1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service NORTH CAROLINA Table 1 - General Statistics by Sector Number Sales or Annual Number of Receipts Payroll of Sector Year Estabs ($million) ($million) Employees NORTH CAROLINA Retail Trade 1992 44,164 49,564.3 5,687.5 507,759 1987 42,991 39,051.8 4,422.8 464,862 1982 35,318 24,082.7 2,719.7 338,105 Wholesale Trade 1992 13,351 76,365.2 4,166.8 151,131 1987 12,109 57,027.6 3,064.1 140,158 1982 10,234 39,567.5 1,939.3 115,691 Service Industries ** 1992 42,243 22,154.5 8,410.3 425,019 1987 36,016 12,829.8 4,928.3 331,402 1982 27,073 6,268.2 2,371.2 198,436 United States Retail Trade 1992 1,526,215 1,894,880.2 222,867.9 18,407,453 1987 1,503,593 1,493,308.8 177,547.9 17,792,663 1982 1,421,988 1,037,917.9 123,393.0 14,448,489 Wholesale Trade 1992 495,457 3,249,874.0 173,272.5 5,971,401 1987 466,680 2,523,688.4 133,153.3 5,593,777 1982 435,143 1,997,894.8 95,208.7 4,984,880 Service Industries ** 1992 1,825,435 1,202,613.0 452,697.5 19,290,352 1987 1,626,017 772,194.1 289,806.5 16,054,738 1982 1,339,229 426,982.0 158,624.5 11,106,144 Table 2 - Selected Ratios by Sector -------Retail----- -----Wholesale----- --- Services ** --- Sales Payroll Sales Payroll Receipts Payroll per per per per per per Capita Employee Capita Employee Capita Employee Year Population ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) NORTH CAROLINA 1992 6,836,333 7,250.1 11,201.1 11,170.5 27,571.0 3,240.7 19,788.2 1987 6,403,693 6,098.3 9,514.3 8,905.4 21,861.6 2,003.5 14,871.0 1982 6,019,108 4,001.0 8,043.9 6,573.7 16,763.1 1,041.4 11,949.7 United States 1992 255,077,536 7,428.6 12,107.5 12,740.7 29,017.1 4,714.7 23,467.6 1987 242,288,936 6,163.3 9,978.7 10,416.0 23,803.8 3,187.1 18,051.2 1982 231,664,432 4,480.3 8,540.2 8,624.1 19,099.5 1,843.1 14,282.6 [See explanatory notes at end of Table 6B] Source: 1992 Economic Census 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service NORTH CAROLINA Table 3 - Top Counties in NORTH CAROLINA in terms of 1992 population --- Retail --- -- Wholesale -- --- Services--- Popu- Number Number Number lation of Sales of Sales of Rcpts Geo Area Name (1992) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) Estabs ($mil) Mecklenburg 537,735 3,795 5,344 2,674 28,358 5,377 4,570 Wake 457,138 3,190 4,195 1,218 7,992 4,311 3,315 Guilford 357,737 2,639 3,531 1,456 9,552 3,130 1,731 Cumberland 277,322 1,464 1,950 265 787 1,290 639 Forsyth 270,971 1,962 2,704 560 3,761 2,111 1,369 Durham 188,077 1,369 1,469 252 2,239 1,513 1,237 Buncombe 180,206 1,340 1,571 366 857 1,544 740 Gaston 178,708 967 1,220 295 972 908 344 Onslow 144,531 750 794 81 104 548 172 Davidson 129,853 647 673 188 687 459 176 * The reports and databases include more Kind-of-Business detail for this area Table 4 - Percent Change in Employment and Sales from Prior Census ----- Retail ------ ---- Wholesale ---- ---- Service** ---- Number of Number of Number of Years Sales Employees Sales Employees Receipts Employees NORTH CAROLINA 1987 - 1992 26.92 9.23 33.91 7.83 72.68 28.25 1982 - 1987 62.16 37.49 44.13 21.15 104.68 67.01 United States 1987 - 1992 26.89 3.46 28.77 6.75 55.74 20.15 1982 - 1987 43.88 23.15 26.32 12.21 80.85 44.56 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service NORTH CAROLINA Table 5A- Sales by Kind of Business - 1992: