Employer establishments: retail trade
Number of establishments with paid employees in retail trade (NAICS 44-45), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
County Business Patterns: establishments (single physical locations, not firms) with paid employees during the pay period including 12 March. Excludes the self-employed and businesses without employees (nonemployer_establishments_*), government employers, crop and animal production, rail transportation, the Postal Service and private households. Establishment counts are not perturbed; the noise Census adds since 2017 applies to employment and payroll, which are not served here. Published about 18 months after the reference year.
Key facts
- Employer establishments: retail trade in the United States was 1.04 million in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- California had the highest employer establishments: retail trade of 51 states in 2023, at 106,675, and District of Columbia the lowest, at 1,653. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Published for 52 places, with figures from 2012 to 2023.
Rankings
US states by employer establishments: retail trade, 2023
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- Connecticut
- Colorado
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