Estimated Annual Gross Margin of U.S. Retail Firms by Kind of Business: 1993 Through 2009
[Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey. Estimates have been adjusted using final results of the 2007 Economic
Census]
NAICS Code Kind of business 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Retail gross margin, total ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
542,461 592,154 622,267 655,619 683,331 718,213 783,343 822,287 811,293 866,972 920,469 990,557 1,025,435 1,078,916 1,112,336 1,067,622 999,410
Total (excl. motor vehicle and parts dealers) ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
445,094 477,845 500,365 529,297 555,184 590,195 635,309 677,662 689,095 717,528 768,435 833,620 873,040 917,917 945,274 928,399 894,105
1 193,478 205,890 212,529 221,276 233,567 253,015 275,154 290,921 286,097 299,822 322,239 350,168 362,401 378,072 388,361 369,319 359,807
GAFO ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
97,367 114,309 121,902 126,322 128,147 128,018 148,034 144,625 122,198 149,444 152,034 156,937 152,395 160,999 167,062 139,223 105,305
4411 Automobile dealers ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 113,289
75,074 89,677 95,869 97,669 98,054 96,970 109,505 87,727 113,640 113,797 112,059 106,526 114,341 119,069 93,885 68,327
4413 Automotive parts, access., and tire stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
16,955 19,006 19,369 21,254 21,967 22,220 24,712 23,472 23,307 25,041 26,129 28,806 30,162 31,468 31,323 32,109 31,034
442 Furniture and home furnishings stores ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 41,056
23,470 25,969 26,655 28,698 30,948 33,547 37,357 40,882 43,472 45,032 49,894 51,096 52,558 51,344 44,564 39,245
443 Electronics and appliance stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
14,053 16,278 17,038 16,878 17,510 19,012 20,689 22,350 20,679 22,680 23,989 26,437 27,510 28,837 30,921 26,907 25,965
444 Building mat. and garden equip. and supplies dealers ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………72,866
39,919 45,083 46,117 49,198 51,448 56,706 61,355 68,595 76,311 83,364 97,075 105,568 109,693 105,384 97,139 85,504
4441 Building mat. and supplies dealers ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 59,385
33,841 38,373 38,923 41,860 43,665 48,130 52,597 63,588 67,258 73,922 87,060 96,353 100,092 95,416 86,540 77,096
445 Food and beverage stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
93,636 96,916 101,568 104,765 106,859 111,544 119,406 120,903 132,513 134,069 138,078 143,958 147,171 153,087 159,412 164,399 160,864
4451 Grocery stores ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 83,571 86,032 90,361 92,916 94,921 98,499 106,328 107,146 118,212 119,592 122,879 127,582 130,521 135,830 141,284 145,475 141,688
4453 Beer, wine, and liquor stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
5,270 5,931 6,062 6,531 6,437 7,295 7,259 7,736 7,824 7,852 8,289 9,032 9,332 9,830 10,374 10,795 10,993
446 Health and personal care stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
28,440 29,509 30,392 33,507 37,443 40,553 42,756 46,579 49,567 53,683 58,188 61,920 63,716 67,909 70,413 73,960 81,219
4461 Health and personal care stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
28,440 29,509 30,392 33,507 37,443 40,553 42,756 46,579 49,567 53,683 58,188 61,920 63,716 67,909 70,413 73,960 81,219
44611 Pharmacies and drug stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
21,152 21,432 21,552 23,570 26,347 28,877 30,920 33,159 36,255 39,417 43,093 43,512 44,948 48,421 49,389 52,653 59,774
447 Gasoline stations ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 33,795 36,789 41,297 43,758 44,262 42,458 45,287 47,917 47,290 44,429 50,081 56,494 62,621 63,391 65,521 70,983 58,093
448 Clothing and clothing access. stores ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 72,561
51,282 53,805 53,074 56,210 58,260 63,331 68,956 70,385 75,629 81,234 88,334 92,612 99,228 99,409 93,987 87,442
4481 Clothing stores ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 34,296 35,960 34,948 37,376 39,928 43,729 47,256 50,535 49,358 52,417 57,480 62,558 66,209 70,953 72,029 68,156 65,225
