Census of

Retail Trade

RC92-S-2

SUBJECT SERIES

Measures of Value Produced,

Capital Expenditures,

Depreciable Assets,

and Operating Expenses

U.S. Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics Administration

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Many persons participated in the various activities of the 1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey.

The overall planning and review of the census operations were performed by the Economic Census

Staff of the Assistant Director for Economic and Agriculture Censuses.

This report was prepared in the Agriculture and Financial Statistics Division. Bobby E. Russell,

Assistant Chief for Census Programs, Services Division, and Ruth A. Runyan, Assistant Chief for

Financial Statistics, Agriculture and Financial Statistics Division, were responsible for the overall

planning, management, and coordination of the assets and expenditures survey. Planning and

implementation were under the direction of Dennis L. Shoemaker, Economic Planning and

Coordination Division, and Eddie J. Salyers, Chief, Company Statistics Branch, Agriculture and

Financial Statistics Division. Forms design, processing and tabulation procedures, and text were

developed by Sheldon G. Ziman, assisted by Mary Burke Dollar, John P. Seabold, Edward A.

Cottrill, Amy Peregoy, Traci Gillespie-Brown, and Tammy Anderson.

Shirin A. Ahmed and John Guest, Economic Planning and Coordination Division, provided

valuable assistance in coordinating the current survey interface. Sample design and statistical

methodology were developed under the general direction of Howard Hogan, Assistant Chief for

Research and Methodology, Services Division. Estimation and variance methodology was under

the supervision of Patrick Cantwell, Chief, Program Research and Development Branch, assisted

by Timothy Braam.

Coordination of data collection efforts was under the direction of Judith N. Petty, Chief, Data

Preparation Division, assisted by Kenny Miller, Carlene Bottorff, and Michael Lutz.

The computer processing systems were developed and coordinated in the Economic Statistical

Methods and Programming Division, Charles P. Pautler, Jr., Chief. H. Ray Dennis, and Sarah W.

Baumgardner, Assistant Chiefs were responsible for the design and implementation of the

computer systems. The computer programs were prepared under the supervision of Barry F.

Sessamen, and Frank Bush, assisted by Laura A. Osborn, Ernesto Matos Jr., Robert S.

Jewett, Clifton D. Exley, Carol Blatt, and Debbie Mullen.

The staff of the Administrative and Customer Services Division, Walter C. Odom, Chief,

performed planning, design, composition, editorial review, and printing planning and procurement

for publications and report forms. Bernadette J. Gayle provided publication coordination and

editing.

Special acknowledgment is also due the many businesses whose cooperation has contributed

to the publication of these data.

If you have any questions concerning the statistics in this report, call 301-763-7596.

Acknowledgments
Census of

Retail Trade

RC92-S-2

SUBJECT SERIES

Measures of Value Produced,

Capital Expenditures,

Depreciable Assets,

and Operating Expenses

Issued November 1996

U.S. Department of Commerce

Michael Kantor, Secretary

Economics and Statistics Administration

Everett M. Ehrlich, Under Secretary

for Economic Affairs

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Martha Farnsworth Riche, Director
AGRICULTURE AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS

DIVISION

Ewen M. Wilson, Chief

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Martha Farnsworth Riche, Director

Bryant Benton, Deputy Director

Paula J. Schneider, Principal Associate

Director for Programs

Frederick T. Knickerbocker, Associate

Director for Economic Programs

Thomas L. Mesenbourg, Assistant Director

for Economic Programs

ECONOMIC PLANNING AND COORDINATION

DIVISION

John P. Govoni, Chief

ECONOMICS

AND STATISTICS

ADMINISTRATION

Economics and Statistics

Administration

Everett M. Ehrlich, Under Secretary

for Economic Affairs

For sale by Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
Introduction to

the Economic Census

PURPOSES AND USES OF THE ECONOMIC

CENSUS

The economic census is the major source of facts about

the structure and functioning of the Nation’s economy. It

provides essential information for government, business,

industry, and the general public.

The economic census furnishes an important part of the

framework for such composite measures as the gross

domestic product, input/output measures, production and

price indexes, and other statistical series that measure

short-term changes in economic conditions.

Policymaking agencies of the Federal Government use

the data, especially in monitoring economic activity and

providing assistance to business.

State and local governments use the data to assess

business activities and tax bases within their jurisdictions

and to develop programs to attract business.

Trade associations study trends in their own and competing industries and keep their members informed of

market changes.

Individual businesses use the data to locate potential

markets and to analyze their own production and sales

performance relative to industry or area averages.

AUTHORITY AND SCOPE

Title 13 of the United States Code (sections 131, 191,

and 224) directs the Census Bureau to take the economic

census every 5 years, covering years ending in 2 and 7.

The 1992 Economic Census consists of the following eight

censuses:

x Census of Retail Trade

x Census of Wholesale Trade

x Census of Service Industries

x Census of Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate

Industries

x Census of Transportation, Communications, and

Utilities

x Census of Manufactures

x Census of Mineral Industries

x Census of Construction Industries

Special programs also cover enterprise statistics and

minority-owned and women-owned businesses. (The 1992

Census of Agriculture and 1992 Census of Governments

are conducted separately.) The next economic census is

scheduled to be taken in 1998 covering the year 1997.

AVAILABILITY OF THE DATA

The results of the economic census are available in

printed reports for sale by the U.S. Government Printing

Office and on compact discs for sale by the Census

Bureau. Order forms for all types of products are available

on request from Customer Services, Bureau of the Census,

Washington, DC 20233-8300. A more complete description

of publications being issued from this census is on the

inside back cover of this document.

Census facts are also widely disseminated by trade

associations, business journals, and newspapers. Volumes

containing census statistics are available in most major

public and college libraries. Finally, State data centers in

every State as well as business and industry data centers

in many States also supply economic census statistics.

WHAT’S NEW IN 1992

The 1992 Economic Census covers more of the economy

than any previous census. New for 1992 are data on

communications, utilities, financial, insurance, and real

estate, as well as coverage of more transportation industries. The economic, agriculture, and governments censuses now collectively cover nearly 98 percent of all

economic activity.

Among other changes, new 1992 definitions affect the

boundaries of about a third of all metropolitan areas. Also,

the Survey of Women-Owned Businesses has now been

expanded to include all corporations.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

The economic census has been taken as an integrated

program at 5-year intervals since 1967 and before that for

1963, 1958, and 1954. Prior to that time, the individual

subcomponents of the economic census were taken separately at varying intervals.

The economic census traces its beginnings to the 1810

Decennial Census, when questions on manufacturing were

included with those for population. Coverage of economic

RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES INTRODUCTION III
activities was expanded for 1840 and subsequent censuses to include mining and some commercial activities. In

1902, Congress established a permanent Census Bureau

and directed that a census of manufactures be taken every

5 years. The 1905 Manufactures Census was the first time

a census was taken apart from the regular every-10-year

population census.

The first census of business was taken in 1930, covering

1929. Initially it covered retail and wholesale trade and

construction industries, but it was broadened in 1933 to

include some of the service trades.

The 1954 Economic Census was the first census to be

fully integrated—providing comparable census data across

economic sectors, using consistent time periods, concepts,

definitions, classifications, and reporting units. It was the

first census to be taken by mail, using lists of firms provided

by the administrative records of other Federal agencies.

Since 1963, administrative records also have been used to

provide basic statistics for very small firms, reducing or

eliminating the need to send them census questionnaires.

The Enterprise Statistics Program, which publishes combined data from the economic census, was made possible

with the implementation of the integrated census program

in 1954.

The range of industries covered in the economic censuses has continued to expand. The census of construction

industries began on a regular basis in 1967, and the scope

of service industries was broadened in 1967, 1977, and

1987. The census of transportation began in 1963 as a set

of surveys covering travel, transportation of commodities,

and trucks, but expanded in 1987 to cover business

establishments in several transportation industries. For

1992, these statistics are incorporated into a broadened

census of transportation, communications, and utilities.

Also new for 1992 is the census of financial, insurance, and

real estate industries. This is part of a gradual expansion in

coverage of industries previously subjected to government

regulation.

The Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises

was first conducted as a special project in 1969 and was

incorporated into the economic census in 1972 along with

the Survey of Women-Owned Businesses.

An economic census has also been taken in Puerto Rico

since 1909, in the Virgin Islands of the United States and

Guam since 1958, and in the Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands since 1982.

Statistical reports from the 1987 and earlier censuses

provide historical figures for the study of long-term time

series and are available in some large libraries. All of the

census data published since 1967 are still available for sale

on microfiche from the Census Bureau.

AVAILABILITY OF MORE FREQUENT ECONOMIC

DATA

While the census provides complete enumerations every

5 years, there are many needs for more frequent data as

well. The Census Bureau conducts a number of monthly,

quarterly, and annual surveys, with the results appearing in

publication series such as Current Business Reports (retail

and wholesale trade and service industries), the Annual

Survey of Manufactures, Current Industrial Reports, and

the Quarterly Financial Report. Most of these surveys,

while providing more frequent observations, yield less

kind-of-business and geographic detail than the census.

The County Business Patterns program offers annual

statistics on the number of establishments, employment,

and payroll classified by industry within each county.

SOURCES FOR MORE INFORMATION

More information about the scope, coverage, classification system, data items, and publications for each of the

economic censuses and related surveys is published in the

Guide to the 1992 Economic Census and Related Statistics. More information on the methodology, procedures,

and history of the census will be published in the History of

the 1992 Economic Census. Contact Customer Services

for information on availability.

IV INTRODUCTION RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES
Assets and Expenditures Survey

GENERAL

This report, which was prepared in conjunction with the

1992 Census of Retail Trade, provides data on selected

characteristics of retail firms, including measures of value

produced, capital expenditures, depreciable assets, and

operating expenses.

Data in this report are based on information collected

from a probability sample of retail firms used to produce

monthly national estimates of retail sales published in the

Monthly Retail Trade Survey. A description of the survey

methodology, estimating procedures, and concepts is presented in appendix A.

The 1992 statistics are summarized by kind-of-business

classifications based on the Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987 (SIC). This report covers all retail

operations in the Nation. All major kinds of business in

which retailers operate are represented and are described

in appendix A.

DOLLAR VALUES

All dollar values presented in this report are expressed

in current dollars; i.e., 1992 data are expressed in 1992

dollars.

SPECIAL TABULATIONS AND UNPUBLISHED

DATA

Special tabulations of data collected in the 1992 Assets

and Expenditures Survey may be obtained, depending on

availability of time and personnel, on computer disk, or in

tabular form. The data will be in summary form and subject

to the same rules prohibiting disclosure of confidential

information (including name, address, kind of business,

or other data for individual business establishments or

companies) as are the regular publications.

Special tabulations are prepared on a cost basis. A

request for a cost estimate, as well as exact specifications

on the type and format of the data to be provided, should

be directed to the Chief, Agriculture and Financial Statistics

Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233.

To discuss a special tabulation before submitting specifications, call 301-763-7596.

Some estimates have not been published in this report

because their sampling variability or imputation is so high

as to make them potentially misleading. Some unpublished

data can be derived directly by subtracting appropriate

published data from their respective totals. However, the

figures obtained by such subtraction would be subject to

high sampling variability described above for unpublished

kinds of business, and their use would be subject to the

same hazards. Unpublished data may be obtained upon

request from the Chief, Agriculture and Financial Statistics

Division, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233.

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

The following abbreviations and symbols are used in this

publication:

* Measure of sampling variability not shown

since estimated data not published.

– Represents zero.

(M) Less than $500,000.

(NA) Not available.

(S) Withheld because estimates did not meet

publication standards on the basis of either

response rate, associated relative standard

error, or consistency review.

(V) Less than .05 percent.

(X) Not applicable.

n.e.c. Not elsewhere classified.

pt. Part.

SIC Standard industrial classification.

RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES CENSUS OF RETAIL TRADE V
Users’ Guide for Locating Statistics in This Report

by Table Number

Information shown in tables

Table

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Sales ....................................... X X X X X

Purchases................................... X X

Cost of goods sold ........................... X X

Inventories .................................. X

Gross margin ................................ X X

Value added ................................. X X

Net income produced at market prices .......... X X

Net income produced at factor cost............. X X

Acquisition value of depreciable assets

at end of 1992 .............................. X X X X X

Buildings and structures..................... X X

Machinery and equipment ................... X X

Acquisition value of depreciable assets

at end of 1991 .............................. X X X X

Buildings and structures..................... X X

Machinery and equipment ................... X X

Deductions from depreciable assets ............ X

Capital expenditures (other than land) .......... X X X X X

Used capital expenditures ................... X X

New capital expenditures.................... X X

New buildings and structures ................ X

New highway vehicles ...................... X

New computer hardware and data

processing equipment ..................... X

All other capital expenditures ................ X

Annual payroll ............................... X X X X X X

Employer cost for fringe benefits ............... X X X

Legally required expenditures ................ X X

Voluntary expenditures...................... X X

Taxes and license fees........................ X

Depreciation charges ......................... X X

Buildings and structures..................... X

Machinery and equipment ................... X

Lease and rental payments.................... X X

Buildings and structures..................... X

Machinery and equipment ................... X

Purchased electricity.......................... X X

Purchased fuels.............................. X X

Miscellaneous utilities ......................... X X

Communication services ...................... X

Office supplies ............................... X

Packaging and shipping materials .............. X

Advertising services .......................... X

Legal services ............................... X

Accounting services .......................... X

VI USERS’ GUIDE RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES
Information shown in tables

Table

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Data processing.............................. X

Repairs ..................................... X X

Buildings and structures..................... X

Machinery and equipment ................... X

Other operating expenses ..................... X

Total operating expenses...................... X X X X X X

Estimated relative standard errors .............. X

RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES USERS’ GUIDE VII
Users’ Guide for Locating Statistics in the

1992 Census of Retail Trade Reports

Report and geographic area

Information shown in reports by kind of business or industry category

Number

of establishments

Sales

($1,000)

Payroll

($1,000)

Number

of employees

Selected

ratios

and

rankings

Merchandise

line

sales

Sales

size and

employment

size of

establishments

and

firms

Concentration

ratios of

largest

firms

Singleunits

and

multiunits

Legal

form of

organizationSelected

topics

GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES

United States ................. XXXXX

State......................... XXXXX

CMSA, PMSA, MSA ........... XXXXX

County ...................... .XXXXX

Place ....................... .XXXXX

NONEMPLOYER STATISTICS

SERIES

United States ................. 1

X 1X 2X X

State......................... 1

X 1X

CMSA, PMSA, MSA ........... X X

County ....................... 1 3X 1 3X

Place ........................ 1 3X 1 3X

ESTABLISHMENT AND FIRM

SIZE (INCLUDING LEGAL

FORM OF ORGANIZATION)

United States ................. XXXX XXXX

MEASURES OF VALUE

PRODUCED, CAPITAL

EXPENDITURES,

DEPRECIABLE ASSETS, AND

OPERATING EXPENSES

United States ................. X X X 4

X

MERCHANDISE LINE SALES

United States ................. X X X

State......................... 3

X 3X 3X

CMSA, PMSA, MSA .......... 3

X 3X 3X

MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS

United States ................. XXXX 5

X

State......................... XXXX 5

X

CMSA, PMSA, MSA ........... XXXX 5

X

ZIP CODES

State......................... 3

X 3X 3X 3X 3X

See footnotes at end of table.

VIII USERS’ GUIDE RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES
Report and geographic area

Information shown in reports by kind of business or industry category

Number

of establishments

Sales

($1,000)

Payroll

($1,000)

Number

of employees

Selected

ratios

and

rankings

Merchandise

line

sales

Sales

size and

employment

size of

establishments

and

firms

Concentration

ratios of

largest

firms

Singleunits

and

multiunits

Legal

form of

organizationSelected

topics

SPECIAL REPORT

SERIES—SELECTED

STATISTICS

United States ................ 1

X 1XXXX 6 7X

State......................... XXXXX 6 7X

CMSA, MSA ................. .XXXXX 6 7X

1

Includes data for all establishments, establishments with payroll, and establishments without payroll, by kind of business.

2

Data available by sales size of establishments without payroll only.

3

Data available on CD-ROM only.

4

Includes value produced, capital expenditures, depreciable assets, and selected operating expenses detail.

5

For United States, States, and MA’s, includes data on number of gasoline pumps and gallon sales of gasoline and other automotive fuels; storage

capacity and number of tanks; establishments offering self-service sale of gasoline; on seating capacity and average cost per meal; on the number of

pharmacists, number of prescriptions filled, and percent of prescriptions paid for by third parties; and floor space by selected kind of business. For United

States and States only, includes data on number of automotive service bays, number of automotive mechanics, number of boat docking/storage slips,

principal type of supplier, gasoline service stations operating 24 hours, shoe stores operating as self-service and concessions, types of food service, types

of menus, percent of food and beverage sales by day-part, franchise holders, concession operators, contract feeding and automatic merchandising

machine operators, number of opticians, part- and full-time employment, class of customer, and leased departments. 6

Includes percent of retail sales in MA’s, in non-MA’s, in central cities, and outside central cities within MA’s.

7

Includes percent of retail sales inside and outside central cities within each individual MA.

RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES USERS’ GUIDE IX
Contents

Measures of Value Produced,

Capital Expenditures,

Depreciable Assets,

and Operating Expenses

[Page numbers listed here omit the prefix that

appears as part of the number of each page]

Page

Introduction to the Economic Census III ...............................................

Assets and Expenditures Survey V ...................................................

Users’ Guide for Locating Statistics in This Report by Table Number VI ...................

Users’ Guide for Locating Statistics in the 1992 Census of Retail Trade Reports VIII .........

Summary of Findings............................................................. 2

FIGURES

1. Distribution of Capital Expenditures of Retailers by Type: 1992 4 ...................

2. Distribution of Captial Expenditures and Sales for Selected Retail Industries: 1992 4 ..

3. Fringe Benefits as Percent of Annual Payroll: 1992 5 .............................

4. Measures of Value Produced for Retailers: 1992 6 ...............................

TABLES

1. General Statistics: 1992 7 .....................................................

2. Capital Expenditures and Acquisition Value of Depreciable Assets by Kind of

Business: 1992............................................................ 8

3. Detailed Capital Expenditures by Kind of Business: 1992 9 ........................

4. Detailed Acquisition Value of Depreciable Assets, Depreciation Charges, and Lease

and Rental Payments by Kind of Business: 1992 10 ...............................

5. Sales, Annual Payroll, and Employer Costs for Fringe Benefits by Kind of Business:

1992 ..................................................................... 11

6. Annual Payroll and Employer Costs for Fringe Benefits by Legal Form of

Organization and Kind of Business: 1992 12 .....................................

7. Operating Expenses by Type and by Kind of Business: 1992 13 .....................

8. Detailed Purchased Utilities by Kind of Business: 1992 16 ..........................

9. Detailed Repair Services by Kind of Business: 1992 17 .............................

10. Sales, Cost of Goods Sold, and Measures of Value Produced by Kind of Business:

1992 ..................................................................... 18

11. Sales, Cost of Goods Sold, Measures of Value Produced, and Annual Payroll by

Legal Form of Organization: 1992 18 ............................................

12. Acquisition Value of Depreciable Assets, Capital Expenditures, Sales, and Total

Operating Expenses of Corporations by Kind of Business: 1992 19 .................

13. Estimated Relative Standard Errors by Kind of Business: 1992 20 ...................

APPENDIXES

A. General Explanation A–1 ........................................................

B. Sample Report Form B–1 ........................................................

C. Changes in Retail Trade Kind~of~Business Classifications for 1992 C–1 ................

Publication Program Inside back cover ...................................................

RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES ASSETS AND EXPENDITURESnn2–1
Summary of Findings

Total sales in 1992 of retailers with payroll amounted to

$2.0 trillion. The total cost of merchandise purchased for

resale in 1992 (net of returns, allowances, and trade and

cash discounts) totaled $1.3 trillion, or 68.6 percent of total

sales. Beginning inventories for retailers in 1992 amounted

to $239.5 billion, with ending inventories of $248.2 billion.

Total sales, purchases, and inventories are integral parts of

the measures of value produced summarized below. Note

that some data presented in this report are not directly

comparable to those in the 1987 report due to their

inclusion of nonemployer businesses and changes to kindof-business classifications.

