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NAICS 45431
Fuel 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
454	Nonstore retailers	54,921	172,864,966	17,094,498	571,438
4543	Direct selling establishments	33,090	45,087,735	6,771,428	241,666
45431	Fuel dealers	11,079	23,609,510	3,099,852	98,574
454311	Heating oil dealers	4,672	14,259,058	1,708,778	50,109
454312	Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers	6,203	9,286,126	1,382,109	47,946
454319	Other fuel dealers	204	64,326	8,965	519

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
454	Nonstore retailers	897,741	189,534,784	842,820	93.9	16,669,818	8.8	54,921	172,864,966
4543	Direct selling establishments	794,364	59,226,043	761,274	95.8	14,138,308	23.9	33,090	45,087,735
45431	Fuel dealers	14,557	23,987,839	3,478	23.9	378,329	1.6	11,079	23,609,510

Definition: NAICS 45431 Fuel dealers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing heating oil, liquefied petroleum (LP) gas, and other fuels via direct selling.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Providing oil burner repair services--are classified in Industry 81141, Home and Garden Equipment and Appliance Repair and Maintenance; and
Installing oil burners--are classified in Industry 238220, Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors.

Historical comparability

NAICS 45431, Fuel dealers, is comparable between 2002 and 1997.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 45431 corresponds to the sum of multiple SIC codes. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparable statistics are not available between 1997 and 2002.

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Geographic Distribution -- Fuel 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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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

11,079

23,609,510

100.00

3,099,852

98,574

New York

983

3,042,854

12.89

159

437,152

11,504

Pennsylvania

756

2,103,132

8.91

171

258,244

8,244

Massachusetts

592

1,339,981

5.68

208

229,156

5,927

Connecticut

380

1,048,239

4.44

303

198,982

4,897

California

373

906,907

3.84

103,327

3,202

New Jersey

345

899,657

3.81

105

145,506

3,776

North Carolina

506

843,159

3.57

101

107,478

3,992

Michigan

365

831,961

3.52

84,039

2,674

Maryland

152

826,584

3.50

152

88,573

2,755

Maine

300

816,954

3.46

630

89,626

3,220

Texas

534

788,974

3.34

91,715

3,412

Virginia

304

761,876

3.23

105

98,842

3,395

Ohio

288

648,827

2.75

67,327

2,311

New Hampshire

154

565,938

2.40

444

85,525

2,354

Minnesota

238

513,457

2.17

102

45,673

1,797

Florida

315

492,811

2.09

77,188

2,730

Wisconsin

288

488,799

2.07

55,254

2,062

Illinois

247

429,509

1.82

48,611

1,712

Indiana

223

410,542

1.74

53,394

1,801

Missouri

334

372,402

1.58

46,015

1,819

Washington

150

358,583

1.52

42,426

1,260

Alabama

243

343,022

1.45

49,148

1,861

Vermont

129

341,023

1.44

553

47,940

1,472

Georgia

286

322,848

1.37

55,535

2,071

Tennessee

168

262,075

1.11

32,349

1,363

Colorado

133

248,180

1.05

30,210

909

Oregon

244,194

1.03

19,205

649

Alaska

244,026

1.03

381

26,350

715

Iowa

168

224,123

0.95

24,260

983

Kansas

114

211,941

0.90

19,311

681

Kentucky

142

209,095

0.89

24,308

918

South Carolina

181

207,659

0.88

33,056

1,307

Mississippi

171

205,637

0.87

33,271

1,275

Arkansas

175

194,293

0.82

26,977

1,130

Oklahoma

174

166,298

0.70

23,304

1,062

New Mexico

122

151,980

0.64

17,883

771

Nebraska

145,499

0.62

11,554

512

South Dakota

128,038

0.54

168

9,771

438

West Virginia

125,858

0.53

11,673

459

Delaware

121,187

0.51

150

21,532

588

Idaho

117,158

0.50

10,576

421

Nevada

104,679

0.44

13,529

447

North Dakota

90,941

0.39

144

5,726

326

Louisiana

88,387

0.37

14,524

619

Montana

64,103

0.27

7,721

345

Wyoming

60,961

0.26

122

6,697

236

Hawaii

55,349

0.23

6,906

156

Utah

48,909

0.21

5,229

216

All other states, including those below

179

390,901

1.66

57,254

1,800

Rhode Island

105

(1000-2499)

Arizona

(500-999)

District of Columbia

(1-19)

Products Lines for Fuel dealers
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
20000	Industry total	23,609,510	100.00
20781	LP gas, including bulk & bottled	8,877,265	37.60
20783	No. 2 distillate fuel oil	7,936,775	33.62
20725	Diesel fuel	1,246,105	5.28
	-Other	5,549,365	23.50

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Fuel 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-15	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 45431
Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
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