44511

Analysis

NAICS 44511 is the 2022 NAICS industry for supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience retailers), part of 4451 (Grocery and Convenience Retailers).

It has only one more detailed code, 445110, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.

County Business Patterns counts 62,947 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 2,808,118 people at an average annual payroll of $29,817 per employee (3rd percentile of national industries). 33% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 2% and employment rose 7%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.