44811 Men's clothing stores ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4,301
4,217 4,470 3,910 4,186 4,435 4,514 4,395 3,943 3,866 4,326 4,587 4,457 4,552 4,416 4,357 3,828
44812 Women's clothing stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
11,960 11,296 10,668 11,032 10,937 11,486 12,215 13,687 13,676 14,071 15,887 17,237 18,130 19,399 19,638 17,562 17,342
44814 Family clothing stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
13,656 15,119 14,793 16,129 18,035 20,719 22,731 24,011 22,903 25,353 27,010 29,616 31,978 34,099 33,751 32,242 30,482
4482 Shoe stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………9,333 8,166 8,674 8,738 8,985 8,919 9,730 9,543 9,582 10,477 10,884 11,523 12,760 12,834 12,604 12,575 11,512
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
19,953 22,580 22,750 22,844 24,706 25,720 27,876 29,435 29,763 29,417 30,097 32,219 32,038 32,729 33,937 31,967 31,683
4511 Sporting goods, hobby, and musical instruments store……………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
12,974 14,798 14,350 15,357 16,130 16,951 18,141 19,667 19,950 20,121 20,796 21,791 22,280 23,976 25,106 24,876 24,532
452 General merchandise stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
74,286 75,817 80,349 83,657 88,130 95,491 103,982 108,448 109,108 112,157 125,598 136,979 143,144 147,601 155,532 155,727 161,429
4521 Department stores ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 55,366 54,721 57,010 57,950 60,565 68,699 72,406 72,841 69,497 65,231 65,097 71,163 68,232 69,422 68,425 63,305 61,947
45211 Department stores ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 72,406
55,366 54,721 57,010 57,950 60,565 68,699 72,841 69,497 65,231 65,097 71,163 68,232 69,422 68,425 63,305 61,947
452111 Department stores (except discount dept. stores) ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
32,542 32,638 32,478 34,255 34,258 33,922 35,867 35,563 31,995 31,502 29,940 30,893 30,582 30,539 29,617 25,406 23,905
452112 Discount dept. stores ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
22,824 22,083 24,532 23,695 26,307 34,777 36,539 37,278 37,502 33,729 35,157 40,270 37,650 38,883 38,808 37,899 38,042
4529 Other general merchandise stores ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 35,607
18,920 21,096 23,339 25,707 27,565 26,792 31,576 39,611 46,926 60,501 65,816 74,912 78,179 87,107 92,422 99,482
45291 Warehouse clubs and superstores ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 24,044
7,959 11,345 12,442 15,129 17,296 16,365 20,393 27,381 35,154 45,947 50,913 60,067 62,187 71,021 75,991 80,975
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11,563
10,961 9,751 10,897 10,578 10,269 10,427 11,183 12,230 11,772 14,554 14,903 14,845 15,992 16,086 16,431 18,507
453 Miscellaneous store retailers ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
27,873 30,813 33,824 36,321 39,602 42,871 43,835 45,666 42,938 45,211 45,523 46,616 46,772 50,824 53,525 49,858 45,500
454 Non-store retailers ………………………………………...………………………………………………………………………………………………… 38,387 44,286 47,301 53,461 56,016 58,962 63,810 74,152 73,104 80,470 87,251 93,694 100,792 112,060 119,876 118,908 117,161
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses ………………………………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………
18,213 21,020 23,064 26,911 29,982 32,848 36,768 44,045 43,250 48,170 53,957 60,593 67,342 78,882 85,588 84,505 84,976
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GAFO represents stores classified in the following NAICS codes: 442, 443, 448, 451, 452, and 4532. NAICS code 4532 includes office supplies, stationery, and gift stores.
Note: Estimates exclude food services. Retail total and other subsector totals may include data for kinds of business not shown. Estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Additional information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions can be found
on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/retail/arts/how_surveys_are_collected.html.
Note: Estimated measures of sample variability can be found at http://www2.census.gov/retail/releases/current/arts/salescvs.xls
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