MEASURES OF VALUE PRODUCED

The gross margin of retailers which represents total

sales less cost of goods sold, amounted to $629.3 billion in

1992. Value added, derived by deducting from gross

margin the cost of office supplies, stationery, postage,

electricity, fuels, and packaging materials, amounted to

$592.8 billion, representing 30.4 percent of total sales.

Subtracting all other purchased services from value added

yields net income produced at market prices of $411.9

billion, or 21.1 percent of total sales. This amount less

depreciation, license fees, and taxes (excluding income,

payroll, and sales taxes) represents net income produced

at factor cost of $372.9 billion, or 19.1 percent of total

sales.

As a percent of sales, measures of value produced were

generally higher for nondurable goods than for durable

goods in 1992. Nondurable goods retailers reported a

gross margin of 35.3 percent of sales, compared with 26.8

percent for durable goods retailers. Net income produced

at market prices amounted to 23.2 percent of sales for

nondurable goods, compared to 17.4 percent for durable

goods. Likewise, net income produced at factor cost was

slightly higher for nondurable goods; 20.8 percent of sales,

compared to 16.1 percent for durable goods.

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

Total capital expenditures for depreciable assets of

retailers amounted to $45.4 billion in 1992. Expenditures of

$42.4 billion for new facilities, structures, and equipment in

1992 accounted for 93.4 percent of the total.

Capital expenditures for durable goods stores totaled

$8.5 billion in 1992, compared to $36.9 billion for nondurable goods retailers.

DEPRECIABLE ASSETS

The gross (acquisition) value of depreciable assets of

retailers amounted to $324.2 billion at the end of 1991.

After adding capital expenditures and deducting assets

sold, retired, scrapped, and destroyed, the year 1992

ended with the gross value of depreciable assets amounting to $359.5 billion.

OPERATING EXPENSES

Total operating expenses of retailers amounted to $546.2

billion in 1992. Durable goods retailers accounted for

$161.0 billion and $385.2 billion were attributable to nondurable goods retailers. The following summarizes the

findings for specific types of operating expenses.

Supplemental labor costs (employer cost for fringe

benefits). Total supplemental labor costs for retailers

amounted to $44.7 billion in 1992. Legally required supplemental labor costs such as employers’ social security

contributions, unemployment tax, workers’ compensation

insurance, and State disability insurance programs amounted

to $27.7 billion, or 61.9 percent of the total. Voluntary labor

costs, such as insurance premiums on hospital and medical plans, pension plans, and stock purchase plans, amounted

to $17.0 billion, or 38.1 percent of total supplemental labor

costs.

Depreciation charges. Depreciation and amortization

charges against depreciable assets totaled $28.3 billion in

1992. Buildings and structures accounted for $8.1 billion,

or 28.5 percent of the total, while machinery and equipment

amounted to the remaining $20.2 billion, or 71.5 percent.

Lease and rental payments. Lease and rental payments

in 1992 were $52.1 billion for retailers, representing 9.5

percent of total operating expenses. Of these payments,

$48.8 billion were for buildings, other structures, and office

space and $3.3 billion were for machinery and equipment.

2–2 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES
Communication and utility expenses. Communication

services purchased by retailers amounted to $5.8 billion,

while purchased electricity totaled $17.4 billion and purchased fuels amounted to $2.5 billion. Note that these data

represent only utilities which were purchased by firms in

1992, and exclude those utility costs which were part of

normal lease and rental payments or franchise fees.

Other operating expenses. Other operating expenses of

retailers in 1992 included $31.4 billion for advertising;

$10.6 billion for purchased materials used in packaging,

processing, shipping, and selling of goods; $10.0 billion for

noncapitalized repairs to buildings, machinery, and equipment.

RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 2–3
Figure 1.

Distribution of Capital Expenditures of

Retailers by Type: 1992

New

structures

(31%)

Used structures

and equipment

(9%)

New

vehicles

(14%)

Other new

machinery

and equipment

(36%)

New computers

and data

processing

equipment

(10%)

New

structures

(42%)

New

vehicles

(3%)

Used structures

and equipment

(6%)

Other new

machinery

and equipment

(43%)

New computers

and data

processing

equipment

(6%)

Figure 2.

Distribution of Capital Expenditures and Sales

for Selected Retail Industries: 1992

Building materials

(SIC 52)

Furniture

(SIC 57)

General merchandise

(SIC 53)

Food

(SIC 54)

Gas service stations

(SIC 554)

Apparel

(SIC 56)

Eating, drinking places

(SIC 58)

Drug stores

(SIC 591)

10 8 6 4 2 0 0 300 350 400 50 100 150 200 250

Dollar amounts are in billions

Capital Expenditures Sales

2-4 ASSETS AND EXPENDITURES RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES

Durable goods retailers Nondurable goods retailers

Note: Data are subject to sampling variability.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey.

12

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey.
Figure 3.

Fringe Benefits as Percent of Annual Payroll: 1992

(Percent)

RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES ASSETS AND EXPENDITURES 2-5

Building materials, hardware,

garden supply, and mobile

home dealers (SIC 52)

General merchandise stores

(SIC 53)

Food stores

(SIC 54)

Gasoline service stations

(SIC 554)

Apparel (SIC 56)

Furniture, home furnishings,

and equipment stores

(SIC 57)

Eating and drinking places

(SIC 58)

Drug stores and proprietary

stores (SIC 5912)

11.3 7.8

11.4 8.6

11.8 11.3

11.5 4.9

10.1 6.6

10.6 5.7

12.5 3.5

9.4 8.1

19.1

20.0

23.1

16.4

16.7

16.3

16.0

17.5

Note: Data are subject to sampling variability. Data are based on the 1987

Standard Industrial Classification.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey.

Legally required benefits

Voluntary benefits
Figure 4.

Measures of Value Produced for Retailers: 1992

(Dollar amounts are in millions)

2-6 ASSETS AND EXPENDITURES RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES

Sales less cost of

goods sold (beginning

inventory+ purchases –

ending inventory)

Gross margin equals—

Gross margin less office

supplies, stationery,

postage; electricity; fuels

Value added less lease and

rental; communications;

advertising; repairs; other

(excluding taxes, depreciation,

and interest on loans)

Net income produced at

market prices less taxes;

depreciation charges

188,450

412,471

122,571

289,312

113,576

259,364

440,827

180,299

Note: Data are subject to sampling variability.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey.

Value added equals—

Net income

produced at market

prices equals—

Net income produced at

factor cost equals—

Durables

Nondurables
Table 1. General Statistics: 1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Inventories Acquisition value of

depreciable assets

Sales

Purchases

of

merchandise

for resale

End of

1992

End of

1991

Operating

expenses

Annual

payroll1 End of

1992

End of

1991

Capital

expenditures

(other than

land)

Retail trade 1 ....................... 951 589 1 331 032 248 198 239 478 546 221 245 176 359 493 324 161 45 434

Durable goods stores 703 ................ 604 519 223 124 046 119 977 161 046 73 797 68 945 62 521 8 545

Nondurable goods stores 1 ............ 247 985 811 809 124 152 119 501 385 175 171 379 290 548 261 640 36 889

52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply,

and mobile home dealers 100 ................... 838 69 742 16 596 16 099 27 328 13 188 16 240 14 756 1 928

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 75 .......... 358 53 662 11 325 10 650 19 520 9 452 12 273 11 068 1 574

525 Hardware stores 12 ........................... 729 7 990 3 136 3 225 4 098 1 980 1 719 1 616 146

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile home

dealers 12 ................................... 751 8 090 2 135 2 224 3 710 1 756 2 248 2 072 208

53 General merchandise stores2 ................ 246 420 173 860 44 938 42 168 (S) 29 009 60 646 52 059 10 866

54 Food stores 377 ................................. 099 281 123 26 275 26 045 88 777 42 532 68 059 62 048 7 632

541 Grocery stores 358 ............................. 148 271 258 25 410 25 038 80 632 39 042 63 429 57 775 7 150

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 18 ........................... 951 9 865 865 1 007 8 145 3 490 4 630 4 273 483

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service

stations 543 ................................... 885 445 029 70 072 66 838 80 372 39 213 41 445 38 729 4 213

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 333 ............. 801 283 105 52 688 49 479 42 160 22 847 12 653 11 870 1 369

552 Used motor vehicles 25 ........................ 511 19 539 3 241 3 109 4 019 1 369 1 327 (S) (S)

553 Auto and home supply 29 ...................... 817 18 218 5 348 5 344 10 818 5 103 5 174 4 742 616

554 Gasoline service stations 136 .................... 950 110 301 3 571 3 704 19 821 8 157 20 661 19 471 1 842

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 17 .................... 806 13 866 5 224 5 202 3 554 1 737 1 629 1 491 198

56 Apparel 104 ..................................... 212 61 524 20 336 18 500 38 743 15 115 23 787 21 780 3 154

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing stores 10 . 197 5 770 2 524 2 489 4 136 1 811 1 800 1 701 185

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 35 ........... 750 20 884 5 793 4 934 13 759 5 047 9 476 8 731 1 227

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 40 .............................. 143 24 642 7 522 6 748 13 820 5 624 9 180 8 363 1 223

566 Shoe stores 18 ............................... 122 10 228 4 497 4 329 7 027 2 633 3 331 2 985 519

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and equipment

stores 96 ..................................... 947 60 589 18 077 17 737 33 491 13 616 13 736 12 350 1 793

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 52 ............... 348 29 589 9 408 9 278 19 862 7 961 8 251 7 592 845

572 Household appliance stores 8 .................. 407 5 502 1 432 1 535 2 627 1 135 782 693 (S)

573 Radio, television, computer, and music stores 36 .. 192 25 498 7 237 6 924 11 002 4 519 4 703 4 065 823

58 Eating and drinking places 200 ................... 164 69 134 3 274 3 376 119 675 53 586 87 073 78 299 10 129

5812 Eating places 187 .............................. 758 64 093 2 826 2 851 113 204 51 331 82 877 74 330 9 844

5813 Drinking places 12 ............................. 406 5 041 448 525 (S) 2 255 4 196 (S) 285

591 Drug and proprietary stores 77 .................... 788 56 634 13 596 13 830 18 047 9 631 9 397 8 580 1 095

592 Liquor stores 21 ................................. 698 16 278 2 704 2 899 4 059 1 570 2 577 (S) 166

596 Nonstore retailers3............................ 55 183 26 733 6 310 5 771 21 161 7 512 10 307 9 359 1 362

598 Fuel dealers 14 ................................. 202 8 891 680 693 4 229 1 899 4 842 4 643 313

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug and

liquor 113 ...................................... 153 61 495 25 340 25 522 45 737 18 307 21 383 19 098 2 784

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. See table 13 for estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation).

1Payroll data are not the same as in other reports from the 1992 Census of Retail Trade due to their sample basis and inclusion of auxiliaries.

2Excludes leased departments.

3Sales data for SIC 596 is reported on a different basis than the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. For an explanation of this difference, see Method of Estimation in appendix A.

RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES ASSETS AND EXPENDITURESnn2–7
Table 2. Capital Expenditures and Acquisition Value of Depreciable Assets by Kind of

Business: 1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Acquisition value of depreciable assets

End of 1992 End of 1991

Capital expenditures

(other than land)

Total

Buildings,

structures,

and related facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other Total

Buildings,

structures,

and related facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other Total New Used

Deductions from depreciable assets

in 1992

Retail trade 359 ........................... 493 153 901 205 592 324 161 136 965 187 196 45 434 42 413 3 020 10 251

Durable goods stores 68 .................... 945 29 569 39 376 62 521 26 648 35 873 8 545 7 794 750 2 146

Nondurable goods stores 290 ................ 548 124 331 166 217 261 640 110 317 151 323 36 889 34 619 2 270 8 105

52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, and

mobile home dealers 16 ........................... 240 8 091 8 149 14 756 7 222 7 533 1 928 1 855 72 444

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 12 .............. 273 6 226 6 047 11 068 5 521 5 547 1 574 1 519 (S) 369

525 Hardware stores 1 ............................... 719 681 1 039 1 616 649 968 146 141 (S) (S)

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile home dealers 2 .. 248 1 185 1 063 2 072 1 053 1 019 208 195 13 (S)

53 General merchandise stores1 .................... 60 646 32 346 28 300 52 059 27 228 24 831 10 866 10 608 258 2 279

54 Food stores 68 ..................................... 059 24 416 43 644 62 048 22 666 39 381 7 632 7 051 582 1 621

541 Grocery stores 63 ................................. 429 23 020 40 409 57 775 21 401 36 373 7 150 6 602 548 1 495

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 4 ............................... 630 (S) (S) 4 273 (S) (S) 483 449 (S) 126

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations 41 . 445 16 289 25 156 38 729 15 361 23 368 4 213 3 846 367 1 516

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 12 ................. 653 4 389 8 264 11 870 4 110 7 760 1 369 1 313 55 585

552 Used motor vehicles 1 ............................ 327 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

553 Auto and home supply 5 .......................... 174 (S) 3 347 4 742 1 675 3 067 616 529 (S) 184

554 Gasoline service stations 20 ........................ 661 8 978 11 683 19 471 8 545 10 926 1 842 1 653 189 669

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 1 ........................ 629 (S) (S) 1 491 (S) (S) 198 193 (S) (S)

56 Apparel 23 ......................................... 787 10 630 13 157 21 780 9 510 12 270 3 154 3 053 (S) 1 146

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing stores 1 ..... 800 (S) (S) 1 701 (S) (S) 185 174 (S) 86

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 9 ............... 476 3 698 5 778 8 731 3 190 5 541 1 227 1 191 36 482

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 9 .................................. 180 4 797 4 383 8 363 4 347 4 015 1 223 1 200 (S) 406

566 Shoe stores 3 ................................... 331 (S) (S) 2 985 (S) (S) 519 488 (S) 173

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and equipment

stores 13 ......................................... 736 5 989 7 747 12 350 5 518 6 832 1 793 1 638 (S) 432

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 8 ................... 251 3 934 (S) 7 592 3 682 3 910 845 728 (S) 185

572 Household appliance stores 782 ...................... (S) (S) 693 232 461 (S) (S) (S) (S)

573 Radio, television, computer, and music stores 4 ...... 703 1 795 2 908 4 065 1 604 2 461 823 811 12 210

58 Eating and drinking places 87 ....................... 073 (S) (S) 78 299 (S) (S) 10 129 9 196 933 1 460

5812 Eating places 82 .................................. 877 (S) (S) 74 330 (S) (S) 9 844 8 937 907 1 403 5813 Drinking places 4 ................................. 196 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) 285 259 (S) (S)

591 Drug and proprietary stores 9 ........................ 397 3 424 5 973 8 580 3 064 5 516 1 095 978 116 277

592 Liquor stores 2 ..................................... 577 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) 166 157 (S) (S)

596 Nonstore retailers2................................ 10 307 2 203 8 104 9 359 1 984 7 375 1 362 1 348 (S) 414

598 Fuel dealers 4 ..................................... 842 (S) (S) 4 643 738 3 905 313 285 (S) 114

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug and liquor 21 .... 383 9 600 11 783 19 098 8 467 10 632 2 784 2 397 (S) 499

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. See table 13 for estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation). The value of assets at end of1991 plus 1992 capital

expenditures minus asset deductions may not necessarily equal the value of assets at end of 1992 due to corporate mergers, exchange of stock, and other noncategorized acquisitions, not shown

separately.

1Excludes leased departments.

2Sales data for SIC 596 is reported on a different basis than the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. For an explanation of this difference, see Method of Estimation in appendix A.

2–8nnASSETS AND EXPENDITURES RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES
Table 3. Detailed Capital Expenditures by Kind of Business: 1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Capital expenditures (other than land)

New capital expenditures

Total Total

Buildings,

structures,

and related

facilities

Highway

vehicles

Computer

hardware

and data

processing

equipment All other

Used buildings,

structures,

machinery,

equipment,

and other

depreciable

assets acquired

from others

Retail trade 45 ........................... 434 42 413 18 005 2 494 2 925 18 988 3 020

Durable goods stores 8 .................... 545 7 794 2 654 1 233 849 3 057 750

Nondurable goods stores 36 ................ 889 34 619 15 351 1 261 2 076 15 931 2 270

52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, and

mobile home dealers 1 ........................... 928 1 855 846 251 201 557 72

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 1 .............. 574 1 519 741 190 160 428 (S)

525 Hardware stores 146 ............................... 141 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile home dealers 208 .. 195 (S) (S) 19 (S) 13

53 General merchandise stores1 .................... 10 866 10 608 6 016 78 851 3 662 258

54 Food stores 7 ..................................... 632 7 051 2 325 272 252 4 201 582

541 Grocery stores 7 ................................. 150 6 602 2 167 210 236 3 989 548

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 483 ............................... 449 158 (S) 15 212 (S)

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations 4 . 213 3 846 1 060 661 288 1 837 367

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 1 ................. 369 1 313 345 294 138 536 55

552 Used motor vehicles (S) ............................ (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

553 Auto and home supply 616 .......................... 529 132 106 78 213 (S)

554 Gasoline service stations 1 ........................ 842 1 653 506 145 49 953 189

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 198 ........................ 193 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

56 Apparel 3 ......................................... 154 3 053 1 322 (S) 234 1 427 (S)

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing stores 185 ..... 174 63 (S) (S) 81 (S)

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 1 ............... 227 1 191 477 (S) 89 608 36

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 1 .................................. 223 1 200 580 (S) 80 510 (S)

566 Shoe stores 519 ................................... 488 201 (S) (S) (S) (S)

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and equipment

stores 1 ......................................... 793 1 638 468 239 189 743 (S)

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 845 ................... 728 187 176 77 288 (S)

572 Household appliance stores (S) ...................... (S) (S) (S) 9 (S) (S)

573 Radio, television, computer, and music stores 823 ...... 811 266 (S) 103 406 12

58 Eating and drinking places 10 ....................... 129 9 196 (S) 241 (S) 4 153 933

5812 Eating places 9 .................................. 844 8 937 (S) 232 (S) 4 036 907

5813 Drinking places 285 ................................. 259 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

591 Drug and proprietary stores 1 ........................ 095 978 326 44 146 462 116

592 Liquor stores 166 ..................................... 157 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

596 Nonstore retailers2................................ 1 362 1 348 247 201 (S) 727 (S)

598 Fuel dealers 313 ..................................... 285 27 112 18 128 (S)

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug and liquor 2 .... 784 2 397 862 310 238 987 (S)

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. See table 13 for estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation).

1Excludes leased departments.

2Sales data for SIC 596 is reported on a different basis than the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. For an explanation of this difference, see Method of Estimation in appendix A.

RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES ASSETS AND EXPENDITURESnn2–9
Table 4. Detailed Acquisition Value of Depreciable Assets, Depreciation Charges, and Lease

and Rental Payments by Kind of Business: 1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Acquisition value of depreciable assets

End of 1992 End of 1991

Depreciation charges in 1992 Lease and rental payments

Total

Buildings,

structures, and related

facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other Total

Buildings,

structures, and related

facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other Total

Buildings,

structures, and related

facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other Total

Buildings,

structures, and related

facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other

Retail trade 359 ................... 493 153 901 205 592 324 161 136 965 187 196 28 307 8 078 20 230 52 132 48 846 3 287

Durable goods stores 68 ........... 945 29 569 39 376 62 521 26 648 35 873 6 131 1 813 4 318 16 139 15 218 921

Nondurable goods stores 290 ....... 548 124 331 166 217 261 640 110 317 151 323 22 176 6 265 15 912 35 993 33 628 2 365

52 Building materials, hardware, garden

supply, and mobile home dealers 16 ....... 240 8 091 8 149 14 756 7 222 7 533 1 321 391 931 1 955 1 756 199

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 12 ...... 273 6 226 6 047 11 068 5 521 5 547 961 294 667 1 292 1 143 149

525 Hardware stores 1 ....................... 719 681 1 039 1 616 649 968 187 36 151 402 380 22

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile home

dealers 2 .............................. 248 1 185 1 063 2 072 1 053 1 019 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

53 General merchandise stores1 ............ 60 646 32 346 28 300 52 059 27 228 24 831 3 600 1 211 2 390 5 383 4 946 437

54 Food stores 68 ............................ 059 24 416 43 644 62 048 22 666 39 381 5 206 1 260 3 947 6 718 6 140 577

541 Grocery stores 63 ........................ 429 23 020 40 409 57 775 21 401 36 373 4 827 1 183 3 644 5 677 5 160 517

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 4 ...................... 630 (S) (S) 4 273 (S) (S) 380 77 303 1 040 980 60

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service

stations 41 ............................... 445 16 289 25 156 38 729 15 361 23 368 3 348 1 019 2 329 5 970 5 473 497

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 12 ........ 653 4 389 8 264 11 870 4 110 7 760 1 177 271 906 2 734 2 533 201

552 Used motor vehicles 1 ................... 327 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) 280 268 (S)

553 Auto and home supply 5 .................. 174 (S) 3 347 4 742 1 675 3 067 446 104 342 1 018 905 113

554 Gasoline service stations 20 ............... 661 8 978 11 683 19 471 8 545 10 926 1 487 552 935 1 662 1 497 165

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 1 ............... 629 (S) (S) 1 491 (S) (S) 117 (S) 63 276 270 6

56 Apparel 23 ................................ 787 10 630 13 157 21 780 9 510 12 270 2 194 825 1 369 6 862 6 619 243

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing

stores 1 ............................... 800 (S) (S) 1 701 (S) (S) 162 49 113 668 653 14

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 9 ....... 476 3 698 5 778 8 731 3 190 5 541 915 (S) 569 2 582 2 509 73

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 9 ......................... 180 4 797 4 383 8 363 4 347 4 015 820 328 492 2 012 1 918 93

566 Shoe stores 3 ........................... 331 (S) (S) 2 985 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) 62

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and

equipment stores 13 ...................... 736 5 989 7 747 12 350 5 518 6 832 1 276 447 829 4 009 3 852 157

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 8 .......... 251 3 934 (S) 7 592 3 682 3 910 730 288 442 2 398 2 309 89 572 Household appliance stores 782 ............. (S) (S) 693 232 461 82 (S) 60 238 232 6

573 Radio, television, computer, and music stores 4 ............................... 703 1 795 2 908 4 065 1 604 2 461 464 137 327 1 373 1 311 62

58 Eating and drinking places 87 .............. 073 (S) (S) 78 299 (S) (S) 7 189 1 936 5 253 10 977 10 460 517

5812 Eating places 82 .......................... 877 (S) (S) 74 330 (S) (S) 6 874 1 821 5 054 10 196 9 716 480 5813 Drinking places 4 ........................ 196 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

591 Drug and proprietary stores 9 ............... 397 3 424 5 973 8 580 3 064 5 516 725 200 526 1 779 1 652 127

592 Liquor stores 2 ............................ 577 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) 197 (S) 143 601 584 (S)

596 Nonstore retailers2 ....................... 10 307 2 203 8 104 9 359 1 984 7 375 968 114 855 1 020 832 189

598 Fuel dealers 4 ............................. 842 (S) (S) 4 643 738 3 905 326 44 282 161 105 56

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug and

liquor 21 .................................. 383 9 600 11 783 19 098 8 467 10 632 1 955 578 1 377 6 699 6 427 271

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. See table 13 for estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation).

1Excludes leased departments.

2Sales data for SIC 596 is reported on a different basis than the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. For an explanation of this difference, see Method of Estimation in appendix A.

2–10nnASSETS AND EXPENDITURES RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES
Table 5. Sales, Annual Payroll, and Employer Costs for Fringe Benefits by Kind of Business:

1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Employer costs for fringe benefits Annual payroll as

percent ofm

Employer costs for fringe

benefits as percent ofm

Sales

Operating

expenses

Annual

payroll1 Total

Legally

required

expend~

itures

Voluntary

expend~

itures Sales

Operating

expenses

Operating

expenses

Annual

payroll

Retail trade 1 ........................ 951 589 546 221 245 176 44 707 27 669 17 038 12.6 44.9 8.2 18.2

Durable goods stores 703 ................ 604 161 046 73 797 12 375 7 874 4 500 10.5 45.8 7.7 16.8

Nondurable goods stores 1 ............. 247 985 385 175 171 379 32 333 19 795 12 538 13.7 44.5 8.4 18.9

52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply,

and mobile home dealers 100 .................... 838 27 328 13 188 2 521 1 496 1 024 13.1 48.3 9.2 19.1

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 75 ........... 358 19 520 9 452 1 931 1 110 821 12.5 48.4 9.9 20.4

525 Hardware stores 12 ............................ 729 4 098 1 980 338 207 131 15.6 48.3 8.2 17.1

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile home

dealers 12 ................................... 751 3 710 1 756 252 179 (S) 13.8 47.3 6.8 14.3

53 General merchandise stores2 ................. 246 420 (S) 29 009 5 797 3 300 2 497 11.8 (S) (S) 20.0

54 Food stores 377 ................................. 099 88 777 42 532 9 841 5 029 4 812 11.3 47.9 11.1 23.1

541 Grocery stores 358 .............................. 148 80 632 39 042 9 190 4 607 4 583 10.9 48.4 11.4 23.5 54, ex. 541 Other food stores 18 ........................... 951 8 145 3 490 652 422 229 18.4 42.8 8.0 18.7

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations 543 .................................... 885 80 372 39 213 6 375 4 168 2 207 7.2 48.8 7.9 16.3

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 333 ............. 801 42 160 22 847 3 629 2 316 1 313 6.8 54.2 8.6 15.9 552 Used motor vehicles 25 ......................... 511 4 019 1 369 182 140 42 5.4 34.1 4.5 13.3 553 Auto and home supply 29 ....................... 817 10 818 5 103 992 629 363 17.1 47.2 9.2 19.5 554 Gasoline service stations 136 ..................... 950 19 821 8 157 1 340 940 400 6.0 41.2 6.8 16.4 55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 17 .................... 806 3 554 1 737 (S) (S) (S) 9.8 48.9 (S) (S)

56 Apparel 104 ..................................... 212 38 743 15 115 2 517 1 522 996 14.5 39.0 6.5 16.7

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing stores 10 .. 197 4 136 1 811 291 170 121 17.8 43.8 7.0 16.1 562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 35 ............ 750 13 759 5 047 761 491 270 14.1 36.7 5.5 15.1 564, 5, 9 Other apparel 40 ............................... 143 13 820 5 624 1 031 601 429 14.0 40.7 7.5 18.3 566 Shoe stores 18 ................................ 122 7 027 2 633 (S) (S) (S) 14.5 37.5 (S) (S)

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and equipment stores 96 ...................................... 947 33 491 13 616 2 224 1 445 779 14.0 40.7 6.6 16.3

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 52 ................ 348 19 862 7 961 1 334 865 470 15.2 40.1 6.7 16.8

572 Household appliance stores 8 .................. 407 2 627 1 135 215 132 83 13.5 43.2 8.2 19.0

573 Radio, television, computer, and music stores 36 .. 192 11 002 4 519 674 448 226 12.5 41.1 6.1 14.9

58 Eating and drinking places 200 ................... 164 119 675 53 586 8 557 6 673 1 885 26.8 44.8 7.2 16.0

5812 Eating places 187 ............................... 758 113 204 51 331 8 172 6 329 1 844 27.3 45.3 7.2 15.9

5813 Drinking places 12 ............................. 406 (S) 2 255 (S) (S) (S) 18.2 (S) (S) (S)

591 Drug and proprietary stores 77 .................... 788 18 047 9 631 1 684 908 776 12.4 53.4 9.3 17.5

592 Liquor stores 21 ................................. 698 4 059 1 570 272 166 106 7.2 38.7 6.7 17.3

596 Nonstore retailers3 ............................ 55 183 21 161 7 512 1 516 796 720 13.6 35.5 7.2 20.2

598 Fuel dealers 14 .................................. 202 4 229 1 899 413 197 217 13.4 44.9 9.8 21.8

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug and

liquor 113 ....................................... 153 45 737 18 307 2 991 1 970 1 021 16.2 40.0 6.5 16.3

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation) see explanation in appendix A for percentage columns and table 13 for other columns.

1Payroll data are not the same as in other reports from the 1992 Census of Retail Trade due to their sample basis and inclusion of auxiliaries.

2Excludes leased departments.

3Sales data for SIC 596 is reported on a different basis than the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. For an explanation of this difference, see Method of Estimation in appendix A.

RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES ASSETS AND EXPENDITURESnn2–11
Table 6. Annual Payroll and Employer Costs for Fringe Benefits by Legal Form of Organization

and Kind of Business: 1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Legal form of organization and kind of business

Employer costs for fringe benefits

Annual payroll1 Total

Legally required

expenditures

Voluntary

expenditures

Employer costs for

fringe benefits as

percent of

annual payroll

Retail trade 245 .................................... 176 44 707 27 669 17 038 18.2

Corporations 218 ................................ 707 40 551 24 517 16 034 18.5

All other 26 .................................... 470 4 157 (S) (S) 15.7

Durable goods stores 73 .............................. 797 12 375 7 874 4 500 16.8

Corporations 65 .................................... 241 11 040 6 924 4 116 16.9

All other 8 ........................................ 556 1 335 951 (S) 15.6

Nondurable goods stores 171 .......................... 379 32 333 19 795 12 538 18.9

Corporations 153 .................................... 466 29 511 17 593 11 918 19.2

All other 17 ........................................ 914 2 822 (S) 620 15.8

52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, and mobile

home dealers 13 ........................................... 188 2 521 1 496 1 024 19.1

Corporations 12 ........................................... 022 2 311 1 346 965 19.2

All other 1 ............................................... 166 210 150 60 18.0

53 General merchandise stores2 ............................. 29 009 5 797 3 300 2 497 20.0

Corporations 28 ........................................... 728 5 746 3 270 2 476 20.0 All other ............................................... 281 51 (S) 21 18.2

54 Food stores 42 ............................................. 532 9 841 5 029 4 812 23.1

Corporations 39 ........................................... 291 9 329 4 648 4 681 23.7 All other 3 ............................................... 241 512 381 (S) 15.8

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations 39 ......... 213 6 375 4 168 2 207 16.3

Corporations 35 ........................................... 080 5 751 3 710 2 040 16.4 All other 4 ............................................... 132 624 (S) (S) 15.1

554 Gasoline service stations 8 ................................ 157 1 340 940 400 16.4

Corporations 6 ........................................... 522 1 097 743 354 16.8 All other 1 ............................................... 635 243 (S) (S) 14.9

56 Apparel and accessory stores 15 ............................ 115 2 517 1 522 996 16.7

Corporations 14 ........................................... 125 2 386 1 424 961 16.9

All other ............................................... 989 (S) (S) (S) (S)

57 Furniture, homefurnishings, and equipment stores 13 ........ 616 2 224 1 445 779 16.3

Corporations 12 ........................................... 044 1 993 1 278 715 16.5

All other 1 ............................................... 571 (S) (S) (S) (S)

58 Eating and drinking places 53 ............................... 586 8 557 6 673 1 885 16.0

Corporations 44 ........................................... 758 7 220 5 495 1 725 16.1

All other 8 ............................................... 828 1 338 (S) (S) 15.2

5912 Drug stores and proprietary stores 9 ....................... 631 1 684 908 776 17.5

Corporations 9 ........................................... 196 1 638 872 766 17.8

All other ............................................... 435 46 36 10 10.5

5921 Liquor stores 1 ............................................ 570 272 166 106 17.3

Corporations 1 ........................................... 035 153 (S) (S) 14.8

All other ............................................... 536 119 59 59 22.2

Note: Table not additive since not all SIC detail shown separately. For estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation) see explanation in appendix A for percentage columns and table 13 for other columns.

1Payroll data are not the same as in other reports from the 1992 Census of Retail Trade due to their sample basis and inclusion of auxiliaries.

2Excludes leased departments.

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Table 7. Operating Expenses by Type and by Kind of Business: 1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Annual payroll1 Employer costs

for fringe benefits

Taxes and

license fees

Depreciation and

amortization

charges

Lease and

rental payments

Operat~

ing

expenses Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent

Retail trade 546 ................ 221 245 176 44.9 44 707 8.2 10 636 1.9 28 307 5.2 52 132 9.5

Durable goods stores 161 ........ 046 73 797 45.8 12 375 7.7 2 864 1.8 6 131 3.8 16 139 10.0

Nondurable goods stores 385 ..... 175 171 379 44.5 32 333 8.4 7 772 2.0 22 176 5.8 35 993 9.3

52 Building materials, hardware, garden

supply, and mobile home dealers 27 .... 328 13 188 48.3 2 521 9.2 552 2.0 1 321 4.8 1 955 7.2

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 19 ... 520 9 452 48.4 1 931 9.9 384 2.0 961 4.9 1 292 6.6

525 Hardware stores 4 .................... 098 1 980 48.3 338 8.2 81 2.0 187 4.6 402 9.8

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile

home dealers 3 ...................... 710 1 756 47.3 252 6.8 (S) (S) (S) (S) 261 7.0

53 General merchandise stores3 ......... (S) 29 009 (S) 5 797 (S) 1 649 (S) 3 600 (S) 5 383 8.3

54 Food stores 88 ......................... 777 42 532 47.9 9 841 11.1 1 712 1.9 5 206 5.9 6 718 7.6

541 Grocery stores 80 ...................... 632 39 042 48.4 9 190 11.4 1 596 2.0 4 827 6.0 5 677 7.0

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 8 ................... 145 3 490 42.8 652 8.0 116 1.4 380 4.7 1 040 12.8

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline

service stations 80 ..................... 372 39 213 48.8 6 375 7.9 1 815 2.3 3 348 4.2 5 970 7.4

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 42 ..... 160 22 847 54.2 3 629 8.6 728 1.7 1 177 2.8 2 734 6.5

552 Used motor vehicles 4 ................. 019 1 369 34.1 182 4.5 (S) (S) (S) (S) 280 7.0

553 Auto and home supply 10 ............... 818 5 103 47.2 992 9.2 221 2.0 446 4.1 1 018 9.4

554 Gasoline service stations 19 ............. 821 8 157 41.2 1 340 6.8 662 3.3 1 487 7.5 1 662 8.4

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 3 ............ 554 1 737 48.9 (S) (S) (S) (S) 117 3.3 276 7.8

56 Apparel 38 ............................. 743 15 115 39.0 2 517 6.5 742 1.9 2 194 5.7 6 862 17.7

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing

stores 4 ............................ 136 1 811 43.8 291 7.0 67 1.6 162 3.9 668 16.1

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 13 .... 759 5 047 36.7 761 5.5 283 2.1 915 6.6 2 582 18.8

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 13 ....................... 820 5 624 40.7 1 031 7.5 281 2.0 820 5.9 2 012 14.6

566 Shoe stores 7 ........................ 027 2 633 37.5 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) 1 600 22.8

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and

equipment stores 33 ................... 491 13 616 40.7 2 224 6.6 562 1.7 1 276 3.8 4 009 12.0

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 19 ........ 862 7 961 40.1 1 334 6.7 353 1.8 730 3.7 2 398 12.1

572 Household appliance stores 2 .......... 627 1 135 43.2 215 8.2 33 1.2 82 3.1 238 9.1

573 Radio, television, computer, and music

stores 11 ............................ 002 4 519 41.1 674 6.1 176 1.6 464 4.2 1 373 12.5

58 Eating and drinking places 119 ........... 675 53 586 44.8 8 557 7.2 2 225 1.9 7 189 6.0 10 977 9.2

5812 Eating places 113 ....................... 204 51 331 45.3 8 172 7.2 1 974 1.7 6 874 6.1 10 196 9.0

5813 Drinking places (S) ..................... 2 255 (S) (S) (S) 251 (S) (S) (S) 780 12.1

591 Drug and proprietary stores 18 ............ 047 9 631 53.4 1 684 9.3 245 1.4 725 4.0 1 779 9.9

592 Liquor stores 4 ......................... 059 1 570 38.7 272 6.7 179 4.4 197 4.9 601 14.8

596 Nonstore retailers4 .................... 21 161 7 512 35.5 1 516 7.2 159 .8 968 4.6 1 020 4.8

598 Fuel dealers 4 .......................... 229 1 899 44.9 413 9.8 (S) (S) 326 7.7 161 3.8

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug

and liquor 45 ........................... 737 18 307 40.0 2 991 6.5 712 1.6 1 955 4.3 6 699 14.6

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Operating Expenses by Type and by Kind of Business: 1992mCon.

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Telephone and other

purchased

communications

Purchased utilities2 Purchased office supplies Purchased packaging and

other materials Advertising services

Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent

Retail trade 5 ................ 837 1.1 22 695 4.2 6 013 1.1 10 617 1.9 31 433 5.8

Durable goods stores 2 ........ 543 1.6 4 193 2.6 2 099 1.3 2 392 1.5 12 008 7.5

Nondurable goods stores 3 ..... 294 .9 18 503 4.8 3 914 1.0 8 226 2.1 19 425 5.0

52 Building materials, hardware, garden

supply, and mobile home dealers 367 .... 1.3 799 2.9 351 1.3 (S) (S) 1 290 4.7

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 245 ... 1.3 514 2.6 243 1.2 (S) (S) 847 4.3

525 Hardware stores 67 .................... 1.6 148 3.6 59 1.4 (S) (S) 258 6.3

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile

home dealers 55 ...................... 1.5 137 3.7 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

53 General merchandise stores3 ......... 451 (S) 2 198 (S) 711 (S) 625 (S) 5 139 (S)

54 Food stores 507 ......................... .6 5 459 6.1 920 1.0 2 095 2.4 3 128 3.5

541 Grocery stores 416 ...................... .5 4 997 6.2 856 1.1 1 776 2.2 2 894 3.6

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 91 ................... 1.1 462 5.7 64 .8 (S) (S) 234 2.9

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline

service stations 1 ..................... 108 1.4 2 448 3.0 909 1.1 811 1.0 4 634 5.8

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 512 ..... 1.2 767 1.8 388 .9 319 .8 3 332 7.9

552 Used motor vehicles (S) ................. (S) 124 3.1 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

553 Auto and home supply 201 ............... 1.9 310 2.9 146 1.4 (S) (S) 540 5.0

554 Gasoline service stations 227 ............. 1.1 1 166 5.9 262 1.3 152 .8 285 1.4

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers (S) ............ (S) 81 2.3 (S) (S) (S) (S) 245 6.9

56 Apparel 446 ............................. 1.2 1 159 3.0 519 1.3 526 1.4 2 085 5.4

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing

stores 49 ............................ 1.2 120 2.9 46 1.1 43 1.0 275 6.6

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 136 .... 1.0 406 3.0 144 1.0 257 1.9 490 3.6

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 188 ....................... 1.4 428 3.1 241 1.7 179 1.3 894 6.5

566 Shoe stores (S) ........................ (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and

equipment stores 556 ................... 1.7 949 2.8 416 1.2 (S) (S) 4 008 12.0

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 295 ........ 1.5 639 3.2 247 1.2 221 1.1 2 555 12.9

572 Household appliance stores (S) .......... (S) 65 2.5 35 1.3 (S) (S) 212 8.1

573 Radio, television, computer, and music

stores 195 ............................ 1.8 245 2.2 134 1.2 (S) (S) 1 242 11.3

58 Eating and drinking places 785 ........... .7 7 126 6.0 647 .5 3 817 3.2 4 832 4.0

5812 Eating places 718 ....................... .6 6 562 5.8 592 .5 3 675 3.2 4 622 4.1

5813 Drinking places (S) ..................... (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

591 Drug and proprietary stores 225 ............ 1.2 552 3.1 241 1.3 186 1.0 905 5.0

592 Liquor stores 48 ......................... 1.2 277 6.8 46 1.1 (S) (S) 93 2.3

596 Nonstore retailers4 .................... 365 1.7 228 1.1 384 1.8 (S) (S) 2 603 12.3

598 Fuel dealers (S) .......................... (S) 53 1.3 69 1.6 (S) (S) 70 1.7

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug

and liquor 906 ........................... 2.0 1 447 3.2 801 1.8 (S) (S) 2 643 5.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 7. Operating Expenses by Type and by Kind of Business: 1992mCon.

