1997 NAICS Definitions
446 Health and Personal Care Stores

446 Health and Personal Care Stores

Industries in the Health and Personal Care Stores subsector retail health and personal care merchandise from fixed point-of-sale locations. Establishments in this subsector are characterized principally by the products they retail, and some health and personal care stores may have specialized staff trained in dealing with the products. Staff may include pharmacists, opticians, and other professionals engaged in retailing, advising customers, and/or fitting the product sold to the customer's needs.

4461 Health and Personal Care Stores

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing health and personal care products.

44611 Pharmacies and Drug Stores

446110 Pharmacies and Drug Stores

This industry comprises establishments known as pharmacies and drug stores engaged in retailing prescription or nonprescription drugs and medicines.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4461105912Apothecaries
4461105912Drug stores
4461105912Health and beauty aids stores
4461105912Pharmacies

44612 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores

446120 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores

This industry comprises establishments known as a cosmetic or perfume stores or beauty supply shops primarily engaged in retailing cosmetics, perfumes, toiletries, and personal grooming products.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4461205999Beauty supply stores
4461205999Cosmetics stores
4461205999Perfume stores

44613 Optical Goods Stores

446130 Optical Goods Stores

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) retailing and fitting prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses; (2) retailing prescription eyeglasses in combination with the grinding of lenses to order on the premises; and (3) selling nonprescription eyeglasses.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4461305995Lens grinding, ophthalmic, in retail stores
4461305995Optical goods stores (except offices of optometrists)
4461305995Sunglass stores

44619 Other Health and Personal Care Stores

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing health and personal care items (except drugs, medicines, optical goods, perfumes, cosmetics, and beauty supplies).

446191 Food (Health) Supplement Stores

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing food supplement products, such as vitamins, nutrition supplements, and body enhancing supplements.

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4461915499Food (i.e., health) supplement stores
4461915499Nutrition (i.e., food supplement) stores
4461915499Vitamin stores

446199 All Other Health and Personal Care Stores

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing specialized lines of health and personal care merchandise (except drugs, medicines, optical goods, cosmetics, beauty supplies, perfume, and food supplement products).

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NAICSSICCorresponding Index Entries
4461995999Convalescent supply stores
4461995999Hearing aid stores
4461995999Prosthetic stores
4461995999Sick room supply stores