Industry Statistics Sampler
NAICS 445120
Convenience stores

Navigate to another industry
See all sectors

Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual 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
445	Food & beverage stores	148,804	456,942,288	48,686,166	2,838,653
4451	Grocery stores	95,362	415,613,872	44,576,022	2,576,066
44512	Convenience stores	29,212	20,379,975	1,785,856	138,316
445120	Convenience stores	29,212	20,379,975	1,785,856	138,316

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)
N = Not available
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
445	Food & beverage stores	236,393	465,792,871	87,589	37.1	8,850,583	1.9	148,804	456,942,288
4451	Grocery stores	136,482	420,287,166	41,120	30.1	4,673,294	1.1	95,362	415,613,872
44512	Convenience stores	N	N	N	N	N	N	29,212	20,379,975
445120	Convenience stores	N	N	N	N	N	N	29,212	20,379,975

Definition: NAICS 445120 Convenience stores

This industry comprises establishments known as convenience stores or food marts (except those with fuel pumps) primarily engaged in retailing a limited line of goods that generally includes milk, bread, soda, and snacks.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Retailing a general line of food, known as supermarkets and grocery stores,--are classified in Industry 445110, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores; and
Retailing automotive fuels in combination with a convenience store or food mart--are classified in Industry 447110, Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores.

Historical comparability

NAICS 445120, Convenience stores, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

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

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

445120	Convenience stores	2002	29,212	20,379,975	1,785,856	138,316
		1997	27,081	16,847,766	1,598,361	153,887
		% change	7.9	21.0	11.7	-10.1

See maps in
Industry
Snapshot

Geographic Distribution -- Convenience stores: 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.

Other
Indus-
tries

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

29,212

20,379,975

100.00

1,785,856

138,316

California

2,238

1,843,759

9.05

148,779

11,056

New Jersey

1,561

1,713,057

8.41

200

160,599

9,996

Pennsylvania

1,112

1,336,411

6.56

108

118,599

8,794

Texas

2,328

1,267,404

6.22

83,658

6,667

New York

1,943

1,170,776

5.74

120,907

9,268

Florida

2,289

1,148,696

5.64

87,707

6,505

Michigan

1,588

1,073,036

5.27

107

91,845

7,606

Ohio

1,601

980,082

4.81

93,863

8,177

Massachusetts

1,271

904,716

4.44

141

92,959

6,174

Virginia

1,073

781,058

3.83

107

89,467

7,376

Illinois

1,019

701,125

3.44

67,405

6,031

Maryland

699

596,482

2.93

110

64,724

4,594

Georgia

1,013

562,446

2.76

33,687

2,580

North Carolina

836

495,770

2.43

33,398

2,667

Oregon

603

400,051

1.96

114

41,506

3,166

Washington

575

379,780

1.86

30,840

2,362

Missouri

385

309,334

1.52

26,486

2,033

Hawaii

183

299,309

1.47

243

31,517

1,753

Tennessee

527

289,994

1.42

22,154

1,775

Louisiana

501

268,424

1.32

20,624

1,933

Alabama

436

261,545

1.28

16,578

1,494

Indiana

310

260,767

1.28

25,113

2,122

South Carolina

422

253,878

1.25

19,306

1,570

Kentucky

333

251,088

1.23

19,648

1,724

New Hampshire

266

217,725

1.07

171

16,093

1,262

Maine

350

205,602

1.01

159

21,332

1,923

Nevada

218

195,128

0.96

18,319

1,260

Oklahoma

359

178,989

0.88

12,305

1,287

Delaware

110

173,936

0.85

216

13,998

957

Connecticut

334

161,975

0.79

15,241

1,101

Minnesota

247

157,737

0.77

12,434

1,173

Mississippi

309

148,602

0.73

12,639

1,270

Colorado

192

145,477

0.71

16,369

1,220

West Virginia

222

125,209

0.61

10,241

1,077

Arkansas

172

120,647

0.59

8,011

870

Wisconsin

195

114,554

0.56

7,754

678

Rhode Island

152

85,139

0.42

6,328

476

New Mexico

126

82,882

0.41

10,837

864

Vermont

134

82,177

0.40

133

9,229

820

Iowa

118

77,589

0.38

6,227

686

Kansas

120

76,059

0.37

5,611

495

Utah

65,495

0.32

6,536

587

Nebraska

51,628

0.25

4,020

411

Idaho

49,206

0.24

3,478

353

South Dakota

27,168

0.13

2,098

159

Alaska

20,004

0.10

2,522

177

Montana

19,157

0.09

1,367

136

Wyoming

7,445

0.04

793

North Dakota

3,158

0.02

244

All other states, including those below

375

238,299

1.17

20,461

1,554

Arizona

301

(1000-2499)

District of Columbia

(250-499)

Products Lines for Convenience stores
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
20000	Industry total	20,379,975	100.00
20100	Groceries & other foods for human consumption off the premises	9,325,607	45.76
20150	Cigars, cigarettes, etc & smokers' access, excl sls from vending	4,527,232	22.21
20140	Packaged liquor, wine, & beer	2,531,396	12.42
20120	Meals, unpack snacks, sandwiches, etc for immediate consump	1,644,377	8.07
	-Other	2,351,363	11.54

For more product detail, see the AFF links below for Product Lines

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Convenience stores
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-07	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-44A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

Down arrows link to tables in "drill-down" format for easy navigation.

AFF icons link to tables in American FactFinder, which supports further manipulation and downloading.

PDF symbols link to reports in Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader which is available free from the Adobe web site.

Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 445120
Hypertext Tables	Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
	County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	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