SIC	1987 SIC Description		Establishments		Sales ($1,000)		Paid employees		Annual payroll ($1,000)
			1997	% chg	1997	% chg	1997	% chg	1997	% chg
5993	Tobacco stores and stands		3,884	163.0	3,068,352	292.5	14,880	169.1	213,374	245.2
559	Automotive dealers, not elsewhere classified		1,678	102.4	2,517,267	241.9	9,145	143.1	204,593	186.0
5734	Computer and computer software stores		8,933	64.3	18,305,008	179.4	65,943	120.9	1,483,473	144.4
527	Mobile home dealers		5,485	35.3	13,347,491	133.7	40,401	77.1	1,122,749	134.8
552	Motor vehicle dealers (used only)		23,340	25.0	34,680,468	116.3	92,752	47.7	2,197,396	94.1
5961	Catalog and mail-order houses		9,943	27.9	64,312,338	86.0	206,098	37.3	5,247,810	70.4
5999	Miscellaneous retail stores, not elsewhere classified		50,118	25.3	27,124,958	82.9	263,591	54.6	4,421,138	73.9
557	Motorcycle dealers		3,635	1.4	7,369,260	77.0	29,026	30.8	712,065	66.7
555	Boat dealers		5,262	10.2	8,934,230	61.4	35,134	28.8	839,296	50.4
549	Miscellaneous food stores		9,516	25.1	4,284,110	60.7	51,017	44.7	623,627	68.7
556	Recreational vehicle dealers		3,014	6.7	10,069,749	59.5	29,463	32.1	813,962	58.3
564	Children's and infants' wear stores		5,115	-9.3	4,638,006	56.9	46,520	20.8	474,416	46.9
5731	Radio, television, and consumer electronics stores		16,870	-2.6	30,964,477	56.5	166,904	37.8	2,969,331	40.6
551	Motor vehicle dealers (new and used)		25,897	6.2	518,971,824	55.5	1,046,243	21.6	35,202,751	44.1
5942	Book stores		12,363	-4.1	12,375,058	54.4	121,473	31.4	1,447,308	56.0
5989	Fuel dealers, not elsewhere classified		252	-15.2	98,127	53.3	783	8.9	11,389	27.0
521	Lumber and other building materials dealers		25,664	1.0	103,414,057	51.4	523,636	35.6	11,103,440	47.7
5719	Miscellaneous homefurnishings stores		17,716	7.4	13,867,974	49.6	131,388	30.5	1,815,192	39.7
5963	Direct selling establishments		17,295	26.8	15,175,591	49.2	126,968	6.3	2,618,238	33.0
5984	Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers		6,022	6.6	7,106,109	46.0	42,836	16.3	1,051,908	36.4
5632	Women's accessory and specialty stores		8,946	1.7	5,201,502	45.1	54,029	23.0	687,093	43.3
593	Used merchandise stores		23,571	18.9	8,094,776	43.3	120,428	29.1	1,649,040	46.7
5736	Musical instrument stores		4,477	7.9	3,800,713	41.6	29,675	25.7	567,363	40.9
5948	Luggage and leather goods stores		2,126	11.5	1,424,960	41.4	11,543	8.0	187,682	27.7
5311	Department stores (excluding leased departments) $$		11,100	0.9	259,920,058	39.4	2,091,955	21.7	25,739,515	27.8
5941	Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops		24,424	4.8	20,043,321	38.6	176,190	28.2	2,387,903	37.8
5947	Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops		37,285	7.6	14,497,296	37.4	208,371	26.8	2,056,666	40.2
565	Family clothing stores		20,450	5.1	44,796,060	36.6	392,269	26.7	4,797,129	38.3
569	Miscellaneous apparel and accessory stores		9,138	5.5	4,312,844	36.4	48,253	18.6	617,307	36.5
5945	Hobby, toy, and game shops		10,824	-0.3	14,388,277	35.4	111,757	17.9	1,368,645	38.0
5995	Optical goods stores		15,192	7.3	6,432,078	33.8	73,049	12.4	1,401,239	25.8
