1997 Economic Census: Retail Trade
| NAICS Code | Type of Business | Number of Establishments | Sales ($1,000) |
Annual Payroll ($1,000) |
Paid Employees1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 to 45 | Retail Trade | 535 | 1,113,354 | 124,614 | 7,290 |
| 441 | Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers | 12 | 69,616 | 3,944 | 199 |
| 442 | Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores | 35 | 49,265 | 6,379 | 291 |
| 443 | Electronics and Appliances Stores | 36 | 128,745 | 13,843 | 477 |
| 444 | Building Materials and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers | 16 | 52,633 | 7,376 | 248 |
| 445 | Food and Beverage Stores | 76 | 206,943 | 26,195 | 1,520 |
| 446 | Health and Personal Care Stores | 43 | 74,896 | 8,962 | 576 |
| 447 | Gasoline Stations | 29 | 38,722 | 1,763 | 122 |
| 448 | Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores | 121 | 155,607 | 18,020 | 1,530 |
| 451 | Sporting Goods, Hobby, Music and Books Stores | 64 | 136,762 | 16,360 | 998 |
| 452 | General Merchandise Stores | 10 | D | D | f |
| 453 | Miscellaneous Store Retailers | 70 | D | D | f |
| 454 | Nonstore Retailers (Including Electronic Shopping and Mail Order Houses) | 26 | 57,872 | 5,091 | 164 |
| 1. Industries with 500 employees or more are shown. Some statistics are withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. If employment is 500 or more, number of establishments is shown and employment size range is indicated by one of the following symbols: c-100 to 249 employees; e-250 to 499 employees; f-500 to 999 employees; g-1,000 to 2,499 employees, h-2,500 to 4,999 employees; i-5,000 to 9,999 employees; j-10,000 to 24,999 employees; k-25,000 to 49,999 employees; l-50,000 to 99,999 employees; m-100,000 employees or more. | |||||
| D - Withheld to avoid disclosing information about individual companies. Data is included in broader categories. | |||||
| Source: U. S. Census, , 1997 Economic Census, Retail Trade, Geographic Area Series, September 1999. | |||||
For full documentation on the 1997 Economic Census, visit the Census Bureau's 1997 Economic Census home page. For more information about this industry sector in Cambridge, visit the report for Massachusetts Educational Services.This file is in PDF format and requires use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.For more information about NAICS, visit the official NAICS web page maintained by the U. S. Census Bureau. For information about the comparability of NAICS and SIC codes, visit the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC Classification Systems.
The figures presented here should not compared to the employment by industry figures generated by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The methodology and intended uses of the information differ, making direct comparisons impracticable.
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For more information about socioeconomic and demographic statistics about Cambridge, please contact Cliff Cook, ccook@cambridgema.gov, Planning Information Manager, at 617/349-4656. The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.
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