NORTH CAROLINA |--Top County--| |------- State -------| |- US -| Mecklenburg NORTH CAROLINA State Sales KB Sls Sales # of Sales # of by KB pct of Sales % of > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) ($mil) US Retail Trade 3,795 5,344.4 44,164 49,564.3 100.0 1894,880.2 2.6 Bldg Materials & Etc 148 306.9 2,360 3,536.7 7.1 98,832.1 3.6 Gen Mdse Stores 79 631.2 1,378 5,912.3 11.9 245,329.7 2.4 Food Stores 329 815.3 5,306 9,829.0 19.8 369,198.6 2.7 Auto Dealers 207 1,381.6 3,530 10,680.9 21.5 395,147.9 2.7 Gas Stations 232 336.5 3,440 3,674.3 7.4 134,705.4 2.7 Apparel & Accessories 433 325.2 4,220 2,444.5 4.9 101,714.5 2.4 Furniture & Misc 334 284.8 3,621 2,477.9 5.0 93,206.0 2.7 Eating & Drinking 1,147 622.9 10,784 5,027.2 10.1 195,317.0 2.6 Drug Stores 109 191.8 1,578 2,047.7 4.1 77,487.6 2.6 Misc Retail 777 448.1 7,947 3,933.8 7.9 183,941.5 2.1 Wholesale Trade 2,674 28,357.6 13,351 76,365.2 100.0 3249,874.0 2.3 Merchant Wholesalers 1,886 8,388.5 10,859 35,636.9 46.7 1858,627.1 1.9 Other Wholesalers 788 19,969.2 2,492 40,728.3 53.3 1391,246.8 2.9 Table 5B- Sales by Kind of Business - 1992: NORTH CAROLINA |--Top County--| |------- State -------| |- US -| Mecklenburg NORTH CAROLINA State Sales KB Sls Sales # of Sales # of by KB pct of Sales % of > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) ($mil) US Service Indust. ** 5,377 4,570.3 42,243 22,154.5 100.0 1202,613.0 1.8 Hotels, Motels, Etc. 119 210.2 1,438 1,161.9 5.2 69,203.9 1.7 Personal Services 571 222.5 4,897 1,145.4 5.2 43,279.8 2.6 Business Services 1,344 1,281.1 7,100 4,974.4 22.5 274,892.2 1.8 Auto Repair & Garages 469 326.9 4,302 1,477.7 6.7 70,032.6 2.1 Misc Repair Services 244 158.4 2,079 681.4 3.1 30,731.8 2.2 Amusements 299 333.7 2,921 1,266.2 5.7 92,915.5 1.4 Health Services ** 902 845.5 8,874 6,656.6 30.0 299,066.6 2.2 Legal Services 299 243.8 2,839 1,256.3 5.7 101,114.2 1.2 Social Services 190 47.9 2,139 456.1 2.1 13,349.2 3.4 Professional Services 859 868.5 5,107 2,788.6 12.6 192,818.6 1.4 [See explanatory notes at end of Table 6B] Source: 1992 Economic Census. 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service NORTH CAROLINA Table 6A- Sales by Kind of Business - 1987: NORTH CAROLINA |--Top County--| |------- State ---------------||- US -| Mecklenburg NORTH CAROLINA Sales KB Sls % Chg # of Sales # of by KB pct of in Sls Sales > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) 92/87 ($mil) Retail Trade 3,413 4,144.7 42,991 39,051.8 100.0 26.9 1493,308.8 Bldg Materials & Etc 157 253.2 2,540 3,009.4 7.7 17.5 81,486.6 Gen Mdse Stores 58 409.6 1,480 4,033.6 10.3 46.6 181,147.3 Food Stores 362 690.7 5,607 7,850.0 20.1 25.2 301,846.8 Auto Dealers 212 1,122.1 3,610 9,359.4 24.0 14.1 333,420.0 Gas Stations 242 239.5 3,547 2,718.0 7.0 35.2 101,997.4 Apparel & Accessories 359 253.8 4,277 1,888.3 4.8 29.5 77,390.8 Furniture & Misc 306 253.0 3,666 2,217.4 5.7 11.7 74,782.5 Eating & Drinking 928 433.7 9,313 3,580.5 9.2 40.4 148,776.5 Drug Stores 124 128.5 1,739 1,451.2 3.7 41.1 53,824.5 Misc Retail 665 360.7 7,212 2,944.0 7.5 33.6 139,439.7 Wholesale Trade 2,438 23,121.7 12,109 57,027.6 100.0 33.9 2523,688.4 Merchant Wholesalers 1,671 6,092.8 9,883 27,052.4 47.4 31.7 1477,131.6 Other Wholesalers 767 17,028.9 2,226 29,975.2 52.6 35.9 1046,556.8 Table 6B- Sales by Kind of Business - 1987: NORTH