5944	Jewelry stores		28,336	0.9	18,511,350	32.2	154,877	4.7	2,836,030	27.5
5712	Furniture stores		31,680	-2.5	39,134,905	28.7	255,370	9.8	5,530,292	27.0
526	Retail nurseries, lawn and garden supply stores		10,908	0.5	8,105,713	28.1	78,192	9.4	1,279,403	25.7
5912	Drug stores and proprietary stores		43,615	-9.4	98,630,857	27.3	703,752	19.7	11,587,516	27.9
554	Gasoline service stations		98,846	-6.2	170,660,068	26.7	741,040	9.8	9,488,181	25.4
5735	Record and prerecorded tape stores		8,158	3.0	7,366,835	25.7	66,623	10.2	727,980	22.9
523	Paint, glass, and wallpaper stores		9,664	-5.1	7,738,469	24.8	50,297	2.8	1,132,272	25.4
544	Candy, nut, and confectionery stores		4,473	-11.1	1,515,510	23.9	26,306	3.1	255,911	22.4
572	Household appliance stores		10,484	7.6	10,082,894	23.6	60,220	12.0	1,217,530	26.2
5713	Floor covering stores		14,473	6.0	11,798,571	22.7	75,801	10.4	1,787,737	29.4
553	Auto and home supply stores		40,565	-1.8	35,028,316	22.6	300,953	11.8	6,044,147	29.1
5994	News dealers and newsstands		2,313	2.3	853,806	21.2	9,770	12.4	119,269	30.9
5983	Fuel oil dealers		4,844	-3.6	10,582,894	18.3	46,433	5.7	1,332,897	16.1
543	Fruit and vegetable markets		3,179	7.0	2,106,828	16.4	17,251	6.1	236,967	19.4
5661	Shoe stores		31,399	-15.6	20,543,252	14.9	185,803	0.8	2,348,605	7.5
5992	Florists		26,200	-4.2	6,555,088	14.6	125,195	2.5	1,396,389	15.7
5411	Grocery stores		126,546	-5.0	397,254,457	12.7	2,838,687	5.8	39,605,719	15.0
592	Liquor stores		29,613	-5.6	22,684,120	11.6	130,635	-1.8	1,699,287	11.6
525	Hardware stores		15,748	-17.0	13,605,263	10.7	137,831	1.2	2,095,331	12.0
5813	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)		52,825	-5.4	12,295,709	10.6	321,294	5.7	2,649,481	17.1
5962	Automatic merchandising machine operators		7,070	10.6	6,884,497	8.8	66,348	-4.7	1,333,428	8.2
546	Retail bakeries		18,502	-9.4	5,580,429	3.6	130,797	-16.8	1,464,122	4.0
5946	Camera and photographic supply stores		2,843	-5.6	2,251,690	2.0	17,508	0.6	323,973	13.5
5943	Stationery stores		3,219	-25.9	1,746,089	1.2	18,854	-15.2	274,985	1.8
561	Men's and boys' clothing and accessory stores		12,143	-22.0	9,864,629	-1.5	83,581	-20.0	1,325,198	-8.0
542	Meat and fish (seafood) markets, including freezer provisioners		7,081	-20.8	4,881,306	-3.2	39,552	-12.4	570,468	2.7
5714	Drapery, curtain, and upholstery stores		2,333	-18.9	771,621	-10.4	9,681	-15.1	163,138	6.1
562	Women's clothing stores		39,672	-20.9	27,257,683	-13.0	305,685	-27.7	3,365,846	-8.8
5949	Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores		6,287	-23.9	3,074,152	-14.0	44,133	-29.6	473,802	-8.2
545	Dairy products stores		1,760	-24.8	424,734	-17.5	5,726	-27.3	51,835	-16.8
533	Variety stores		14,065	12.0	D	N	(100,000+)	N	D	N
5399	Miscellaneous general merchandise stores		9,734	-11.9	D	N	(100,000+)	N	D	N
5812	Eating places		423,082	12.0	D	N	(100,000+)	N	D	N

N=Comparable data not available D=Withheld to avoid disclosure

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Source: 1997 Economic Census, Comparative Statistics

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