Retail Sales per Establishment and Employee

Tables/Charts:

Retail Sales per Establishment and Employee and Employees per Establishment, 2010

Summary Points:

Electronic shopping and mail order houses recorded the largest volume of sales per outlet, at $16.8 million. In contrast, food service and drinking places registered the least sales: $851,300 per outlet.

Employees at electronic shopping and mail order houses sold the most per employee: $1.1 million. In contrast, sales per worker were lowest at food service and drinking establishments: $50,600.

Department stores are the most labor-intensive retail stores with 114 employees per outlet. Miscellaneous store retailers, such as florists, and household appliance stores employ the fewest workers per store with 7 employees per outlet.

Retail Sales per Establishment and Employee and Employees per Establishment, 2010* (NAICS Definitions, Thousands of Dollars, and Number of Employees)
NAICS	Kind of Business	Sales per Establishment	Sales per Employee	Employees Per Establishment
	Total Retail	$3,825.7	$272.6	14
	Total Retail (Plus Foodservice and Drinking Places)	2,781.0	185.2	15
441	Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers	6,653.5	468.8	14
442	Furniture & Home Furnishings Stores	1,735.7	209.8	8
4421	Furniture Stores	2,090.9	229.5	9
443	Electronics & Appliance Stores	2,058.5	206.1	10
443111	Household Appliance Stores	2,066.5	278.3	7
443112	Radio, TV, & Other Electronics Stores	2,103.2	188.9	11
444	Building Material & Garden Supply Stores	3,876.5	256.1	15
445	Food & Beverage Stores	4,181.4	209.7	20
446	Health & Personal Care Stores	2,720.8	269.6	10
44611	Pharmacies & Drug Stores	4,102.4	313.0	13
447	Gasoline Stations	4,175.4	531.1	8
448	Clothing & Clothing Accessories Stores	1,675.8	158.4	11
44811	Men’s Clothing Stores	1,259.6	146.0	9
44812	Women’s Clothing Stores	1,386.5	130.3	11
44814	Family Clothing Stores	3,547.8	173.3	20
4482	Shoe Stores	1,252.4	150.6	8
451	Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book & Music Stores	1,515.2	146.3	10
45111	Sporting Goods Stores	1,738.1	170.4	10
452	General Merchandise Stores	11,638.5	205.4	57
4521	Department Stores	14,244.6	125.4	114
453	Miscellaneous Store Retailers	1,044.0	158.0	7
454	Non-Store Retailers	9,489.7	868.6	11
4541	Electronic Shopping & Mail Order Houses	16,824.2	1,115.6	15
722	Foodservices & Drinking Places	851.3	50.6	17
*Data for 2010 establishments are preliminary Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census and U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics