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NAICS 4532
Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores

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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
453	Miscellaneous store retailers	129,464	90,811,742	12,835,393	792,361
4532	Office supplies, stationery, & gift stores	44,356	36,618,807	4,645,585	318,087
45321	Office supplies & stationery stores	8,561	20,617,623	2,214,170	111,381
45322	Gift, novelty, & souvenir stores	35,795	16,001,184	2,431,415	206,706

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
453	Miscellaneous store retailers	467,205	104,162,014	337,741	72.3	13,350,272	12.8	129,464	90,811,742
4532	Office supplies, stationery, & gift stores	126,964	39,164,320	82,608	65.1	2,545,513	6.5	44,356	36,618,807
45321	Office supplies & stationery stores	15,092	21,002,178	6,531	43.3	384,555	1.8	8,561	20,617,623
45322	Gift, novelty, & souvenir stores	111,872	18,162,142	76,077	68.0	2,160,958	11.9	35,795	16,001,184

Definition: NAICS 4532 Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) retailing new stationery, school supplies, and office supplies; (2) retailing a combination of new office equipment, furniture, and supplies; (3) retailing new office equipment, furniture, and supplies in combination with retailing new computers; and (4) retailing new gifts, novelty merchandise, souvenirs, greeting cards, seasonal and holiday decorations, and curios.

Historical comparability

NAICS 4532, Office supplies, stationery, and gift 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

4532	Office supplies, stationery, & gift stores	2002	44,356	36,618,807	4,645,585	318,087
		1997	44,615	31,573,035	3,637,361	306,492
		% change	-0.6	16.0	27.7	3.8

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Geographic Distribution -- Office supplies, stationery, and gift 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.

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Description

Estab-
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ments

Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

44,356

36,618,807

100.00

127

4,645,585

318,087

California

4,707

4,843,962

13.23

138

604,380

37,067

Florida

2,706

2,598,371

7.10

156

301,992

19,803

New York

3,014

2,454,933

6.70

128

294,524

18,780

Texas

2,807

2,421,845

6.61

111

313,911

20,127

Pennsylvania

1,864

1,446,266

3.95

117

179,932

13,890

Illinois

1,742

1,403,497

3.83

111

178,973

13,710

Ohio

1,637

1,362,139

3.72

119

176,661

12,998

New Jersey

1,353

1,273,549

3.48

148

151,528

9,931

Georgia

1,086

1,119,398

3.06

130

134,319

8,980

North Carolina

1,280

966,245

2.64

116

123,431

8,746

Virginia

1,161

935,490

2.55

128

120,399

8,526

Massachusetts

1,044

918,567

2.51

143

123,206

7,926

Washington

1,050

832,424

2.27

137

114,536

6,950

Indiana

920

742,122

2.03

121

98,737

7,444

Colorado

969

709,207

1.94

158

93,658

6,309

Maryland

737

708,303

1.93

130

86,035

6,199

Missouri

916

645,852

1.76

114

88,904

6,435

Tennessee

879

644,510

1.76

111

84,473

5,649

Minnesota

944

634,904

1.73

126

88,096

7,067

Wisconsin

964

589,226

1.61

108

75,936

6,318

Louisiana

615

532,461

1.45

119

67,201

4,433

Connecticut

483

494,338

1.35

143

62,277

4,152

Oregon

633

475,946

1.30

135

59,268

3,928

South Carolina

662

470,464

1.28

115

60,528

4,152

Nevada

436

451,354

1.23

208

59,278

3,531

Alabama

564

402,515

1.10

50,485

3,632

Kentucky

509

357,639

0.98

45,836

3,474

Hawaii

427

348,898

0.95

283

44,344

2,632

Oklahoma

488

346,849

0.95

45,042

3,301

Kansas

461

305,238

0.83

112

41,154

3,216

Iowa

563

303,064

0.83

103

41,495

3,768

Utah

366

300,658

0.82

129

38,586

2,714

New Hampshire

319

245,534

0.67

193

28,947

2,035

New Mexico

335

242,945

0.66

131

35,263

2,228

Mississippi

334

228,730

0.62

29,540

2,125

Arkansas

404

225,527

0.62

31,221

2,553

Nebraska

301

200,756

0.55

116

29,711

2,235

Maine

357

175,935

0.48

136

21,566

1,526

Montana

240

161,127

0.44

177

23,983

1,341

Idaho

212

160,576

0.44

119

19,865

1,466

Alaska

226

158,211

0.43

247

21,618

1,012

West Virginia

239

151,523

0.41

18,985

1,523

Vermont

167

132,351

0.36

215

16,857

1,052

Rhode Island

173

128,025

0.35

120

17,314

1,218

Delaware

135

121,782

0.33

151

13,801

1,087

South Dakota

182

100,238

0.27

132

13,063

1,013

North Dakota

122

87,386

0.24

138

11,649

904

Wyoming

137

71,255

0.19

143

10,916

648

All other states, including those below

2,486

1,986,672

5.43

252,161

18,333

Michigan

1,566

(10k-24k)

Arizona

809

(5000-9999)

District of Columbia

111

(500-999)

Products Lines for Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
20000	Industry total	36,618,807	100.00
20370	Computer hardware, software, & supplies	2,704,766	7.39
20340	Furniture, sleep equipment & outdoor/patio furniture	1,983,421	5.42
20380	Kitchenware & home furnishings	1,966,305	5.37
	-Other	29,964,315	81.83

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Office supplies, stationery, and gift 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-03	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 4532
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
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