1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service PENNSYLVANIA Table 1 - General Statistics by Sector Number Sales or Annual Number of Receipts Payroll of Sector Year Estabs ($million) ($million) Employees PENNSYLVANIA Retail Trade 1992 71,652 87,787.8 10,042.9 861,565 1987 70,823 71,216.6 8,096.8 847,907 1982 64,266 49,223.8 5,633.6 697,826 Wholesale Trade 1992 20,230 126,369.9 7,485.4 254,410 1987 19,793 104,454.3 5,832.5 247,599 1982 17,873 78,446.7 4,166.7 221,346 Service Industries ** 1992 77,839 49,382.6 18,740.8 797,051 1987 70,071 33,232.2 12,407.8 693,760 1982 55,022 19,083.1 7,045.3 485,850 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 ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) ($) PENNSYLVANIA 1992 11,995,405 7,318.5 11,656.6 10,534.9 29,422.5 4,116.8 23,512.6 1987 11,810,869 6,029.8 9,549.1 8,843.9 23,556.1 2,813.7 17,884.9 1982 11,845,146 4,155.6 8,073.0 6,622.7 18,824.5 1,611.0 14,500.9 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 PENNSYLVANIA Table 3 - Top Counties in PENNSYLVANIA 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 ($mil) Philadelphia 1,552,572 8,063 7,945 1,817 11,035 8,482 8,418 Allegheny 1,334,396 8,482 10,834 2,904 24,845 10,726 9,406 Montgomery 689,996 5,176 7,435 2,325 18,643 7,961 5,815 Bucks 556,279 3,181 5,327 1,354 6,809 4,558 2,530 Delaware 549,506 3,069 4,302 936 10,793 4,326 3,041 Lancaster 434,425 2,568 3,274 779 5,608 2,477 1,228 Chester 388,042 1,969 3,752 1,059 8,362 3,061 2,526 Westmoreland 374,300 2,165 2,424 466 3,355 2,232 978 York 349,932 1,959 2,982 560 2,673 1,938 888 Berks 343,135 2,118 2,731 510 2,841 1,975 961 * The reports and databases include more Kind-of-Business detail for this area Table 4 - Percent Change in Employment and Sales from Prior Census ----- Retail ------ ---- Wholesale ---- ---- Service** ---- Number of Number of Number of Years Sales Employees Sales Employees Receipts Employees PENNSYLVANIA 1987 - 1992 23.27 1.61 20.98 2.75 48.60 14.89 1982 - 1987 44.68 21.51 33.15 11.86 74.14 42.79 United States 1987 - 1992 26.89 3.46 28.77 6.75 55.74 20.15 1982 - 1987 43.88 23.15 26.32 12.21 80.85 44.56 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service PENNSYLVANIA Table 5A- Sales by Kind of Business - 1992: PENNSYLVANIA |--Top County--| |------- State -------| |- US -| Philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA State Sales KB Sls Sales # of Sales # of by KB pct of Sales % of > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) ($mil) US Retail Trade 8,063 7,944.7 71,652 87,787.8 100.0 1894,880.2 4.6 Bldg Materials & Etc 211 258.2 3,333 4,188.2 4.8 98,832.1 4.2 Gen Mdse Stores 200 796.2 1,631 10,166.7 11.6 245,329.7 4.1 Food Stores 1,078 1,869.6 8,368 17,500.5 19.9 369,198.6 4.7 Auto Dealers 200 923.4 4,339 17,840.7 20.3 395,147.9 4.5 Gas Stations 314 387.6 4,744 5,568.2 6.3 134,705.4 4.1 Apparel & Accessories 996 771.9 6,732 4,540.8 5.2 101,714.5 4.5 Furniture & Misc 449 411.8 4,773 3,754.9 4.3 93,206.0 4.0 Eating & Drinking 2,794 1,027.9 21,063 8,177.9 9.3 195,317.0 4.2 Drug Stores 432 605.8 2,813 4,266.8 4.9 77,487.6 5.5 Misc Retail 1,389 892.1 13,856 11,783.1 13.4 183,941.5 6.4 Wholesale