CAROLINA |--Top County--| |------- State ---------------||- US -| Mecklenburg NORTH CAROLINA Sales KB Sls % Chg # of Sales # of by KB pct of in Sls Sales > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) 92/87 ($mil) Service Indust. ** 4,406 2,487.4 36,016 12,829.8 100.0 72.7 772,194.1 Hotels, Motels, Etc. 94 167.1 1,307 929.7 7.2 25.0 51,864.7 Auto Repair & Garages 427 218.0 3,777 1,093.9 8.5 35.1 51,423.0 Amusements 272 145.2 2,242 626.8 4.9 102.0 57,637.6 Health Services ** 757 481.2 7,784 3,580.9 27.9 85.9 182,289.2 Legal Services 264 143.8 2,474 754.1 5.9 66.6 66,997.5 (D) - Withheld to avoid disclosing operations of individual companies. ESTABS - Establishments. SALES - value of sales (retail/wholesale), or service for establs with paid employees. See the reports for other definitions. 1/ The PERCENT of SALES (RECEIPTS) for the SECTOR by the KIND OF BUSINESS ** Services includes only taxable estabs. Census-to-census comparisons are affected by coverage of hospitals, some other services. Private hospitals are included in 1987, excluded in 1982. How to Purchase Printed Reports and Electronic Data Products The 1992 Economic Censuses data presented in this profile can be obtained from printed reports sold by the Government Printing Office, or from electronic data products sold by the Bureau of the Census. _____________________________________________________________________________ | Printed reports for || Subscriptions for | | ||all reports in series| Sector/Report Series | || Subscr. | | NORTH CAROLINA | GPO Stock No. |Price|Timing|| Code | Price | -------------------------|---------------|-----|------||----------|----------| Retail Trade | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CRTGF | $175.00| NORTH CAROLINA 803-024-00087-1 7.50 Nonemployer Statistics | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Wholesale Trade | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CWTGF | 170.00| NORTH CAROLINA 803-033-00087-1 5.00 Service Industries | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CSIGF | 266.00| NORTH CAROLINA 803-029-00087-3 10.00 Nonemployer Statistics | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Transp, Commun, Util | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Nonemployer Statistics | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Finan, Insur, Real Est | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Nonemployer Statistics | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Manufactures | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CMFGF | 147.00| NORTH CAROLINA 803-016-00085-2 6.00 Mineral Industries | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CMNGF | 31.00| South Atlantic 803-020-00014-1 5.50 Construction Industries | | | || | | Geographic Area Series | | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CCIGF | 46.00| South Atlantic 803-012-00015-6 12.00 Census of Agric--Volume 1| | | || | | -- | | |avail.|| CAFR | 300.00| NORTH CAROLINA 803-010-00086-2 34.00 Census of Governments | | | || | | Compendium of Govt Finan| (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Compendium of Public Emp| (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Taxable Property Values | (call) |call |Spr 95||----------|----------| Govt. 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