Retail Industry Overview

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Industry Description

Companies that sell consumer goods such as apparel, footwear, food, home furnishings, building supplies, books and videos, toys, housewares, pools and spas, and other items.

Industry Competitors

Industry Codes

Hoover's has developed its own industry classifications to better serve its customers. These classifications are mapped to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the older U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The Retail maps to a number of NAICS codes including:

NAICS
NAICS Title
Toilet Preparation Manufacturing
Prerecorded Compact Disc (except Software), Tape, and Record Reproducing
Jewelers' Material and Lapidary Work Manufacturing
Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing

Industry Associations & Organizations

Related Industries

Industry Financials

Using the 2002 Census Bureau Economic Census, Hoover's has generated an industry financial summary for the Retail industry.

Indicator
Total
NAICS Codes
99
Establishments
1,240,860
Sales, receipts or shipments ($1,000)
$3,680,972,694
Annual Payroll ($1,000)
$352,495,360
Paid Employees
15,583,896

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Industry Jobs

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