Analysis
NAICS 4453 is the 2022 industry group for beer, wine, and liquor retailers, part of 445 (Food and Beverage Retailers).
It has only one more detailed code, 445320, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 36,433 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 193,533 people at an average annual payroll of $28,143 per employee (3rd percentile of national industries). 62% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which marks it as a small-business industry.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 5% and employment rose 10%. 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.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 3 codes at this level within Food and Beverage Retailers, with 22.7% of them.