Trade 1,817 11,034.8 20,230 126,369.9 100.0 3249,874.0 3.9 Merchant Wholesalers 1,641 7,881.4 16,678 65,710.6 52.0 1858,627.1 3.5 Other Wholesalers 176 3,153.4 3,552 60,659.3 48.0 1391,246.8 4.4 Table 5B- Sales by Kind of Business - 1992: PENNSYLVANIA |--Top County--| |------- State -------| |- US -| Philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA State Sales KB Sls Sales # of Sales # of by KB pct of Sales % of > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) ($mil) US Service Indust. ** 8,482 8,418.0 77,839 49,382.6 100.0 1202,613.0 4.1 Hotels, Motels, Etc. 56 267.8 1,505 1,898.8 3.8 69,203.9 2.7 Personal Services 1,059 261.7 9,669 2,010.7 4.1 43,279.8 4.6 Business Services 1,109 1,258.4 11,618 9,745.4 19.7 274,892.2 3.5 Auto Repair & Garages 843 415.1 7,972 2,998.3 6.1 70,032.6 4.3 Misc Repair Services 242 119.2 2,688 1,389.9 2.8 30,731.8 4.5 Amusements 346 329.7 4,447 2,425.9 4.9 92,915.5 2.6 Health Services ** 2,583 1,543.9 21,740 12,632.9 25.6 299,066.6 4.2 Legal Services 1,203 1,975.4 5,943 4,397.5 8.9 101,114.2 4.3 Social Services 198 47.1 2,338 711.8 1.4 13,349.2 5.3 Professional Services 729 2,110.4 8,848 10,464.1 21.2 192,818.6 5.4 [See explanatory notes at end of Table 6B] Source: 1992 Economic Census. 1992 Economic Census Profile: Retail, Wholesale, Service PENNSYLVANIA Table 6A- Sales by Kind of Business - 1987: PENNSYLVANIA |--Top County--| |------- State ---------------||- US -| Philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA Sales KB Sls % Chg # of Sales # of by KB pct of in Sls Sales > Kind of Business < Estab ($mil) Estab ($mil) sctr(1) 92/87 ($mil) Retail Trade 8,388 6,958.1 70,823 71,216.6 100.0 23.3 1493,308.8 Bldg Materials & Etc 254 269.7 3,348 3,746.7 5.3 11.8 81,486.6 Gen Mdse Stores 172 727.1 1,639 8,762.0 12.3 16.0 181,147.3 Food Stores 1,131 1,537.3 9,005 14,421.8 20.3 21.3 301,846.8 Auto Dealers 229 987.1 4,570 15,988.7 22.5 11.6 333,420.0 Gas Stations 367 321.4 5,192 4,403.3 6.2 26.5 101,997.4 Apparel & Accessories 1,059 614.7 7,036 3,660.2 5.1 24.1 77,390.8 Furniture & Misc 478 337.2 4,769 3,163.2 4.4 18.7 74,782.5 Eating & Drinking 2,795 885.8 19,327 6,233.7 8.8 31.2 148,776.5 Drug Stores 446 379.4 2,817 2,674.3 3.8 59.5 53,824.5 Misc Retail 1,457 898.4 13,120 8,162.7 11.5 44.4 139,439.7 Wholesale Trade 2,197 12,518.2 19,793 104,454.3 100.0 21.0 2523,688.4 Merchant Wholesalers 1,927 8,498.9 16,163 52,394.1 50.2 25.4 1477,131.6 Other Wholesalers 270 4,019.4 3,630 52,060.2 49.8 16.5 1046,556.8 Table 6B- Sales by Kind of Business - 1987: PENNSYLVANIA |--Top County--| |------- State ---------------||- US -| Philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA 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. ** 8,633 6,132.5 70,071 33,232.2 100.0 48.6 772,194.1 Hotels, Motels, Etc. 65 256.0 1,641 1,649.2 5.0 15.1 51,864.7 Auto Repair & Garages 832 352.7 7,368 2,315.0 7.0 29.5 51,423.0 Amusements 336 322.5 3,993 1,639.1 4.9 48.0 57,637.6 Health Services ** 2,531 1,043.6 19,874 7,998.4 24.1 57.9 182,289.2 Legal Services 1,147 1,343.7 5,325 2,747.9 8.3 60.0 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. 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