

83,199

3,262

South Dakota

358

674,730

0.31

887

73,015

3,197

Vermont

292

638,539

0.30

1,036

81,312

2,796

North Dakota

300

505,602

0.23

798

57,815

2,630

Alaska

182

473,685

0.22

740

68,741

2,170

Wyoming

220

396,051

0.18

794

52,127

2,044

District of Columbia

122,531

0.06

212

18,841

444

Products Lines for Building material and supplies dealers
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
20000	Industry total	215,640,91	100.00
20640	Dimensional lumber & oth bldg/structural materials & supplies	98,849,744	45.84
20600	Hardware, tools, & plumbing & electrical supplies	56,206,974	26.07
20670	Paint & sundries	16,339,244	7.58
20620	Lawn, garden, & farm equipment & supplies	13,404,067	6.22
	-Other	30,840,890	14.30

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Building material and supplies dealers
Series number	Title	Contents	Geography
EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics	2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
EC02-44SL-LS	Product Lines	Product Lines by Kind of Business	US, states, metros
EC02-44SL-LS	Product Lines	Kinds of Business by Broad Product Line	US, states, metros
EC02-44SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size	Sales Size of Establishments	US
		Employment Size of Establishments	US
		Single Unit & Multiunit Firms	US
		Sales Size of Firms	US
		Employment Size of Firms	US
		Concentration by Largest Firms	US
		Legal Form of Organization	US
EC02-44SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects	Sales by Class of Customer	US
EC02-44I-18	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-44A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 4441
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services	Monthly	Estimated monthly sales for retail and food services, adjusted and unadjusted for seasonal variations.	US
Annual Retail Trade Survey: 1992 to [latest year]	Annual	Sales by year, starting with 1992	US
County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
Monthly Retail Trade Survey	Monthly	Monthly sales for retail and food services, adjusted and unadjusted for seasonal variations	US
Monthly Retail Trade Survey: 1992 to [latest year]	Monthly	Monthly sales for retail and food services back to 1992	US
Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas