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NAICS code |
Description |
Estab- lish- ments |
Sales
($1,000) |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
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44-45 | Retail trade | 1,114,637 | 3,056,421,997 | 302,113,581 | 14,647,675 | |
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444 | Building material & garden equipment & supplies dealers | 88,314 | 246,560,851 | 30,066,671 | 1,160,016 | |
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4441 | Building material & supplies dealers | 67,190 | 215,640,919 | 26,282,496 | 988,707 | |
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44411 | Home centers | 5,644 | 94,759,588 | 9,401,241 | 411,656 | |
| 444110 | Home centers | 5,644 | 94,759,588 | 9,401,241 | 411,656 | ||
| NAICS code |
NAICS Title |
All firms | Nonemployers | Employers | ||||||
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Establish- ments |
Receipts ($1,000) | Establishments | Receipts |
Establish- ments |
Sales ($1,000) | |||||
| Number | % of all | $1,000 | % of all | |||||||
| 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 | |
| 444110 | Home centers | 7,648 | 94,865,379 | 2,004 | 26.2 | 105,791 | 0.1 | 5,644 | 94,759,588 | |
This industry comprises establishments known as home centers primarily engaged in retailing a general line of new home repair and improvement materials and supplies, such as lumber, plumbing goods, electrical goods, tools, housewares, hardware, and lawn and garden supplies, with no one merchandise line predominating. The merchandise lines are normally arranged in separate departments.
NAICS
444110, Home centers,
is comparable between 2002 and 1997.
For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.
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1997 NAICS code |
1997 NAICS Description | Year | Establishments | Sales ($1,000) | Annual payroll ($1,000) | Paid employees | ||||||||
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| 444110 | Home centers | 2002 | 5,644 | 94,759,588 | 9,401,241 | 411,656 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 3,997 | 51,627,926 | 4,996,451 | 283,853 | ||||||||||
| % change | 41.2 | 83.5 | 88.2 | 45.0 | ||||||||||
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Data for the Retail trade sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, places, and ZIP Codes.




















































| Product code | Product description | Sales of this line ($000) |
Percent of industry sales (%) |
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| 20000 | Industry total | 94,759,588 | 100.00 | |
| 20640 | Dimensional lumber & oth bldg/structural materials & supplies | 30,456,549 | 32.14 | |
| 20600 | Hardware, tools, & plumbing & electrical supplies | 25,674,227 | 27.09 | |
| 20620 | Lawn, garden, & farm equipment & supplies | 10,644,996 | 11.23 | |
| 20670 | Paint & sundries | 6,597,617 | 6.96 | |
| 20360 | Flooring & floor coverings | 5,376,583 | 5.67 | |
| -Other | 16,009,616 | 16.89 |
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| Hypertext Tables | Title (with link to data) | Frequency | Contents | Geography |
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| 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 | |
| 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 |
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