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NAICS 4529
Other general merchandise stores

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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.
Indus-
try
Detail
NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 44-45 Retail trade 1,114,637 3,056,421,997 302,113,581 14,647,675
Go to this NAICS 452 General merchandise stores 40,723 445,224,985 42,647,485 2,524,729
  4529 Other general merchandise stores 31,368 224,482,103 19,234,105 1,093,961
Go to this NAICS 45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters 2,912 191,252,396 15,770,197 830,845
Go to this NAICS 45299 All other general merchandise stores 28,456 33,229,707 3,463,908 263,116

 

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)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
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
452 General merchandise stores 70,486 446,647,849 29,763 42.2 1,422,864 0.3 40,723 445,224,985
4529 Other general merchandise stores N N N N N N 31,368 224,482,103

 

Definition: NAICS 4529   Other general merchandise stores

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing new goods in general merchandise stores (except department stores).

 

Historical comparability

Comparable   NAICS 4529, Other general merchandise 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
4529 Other general merchandise stores 2002 31,368 224,482,103 19,234,105 1,093,961
1997 25,805 110,336,303 8,787,674 711,963
% change 21.6 103.5 118.9 53.7

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Other general merchandise 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
See other industries in this state United States 31,368 224,482,103 100.00 779 19,234,105 1,093,961
See other industries in this state Texas 2,732 21,693,102 9.66 997 1,892,831 105,336
See other industries in this state California 1,599 17,522,860 7.81 500 1,180,355 52,533
See other industries in this state Florida 1,677 13,944,538 6.21 836 1,166,737 65,107
See other industries in this state Ohio 1,349 8,058,516 3.59 706 688,527 45,310
See other industries in this state Georgia 1,290 7,876,961 3.51 916 712,721 39,485
See other industries in this state New York 1,923 7,302,654 3.25 381 570,337 30,457
See other industries in this state Virginia 980 7,091,354 3.16 973 594,453 33,046
See other industries in this state Indiana 808 7,046,794 3.14 1,145 637,084 41,249
See other industries in this state Illinois 1,118 6,770,001 3.02 538 569,377 34,216
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 1,388 6,637,375 2.96 539 562,096 33,525
See other industries in this state North Carolina 1,359 6,596,949 2.94 794 614,208 37,196
See other industries in this state Tennessee 984 6,334,327 2.82 1,094 585,946 34,840
See other industries in this state Washington 338 5,951,719 2.65 980 523,997 23,150
See other industries in this state Missouri 814 5,720,254 2.55 1,007 536,730 32,098
See other industries in this state Alabama 940 5,535,629 2.47 1,236 520,337 31,703
See other industries in this state Louisiana 751 5,437,585 2.42 1,216 502,877 31,105
See other industries in this state Oregon 302 4,682,238 2.09 1,329 431,999 21,253
See other industries in this state Colorado 280 4,616,004 2.06 1,026 399,074 19,340
See other industries in this state Kentucky 742 4,607,347 2.05 1,127 428,626 27,043
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 616 4,255,032 1.90 1,220 394,396 25,008
See other industries in this state South Carolina 731 4,034,386 1.80 984 378,516 22,456
See other industries in this state Mississippi 718 3,964,246 1.77 1,385 372,574 23,794
See other industries in this state Arkansas 609 3,847,538 1.71 1,422 372,241 23,215
See other industries in this state New Jersey 739 3,047,024 1.36 355 207,812 10,463
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 424 2,982,601 1.33 548 270,943 15,342
See other industries in this state Minnesota 375 2,812,899 1.25 560 229,023 12,012
See other industries in this state Iowa 421 2,746,618 1.22 936 257,659 15,824
See other industries in this state Kansas 401 2,717,422 1.21 1,001 254,414 15,411
See other industries in this state Utah 158 2,403,865 1.07 1,034 213,671 11,675
See other industries in this state Maryland 454 2,370,878 1.06 436 179,552 9,405
See other industries in this state Massachusetts 395 1,975,726 0.88 307 143,747 7,679
See other industries in this state West Virginia 368 1,950,653 0.87 1,081 175,395 11,359
See other industries in this state Nevada 110 1,831,656 0.82 844 151,721 7,200
See other industries in this state Nebraska 248 1,518,544 0.68 879 140,725 8,700
See other industries in this state Idaho 149 1,506,459 0.67 1,121 143,254 8,184
See other industries in this state Alaska 93 1,436,104 0.64 2,242 122,943 5,592
See other industries in this state Connecticut 227 1,316,165 0.59 381 97,073 4,863
See other industries in this state Hawaii 75 1,312,176 0.58 1,064 89,051 3,982
See other industries in this state New Hampshire 166 1,023,512 0.46 803 76,980 4,296
See other industries in this state Maine 218 921,116 0.41 710 83,415 4,836
See other industries in this state Montana 89 913,547 0.41 1,004 79,180 3,983
See other industries in this state Delaware 106 546,143 0.24 678 42,896 2,580
See other industries in this state South Dakota 93 515,212 0.23 678 45,422 2,593
See other industries in this state Rhode Island 78 340,606 0.15 319 29,201 1,811
See other industries in this state North Dakota 54 246,087 0.11 388 20,744 1,451
See other industries in this state Vermont 85 174,910 0.08 284 16,329 957
  All other states, including those below 1,794 18,344,771 8.17   1,526,916 91,298
See other industries in this state     Michigan 1,099 D     D (50k-99k)
See other industries in this state     Arizona 401 D     D (10k-24k)
See other industries in this state     New Mexico 199 D     D (10k-24k)
See other industries in this state     Wyoming 65 D     D (2500-4999)
See other industries in this state     District of Columbia 30 D     D (100-249)

 

Products Lines for Other general merchandise stores
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
20000 Industry total 224,482,10 100.00
20100 Groceries & other foods for human consumption off the premises 70,692,277 31.49
20160 Drugs, health aids, beauty aids, including cosmetics 24,363,932 10.85
20180 Soaps, detergents, & household cleaners 7,926,496 3.53
-Other 121,499,39 54.12

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

 

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Other general merchandise stores
Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables		 Contents Geography
link to PDF EC02-00C-COMP Comparative Statistics Link to drill-down tables 2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis US, states
link to PDF EC02-44SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF Product Lines by Kind of Business US, states, metros
Link to data in AFF Kinds of Business by Broad Product Line US, states, metros
link to PDF EC02-44SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Sales Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Single Unit & Multiunit Firms US
Link to data in AFF Sales Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Concentration by Largest Firms US
Link to data in AFF Legal Form of Organization US
link to PDF EC02-44SX-SB Miscellaneous Subjects Link to data in AFF Sales by Class of Customer US
link to PDF EC02-44I-11 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded US
link to PDF EC02-44A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, counties, metros
Drill-down iconDown arrows link to tables in "drill-down" format for easy navigation. AFF iconAFF icons link to tables in American FactFinder, which supports further manipulation and downloading. link to PDF 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 4529
Hypertext Tables 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
Link to table for this industry 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
For more data sets, check a broader NAICS category, such as NAICS 452 To broader NAICS

 

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Source: 2002 Economic Census   Questions?