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Purchased repair services Cost of purchased legal

services

Cost of purchased

accounting, auditing, and

bookkeeping services

Cost of data processing

and other computer

related services

Other operating expenses

Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent

Retail trade 10 ................ 012 1.8 1 939 .4 3 191 .6 1 831 .3 (S) (S)

Durable goods stores 2 ........ 333 1.4 731 .5 1 067 .7 986 .6 21 387 13.3

Nondurable goods stores 7 ..... 679 2.0 1 208 .3 2 123 .6 845 .2 (S) (S)

52 Building materials, hardware, garden

supply, and mobile home dealers 568 .... 2.1 110 .4 156 .6 64 .2 3 462 12.7

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 437 ... 2.2 85 .4 91 .5 43 .2 2 471 12.7

525 Hardware stores 43 .................... 1.0 11 .3 36 .9 14 .4 426 10.4

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile

home dealers (S) ...................... (S) (S) (S) 29 .8 (S) (S) 565 15.2

53 General merchandise stores3 ......... 831 (S) 84 (S) 76 (S) 208 (S) (S) (S)

54 Food stores 2 ......................... 038 2.3 289 .3 350 .4 188 .2 7 795 8.8

541 Grocery stores 1 ...................... 860 2.3 266 .3 279 .3 182 .2 6 775 8.4

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 177 ................... 2.2 23 .3 71 .9 7 .1 (S) (S)

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline

service stations 1 ..................... 561 1.9 354 .4 532 .7 683 .8 10 612 13.2

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 461 ..... 1.1 207 .5 183 .4 580 1.4 4 297 10.2

552 Used motor vehicles (S) ................. (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) 9 .2 (S) (S)

553 Auto and home supply 169 ............... 1.6 38 .3 76 .7 44 .4 1 323 12.2

554 Gasoline service stations 702 ............. 3.5 77 .4 184 .9 44 .2 3 414 17.2

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 62 ............ 1.7 10 .3 33 .9 (S) (S) (S) (S)

56 Apparel 415 ............................. 1.1 126 .3 176 .5 102 .3 5 758 14.9

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing

stores 38 ............................ .9 16 .4 30 .7 13 .3 508 12.3

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 137 .... 1.0 46 .3 57 .4 36 .3 2 464 17.9

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 169 ....................... 1.2 40 .3 54 .4 42 .3 1 817 13.1

566 Shoe stores (S) ........................ (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and

equipment stores 418 ................... 1.2 134 .4 209 .6 (S) (S) 4 638 13.8

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 257 ........ 1.3 75 .4 140 .7 (S) (S) (S) (S)

572 Household appliance stores 26 .......... 1.0 (S) (S) 18 .7 (S) (S) (S) (S)

573 Radio, television, computer, and music

stores 135 ............................ 1.2 49 .4 50 .5 26 .2 1 592 14.5

58 Eating and drinking places 2 ........... 835 2.4 395 .3 965 .8 92 .1 (S) (S)

5812 Eating places 2 ....................... 620 2.3 349 .3 865 .8 88 .1 14 564 12.9

5813 Drinking places (S) ..................... (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)

591 Drug and proprietary stores 238 ............ 1.3 45 .2 139 .8 76 .4 1 375 7.6

592 Liquor stores 99 ......................... 2.4 27 .7 59 1.4 9 .2 (S) (S)

596 Nonstore retailers4 .................... 238 1.1 102 .5 70 .3 93 .4 (S) (S)

598 Fuel dealers 171 .......................... 4.0 43 1.0 27 .6 13 .3 790 18.7

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug

and liquor 601 ........................... 1.3 232 .5 431 .9 203 .4 (S) (S)

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation) see explanation in appendix A for percentage columns and table

13 for other columns.

1Payroll data are not the same as in other reports from the 1992 Census of Retail Trade due to their sample basis and inclusion of auxiliaries.

2These data represent only utilities which were purchased by firms in 1992, and exclude those utilities costs which were part of normal lease and rental payments or franchise fees.

3Excludes leased departments.

4Sales data for SIC 596 is reported on a different basis than the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. For an explanation of this difference, see Method of Estimation in appendix A.

RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES ASSETS AND EXPENDITURESnn2–15
Table 8. Detailed Purchased Utilities by Kind of Business: 1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Cost of purchased utilities1

Operating expenses All utilities Electricity Fuels (nonhighway)

Water, sewer, and

other utilities

Retail trade 546 .................................... 221 22 695 17 355 2 522 2 818

Durable goods stores 161 ............................ 046 4 193 3 089 572 532

Nondurable goods stores 385 ........................ 175 18 503 14 267 1 950 2 286

52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, and mobile

home dealers 27 ........................................... 328 799 560 126 113

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 19 ....................... 520 514 355 80 79

525 Hardware stores 4 ........................................ 098 148 111 20 17

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile home dealers 3 .......... 710 137 (S) (S) (S)

53 General merchandise stores2 ............................. (S) 2 198 1 909 126 163

54 Food stores 88 ............................................. 777 5 459 4 547 375 537

541 Grocery stores 80 ......................................... 632 4 997 4 212 307 478

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 8 ....................................... 145 462 335 68 59

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations 80 ......... 372 2 448 1 814 305 328

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 42 ......................... 160 767 550 129 88

552 Used motor vehicles 4 .................................... 019 124 (S) (S) (S)

553 Auto and home supply 10 ................................... 818 310 209 50 51

554 Gasoline service stations 19 ................................ 821 1 166 913 92 161

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 3 ................................ 554 81 58 (S) (S)

56 Apparel ................................................. 38 743 1 159 935 87 136

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing stores 4 .............. 136 120 98 10 12

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 13 ........................ 759 406 317 40 49

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 13 .......................................... 820 428 354 (S) 51

566 Shoe stores 7 ............................................ 027 (S) (S) (S) (S)

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and equipment stores 33 ..... 491 949 719 119 112

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 19 ........................... 862 639 475 (S) 76

572 Household appliance stores 2 .............................. 627 65 49 (S) (S)

573 Radio, television, computer, and music stores 11 .............. 002 245 195 23 28

58 Eating and drinking places 119 ............................... 675 7 126 4 878 1 096 1 152

5812 Eating places 113 ........................................... 204 6 562 4 476 1 018 1 068

5813 Drinking places (S) ......................................... (S) (S) (S) (S)

591 Drug and proprietary stores 18 ................................ 047 552 463 37 52

592 Liquor stores 4 ............................................. 059 277 225 (S) (S)

596 Nonstore retailers3 ........................................ 21 161 228 175 31 22

598 Fuel dealers 4 .............................................. 229 53 35 10 8

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug and liquor 45 ............ 737 1 447 1 096 183 168

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. See table 13 for estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation).

1These data represent only utilities which were purchased by firms in 1992, and exclude those utilities costs which were part of normal lease and rental payments or franchise fees.

2Excludes leased departments.

3Sales data for SIC 596 is reported on a different basis than the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. For an explanation of this difference, see Method of Estimation in appendix A.

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Table 9. Detailed Repair Services by Kind of Business: 1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Purchased repair services

Operating

expenses Total

Buildings,

structures, and

related facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other

Acquisition value

of depreciable

assets at

end of 1992

Capital

expenditures (other

than land)

Retail trade 546 .................................. 221 10 012 4 328 5 684 359 493 45 434

Durable goods stores 161 .......................... 046 2 333 1 128 1 205 68 945 8 545

Nondurable goods stores 385 ....................... 175 7 679 3 200 4 479 290 548 36 889

52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, and mobile

home dealers 27 ......................................... 328 568 198 369 16 240 1 928

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 19 ..................... 520 437 145 292 12 273 1 574

525 Hardware stores 4 ...................................... 098 43 21 22 1 719 146

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile home dealers 3 ........ 710 (S) (S) (S) 2 248 208

53 General merchandise stores1 ........................... (S) 831 537 294 60 646 10 866

54 Food stores 88 ........................................... 777 2 038 620 1 417 68 059 7 632

541 Grocery stores 80 ........................................ 632 1 860 560 1 301 63 429 7 150

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 8 ..................................... 145 177 61 116 4 630 483

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations 80 ........ 372 1 561 721 840 41 445 4 213

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 42 ....................... 160 461 286 175 12 653 1 369

552 Used motor vehicles 4 ................................... 019 (S) (S) (S) 1 327 (S)

553 Auto and home supply 10 ................................. 818 169 64 105 5 174 616

554 Gasoline service stations 19 ............................... 821 702 293 409 20 661 1 842

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 3 .............................. 554 62 (S) (S) 1 629 198

56 Apparel 38 ............................................... 743 415 258 157 23 787 3 154

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing stores 4 ............ 136 38 23 15 1 800 185

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 13 ...................... 759 137 81 56 9 476 1 227

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 13 ......................................... 820 169 101 (S) 9 180 1 223

566 Shoe stores 7 .......................................... 027 (S) 53 (S) 3 331 519

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and equipment stores 33 .... 491 418 227 191 13 736 1 793

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 19 .......................... 862 257 152 104 8 251 845

572 Household appliance stores 2 ............................ 627 26 14 12 782 (S)

573 Radio, television, computer, and music stores 11 ............ 002 135 61 74 4 703 823

58 Eating and drinking places 119 ............................. 675 2 835 1 175 1 660 87 073 10 129

5812 Eating places 113 ......................................... 204 2 620 1 059 1 561 82 877 9 844

5813 Drinking places (S) ....................................... (S) (S) (S) 4 196 285

591 Drug and proprietary stores 18 .............................. 047 238 120 118 9 397 1 095

592 Liquor stores 4 ........................................... 059 99 42 57 2 577 166

596 Nonstore retailers2 ...................................... 21 161 238 65 173 10 307 1 362

598 Fuel dealers 4 ............................................ 229 171 30 141 4 842 313

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug and liquor 45 .......... 737 601 335 266 21 383 2 784

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. See table 13 for estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation).

1Excludes leased departments.

2Sales data for SIC 596 is reported on a different basis than the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. For an explanation of this difference, see Method of Estimation in appendix A.

RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES ASSETS AND EXPENDITURESnn2–17
Table 10. Sales, Cost of Goods Sold, and Measures of Value Produced by Kind of Business:

1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Net income produced atm

Gross margin Value added

Market prices Factor cost

Annual payroll1

Sales

Cost of

goods sold Amount

Percent

of sales Amount

Percent

of sales Amount

Percent

of sales Amount

Percent

of sales Amount

Percent

of sales

Retail trade 1 .................... 951 589 1 322 312 629 277 32.2 592 769 30.4 411 883 21.1 372 940 19.1 245 176 12.6

Durable goods stores 703 ............ 604 515 154 188 450 26.8 180 299 25.6 122 571 17.4 113 576 16.1 73 797 10.5

Nondurable goods stores 1 ......... 247 985 807 158 440 827 35.3 412 471 33.1 289 312 23.2 259 364 20.8 171 379 13.7

52 Building materials, hardware, garden

supply, and mobile home dealers 100 ........ 838 69 245 31 593 31.3 29 932 29.7 21 847 21.7 19 974 19.8 13 188 13.1

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 75 ....... 358 52 987 22 371 29.7 21 169 28.1 15 579 20.7 14 234 18.9 9 452 12.5

525 Hardware stores 12 ........................ 729 8 079 4 650 36.5 4 412 34.7 3 137 24.6 2 869 22.5 1 980 15.6

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile home

dealers 12 ............................... 751 8 179 4 572 35.9 4 351 34.1 3 130 24.5 2 871 22.5 1 756 13.8

53 General merchandise stores2 ............. 246 420 171 090 75 330 30.6 71 959 29.2 50 784 20.6 45 535 18.5 29 009 11.8

54 Food stores 377 ............................. 099 280 893 96 206 25.5 88 269 23.4 66 720 17.7 59 802 15.9 42 532 11.3

541 Grocery stores 358 .......................... 148 270 886 87 262 24.4 80 111 22.4 61 283 17.1 54 861 15.3 39 042 10.9

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 18 ....................... 951 10 007 8 944 47.2 8 158 43.0 5 436 28.7 4 940 26.1 3 490 18.4

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service

stations 543 ................................ 885 441 795 102 090 18.8 98 251 18.1 72 468 13.3 67 305 12.4 39 213 7.2

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 333 ......... 801 279 896 53 905 16.1 52 520 15.7 40 126 12.0 38 221 11.5 22 847 6.8

552 Used motor vehicles 25 ..................... 511 19 407 6 104 23.9 5 806 22.8 3 851 15.1 3 636 14.3 1 369 5.4

553 Auto and home supply 29 ................... 817 18 214 11 603 38.9 11 006 36.9 7 546 25.3 6 880 23.1 5 103 17.1

554 Gasoline service stations 136 ................. 950 110 434 26 516 19.4 25 097 18.3 18 341 13.4 16 192 11.8 8 157 6.0

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 17 ................ 806 13 844 3 962 22.3 (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S) 1 737 9.8

56 Apparel 104 ................................. 212 59 688 44 524 42.7 42 456 40.7 26 349 25.3 23 413 22.5 15 115 14.5

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing

stores 10 ................................ 197 5 735 4 462 43.8 4 265 41.8 2 657 26.1 2 428 23.8 1 811 17.8

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 35 ........ 750 20 025 15 725 44.0 14 967 41.9 8 971 25.1 7 773 21.7 5 047 14.1

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 40 ........................... 143 23 868 16 275 40.5 15 477 38.6 10 211 25.4 9 110 22.7 5 624 14.0

566 Shoe stores 18 ............................ 122 10 060 8 062 44.5 7 746 42.7 4 511 24.9 4 102 22.6 2 633 14.5

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and

equipment stores 96 ....................... 947 60 249 36 698 37.9 35 067 36.2 20 884 21.5 19 047 19.6 13 616 14.0

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 52 ............ 348 29 459 22 889 43.7 21 858 41.8 13 406 25.6 12 323 23.5 7 961 15.2

572 Household appliance stores 8 .............. 407 5 605 2 802 33.3 2 680 31.9 1 639 19.5 1 525 18.1 1 135 13.5

573 Radio, television, computer, and music

stores 36 ................................ 192 25 185 11 007 30.4 10 528 29.1 5 839 16.1 5 199 14.4 4 519 12.5

58 Eating and drinking places 200 ............... 164 69 236 130 928 65.4 120 489 60.2 82 811 41.4 73 397 36.7 53 586 26.8

5812 Eating places 187 ........................... 758 64 118 123 640 65.9 113 879 60.7 78 788 42.0 69 940 37.2 51 331 27.3

5813 Drinking places 12 ......................... 406 5 118 7 288 58.7 6 610 53.3 4 023 32.4 3 457 27.9 2 255 18.2

591 Drug and proprietary stores 77 ................ 788 56 868 20 920 26.9 19 994 25.7 15 159 19.5 14 188 18.2 9 631 12.4

592 Liquor stores 21 ............................. 698 16 473 5 225 24.1 4 882 22.5 3 384 15.6 3 008 13.9 1 570 7.2

596 Nonstore retailers3 ........................ 55 183 26 194 28 989 52.5 27 790 50.4 17 983 32.6 16 855 30.5 7 512 13.6

598 Fuel dealers 14 .............................. 202 8 904 5 298 37.3 5 146 36.2 3 790 26.7 3 381 23.8 1 899 13.4

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug and

liquor 113 ................................... 153 61 677 51 476 45.5 48 535 42.9 29 704 26.3 27 037 23.9 18 307 16.2

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation) see explanation in appendix A for percentage columns and table

13 for other columns.

1Payroll data are not the same as in other reports from the 1992 Census of Retail Trade due to their sample basis and inclusion of auxiliaries.

2Excludes leased departments.

3Sales data for SIC 596 is reported on a different basis than the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. For an explanation of this difference, see Method of Estimation in appendix A.

Table 11. Sales, Cost of Goods Sold, Measures of Value Produced, and Annual Payroll by Legal

Form of Organization: 1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

Legal form of organization

Net income produced atm

Gross margin Value added

Market prices Factor cost

Annual payroll1

Sales

Cost of

goods sold Amount

Percent

of sales Amount

Percent

of sales Amount

Percent

of sales Amount

Percent

of sales Amount

Percent of sales

Retail trade 1 .............. 951 589 1 322 312 629 277 32.2 592 769 30.4 411 883 21.1 372 940 19.1 245 176 12.6

Corporations 1 ..................... 702 513 1 156 715 545 798 32.1 516 224 30.3 364 165 21.4 330 498 19.4 218 707 12.8 All other 249 .......................... 076 165 597 83 479 33.5 76 545 30.7 47 718 19.2 42 442 17.0 26 470 10.6

Durable goods 703 ............. 604 515 154 188 450 26.8 180 299 25.6 122 571 17.4 113 576 16.1 73 797 10.5

Corporations 612 ..................... 517 451 882 160 635 26.2 154 403 25.2 106 866 17.4 99 335 16.2 65 241 10.7 All other 91 .......................... 087 63 272 27 815 30.5 25 896 28.4 15 705 17.2 14 241 15.6 8 556 9.4

Nondurable goods 1 ......... 247 985 807 158 440 827 35.3 412 471 33.1 289 312 23.2 259 364 20.8 171 379 13.7

Corporations 1 ..................... 089 996 704 833 385 163 35.3 361 822 33.2 257 299 23.6 231 163 21.2 153 466 14.1 All other 157 .......................... 989 102 325 55 664 35.2 50 649 32.1 32 013 20.3 28 201 17.9 17 914 11.3

Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding. For estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation) see explanation in appendix A for percentage columns and table

13 for other columns.

1Payroll data are not the same as in other reports from the 1992 Census of Retail Trade due to their sample basis and inclusion of auxiliaries.

2–18nnASSETS AND EXPENDITURES RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES
Table 12. Acquisition Value of Depreciable Assets, Capital Expenditures, Sales, and Total

Operating Expenses of Corporations by Kind of Business: 1992

[Dollar amounts are in millions. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Acquisition value of depreciable assets

atm

End of 1992 End of 1991

Capital

expenditures

(other than land) Sales

Purchases of

merchandise

for resale

Operating

expenses

Retail trade 316 .................................. 834 285 454 40 841 1 702 513 1 162 168 474 557

52 Building materials, hardware, garden supply, and mobile home dealers 14 ............................................... 154 12 825 1 731 90 221 62 762 24 339

53 General merchandise stores1 ............................. 60 084 51 517 10 843 243 265 171 936 (S)

54 Food stores 61 ............................................ 215 55 607 7 167 335 965 238 604 80 303

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations 35 ............ 714 33 458 3 610 472 001 385 783 70 089

554 Gasoline service stations 17 ................................. 590 16 549 1 626 104 589 82 612 15 653

56 Apparel and accessory stores 22 ............................ 044 20 173 2 957 95 066 56 427 35 848

57 Furniture, homefurnishings, and equipment stores 11 ........... 747 10 543 1 551 82 926 51 915 29 176

58 Eating and drinking places 73 ............................... 885 66 671 8 504 157 853 52 366 97 010

5912 Drug stores and proprietary stores 8 ........................ 790 8 028 1 027 72 600 55 677 17 023

5921 Liquor stores 1 ........................................... 630 (S) 87 12 729 9 710 2 528

Note: See table 13 for estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation). Table not additive since not all SIC detail shown separately.

1Excludes leased departments.

RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES ASSETS AND EXPENDITURESnn2–19
Table 13. Estimated Relative Standard Errors by Kind of Business: 1992

[Coefficient of variation in percent. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Capital expenditures (other than land) Acquisition value of depreciable assets

End of 1992

Total

New

capital

expendi~

tures

New

buildings,

structures,

and related

facilities

New

highway

vehicles

New

computer

hardware

and data

processing

equipment

All

other

new

capital

expendi~

tures

Used

capital

expendi~

tures Total

Buildings,

structures,

and

related

facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other

Retail trade 3.1 ................. 3.3 4.9 3.2 2.9 3.1 6.0 .8 1.2 .7

Durable goods stores 2.6 .......... 2.5 4.5 5.3 2.8 3.2 11.5 1.2 1.9 1.2

Nondurable goods stores 3.7 ...... 4.0 5.7 3.8 4.0 3.7 7.0 1.0 1.4 .9

52 Building materials, hardware, garden

supply, and mobile home dealers 4.2 ...... 4.2 5.7 6.8 4.4 5.1 14.9 2.1 2.5 2.4

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 4.5 .... 4.5 5.9 6.4 4.5 5.2 * 1.7 1.6 2.4

525 Hardware stores 16.7 ..................... 17.4 * * * * * 4.2 8.9 4.0

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile

home dealers 13.7 ....................... 14.5 * * 15.2 * 7.3 11.5 14.3 11.9

53 General merchandise stores1 .......... .2 .2 .1 4.8 .1 .3 .8 .1 .2 .1

54 Food stores 4.1 ........................... 4.3 2.7 5.1 4.6 7.2 8.5 .9 1.5 .9

541 Grocery stores 4.3 ....................... 4.6 2.7 2.8 4.9 7.5 8.8 1.0 1.6 .9 54, ex. 541 Other food stores 8.7 ..................... 9.2 15.2 * 9.4 9.7 * 3.5 * *

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations 3.6 ...................... 3.5 6.0 7.7 5.9 3.4 12.8 1.4 1.9 1.4

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 6.5 ....... 6.7 14.1 13.8 7.3 6.5 15.3 2.9 4.5 2.9 552 Used motor vehicles * .................. ****** 10.7 * * 553 Auto and home supply 9.9 ................ 7.7 13.6 9.5 14.4 9.9 * 4.1 * 3.1 554 Gasoline service stations 3.9 .............. 3.6 5.6 7.8 6.4 3.5 13.1 1.4 1.8 1.5 55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 17.3 .............. 17.6 ***** 11.0 * *

56 Apparel 2.0 ............................... 1.9 5.3 * 2.6 2.6 * 1.7 1.4 2.4

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing stores 3.9 .............................. 4.0 3.7 * * 4.0 * 2.1 * * 562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 2.9 ..... 2.8 12.3 * 6.1 5.6 13.3 3.9 2.8 5.3 564, 5, 9 Other apparel 3.9 ........................ 3.9 6.3 * 2.8 2.8 * 1.5 2.2 1.4 566 Shoe stores 3.6 ......................... 2.5 5.8 * * * * 1.6 * *

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and

equipment stores 4.4 .................... 4.2 5.4 8.8 3.3 7.6 * 1.9 2.9 1.8

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 5.9 ......... 5.3 12.7 10.2 5.9 7.0 * 2.7 4.3 *

572 Household appliance stores * ............ * * * 17.7 * * 8.1 * *

573 Radio, television, computer, and music

stores 6.5 .............................. 6.6 2.8 * 3.9 12.5 9.2 2.3 2.6 3.1

58 Eating and drinking places 13.1 ............. 14.5 * 11.3 * 12.0 15.7 3.1 * *

5812 Eating places 13.5 ........................ 15.0 * 11.7 * 12.3 16.2 3.3 * *

5813 Drinking places 10.8 ....................... 12.3 * * * * * 3.5 * *

591 Drug and proprietary stores 3.5 .............. 3.6 6.0 13.9 7.6 3.2 7.6 2.3 3.7 1.9

592 Liquor stores 14.4 ........................... 14.9 ***** 11.6 * *

596 Nonstore retailers2...................... 5.5 5.5 8.5 11.5 * 7.1 * 4.0 4.7 4.2

598 Fuel dealers 5.7 ........................... 5.0 12.0 7.6 6.0 7.4 * 3.7 * *

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug

and liquor 5.1 ............................ 4.9 10.9 12.5 6.4 5.8 * 2.6 4.3 2.3

See footnotes at end of table.

2–20nnASSETS AND EXPENDITURES RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES
Table 13. Estimated Relative Standard Errors by Kind of Business: 1992mCon.

[Coefficient of variation in percent. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Acquisition value of depreciable assetsm Con.

End of 1991

Depreciation charges

Total

Buildings,

structures,

and

related

facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other

Deductions

from

depreciable

assets Total

Buildings,

structures,

and

related

facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other

Operating

expenses Annual payroll

Retail trade .7 ................. 1.0 .7 1.8 1.7 1.3 2.2 .3 .5

Durable goods stores 1.3 .......... 1.9 1.2 5.5 2.1 3.0 2.4 .7 1.1

Nondurable goods stores .9 ...... 1.2 .9 1.8 2.1 1.4 2.7 .3 .4

52 Building materials, hardware, garden

supply, and mobile home dealers 2.2 ...... 2.8 2.5 5.7 3.0 5.0 3.0 1.4 1.7

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 1.8 .... 1.5 2.6 4.7 2.9 3.9 3.1 1.3 1.5

525 Hardware stores 4.2 ..................... 9.7 3.7 * 4.4 12.2 4.0 3.1 3.0

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile

home dealers 11.8 ....................... 16.2 11.3 * * * * 7.3 9.4

53 General merchandise stores1 .......... .2 .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .2 * .2

54 Food stores 1.0 ........................... 1.6 .9 2.3 1.1 1.8 1.1 .4 .5

541 Grocery stores 1.1 ....................... 1.6 .9 2.4 1.1 1.8 1.1 .4 .5 54, ex. 541 Other food stores 3.5 ..................... * * 9.2 4.3 8.4 4.7 1.7 2.3

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline service stations 1.4 ...................... 1.9 1.5 7.0 2.1 2.8 2.3 1.0 1.5

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 3.2 ....... 4.4 3.2 15.2 5.2 6.9 5.3 1.8 2.4 552 Used motor vehicles * .................. * * * * * * 5.2 7.1 553 Auto and home supply 3.9 ................ 7.5 2.9 17.3 3.8 8.2 3.1 1.7 2.5 554 Gasoline service stations 1.5 .............. 1.6 1.7 6.3 1.5 2.0 2.0 .9 1.1 55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers 10.9 .............. * * * 14.9 * 12.2 3.8 6.4

56 Apparel 2.0 ............................... 1.7 2.4 2.9 1.6 1.5 2.4 .5 .9

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing stores 2.2 .............................. * * 6.2 4.7 6.3 4.9 .9 1.8 562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 4.6 ..... 4.0 5.3 5.4 3.5 * 5.3 1.0 2.2 564, 5, 9 Other apparel 1.5 ........................ 2.2 1.4 2.2 1.7 2.1 1.9 .9 1.0 566 Shoe stores 1.8 ......................... * * 10.1 * * * .5 1.0

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and

equipment stores 1.9 .................... 3.2 1.8 8.3 2.9 3.8 3.3 1.0 1.5

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 2.8 ......... 4.6 2.2 12.2 4.2 5.3 4.5 1.2 1.7

572 Household appliance stores 7.5 ............ 7.1 8.7 * 13.0 * 16.2 5.3 7.7

573 Radio, television, computer, and music

stores 2.3 .............................. 2.9 3.1 9.8 3.7 4.3 4.9 1.6 3.0

58 Eating and drinking places 2.6 ............. * * 8.0 6.2 4.1 7.9 .6 1.2

5812 Eating places 2.8 ........................ * * 8.2 6.4 4.3 8.2 .6 1.2

5813 Drinking places * ....................... * * * * * * * 2.1

591 Drug and proprietary stores 2.4 .............. 4.1 2.3 4.5 2.6 4.2 3.1 .9 1.3

592 Liquor stores * ........................... * * * 9.4 * 7.6 2.9 2.9

596 Nonstore retailers2...................... 4.2 5.3 4.3 11.6 6.7 4.9 7.4 3.4 3.7

598 Fuel dealers 3.9 ........................... 7.8 4.6 18.0 4.0 7.4 4.7 2.4 3.5

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug

and liquor 2.8 ............................ 4.4 2.4 10.8 5.1 7.0 6.2 1.6 2.6

See footnotes at end of table.

RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES ASSETS AND EXPENDITURESnn2–21
Table 13. Estimated Relative Standard Errors by Kind of Business: 1992mCon.

[Coefficient of variation in percent. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Employer cost for fringe benefits

(other than land) Lease and rental payments Purchased utilities

Total

Legally

required

Voluntary

programs Total

Buildings,

structures,

and

related

facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other Total

Cost of

electricity

Cost of

fuel

Cost of

water,

sewer,

and other

utilities

Retail trade .8 ................. .9 .7 .7 .7 1.6 .6 .6 1.5 1.4

Durable goods stores 1.3 .......... 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.2 3.1 1.5 1.4 2.7 2.6

Nondurable goods stores .9 ...... 1.2 .8 .8 .9 1.9 .7 .7 1.8 1.6

52 Building materials, hardware, garden

supply, and mobile home dealers 1.6 ...... 1.9 1.7 2.4 2.5 3.1 2.7 2.8 4.9 3.1

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 1.3 .... 1.6 1.5 1.9 2.0 3.2 2.8 2.7 6.1 2.6

525 Hardware stores 4.5 ..................... 4.5 6.0 7.0 7.1 10.9 5.1 5.3 8.1 9.4

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile

home dealers 11.6 ....................... 11.9 **** 10.8 * * *

53 General merchandise stores1 .......... .2 .3 .3 .8 .9 .5 .2 .2 .9 .5

54 Food stores .6 ........................... .6 .9 1.4 1.4 3.0 .8 .8 3.1 1.9

541 Grocery stores .6 ....................... .6 .9 1.4 1.5 2.8 .8 .8 3.5 2.0

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 2.8 ..................... 3.1 4.4 4.4 4.2 15.7 3.1 3.0 7.5 7.5

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline

service stations 1.7 ...................... 1.7 2.1 1.5 1.6 4.5 1.1 1.0 2.5 2.0

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 2.7 ....... 2.7 3.2 2.1 2.4 5.5 1.8 1.7 3.1 3.1

552 Used motor vehicles 8.3 .................. 8.9 12.8 9.2 9.6 * 8.0 * * *

553 Auto and home supply 2.8 ................ 2.9 3.4 4.8 4.1 15.1 3.2 3.2 8.3 9.3

554 Gasoline service stations 1.4 .............. 1.5 2.4 2.2 2.1 5.2 1.3 1.3 4.2 1.8

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers * .............. * * 9.2 9.2 17.3 7.8 10.1 * *

56 Apparel 1.3 ............................... 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.2 2.0 1.0 .9 3.6 1.2

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing

stores 2.1 .............................. 2.3 2.9 2.1 2.2 7.0 2.1 2.2 7.1 4.7

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 3.2 ..... 3.1 3.7 2.6 2.6 5.3 2.4 2.2 6.2 2.2

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 1.7 ........................ 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.8 2.5 1.3 1.3 * 1.9

566 Shoe stores * ......................... * * * * 2.2 * * * *

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and

equipment stores 2.2 .................... 2.1 3.2 1.9 2.0 2.8 4.6 4.0 8.3 5.1

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 2.4 ......... 2.2 3.8 2.8 2.9 3.8 6.7 6.0 * 7.3

572 Household appliance stores 10.5 ............ 10.4 16.7 7.8 8.0 11.8 8.7 9.1 * *

573 Radio, television, computer, and music

stores 4.5 .............................. 4.5 4.9 2.4 2.5 4.3 2.1 2.1 6.8 3.0

58 Eating and drinking places 3.4 ............. 3.3 4.1 2.3 2.4 6.7 1.5 1.7 2.8 3.0

5812 Eating places 3.5 ........................ 3.5 4.2 2.5 2.6 7.1 1.7 1.8 2.9 3.2

5813 Drinking places * ....................... ******** *

591 Drug and proprietary stores 1.8 .............. 2.1 2.2 1.7 1.8 8.4 1.3 1.4 4.4 3.4

592 Liquor stores 3.6 ........................... 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.9 * 5.0 4.9 * *

596 Nonstore retailers2...................... 3.5 3.7 4.1 7.3 8.0 6.6 5.4 5.0 9.7 11.0

598 Fuel dealers 2.9 ........................... 3.5 3.5 6.1 7.9 8.8 4.2 4.6 6.9 4.2

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug

and liquor 3.4 ............................ 3.8 3.8 2.2 2.3 7.3 2.5 2.2 7.7 6.5

See footnotes at end of table.

2–22nnASSETS AND EXPENDITURES RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES
Table 13. Estimated Relative Standard Errors by Kind of Business: 1992mCon.

[Coefficient of variation in percent. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Repair work

Purchased

office

supplies

Purchased

packaging

and other

materials

Advertising

services Total

Buildings,

structures,

and

related

facilities

Machinery,

equipment,

and other

Telephone

and other

communi~

cation

services

Cost of

purchased

legal

services

Cost of

purchased

accounting,

auditing, and

bookkeeping

services

Retail trade .7 ................. 2.4 .8 .8 1.3 1.0 .9 2.4 2.9

Durable goods stores 1.2 .......... 6.7 1.2 2.0 2.2 3.0 1.6 4.0 1.7

Nondurable goods stores .9 ...... 2.4 1.0 .8 1.6 1.1 1.1 2.9 4.3

52 Building materials, hardware, garden

supply, and mobile home dealers 2.2 ...... * 2.4 2.9 4.7 3.7 3.2 5.9 3.0

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 2.3 .... * 1.5 2.4 3.6 3.6 3.5 7.1 2.7

525 Hardware stores 6.2 ..................... * 8.0 7.8 8.0 10.8 9.8 10.3 5.3

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile

home dealers * ....................... * * * * * 8.2 * 11.8

53 General merchandise stores1 .......... .2 .4 .1 .3 .3 .3 .3 .8 1.8

54 Food stores 1.9 ........................... 1.9 1.2 .9 2.3 1.3 1.5 7.8 4.7

541 Grocery stores 1.9 ....................... 2.0 1.2 .9 2.5 1.4 1.5 8.4 5.7

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 6.7 ..................... * 6.6 3.0 6.7 4.2 4.3 8.7 6.1

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline

service stations 1.7 ...................... 11.1 1.9 2.3 2.3 3.7 1.7 3.6 2.7

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 2.1 ....... 7.4 2.3 3.3 3.9 4.4 1.8 4.5 6.1

552 Used motor vehicles * .................. ** ***** *

553 Auto and home supply 6.6 ................ * 5.0 5.1 6.3 6.1 4.6 15.3 5.5

554 Gasoline service stations 2.1 .............. 10.5 2.4 1.4 2.5 2.0 2.6 7.9 2.4

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers * .............. * 8.3 14.8 * * * 16.3 11.7

56 Apparel 1.2 ............................... 4.8 1.6 1.7 1.7 3.4 1.3 2.9 2.7

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing

stores 3.7 .............................. 7.5 2.5 3.5 6.5 5.9 2.9 6.1 3.0

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 2.7 ..... 9.6 5.8 4.2 3.8 8.8 2.6 5.7 6.8

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 1.9 ........................ 2.0 1.6 2.0 2.7 * 1.7 4.3 4.1

566 Shoe stores * ......................... * * * 2.3 * * * *

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and

equipment stores 2.3 .................... * 2.3 3.0 3.5 4.8 2.9 4.7 2.6

571 Furniture and homefurnishings 3.3 ......... 6.1 2.9 2.7 4.2 3.7 2.5 4.8 3.2

572 Household appliance stores 8.7 ............ * 8.3 9.3 9.5 11.7 * * 9.3

573 Radio, television, computer, and music

stores 3.0 .............................. * 4.0 7.5 7.7 11.2 5.1 9.5 4.8

58 Eating and drinking places 3.2 ............. 4.9 2.3 1.8 3.9 2.2 2.6 6.5 9.2

5812 Eating places 3.4 ........................ 5.1 2.4 2.0 4.3 2.4 2.8 7.0 10.3

5813 Drinking places * ....................... ** ***** *

591 Drug and proprietary stores 3.2 .............. 5.4 1.9 2.4 2.7 4.0 4.0 7.6 7.4

592 Liquor stores 7.0 ........................... * 6.2 5.7 9.1 6.6 7.3 9.3 6.5

596 Nonstore retailers2...................... 5.2 * 5.5 7.5 6.2 9.9 5.0 4.9 4.9

598 Fuel dealers 2.9 ........................... * 4.7 4.2 5.0 4.9 * 3.7 5.5

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug

and liquor 2.3 ............................ * 2.4 3.9 5.2 5.2 3.6 11.1 2.5

See footnotes at end of table.

RETAIL TRADEmSUBJECT SERIES ASSETS AND EXPENDITURESnn2–23
Table 13. Estimated Relative Standard Errors by Kind of Business: 1992mCon.

[Coefficient of variation in percent. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]

SIC code Kind of business

Cost of Inventories

purchased data processing

and other

computer~ related

services

Other

expenses 1992 1991

Pur~ chases of

merchan~ dise for

resale

Cost of goods

sold

Gross

margin

Value

added

Net income

producedat market

prices

Net income

produced

at factor cost

Retail trade 2.0 ................. * .7 .7 .2 .2 .5 .5 .8 .8

Durable goods stores 3.0 .......... 1.7 1.2 1.2 .3 .4 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.9

Nondurable goods stores 2.6 ...... * .4 .5 .2 .3 .5 .5 .8 .8

52 Building materials, hardware, garden

supply, and mobile home dealers 4.8 ...... 2.9 1.9 2.3 .6 .8 1.8 1.9 2.4 2.6

521, 3 Building materials and supply stores 5.4 .... 3.3 1.8 2.3 .5 .7 1.7 1.7 2.1 2.3

525 Hardware stores 10.4 ..................... 6.6 3.8 3.7 1.1 1.7 2.9 3.2 4.9 5.6

526, 7 Lawn and garden stores and mobile

home dealers * ....................... 9.5 10.6 12.7 4.1 5.2 9.2 9.4 11.9 12.9

53 General merchandise stores1 .......... .3 * .3 .3 – .1 .1 .1 .2 .3

54 Food stores 9.0 ........................... 2.2 .9 .7 .3 .3 .9 1.0 1.4 1.5

541 Grocery stores 9.4 ....................... 2.4 .9 .7 .3 .3 1.0 1.1 1.5 1.6

54, ex. 541 Other food stores 10.3 ..................... * 6.5 5.9 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.0 3.0 3.2

55 Automotive dealers and gasoline

service stations 3.6 ...................... 2.2 2.0 1.9 .4 .5 2.0 2.1 2.8 3.0

551 Franchised motor vehicle dealers 4.2 ....... 3.3 2.3 2.1 .5 .6 3.1 3.1 4.2 4.3

552 Used motor vehicles 12.9 .................. * 10.9 9.5 2.3 2.8 8.8 9.3 12.4 12.9

553 Auto and home supply 6.2 ................ 5.6 3.8 3.4 1.2 1.4 2.1 2.6 3.2 3.3

554 Gasoline service stations 11.6 .............. 1.9 2.7 2.6 .7 .7 2.8 3.0 4.1 4.8

55, ex. 551,

2, 3, 4

Other automotive dealers * .............. * 10.1 12.7 1.8 5.1 18.0 * * *

56 Apparel 3.3 ............................... 4.7 1.1 2.2 .8 1.7 2.2 2.3 4.4 4.7

561 Men’s and boys’ clothing and furnishing

stores 7.4 .............................. 3.2 2.3 3.6 1.1 1.9 2.4 2.5 4.4 4.7

562, 3 Women’s clothing, specialty stores 6.0 ..... 10.7 3.1 7.1 2.3 4.8 6.1 6.3 12.5 13.9

564, 5, 9 Other apparel 5.4 ........................ 3.0 1.7 1.7 .5 .9 1.3 1.3 1.9 2.1

566 Shoe stores * ......................... * 1.3 2.2 .6 1.2 1.5 1.5 2.5 2.8

57 Furniture and homefurnishings and

equipment stores * .................... 3.2 1.6 1.7 .6 .7 1.1 1.1 1.7 1.8

571 Furniture and homefurnishings * ......... * 2.4 2.6 .8 1.0 1.3 1.4 2.0 2.1 572 Household appliance stores * ............ * 5.4 9.2 3.2 2.5 5.0 5.1 8.8 9.7 573 Radio, television, computer, and music stores 7.3 .............................. 2.5 2.1 1.7 .8 .9 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.2

58 Eating and drinking places 5.7 ............. * 5.4 5.5 .9 1.0 .5 .6 1.2 1.1

5812 Eating places 5.9 ........................ 3.4 6.3 6.2 1.0 1.0 .5 .6 1.3 1.1 5813 Drinking places * ....................... * 6.3 6.8 1.7 1.9 1.3 1.6 2.7 3.1

591 Drug and proprietary stores 8.6 .............. 3.9 1.5 1.6 .3 .4 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.4

592 Liquor stores 13.4 ........................... * 5.0 3.4 2.4 2.6 8.2 8.8 12.3 13.7

596 Nonstore retailers2...................... 9.6 * 4.1 4.6 4.4 5.0 4.5 4.6 5.8 6.1

598 Fuel dealers 8.3 ........................... 5.1 6.2 6.1 1.7 1.7 2.9 3.0 4.5 5.2

59, ex. 591,

2, 6, 8

Miscellaneous retail stores, except drug

and liquor 6.0 ............................ * 2.1 2.4 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.8 3.1 3.5

Note: This table excludes estimated measures of sampling variability (coefficients of variation) for percentages shown in other tables. For an explanation of these measures see Limitations of

the Data in appendix A.

