# US states by employer establishments: retail trade, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_retail_trade`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in retail trade (NAICS 44-45), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-retail-trade/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 106,675 |
| 2 | Texas | 84,369 |
| 3 | Florida | 75,988 |
| 4 | New York | 71,941 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 40,238 |
| 6 | Georgia | 35,820 |
| 7 | Illinois | 35,801 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 35,534 |
| 9 | Ohio | 34,275 |
| 10 | Michigan | 32,868 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 29,729 |
| 12 | Virginia | 25,872 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 23,463 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | 22,550 |
| 15 | Indiana | 21,015 |
| 16 | Washington | 20,582 |
| 17 | Missouri | 19,971 |
| 18 | South Carolina | 18,647 |
| 19 | Colorado | 18,589 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 18,044 |
| 21 | Alabama | 17,877 |
| 22 | Arizona | 17,844 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 17,727 |
| 24 | Maryland | 16,687 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 15,868 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 15,020 |
| 27 | Oregon | 13,800 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 13,097 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 11,696 |
| 30 | Mississippi | 11,303 |
| 31 | Iowa | 10,970 |
| 32 | Arkansas | 10,566 |
| 33 | Utah | 10,270 |
| 34 | Kansas | 9,580 |
| 35 | Nevada | 9,047 |
| 36 | Nebraska | 6,925 |
| 37 | New Mexico | 6,382 |
| 38 | Idaho | 6,268 |
| 39 | Maine | 6,039 |
| 40 | New Hampshire | 5,706 |
| 41 | West Virginia | 5,696 |
| 42 | Montana | 4,706 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 4,395 |
| 44 | South Dakota | 3,838 |
| 45 | Delaware | 3,742 |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 3,567 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 3,103 |
| 48 | Vermont | 2,937 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 2,674 |
| 50 | Alaska | 2,419 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 1,653 |