Counties in Washington by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)

King County had the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census) of 39 counties in 2017, at $89.59 billion. Wahkiakum County had the lowest, at $8.13 million. The median was $565.52 million and the figure for Washington was $160.28 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest89,586.7King County

Lowest8.1Wahkiakum County

Median565.539 counties

Washington160,284.8History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 100
100 to 300
300 to 600
600 to 1,200
1,200 to 3,300
3,300 and over

USD million, 2017. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2017

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 USD million
1	King County	89,586.7
2	Pierce County	13,775.9
3	Snohomish County	11,584.9
4	Spokane County	7,847
5	Clark County	5,497
6	Thurston County	3,958.8
7	Kitsap County	3,319.1
8	Whatcom County	3,225.2
9	Yakima County	3,136.8
10	Benton County	2,949.8
11	Skagit County	2,272.1
12	Cowlitz County	1,485.4
13	Franklin County	1,295
14	Chelan County	1,141.6
15	Lewis County	1,079.4
16	Grant County	947
17	Clallam County	945.9
18	Grays Harbor County	780.6
19	Kittitas County	616
20	Island County	565.5
21	Walla Walla County	560.8
22	Douglas County	522.9
23	Mason County	504
24	Okanogan County	499.4
25	Whitman County	411.3
26	Asotin County	325
27	Stevens County	321.9
28	Jefferson County	259.2
29	Adams County	210.3
30	San Juan County	180.2
31	Pacific County	139.5
32	Klickitat County	81.7
33	Lincoln County	73.4
34	Pend Oreille County	61.7
35	Ferry County	45.3
36	Skamania County	35.4
37	Columbia County	24.4
38	Garfield County	10.7
39	Wahkiakum County	8.1

Other periods

2022
2017

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in retail trade (NAICS 44-45), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments (Counties in Washington by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

MLA 9

Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments, Counties in Washington by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/washington-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2021. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Counties in Washington by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/washington-counties?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2021) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments, Counties in Washington by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/washington-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)?

King County, with $89.59 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)?

Wahkiakum County, with $8.13 million in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.