1Excludes leased departments.

2Sales data for SIC 596 is reported on a different basis than the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. For an explanation of this difference, see Method of Estimation in appendix A.

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Appendix A.

General Explanation

SAMPLE DESIGN

The1992 Assets and Expenditures Survey sample for

retail trade consists of the same sampling units used to

produce the monthly estimates of retail sales and inventories published in the Current Business Report Series BR,

Monthly Retail Trade, for December 1992 and January

1993 and some sampling units from the November 1992

tabulations. A subset of these sampling units was also

tabulated in the 1992 Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS).

The sampling procedures for the monthly and annual retail

trade surveys are described below.

The annual sample consists of all sampling units in the

list component for December 1992 and January 1993 and

all of the sampling units in the area component for November and December 1992 and January 1993 used to produce monthly estimates. The list component is comprised

of a fixed panel of large businesses, most of which were

selected with certainty (i.e., probability of selection = 1.0),

and three rotating panels of smaller businesses. In the

monthly survey, only one rotating panel in the list component and one in the area component, plus the list component’s

fixed panel, are canvassed in any given month. In the

annual retail trade survey, two of the three rotating list

panels, the fixed panel, and three rotating area panels are

used.

The list sample component. The frame for the initial

sample was constructed using information from the Standard Statistical Establishment List (SSEL) as updated to

December 31, 1989. The frame consisted of two lists. One

list was composed of companies (multiestablishment enterprises) as determined by the 1989 Company Organization

Survey. The other list was composed of all retail Employer

Identification Numbers (EINs) issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that (1) reported payroll in at least one

quarter of 1989 and (2) were on the latest available IRS

mailing file of Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)

taxpayers. Each list contained information on sales, payroll, employment, name and address, kind-of-business

classification, type-of-operation classification, etc.

Because the frame consisted of a list of companies and

a list of EINs (some of which were associated with companies on the first list), the sampling units consisted of both

companies and EINs. If a company had total retail sales

above a prescribed cutoff corresponding to its major kind of

business, the company was selected into the sample with

certainty. In this case, the company, which could consist of

many EINs, was the sampling unit. Consequently, any new

establishments that the company might acquire, even if

under new or different EINs, were in the sample with

certainty. All EINs associated with the company were then

removed from the second list to avoid duplication on the

frame. After all certainty companies had been selected, the

unduplicated EIN frame was sampled.

All multiestablishment retail companies that were not

selected with certainty and all single establishment firms

were treated on an EIN basis; that is, the EIN was the

sampling unit. The EINs were stratified according to their

major kind of business and their estimated sales. A separate determination of certainty EINs was performed using

the same cutoffs as for companies. After certainty EINs

were selected, the remaining EINs were subjected to

simple random sampling within strata. The sampling rates

for these EINs varied between 1 in 3 to 1 in 1,000. Three

such samples of EINs, called panels, were drawn.

For those EINs in the initial sample that were not

classified in a kind-of-business category and for all EIN

‘‘births’’ after the frame creation, a two-phase selection

procedure was used. EIN births, as used here, are new

EINs recently assigned by the IRS that are also on the

latest available IRS mailing list for FICA taxpayers. They

may be assigned a kind-of-business classification by the

Social Security Administration (SSA). In the first phase,

births were stratified by kind of business (if available) and

size (expected employment or quarterly payroll). A relatively large sample was drawn and canvassed for more

reliable and detailed information on the amount of sales in

two recent months and kind-of-business code.

Using this additional information, the cases selected in

the first phase were restratified and the final sample drawn

with probability-proportional-to-size sampling. The overall

selection probabilities for the birth sampling are equivalent

to those used in drawing the initial sample. Because of the

lag in reporting births to the IRS and the SSA and the time

needed to accomplish the two-phase birth-selection procedure carried out quarterly, births were actually tabulated in

the sample about 9 to 12 months after they began operation.

The area sample component. The area sample component is a multistage sample. In the first stage, 12 primary

sampling units (single counties or small groups of contiguous counties) were selected with certainty and 47 were

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drawn with probability proportional to size (population).

Each selected primary sampling unit (PSU) was then

subdivided into small land segments containing, at the time

of selection, an average of about four retail stores each.

Twelve subsamples of these land segments were drawn in

each PSU at an overall rate of 1 in 1,000 (1 in 2,000 or 1 in

3,000 in the smallest PSU’s). A different subsample, or

panel, is included in the area sample for each month of the

year. Each of these 12 panels include approximately 420

land segments. In the annual retail trade survey sample,

three area sample panels are used. This reduces the

overall sampling rate to 1 in 333 (1 in 667 or 1 in 1,000 in

the smallest PSU’s).

All retail establishments in these selected land segments are canvassed. Sufficient information (mainly concerning the EIN) is obtained to determine whether the

business has had a chance of selection in the list sample

component. If it has no EIN or if its EIN fails to match either

the list sample’s universe or the current FICA mailing list, it

is tabulated in the area sample. The area sample used in

the annual retail trade survey thus includes businesses

without employees and employers, mainly recent EI ‘‘births’’,

not represented in the list component. The same area

sample was used in the assets and expenditures survey.

METHOD OF ESTIMATION

Most data on retail sales presented in this report are

reproduced from the U.S. Summary and Nonemployer

Statistics reports of the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. All

other data are statistical estimates which were developed

from summation of weighted information from the sampling

units. The weights used are the inverses of the probabilities

of selection (or sampling rate) of sampling units in the

survey. Each weighted estimate was multiplied by a ratio of

sales reported in the 1992 Census of Retail Trade to sales

reported in the annual retail trade survey, except nonstore

retailers.

In the 1992 Census of Retail Trade, establishments

classified as nonstore retailers (SIC 596) excluded nonemployer direct sellers. In the 1992 Annual Retail Trade

Survey, estimates were made for nonemployer direct sellers and these values were included in sales. Because of

this difference, sales are obtained from the 1992 Annual

Retail Trade Survey with no adjustment applied.

LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA

Because the estimates were based on a sample, exact

agreement with the results that would be obtained from a

complete census of retail establishments using the same

enumeration procedures should not be expected.

However, because every retail operation in the United

States had a chance of being selected for the sample, and

because the probability of selection for each store in the

sample was known, it was possible to estimate the sampling variability of the estimates made from the sample.

The sampling error, or standard error of the estimate, is

a measure of variability among the estimates from all

possible samples of the same size and design and, thus, is

a measure of the precision with which an estimate from a

particular sample approximates the results of a complete

enumeration. The coefficient of variation is the standard

error of the estimate divided by the value being estimated.

It is expressed here as a percent. Note that measures of

sampling variability, such as the standard error and the

coefficient of variation, are estimates derived from the

sample and are also subject to sampling variability.

The coefficients of variation permit certain confidence

statements about the sample estimates. The particular

sample used in this survey was one of a large number of

samples of the same size that could have been selected

using the same design. In about 2 out of 3 of these

samples, the estimate would differ from a complete enumeration by less than the corresponding percentage for

that estimate shown in the sampling variability columns. In

about 9 out of 10 samples, the estimates would differ from

the results of a complete enumeration by less than 1.65

times the percentages shown. To illustrate the computations involved in the above confidence statements as

related to dollar volume sales estimates, assume that an

estimate of sales is $10,750 million and that the coefficient

of variation for this estimate is 1.8 percent, or 0.018. First

obtain the standard error of the estimate by multiplying the

estimate by the coefficient of variation. In this example,

$10,750 million times 0.018 equals a standard error of

$194 million. The 67 percent confidence interval for this

example is $10,556 million to $10,944 million (i.e., $10,750

million plus or minus $194 million). Bounds for a 90 percent

confidence interval are computed by adding or subtracting

1.65 times the standard error from the estimate; consequently, the 90 percent confidence interval ranges from

$10,430 million to $11,070 million. If corresponding 67

percent confidence intervals were constructed for all possible samples of the same size and design, approximately

2 out of 3 (67 percent) intervals would contain the value

obtained from a complete enumeration. Similarly, for 90

percent confidence intervals, 9 out of 10 of all possible

intervals would contain the value obtained in a complete

enumeration.

Although coefficients of variation have not been calculated for the percent estimates shown in this report, they

will be less than:

=CV2 ~VALUE IN DENOMINATOR! 1 CV2 ~VALUE IN NUMERATOR!

Coefficients of variation for all other published estimates

are presented in table 13.

RESPONSE AND OTHER NONSAMPLING

ERRORS

The coefficients of variation shown in this report do not

measure biases which might arise from nonsampling errors

such as the failure of respondents to submit correct figures

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on time for tabulation. Nonsampling errors can be attributed to many sources: inability to obtain information about

all cases in the sample; response errors; definition difficulties; differences in the interpretation of questions; mistakes

in recording or coding the data obtained; and other errors

of collection, response, coverage, and estimation for missing data. These nonsampling errors also occur in complete

censuses. Information is not available on the extent of bias

that may be due to reporting errors. To minimize nonsampling biases, all reports were reviewed for completeness

and consistency.

Various ratios were calculated from the data of each

report (e.g., employer contributions for plans required by

law to total annual payroll). All extreme and unusual ratios

were verified or corrected where necessary. Some firms did

not report prior to the closeout of this survey. Data were

therefore imputed for these firms based on other available

records for like firms in the same kind of business. Imputation amounted to about 15.9 percent for capital expenditures, 19.5 percent for depreciable assets, and 21.1 percent for operating expenses.

COMPARABILITY OF THE 1987 AND 1992

SURVEYS

The 1987 and 1992 surveys were conducted under

similar conditions and procedures except for the following:

The 1987 publications for wholesale trade, retail

trade, and service industries all presented data limited to

employer business establishments. However, for 1992

the retail and service reports include data on nonemployer establishments. It should be noted that in the

1992 Census of Retail Trade, nonemployers accounted

for only 2.8 percent of total sales. In the 1992 Census of

Service Industries, nonemployers accounted for only

10.6 percent of total receipts.

It should also be noted that the 1987 publication used

kinds of business definitions based on the Standard

Industrial Classification Manual: 1972. This report uses

kind-of-business definitions based on the Standard Industrial Classification Manual: 1987. For a list of significant

changes in SIC codes from 1972 to 1987 see appendix

C.

COMPARISONS WITH OTHER DATA

Data on sales presented in this report reflect those

presented in other reports from the 1992 Census of Retail

Trade. All other statistics shown are estimates developed

from the sample of retailers participating in the 1992

Annual Retail Trade Survey. These items are comparable,

in whole or in part, to statistics developed from other

sources; notably the 1992 Census of Retail Trade, the

Annual Capital Expenditures Survey, the national income

and products accounts (NIPA) tables published in the

Survey of Current Business, and Statistics of Income

published by the Internal Revenue Service. Estimates from

these varying sources may differ for reasons of sampling

variability and methodology. Broad descriptions of the

differences in concept or methodology which should be

observed when comparing other data series to those from

this report follow.

Annual Capital Expenditures Survey. This annual publication of the Bureau of the Census provides detailed

information on investment in structures and equipment by

nonfarm businesses. The data are used to improve the

quality of monthly and quarterly economic indicators of

investments and planned investments. These measures

contribute to improved quarterly estimates of the gross

domestic product from the Bureau of Economic Analysis

(BEA). Differences in sampling methodology, independent

processing and editing, variability in respondents completing the forms, and timing of the data collection contribute to

variations in the estimates of capital expenditures.

Statistics of Income From the Internal Revenue Service

(IRS). These annual publications and quarterly bulletins of

the IRS provide information on business receipts, cost of

goods sold, selected expense items, and depreciable

assets compiled from the Federal income tax returns.

However, the data are not in sufficient detail to provide

income-produced measures comparable with those published in this report. The cost of goods sold in Statistics of

Income includes costs of materials used in manufacturing;

costs of goods purchased for resale; direct manufacturing;

costs of goods purchased for resale; direct labor; and

certain overhead expenses, such as rent, utilities, supplies,

maintenance, and repairs. Cost of goods sold in the assets

and expenditures survey excludes salaries and wages paid

to the company’s employees, cost of packaging materials,

and office and other supplies. IRS data include nonemployers, unlike this report.

The company or subcompany level of reporting on

income tax returns may not be the same as used for

reporting in the assets and expenditures survey. For example,

manufacturing and other establishments operated by firms

which are primarily retailers may be included in the IRS

data. Retail establishments operated by firms primarily

engaged in other industries are not represented in the IRS

statistics for retail trade.

National Income and Products Accounts From the

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). As part of the

national income and product accounts, the BEA prepares

estimates of value-added (also known as gross product

originating or GPO) by industry. GPO can be defined

equivalently either as industry gross output (sales plus

change in business inventories) less consumption of materials and services purchased from other industries, or as

the sum of the industry’s factor payments (e.g., wages,

interest, profits, etc.) and nonfactor costs (e.g., depreciation). The latter definition is the basis for the current dollar

estimates for industry GPO prepared by BEA that may be

compared with the census estimates. These estimates are

published annually in table 6.1 of the Survey of Current

Business.

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The BEA GPO measure for retail trade relates conceptually to the value produced and operating expenses

measures contained in this report in the following manner:

GPO equals this report’s value-added less lease and rental

payments, cost of communication, advertising and repair

services, other utilities, commissions to other firms, and

subsidies; plus sales and other taxes collected directly

from customers, and customs duties. GPO also equals this

report’s net income produced at market prices plus cost of

uninsured casualty losses and bad debts losses less

subsidies.

In addition, this report and the BEA series differ because

the BEA factor payments and nonfactor costs that are

summed to estimate industry GPO are obtained from a

variety of data sources, including the Bureau of Labor

Statistics, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Bureau of

the Census. The May 1993 Survey of Current Business

provides a discription of the sources and methods used for

the GPO estimates.

EXPLANATION OF TERMS

Sales. This item includes: merchandise sold for cash or

credit; amounts received from customers for layaway purchases; receipts from rental or leasing of vehicles, equipment, instruments, tools, etc.; receipts for delivery, installation, maintenance, repair, alteration, storage and other

services; and gasoline, liquor, tobacco, and other excise

taxes which are paid by the manufacturer or wholesaler

and passed along to the retailer. Sales are net after

deductions for discounts and refunds and allowances for

merchandise returned by customers. Trade-in allowances

are not deducted.

Sales exclude sales and excise taxes collected directly

from customers and paid directly to a local, State or

Federal tax agency. Also excluded are receipts from customers for carrying or other credit charges, commissions

from vending machine operators, and nonoperating income

from such sources as investments and rental or sale of real

estate. However, a portion of the data reported for capital

expenditures, value of assets, depreciation and other operating expenses may pertain to real estate owned by the

business and leased to others, even though corresponding

data on sales exclude real estate lease receipts.

Data on sales presented in this report are reproduced

from the U.S. Summary and Nonemployer Statistics reports

of the 1992 Census of Retail Trade. Preliminary estimates

of all data items in this report other than sales were

multiplied by a ratio of sales compiled in the 1992 Census

of Retail Trade to sales compiled in the 1992 Annual Retail

Trade Survey. See Method of Estimation in appendix A for

further explanation.

Purchases. Purchases represent the total cost, after deduction of returns, allowances, and discounts, of merchandise

which was acquired in 1992 for resale, whether or not

payment for the merchandise was made during the year.

Purchases data include cash and credit purchases made at

central offices and company warehouses, but exclude

deliveries from central offices or warehouses to the retailer.

Also included are: the cost of goods in transit where title

has passed to the purchaser; amounts allowed for tradeins; freight, delivery, and other transportation costs; and

import duties (if paid separately).

Companies engaged in both manufacturing and retail

operations were asked to report purchases at the cost

value of intercompany transfers from their plants or warehouses to their retail stores. These companies were also

requested to report the cost of outside purchases.

Purchases exclude: expenditures for containers, wrapping, packaging, and other supplies or equipment intended

for company use rather than for resale; the cost of raw

materials or parts purchased for manufacture into a finished product; and goods included in the purchase price of

a business. Also excluded are liquor and tobacco tax

stamps, which would be included under operating expenses.

Data presented in this report on purchases were collected in the 1992 Annual Retail Trade Survey.

Inventories. Inventories include stocks of goods (valued

at cost) held for sale through retail stores. Methods of

valuation may vary according to the accounting practices of

the firms.

Inventories exclude the value of fixtures, furnishings,

equipment, and supplies used in store and warehouse

operations and not held for resale.

Inventories were reported as of the close of the calendar

year, except for some businesses which used a fiscal year

for accounting purposes for which no adjustment was

made. All inventory data presented in this report were

collected in the 1992 Annual Retail Trade Survey.

Measures of Value Produced

1. Cost of goods sold. This item was calculated for each

firm in the survey by adding all purchases of merchandise (net of returns, allowances, and discounts but

including charges from freight, insurance, etc.) during

the year to the beginning-of-year inventory, then deducting the end-of-year inventory from the total. Firms

were instructed to exclude the cost of containers,

wrapping, packaging, and selling supplies from the

cost of purchases but to report these items under

‘‘operating expenses.’’

2. Gross margin. This item represents sales less cost of

goods sold. Gross margin is equivalent to the cost of

all materials (as distinguished from goods to be resold)

and services provided in retail establishments whether

provided by the retail firm itself or purchased by it from

others.

3. Value added. Value added is the gross margin (as

defined above) less the cost of containers, supplies,

materials, fuel and other energy.

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4. Net income produced at market prices. This item

represents value added less lease and rental payments; cost of communication, advertising, repair,

legal, accounting, and computer related services; and

amounts set aside for bad debt losses and other

losses not compensated by insurance.

5. Net income produced at factor cost. This item represents net income produced at market prices less

depreciation, license fees, and taxes other than income

taxes. It includes payroll, employer contributions to the

FICA, and unemployment insurance.

Operating expenses. The types of operating expenses

requested on the report form are:

1. Annual payroll. Payroll includes all salaries, wages,

commissions, bonuses, and allowances for vacation,

holiday, and sick leave paid to employees in 1992

before payroll deductions. For corporations, it includes

amounts paid to officers and executives; for unincorporated businesses, it does not include payments to or

withdrawals from profits by owners or partners. (This

figure does not include employer contributions to plans

required by law and other plans besides vacation,

holiday, and sick leave.)

2. Employer costs for programs required by law. This

item includes all programs required under Federal and

State legislation such as FICA, unemployment tax,

workers’ compensation, and State disability payments.

3. Employer costs for other fringe benefits. This item

includes programs not specifically required by Federal

or State legislation, such as life and health insurance

premiums for employees.

4. Depreciation charges. This item includes depreciation

and amortization charges against depreciable assets

owned during 1992. Amounts representing tax-exempt

organizations, if not reported, were estimated even

though depreciation accounts may not be maintained.

5. Taxes. Includes all taxes and license fees paid during

1992 (excluding income and payroll taxes). It includes

tobacco and liquor tax stamps, fines, and property

taxes. It excludes direct payments to government tax

agencies for sales and other taxes collected directly

from customers.

6. Lease and rental payments. These are payments for

lease or rental of buildings, machinery and equipment.

Payments for machinery and equipment include use of

production machinery, office equipment, computer systems, passenger cars, trucks, materials handling equipment, and all other types of machinery and equipment.

7. Cost of office supplies, stationery, and postage.

8. Cost of purchased communication services. This item

includes cost of telephone, data transmission, telegraph, telex, teletype and all other communications

services purchased in 1992.

9. Cost of purchased electricity. Some businesses included

this expense as part of building/office lease payments.

10. Cost of purchased fuels. This includes fuels for heating, power, or generation of electricity, also sometimes

included in lease payments.

11. Cost of other utilities. This includes all utilities except

purchased fuels and electricity, also sometimes included

in lease payments.

12. Cost of materials. This includes purchases of containers, wrapping, packing and selling supplies used in

packaging, processing, shipping, and selling of goods.

Some businesses, due to recordkeeping, may have

included some of these costs as part of merchandise

purchases.

13. Legal services purchased from other firms.

14. Accounting services purchased from other firms.

15. Computer related services. This item includes data

processing and other computer services purchased

from other firms. It excludes prepackaged software.

16. Cost of purchased repair services. This item includes

the total amount paid for noncapitalized repairs to

buildings, structures, machinery, and equipment such

as motor vehicles and office space. It excludes cost of

repairs to leased buildings and equipment covered by

regular lease payments.

17. All other operating expenses. This includes inventory

storage and shipping costs, insurance expense (nonemployee), uninsured casualty losses, and bad debt

losses. It excludes interest on loans and sales excise

taxes.

Capital expenditures. Capital expenditures refer to all

costs actually incurred in 1992 which were chargeable to

the depreciable assets accounts of a firm. These costs are

of the type for which depreciation or amortization accounts

are ordinarily maintained.

All items obtained through a capital lease on or after

January 1, 1992, are included. Excluded are capital expenditures made by a firm for property which it leased to others

as part of a capital lease arrangement.

Included are expenditures for new and used structures

(including those under construction at the end of 1992),

fixtures and equipment, additions, major alterations and

improvements to existing facilities, and capitalized repairs.

Also included are expenditures made by a firm for structures which, on completion, were or are to be sold or

leased back to that firm. (The value of trade-ins are not

deducted.)

Excluded are expenditures for land; items chargeable as

current operating expenses such as cost of maintenance,

repairs, supplies, etc.; expenditures for locations primarily

engaged in activities other than retail; and expenditures for

goodwill, patents, or copyrights. Also excluded are capital

expenditures (except capital leases) made by owners of

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property rented or leased to the surveyed firms, but included

are capital expenditures made to property leased from

others (leasehold improvements).

Cost of assets acquired during 1992 by tax-exempt

organizations, if not reported, were estimated even though

depreciation accounts may not be maintained.

Gross value of depreciable assets. This amount is the

acquisition value (original cost) of all assets for which

depreciation and amortization accounts are ordinarily maintained. Included are all improvements and new construction ‘‘in progress’’ but not completed at the end of 1992 and

the gross value of machinery and equipment owned by

retail firms but leased or rented to other firms except under

capital lease arrangements. Excluded are land and depletable assets (timber, mineral rights, etc.), nondepreciated

assets (cash, inventories, etc.), and all intangible assets

such as goodwill, patents, or copyrights.

Cost of assets acquired by tax-exempt organizations, if

not reported, were estimated even though depreciation

accounts may not be maintained.

Deductions from depreciable assets. This amount represents the value of depreciable assets sold, retired,

scrapped, or destroyed during 1992, and other adjustments (except depreciation).

Legal form of organization. The legal form of organization for firms in this survey was based on the response to

the organizational status inquiry on other economic census

or survey forms as well as administrative records of other

Federal agencies. However, tax-exempt organizations were

treated as corporations in applicable tables.

Auxiliary establishments. In consideration of recordkeeping practices and for consistency with the related sales

data collected for 1992 in the annual business surveys,

each company in this survey was asked to include those

auxiliary locations whose primary functions were to manage, administer, service, or support the activities of the

main establishments covered by the report. Data presented in other reports from the 1992 Census of Retail

Trade exclude such auxiliaries. Capital expenditures and

other data for auxiliaries alone are released as part of the

1992 Enterprise Statistics program.

KIND-OF-BUSINESS CLASSIFICATIONS

Retail trade, SIC major groups 52 through 59 in the SIC

manual, includes establishments primarily engaged in selling merchandise for personal or household consumption

and rendering services incidental to the sale of the goods.

Exceptions to this general rule are lumber yards; paint,

glass, and wallpaper stores; typewriter stores; stationery

stores; and gasoline service stations, which sell to both the

general public for personal and household consumption

and to businesses. These types of stores are included in

retail trade even if a higher proportion of their sales is made

to other than individuals for personal or household consumption. However, such establishments that sell their

products only to institutional or industrial users and to other

wholesalers and establishments that sell similar merchandise for use exclusively by business establishments are

classified in wholesale trade.

Other important characteristics of retail trade establishments are that they are usually places of business; they are

engaged in activities to attract the general public to buy;

they buy or receive as well as sell merchandise; they may

process their products, although processing is incidental or

subordinate to selling; and they are considered as retail in

the trade. Not all of these characteristics need be present

and some are modified by trade practice.

Establishments covered by the census were assigned

kind-of-business classifications according to the industry

classifications defined in the 1987 SIC manual. When a

more detailed classification than defined in the SIC manual

was needed, additional kinds of business were identified

within a SIC industry.

In general, retail establishments were classified according to the principal lines of commodities sold (groceries,

hardware, etc.) or the usual trade designation (drug store,

cigar store, etc.).

Kind-of-business classifications are not interchangeable

with commodity classifications; most businesses sell several kinds of commodities. The kind-of-business code

generally reflects either the individual commodity or the

commodity group which is the primary source of the

establishment’s business. Thus, the classification of establishments by kind of business generally does not make it

possible to determine either the number of establishments

handling a particular commodity or the sales of that commodity. For example, the food stores classification excludes

stores selling food if the sale of food is not the primary

source of receipts; moreover, even though stores are

classified as food stores, some of their receipts may be

derived from the sale of nonfood products. (Information on

the extent to which various broad groups of commodities or

merchandise lines are sold by different kinds of business is

available in the 1992 Census of Retail Trade report,

Merchandise Line Sales, RC92-S-3.)

Building Materials and Garden Supplies Stores

(SIC Major Group 52)

This major group includes retail establishments primarily

engaged in selling lumber and other building materials;

paint, glass, and wallpaper; hardware; nursery stock; lawn

and garden supplies; and manufactured (mobile) homes. It

includes lumber and other building materials dealers and

paint, glass, and wallpaper stores selling to the general

public, even if sales to contractors account for a larger

proportion of total sales; these establishments are known

as retail in the trade. Establishments primarily selling these

products but not selling to the general public are classified

in wholesale trade.

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Lumber and other building materials dealers

(SIC 521). Establishments primarily engaged in selling

lumber, or lumber and a general line of building materials,

to the general public. While these establishments may also

sell to contractors, they are known as retail in the trade,

even if sales to contractors account for a higher proportion

of the sales. The lumber they sell may include rough and

dressed lumber, flooring, molding, doors, sashes, frames,

and other millwork. The building materials may include

roofing, siding, shingles, wallboard, paint, brick, tile, cement,

sand, gravel, and other building materials and supplies. For

lumber yards, at least 32 percent of sales must be from the

sale of lumber and millwork. Hardware is often an important line of retail lumber and building materials dealers.

Also included in this group are home centers. These are

retail establishments that sell both lumber and building

materials and hardware. Additionally, they must sell at least

5 of the following merchandise lines: housewares, tools

(power and/or hand), floor coverings, electrical supplies,

kitchen cabinets, plumbing and bath supplies, lawn and

garden products, paints and/or sundries, windows and/or

doors, roofing, wallcoverings, ceiling products and materials, lawn and garden supplies, and appliances. Establishments not selling to the general public or known in the trade

as wholesale are classified in SIC 503.

Paint, glass, and wallpaper stores (SIC 523). Establishments primarily engaged in selling paint, glass, and wallpaper, or any combination of these lines, to the general

public. While these establishments may also sell to contractors, they are known as retail in the trade, even if sales

to contractors account for a higher proportion of the sales.

Establishments which do not sell to the general public are

classified in wholesale trade.

Hardware stores (SIC 525).Establishments primarily engaged

in selling a number of basic hardware lines, such as tools,

builders’ hardware, locks and other security hardware,

paint and glass, housewares, household appliances, cutlery, and building materials, no one of which accounts for

50 percent or more of the sales of the establishments.

Retail nurseries, lawn and garden supply stores

(SIC 526). Establishments primarily engaged in selling

trees, shrubs, other plants, seeds, bulbs, mulches, soil

conditioners, fertilizers, pesticides, garden tools, and other

garden supplies to the general public. These establishments primarily sell products purchased from others, but

may sell some plants which they grow themselves. Establishments primarily engaged in growing trees, shrubs, other

plants, seeds, and bulbs are classified in SIC major group

01, and those growing Christmas trees are classified in SIC

major group 08.

Manufactured (mobile) home dealers (SIC 527). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of new and

used mobile homes, parts and equipment. Establishments

primarily selling travel trailers and campers are classified in

SIC 5561 and those primarily selling utility trailers are

classified in SIC 5599.

General Merchandise Stores

(SIC Major Group 53)

This major group includes retail stores which sell a

number of lines of merchandise, such as dry goods,

apparel and accessories, furniture and homefurnishings,

small wares, hardware, and food. The stores included in

this group are known as department stores, variety stores,

general merchandise stores, catalog showrooms, warehouse clubs, and general stores. Establishments primarily

engaged in selling used general merchandise are classified in SIC 593, and those selling general merchandise by

mail, vending machine, or direct selling are classified in

SIC 596.

Department stores (SIC 531). Retail stores normally

having 50 employees or more, having sales of apparel and

soft goods combined amounting to 20 percent or more of

total sales, and selling each of the following groups of

merchandise:

1. Household linens, dry goods, furniture, homefurnishings, appliances, and radio and TV sets;

2. A general line of apparel for the family.

To qualify as a department store, sales of each of the

lines listed above must be less than 80 percent of total

store sales. An establishment with total sales of $10 million

or more is classified as a department store even if sales of

one of the merchandise lines listed above exceed the

maximum percent of total sales, provided that the sales of

the other group is $1 million or more. Relatively few stores

are included in this classification as a result of this special

rule and most of those which are would otherwise have

been classified in the apparel group (SIC major group 56).

Variety stores (SIC 533). Establishments primarily engaged

in the retail sale of a variety of merchandise in the low and

popular price ranges. Sales usually are made on a cashand-carry basis, with the open selling method of display

and customer selection of merchandise. These stores

generally do not carry a complete line of merchandise, are

not departmentalized, do not carry their own charge service, and do not deliver merchandise.

Miscellaneous general merchandise stores (SIC 539).

Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of a

general line of apparel, dry goods, hardware, housewares

or homefurnishings, groceries, and other lines in limited

amounts. Stores selling commodities covered in the definition for department stores but normally having less than

50 employees, and stores usually known as country or

general stores are included here. Also included are most

catalog showrooms. Establishments primarily engaged in

the retail sales of merchandise by catalog, mail, or television order are classified in SIC 5961.

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Food Stores

(SIC Major Group 54)

This major group includes retail stores primarily engaged

in selling food for home preparation and consumption.

Establishments primarily engaged in selling prepared foods

and drinks for consumption on the premises are classified

in major group 58, and stores primarily engaged in selling

packaged beers and liquors are classified in SIC 5921.

Grocery stores (SIC 541). Establishments primarily selling (1) a wide variety of canned or frozen foods such as

vegetables, fruits, and soups; (2) packaged or bulk dry

groceries such as tea, coffee, cocoa, dried fruits, spices,

sugar, flour, and crackers; and (3) other processed foods

and nonedible grocery items. These establishments often

sell smoked and prepared meats, fresh fish and poultry,

fresh vegetables and fruits, and fresh or frozen meats.

Meat and fish (seafood) markets (SIC 542). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of fresh, frozen or

cured meats, fish, shellfish, and other seafoods. They may

also sell poultry, dairy products, eggs, and other commodities. Meat markets may butcher animals on their own

account, or they may buy from others. This industry

includes freezer and locker meat provisioners. Food locker

plants primarily engaged in renting locker space for the

storage of food products for individual households are

classified in industry 4222. Establishments primarily engaged

in the retail sale of food via frozen food plans delivered to

households or individuals are classified in SIC 5963, and

establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of

poultry are classified in SIC 549.

Fruit and vegetable markets (SIC 543). Establishments

primarily selling fresh fruits and fresh vegetables. They

frequently also carry a limited line of grocery items. They

are often found in public or municipal markets, or roadside

stands. However, roadside stands of farmers selling only

their own produce are classified in SIC major group 01.

Candy, nut, and confectionery stores (SIC 544). Establishments primarily engaged in selling nuts, popcorn, boxed

or bulk candy and other confections such as candied fruits,

and chewing gum. Ice cream, frozen yogurt, and soft drinks

are often sold in these stores. Candy or confectionery

stores making their own products, and candy and popcorn

stands in theaters are classified here.

Dairy products stores (SIC 545). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of packaged dairy products such as milk, cream, butter, cheese, and related

products to over-the-counter customers. Ice cream and

frozen yogurt stands are classified in SIC 5812; and

establishments selling ice cream and similar products from

trucks or wagons are classified in SIC 5963. Establishments primarily engaged in processing and distributing

milk and cream are classified in SIC 2026.

Retail bakeries (SIC 546). Establishments primarily engaged

in the retail sale of bakery products. The products may be

purchased from others or made on the premises. Establishments manufacturing bakery products for the trade are

classified in SIC 2051 and those purchasing bakery products and selling them house to house are classified in SIC

5963.

Miscellaneous food stores (SIC 549). Establishments

primarily engaged in the retail sale of specialized foods, not

elsewhere classified, such as eggs, poultry, health foods,

vitamins, spices, herbs, coffee, and tea. The poultry stores

may sell live poultry, slaughter and clean poultry for their

own account, and sell dressed fowls or sell fowls cleaned

and dressed by others.

Automotive Dealers and Gasoline

Service Stations

(SIC Major Group 55)

This major group includes retail dealers selling new and

used automobiles, boats, recreational vehicles and utility

trailers, and motorcycles and mopeds; dealers selling new

automobile parts and accessories; and gasoline service

stations selling gasoline and lubricating oils. Automobile

repair shops maintained by establishments engaged in the

sale of new automobiles also are included unless reported

separately.

New and used car dealers (SIC 551). Establishments

primarily engaged in the sale of new automobiles or new

and used automobiles. These establishments have a franchise for the sale of new domestic and/or new imported

automobiles. They frequently maintain repair departments

and carry stocks of replacement parts, tires, batteries, and

automotive accessories. These establishments also frequently sell pickups and vans at retail.

Used car dealers (SIC 552). Establishments primarily

engaged in selling used cars and not holding a franchise

for the sale of new passenger cars. Some of these dealers

may sell a small quantity of trucks and farm equipment.

Some maintain repair and service departments. These

establishments also frequently sell used pickups and vans

at retail.

Auto and home supply stores (SIC 553). Establishments

primarily engaged in the retail sale of auto supplies such as

automotive batteries, parts, accessories; and sundry supplies such as polishes, paint, and decorative items. Establishments where used tires, batteries, and accessories

exceed 49 percent of total sales are classified in SIC 501.

Gasoline service stations (SIC 554). Establishments

primarily engaged in selling gasoline and automotive

lubricants. These establishments frequently sell other merchandise such as tires, batteries, accessories, and other

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automobile parts or perform minor repair work. Establishments called garages but deriving more than half of their

receipts from the sale of gasoline and automotive lubricants are included. Gasoline stations combined with other

activities such as grocery stores, convenience stores, or

car washes are classified based on primary activities as

determined by sales.

Boat dealers (SIC 555). Establishments primarily engaged

in the retail sale of new and used motorboats and other

watercraft including parts, accessories, marine supplies,

and outboard motors.

Recreational vehicle dealers (SIC 556). Establishments

primarily engaged in the retail sale of new and used motor

homes, recreational trailers, and campers (pickup coaches)

including parts and accessories. Establishments primarily

engaged in the retail sale of manufactured (mobile) homes

are classified in SIC 527, and those primarily selling utility

trailers are classified in SIC 559.

Motorcycle dealers (SIC 557). Establishments primarily

engaged in the retail sale of new and used motorcycles,

including motor scooters, mopeds, all-terrain vehicles, and

parts and accessories.

Automotive dealers, not elsewhere classified

(SIC 559). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail

sale of new and used automotive vehicles, utility trailers,

and automotive equipment and supplies, not elsewhere

classified, such as snowmobiles, dunebuggies, and go-carts.

Also included are establishments primarily engaged in the

retail sale of aircraft.

Apparel and Accessory Stores

(SIC Major Group 56)

This major group includes retail stores primarily engaged

in selling clothing of all kinds and related articles for

personal wear and adornment. Not included are establishments which meet the criteria for Department Stores (SIC

531) or Miscellaneous General Merchandise Stores (SIC

539) even though most of their receipts are from the sale of

apparel and apparel accessories.

Men’s and boys’ clothing and accessory stores

(SIC 561). Establishments primarily engaged in selling

men’s and boys’ ready-to-wear clothing and accessories.

Establishments are included in this category if (1) sales of

all types of apparel (except as noted in the definition for

general merchandise stores) account for 50 percent or

more of total sales and (2) receipts from sales of all men’s

and boys’ apparel are three or more times the receipts from

sales of all women’s and girls’ apparel.

Women’s clothing stores (SIC 562). Establishments primarily engaged in selling women’s and girls’ ready-to-wear

apparel. Establishments are included in this category if (1)

sales of all types of apparel (except as noted in the

definition for general merchandise stores) account for 50

percent or more of total sales, (2) sales of all women’s and

girls’ apparel are three or more times the sales of all men’s

and boys’ apparel, and (3) sales of dresses, skirts, slacks,

coats, suits, and furs are two or more times greater than

the sales of millinery, hosiery, underwear, blouses, handbags, and other apparel and accessories. Custom tailors

primarily engaged in making women’s clothing to individual

order are classified in SIC 569.

Women’s accessory and specialty stores (SIC 563).

Establishments primarily engaged in selling women’s accessories and specialties such as millinery, hats, foundation

garments, lingerie, hosiery, costume jewelry, gloves, handbags, and fur including custom-made.

Children’s and infants’ wear stores (SIC 564). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of children’s and

infants’ clothing, furnishings, and accessories. They may

specialize in either children’s or infants’ wear or sell a

combination of children’s and infants’ wear.

Family clothing stores (SIC 565). Establishments primarily engaged in selling clothing, furnishings, and accessories for men, women, and children, without specializing

in sales for an individual sex or age group. Establishments

are included in this category if (1) sales of all types of

apparel (except as noted in the definition for general

merchandise stores) account for 50 percent or more of

their total sales, and (2) sales of apparel items for an

individual sex or age group are not more than three times

the sales of all other apparel items.

Shoe stores (SIC 566). Establishments primarily engaged

in the retail sale of any one line, or a combination of the

lines, of men’s, women’s, and children’s footwear. These

establishments frequently carry accessory lines such as

hosiery, gloves, and handbags.

Miscellaneous apparel and accessory stores

(SIC 569). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail

sale of specialized lines of apparel and accessories, not

elsewhere classified, such as uniforms, bathing suits, raincoats, riding apparel, sports apparel, umbrellas, wigs, and

toupees. This industry also includes custom tailors primarily engaged in making and selling men’s and women’s

clothing, except fur apparel. Establishments primarily engaged

in making fur apparel to custom order are classified in SIC

563.

Furniture and Homefurnishings Stores

(SIC Major Group 57)

This major group includes retail stores selling goods

used for furnishing the home such as furniture, floor

coverings, draperies, glass and chinaware, domestic stoves,

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refrigerators, and other household electric and gas appliances. Establishments selling electric and gas appliances

are included in this group only if the major part of their sales

consists of articles for home use. These stores also may

perform repair work on household appliances, radios,

televisions, and stereo equipment; but establishments primarily engaged in repair of these products are classified in

SIC 76. Dealers primarily engaged in selling antique and

secondhand furniture are classified in SIC 5932. Stores

furnishing interior decorating service are classified according to the merchandise handled. Stores primarily engaged

in selling furnishings in conjunction with an interior decorator service are classified according to the merchandise

handled; if the interior designer primarily advises clients on

selection of merchandise, the establishment is classified in

SIC 7389.

Furniture stores (SIC 5712). Establishments primarily

engaged in selling new household furniture, beds, mattresses, springs, and other sleep equipment. Also included

in this classification are establishments selling household

appliances, phonographs, radios, television sets, and floor

coverings, provided the receipts from sales of furniture and

sleep equipment exceed those from sales of other merchandise. Furniture warehouse showrooms, sleep shops

and waterbed stores, and specialty furniture stores such as

baby furniture stores, are classified here. If sales of new

office furniture account for more than half of the total sales,

the establishments are classified in SIC 502100.

Floor covering stores (SIC 5713). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of rugs, carpets, linoleum,

floor tile, and related products. Stores selling ceramic (wall

or floor) tile are classified in SIC 521100. Establishments

included in this industry may incidentally perform installation but contractors primarily engaged in installing floor

coverings for others are classified in SIC 1743 or 1752.

