The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
Use the NAICS Search box to find NAICS codes for the industry of interest.
Examples of NAICS Codes:
415110 New and used automobile and light-duty truck merchant wholesalers
441120 Used Car Dealers
The U.S. Census Bureau website offers useful information related to business and industry.
For data on economic sectors see: Economic Indicators
For retail industries see: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services.
The U.S. Census Bureau's Explore Census Data website is a good source of Economic Census data for 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, and 2020. The Economic Census is the U.S. Government's official five-year measure of American business and the economy.
The 2020 Economic Census data has been released. To obtain the data available, check out the 2020 Economic Census releases by state.
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