Retail Trade--Establishments, Employees, and Payroll statistics


		Establishments					Establishments			Employees					Employees			Payroll					PAYROLL
	1987	(1,000)					(1,000)			(1,000)					(1,000)			(bil. dol.)					(bil. dol.)
Kind of business	SIC
	code ¹
		1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997



Retail trade, total	(G)	1,529.7	1,547.3	1,564.2	1,551.5	1,564.2	1,567.9	1,579.3	1,588.7	19,815	19,600	19,672	19,777	20,320	21,085	21,487	22,003	241.7	247.0	258.6	265.3	282.3	300.0	317.7	330.3

Building materials and garden supplies ²	52	71.9	71.7	69.6	70.0	69.9	64.4	64.7	69.5	703	685	685	696	728	740	768	857.0	11.9	12.0	12.2	13.0	14.1	14.5	15.4	17.7
Lumber and other building materials	521	27.5	27.4	25.5	25.9	26.1	24.0	24.3	27.1	403	394	395	411	439	455	475	546.0	7.5	7.6	7.7	8.4	9.1	9.5	10.1	11.9
Paint, glass, and wallpaper stores	523	10.2	10.3	10.1	10.2	10.1	9.9	9.8	10.0	54	51	50	49	48	50	49	54.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.2
Hardware stores	525	19.0	18.9	19.0	18.6	18.2	13.9	14.3	15.9	143	141	143	138	140	120	124	140.0	1.9	1.9	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.7	1.8	2.1
Retail nurseries and garden stores	526	10.1	10.2	10.3	11.1	11.0	11.7	11.3	10.9	76	72	71	73	73	80	81	77.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3
Mobile home dealers	527	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.3	4.5	4.8	5.5	23	22	23	25	29	33	37	41.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.1

General merchandise stores ²	53	36.6	36.9	36.3	35.6	36.7	36.2	36.9	35.3	2,135	2,093	2,059	2,142	2,196	2,291	2,261	2,445.0	22.9	23.4	24.4	25.7	27.0	29.1	28.6	30.5
Department stores	531	10.1	10.2	10.1	10.6	10.8	10.8	10.8	11.3	1,710	1,646	1,614	1,739	1,786	1,874	1,850	2,070.0	18.3	18.4	19.1	20.6	21.7	23.6	23.0	25.6
Variety stores	533	10.0	9.9	9.8	12.9	13.2	10.5	10.8	12.6	109	99	96	119	107	93	93	96.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1
Misc. general merchandise stores	539	15.0	15.6	15.4	12.1	12.4	14.3	14.8	11.4	310	342	344	284	302	323	316	279.0	3.6	4.0	4.3	3.9	4.2	4.5	4.7	3.8

Food stores ²	54	186.1	187.8	190.3	181.9	182.5	181.9	179.3	176.6	3,124	3,114	3,090	3,028	3,095	3,188	3,300	3,162.0	35.8	37.4	38.8	38.3	39.8	41.5	44.1	43.6
Grocery stores	541	132.5	133.3	136.4	133.0	131.7	130.8	129.2	130.7	2,757	2,748	2,728	2,729	2,785	2,871	2,981	2,874.0	32.4	33.7	35.0	35.2	36.3	38.0	40.5	40.1
Meat and fish markets	542	9.3	9.2	9.2	8.8	8.5	8.2	7.9	7.2	54	52	52	46	45	45	46	39.0	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6

1273. Retail Trade--Establishments, Employees, and Payroll