The Accommodation and Foodservices sector (sector 72) comprises establishments providing customers with lodging and/or preparing meals, snacks, and beverages for immediate consumption.

Excluded from this sector are governmental organizations classified in the covered industries and recreation or entertainment facilities providing food and beverage services. The basic tabulations in this report do not include data for establishments which are auxiliary (primary function is providing a service, such as warehouses) to accommodation and foodservices establishments within the same organization.

This report presents data on major categories of merchandise sold for establishments with payroll by kind of business. Data are presented for the United States, states, and MAs.