Drapery, curtain, and upholstery stores (SIC 5714).

Establishments primarily engaged in selling draperies,

curtains, slipcovers, and upholstery materials. Establishments primarily selling custom-made draperies and

slipcovers for household use also are included. Establishments primarily engaged in reupholstering or repairing

furniture are classified in SIC 7641.

Miscellaneous homefurnishings stores (SIC 5719). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of miscellaneous homefurnishings such as china, glassware, and

metalware for kitchen and table use; bedding and linen;

brooms and brushes; lamps and shades; mirrors and

pictures; and venetian blinds and window shades. Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of miscellaneous homefurnishings by house-to-house canvass or by

party-plan merchandising are classified in SIC 5963.

Household appliance stores (SIC 572). Establishments

primarily engaged in the retail sale of electric and gas

refrigerators, stoves, microwave ovens, home freezers,

and other household appliances such as electric irons,

percolators, hot plates, vacuum cleaners, sewing machines,

dehumidifiers, and self-contained room air-conditioners.

Many such stores also sell radios and television sets.

Radio, television, and electronics stores (SIC 5731).

Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of

radios, television sets, compact disc players, record players, high fidelity (hi-fi) sound reproducing equipment, and

other consumer electronics equipment. Such establishments also may sell additional lines such as household

appliances, computers, computer peripheral equipment,

software, musical instruments, and records. Establishments in this industry may perform incidental installation

and repair work on radios, televisions, and other consumer

electronics equipment. Establishments primarily engaged

in the installation and repair of these products are classified

in SIC 7622.

Computer and computer software stores (SIC 5734).

Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of

computer hardware and peripheral equipment such as

printers, disk drives, etc. Computer software and computer

furniture frequently are sold in these establishments. Also

included are establishments primarily engaged in the retail

sale of prepackaged (off-the-shelf) computer software.

Computer furniture, peripheral equipment, books, supplies,

and accessories are frequently sold in these establishments.

Record and prerecorded tape stores (SIC 5735). Establishments primarily engaged in selling phonograph records,

compact discs, and prerecorded audio and video tapes and

discs. Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of

computer software are classified in SIC 5734 and those

primarily engaged in the rental of video tapes in SIC 7841.

Musical instrument stores (SIC 5736). Establishments

primarily engaged in selling musical instruments such as

organs, pianos, horns, stringed instruments, and percussion instruments; sheet music; and similar supplies.

Eating and Drinking Places

(SIC Major Group 58)

This major group includes retail establishments engaged

in selling prepared foods and drinks for consumption on the

premises. Also included are caterers which serve prepared

food other than at the place of business and lunch counters

and refreshment stands selling prepared foods and drinks

for immediate consumption. In-plant food contractors are

included here as well as leased eating and drinking concessions in hotels, motels, sports arenas, and other amusement places.

Restaurants (SIC 5812 pt.).Establishments primarily engaged

in serving prepared food and beverages. Included here are

only those establishments in which waiters/waitresses take

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orders from patrons while the patrons are seated at a

counter, booth, or table. They often serve alcoholic beverages. Establishments in which sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises exceed sales of

prepared food and nonalcoholic beverages are classified in

Drinking Places (SIC 5813).

Cafeterias (SIC 5812 pt.). Establishments engaged in

serving a wide variety of prepared food and beverages

primarily through the use of a cafeteria line where customers make selections from displayed items. Some limited

waiter/waitress service may be provided. Table and/or

booth seating facilities are usually provided.

Refreshment places (SIC 5812 pt.). Establishments primarily engaged in selling limited lines of refreshments and

prepared food. Included in this group are establishments

which prepare items such as chicken and hamburgers for

consumption either on or near the premises or for ‘‘takehome’’ consumption. Such establishments do not have

waiter/waitress service where the patron’s order is taken

while the patron is seated at a table, booth, or counter.

Other eating places (SIC 5812 pt.). This includes social

caterers, contract feeding, and ice cream and frozen yogurt

shops. See following descriptions.

Social caterers (SIC 5812 pt.). Establishments primarily

engaged in serving prepared food and beverages for

weddings, banquets, etc. at a hall or similar dedicated

facility rather than at a fixed business location. Such

establishments also may arrange for some entertainment

but entertainment should be a minor part of the business.

(Separate data are shown only at the national level.)

Contract feeding (SIC 5812 pt.). Establishments primarily engaged in providing food service under contract to

another company; hospital; or governmental, penal, or

educational institution. The facilities and personnel of these

establishments may be provided by the contracting company, institution, etc., but the management must always be

supplied by the contractor. (Separate data are shown only

at the national level.)

Ice cream and frozen yogurt shops (SIC 5812 pt.). Establishments primarily engaged in selling ice cream, frozen

yogurt, or other frozen ices for consumption either on or

near the premises. ‘‘Take-home’’ packages also may be

provided for ice cream sold in bulk. (Separate data are

shown only at the national level.) Establishments known as

ice cream or yogurt shops but primarily selling hamburgers,

hot dogs, etc. are classified in SIC 581200.

Drinking places (SIC 5813). Establishments primarily

engaged in the retail sale of alcoholic drinks such as beer,

ale, wine, and liquor for consumption on the premises. The

sale of food frequently accounts for a substantial portion of

the receipts of these establishments. Meals may or may

not be served.

Miscellaneous Retail Stores

(SIC Major Group 59)

This major group includes retail establishments not

elsewhere classified. These establishments fall into the

following categories: drug stores and proprietary stores;

liquor stores; used merchandise stores; miscellaneous

shopping goods stores; nonstore retailers, fuel dealers,

florists, cigar stores and stands, news dealers and newsstands, and miscellaneous retail stores not elsewhere

classified.

Drug and proprietary stores (SIC 591). Establishments

primarily engaged in the retail sale of prescription drugs.

They may carry a number of related lines such as cosmetics, toiletries, tobacco, and novelty merchandise and may

operate a soda fountain or lunch counter. Some of these

stores sell small electrical appliances, window fans, dishes,

lawn chairs, and similar products. Drug stores are classified here if any prescriptions are sold or if there is an

indication that a pharmacist is employed. These stores are

classified on the basis of their usual trade designation

rather than on the stricter interpretation of commodities

handled. Also included are proprietary stores which are

establishments generally selling the same merchandise as

drug stores, except that prescriptions are not filled and

sold.

Liquor stores (SIC 592). Establishments primarily engaged

in selling packaged alcoholic beverages such as ale, beer,

wine, and liquor for consumption off the premises. Liquor

stores operated by States, counties, and municipalities are

included.

Used merchandise stores (SIC 593). This industry includes

stores primarily engaged in the retail sale of used merchandise, antiques, and secondhand goods such as clothing

and shoes; furniture; books and rare manuscripts; musical

instruments; office furniture; phonographs and phonograph

records; and store fixtures and equipment. The industry

also includes pawnshops. Dealers primarily engaged in

selling used motor vehicles, trailers, and boats are classified in major group 55; and those primarily selling used

mobile homes in SIC 5271. Establishments primarily selling used automobile parts and accessories are classified in

SIC 5015; and scrap and waste dealers are classified in

SIC 5093. Establishments primarily engaged in automobile

repair are classified in SIC 753.

General- and specialty-line sporting goods stores

(SIC 5941). Establishments primarily engaged in selling a

general line of sporting goods and equipment for hunting,

camping, fishing, skiing, riding, tennis, golf, and other

sports; and gymnasium and playground equipment. Also

included are establishments specializing in a maximum of

four lines of sporting goods and equipment such as guns,

bicycles, trophies, skiing, golfing, bowling, and billiards

equipment. These stores may also sell parts and/or accessories for the specialized line and often rent and/or repair

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the line they sell. Sales of motorcycles and motor scooters

(including mopeds) are classified in SIC 5571. Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of athletic

footwear are classified in SIC 5661.

Book stores (SIC 5942). Establishments primarily engaged

in selling new books and periodicals. Stationery and related

items may also be sold. The subclassifications are general,

specialty, and college book stores. Book clubs (not engaged

in publishing) primarily selling new books through the mail

are included in mail-order houses (SIC 5961). Establishments primarily engaged in the sale of used books are

classified in SIC 593.

Stationery stores (SIC 5943). Establishments primarily

engaged in the retail sale of stationery such as paper and

paper products (including printing and engraving), post

cards, novelties, and school supplies. These establishments also may sell additional lines of office type supplies

such as accounting and legal forms, blankbooks and

forms, and office forms and supplies. Establishments primarily engaged in selling office supply forms and supplies

are classified in SIC 5112. Stores specializing in the sale of

artists’ supplies are classified in SIC 5999.

Jewelry stores (SIC 5944). Establishments primarily engaged

in the retail sale of any combination of the lines of jewelry

such as diamonds and other precious stones; rings, bracelets, and brooches; sterling and plated silverware; and

watches and clocks. Stores primarily engaged in watch and

jewelry repair are classified in SIC 7631. Establishments

primarily engaged in selling costume jewelry are classified

in kind of business 563200.

Hobby, toy, and game shops (SIC 5945). Establishments

primarily engaged in the retail sale of toys, games, and

hobby and craft kits and supplies. Establishments primarily

engaged in selling artists’ supplies or collectors’ items such

as coins, stamps, and autographs are classified in SIC

5999.

Camera and photographic supply stores (SIC 5946).

Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of

cameras, film, and other photographic supplies and equipment. Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of

video cameras are classified in SIC 5731. Establishments

primarily engaged in finishing films are classified in SIC

7384.

Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops (SIC 5947). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of combined lines

of gifts and novelty merchandise, souvenirs, greeting cards,

holiday decorations, and miscellaneous small art goods.

Luggage and leather goods stores (SIC 5948). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of luggage,

trunks, and leather goods, except apparel.

Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores

(SIC 5949). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail

sale of sewing supplies, fabrics, patterns, yarn, and other

needlework accessories.

Catalog and mail-order houses (SIC 5961). Establishments primarily selling merchandise as a result of orders

received by catalog, mail, or television order. Customers

are made aware of goods available for sale through

catalogs, mailing pieces, advertisements in newspapers

and magazines, advertising on radio and television, and by

operating catalog stores that carry little stock other than

display items. They receive their orders by phone or mail

and fill most of their orders by mail. These establishments

do not ordinarily maintain stock for sale on the premises.

Departmentalized retail stores normally with 50 employees

or more and operated by mail-order houses and selling a

general line of merchandise are classified in SIC 531.

Retail stores normally with less than 50 employees and

operated by mail-order houses and selling a general line of

merchandise are classified in SIC 539. Establishments

primarily engaged in mail-order sales of computer hardware and/or software and television order (home shopping)

sales are included within the classification.

Automatic merchandising machine operators (SIC 5962).

Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of

products by automatic merchandising units (vending machines)

which are generally located on the premises of other

businesses. This industry does not include coin-operated

service machines such as washers and dryers (SIC 7215),

music machines and amusement game machines (SIC

7993), lockers and scales (SIC 7299), or insurance policies

sold through vending machines (SIC 63). The ′′establishment′′ is the location from which the vending route (or

routes) is serviced, not the number of vending machines or

the number of business locations in which vending machines

are located.

Direct selling establishments (SIC 5963). Establishments primarily engaged in selling merchandise by houseto-house canvass, by party plan, by telephone, or from

trucks or wagons or other temporary locations. The ‘‘establishment’’ is the location from which the canvassers operate.

Fuel oil dealers (SIC 5983). Establishments primarily

engaged in the retail sale of fuel oil. Establishments

primarily selling fuel oil burners are classified in SIC 5074;

dealers primarily engaged in installing and servicing fuel oil

burners, in SIC 1711; and fuel oil burner repair service only,

in SIC 7699.

Liquefied petroleum gas (bottled gas) dealers

(SIC 5984). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail

sale of bottled or bulk liquefied petroleum (LP) gas.

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Fuel dealers, not elsewhere classified (SIC 5989). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of coal, coke,

charcoal, wood, or any combination of these lines. Establishments primarily selling fuel oil are classified in SIC 5983

and those primarily selling bottled gas in SIC 5984.

Florists (SIC 5992). Establishments primarily engaged in

the retail sale of cut flowers and growing plants. Stores

primarily engaged in the retail sale of seeds, bulbs, and

nursery stock are classified in SIC 5261, and greenhouses

and nurseries primarily engaged in growing seeds, bulbs,

flowers, and nursery stock are classified in SIC 0181.

Tobacco stores and stands (SIC 5993). Establishments

primarily engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes, cigars,

tobacco, and smokers’ supplies. Many of the establishments included in this classification are operated as

concessions in places of amusement, railway stations,

airports, and other public places.

News dealers and newsstands (SIC 5994). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of newspapers,

magazines, and other periodicals. Home delivery of newspapers by other than printers or publishers is classified in

SIC 5963. Establishments engaged in delivering newspapers for subsequent home delivery are classified in SIC

4212.

Optical goods stores (SIC 5995). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of prescription eyeglasses

and contact lenses for individuals. Offices of oculists,

ophthalmologists and optometrists are classified in major

group 80 even though a majority of their revenue is from

the sale of eyeglass frames or prescription eyeglasses and

contact lenses.

Miscellaneous retail stores, not elsewhere classified

(SIC 5999). Establishments primarily engaged in the retail

sale of specialized lines of merchandise, not elsewhere

classified. This industry also includes establishments primarily engaged in selling a general line of their own or

consigned merchandise at retail or at auction. Establishments primarily engaged in auctioning tangible personal

property of others on a fee basis are classified in SIC 7389.

RETAIL TRADE—SUBJECT SERIES APPENDIX A A–13
Appendix B.

Sample Report Form

The sample report form is shown on the following pages.

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Appendix C.

Changes in Retail Trade Kind~of~Business

Classifications for 1992

[Based on revisions to the standard industrial classification (SIC) manual, definitions of some kinds of business were changed for 1987. The significant changes in SIC codes from 1972 to 1987 are listed

below. For industries other than those listed, the SIC definitions are the same as those used since 1972, or contain only minor revisions affecting the classification of few, if any, establishments]

1987 SIC (used for 1992 census and AES reports) 1972 SIC (used for 1972, 1977, and 1982 census reports

and 1987 Assets and Expenditures report)

Code Title Code Title

5311 Department stores [with 50 employees or more] .................................

5399 pt. Department stores [with 25 to 49 employees] .................................... nn5311 Department stores [with 25 employees or more]

5399 pt. Miscellaneous general merchandise stores...................................... nn5399 Miscellanous general merchandise stores

5421 Meat and fish (seafood) markets1 .............................................. nn5422, 3 Meat and fish (seafood) markets

nn5462 Retail bakeriesmbaking and selling

nn5463 Retail bakeriesmselling only 5461 Retail bakeries ..............................................................

5561 Recreational vehicle dealers ..................................................

5599 pt. Utility trailer dealers .......................................................... nn5561 Recreational and utility trailer dealers

nn5631 Women’s accessory and specialty stores

nn5681 Furriers and fur shops 5632 Women’s accessory and specialty stores .......................................

5731 Radio, television, and electronics stores ........................................

5734 Computer and software stores................................................. nn5732 Radio and television stores

5735 Record and prerecorded tape stores ...........................................

5736 Musical instrument stores ..................................................... nn5733 Music stores

5932 Used merchandise stores .....................................................

5015 pt. Motor vehicle parts, used2 .................................................... nn5931 Used merchandise stores

5989 Fuel dealers, n.e.c. ..........................................................

5999 pt. Ice dealers.................................................................. nn5982 Fuel and ice dealers, n.e.c.

5995 Optical goods stores1 ........................................................ nn5999 pt. Optical goods stores

nn5982 pt. Ice dealers

nn5999 pt. Other miscellaneous retail stores, n.e.c. 5999 pt. Other miscellaneous retail stores, n.e.c. ........................................

1No change in content.

2Classified in retail trade prior to the 1987 census.

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1992 CENSUS OF RETAIL TRADE

Publications of the 1992 Census of Retail Trade, containing

data on retail establishments in the United States, are described

below. Publication order forms for specific reports may be obtained

from any Department of Commerce district office or from Customer Services, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-

1900. The first results were issued in press releases. Final

detailed statistics are issued in separate paperbound reports and

compact disc-read only memory (CD-ROM).

Final Reports

Geographic area series—52 reports

(RC92-A-1 to -52)

A separate paperbound report containing data for establishments with payroll is published for each State, the District of

Columbia, and the United States. Each report presents general

statistics for establishments with payroll including number of

establishments, sales, payroll, and employment by varied retail

classifications. All statistics are presented for the State, metropolitan areas (MA’s), counties, and places with 2,500 inhabitants

or more. Greater kind-of-business detail is shown for larger areas.

For each State, the District of Columbia, and the United States,

1992 data are provided by kind of business on sales and

employees per establishment and sales and payroll per employee.

Comparative statistics showing percent changes in sales and

payroll between 1987 and 1992 are shown by kind of business.

Nonemployer statistics series—1 report

(RC92-N-1)

This report includes number of establishments and sales by

kind of business for all establishments, establishments with

payroll, and establishments without payroll for the United States

and States. Data on sales size of establishments without payroll

and the number of proprietorships and partnerships is also

provided for the United States. Also presented are statistics for

establishments without payroll including number of establishments and sales by varied retail classifications for MA’s. Similar

data for counties and places with 2,500 inhabitants or more are

available on electronic media only.

Subject series—4 reports

(RC92-S-1 to -4)

The Establishment and Firm Size report (RC92-S-1) presents

data for establishments with payroll, based on size of establishment, size of company or firm, and legal form of organization.

Establishment statistics are presented by sales size and by

employment size; statistics for firms by sales size (including

concentration by largest firms), by employment size, and by

number of establishments operated (single units and multiunits).

Statistics are presented by kind of business on the number of

establishments, sales, payroll, and employment for the United

States.

The Measures of Value Produced, Capital Expenditures, Depreciable Assets, and Operating Expenses report (RC92-S-2) presents data on measures of value produced, capital expenditures,

depreciable assets, and operating expenses for firms with payroll

for the United States by major kind of business. Operating

expenses include annual payroll, supplemental labor costs, purchased services, etc. Receipts data also are provided.

The Merchandise Line Sales report (RC92-S-3) presents data

on major categories of merchandise sold by retail kinds of

business for each State and the District of Columbia, each MA,

and the United States as a whole. Data for States and MA’s will be

available on electronic media only. Tables present data for

establishments with payroll for each kind of business and show,

for each merchandise line, the number of establishments handling the line and their sales of the line; the percentage of total

sales of the kind of business accounted for by each of the lines

carried; and, for establishments actually handling a specific line,

the percentage of their total sales represented by sales of that

line. Summary statistics also are provided for the 43 broad

merchandise line categories, including counts of establishments

and the amount and percentage of the line sold by various kinds

of retail businesses.

The Miscellaneous Subjects report (RC92-S-4) contains special statistics on eating and drinking places, gasoline service

stations, shoe stores, optical goods stores, and other miscellaneous subjects. Data are presented for the United States as a

whole and, where feasible, for States and MA’s.

Special report series—1 report

(RC92-SP-1)

The Selected Statistics report presents selected data for

establishments with and without payroll for 1992 and 1987 by kind

of business. Data include number of establishments, sales,

payroll and employment, and selected ratios and rankings. Data

are presented for the United States as a whole and for States and

MA’s.

Electronic Media

All data included in the printed reports are available on

CD-ROM. The CD-ROM’s provide the same information found in

the final reports as well as additional information not published in

the final reports such as ZIP Code statistics available from series

RC92-Z, merchandise line sales statistics for States and MA’s

from series RC92-S, and nonemployer data for counties and

places from series RC92-N. Electronic media products are available for users who wish to summarize, rearrange, or process

large amounts of data. These products, with corresponding

technical documentation, are sold by Customer Services, Bureau

of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-1900.

OTHER ECONOMIC CENSUS REPORTS

Data on wholesale trade, service industries, transportation,

communications, utilities, financial, insurance, real estate, construction industries, manufactures, mineral industries, enterprise

statistics, minority-owned business enterprises, and women-owned

businesses also are available from the 1992 Economic Census. A

separate series of reports covers the census of outlying areas:

Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, and the

Northern Marianas. Separate announcements describing these

reports are available free of charge from Customer Services,

Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233-1900.

Publication Program