Analysis
NAICS 456110 is the 2022 national industry for pharmacies and drug retailers, part of 45611 (Pharmacies and Drug Retailers). Census lists 6 example activities under it in the official index.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include apothecaries, drug stores, institutional pharmacies, off-site, exclusively on Internet and institutional pharmacies, off-site, mail-order, among 6 in all.
For example, retailing food supplement products, such as vitamins, nutrition supplements, and body enhancing supplements are classified in 456191 (Food (Health) Supplement Retailers) instead.
Census lists 2 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 456191 and 524292. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
County Business Patterns publishes no national count for it, either because the code is out of the survey's scope or because the figures are suppressed to protect individual businesses.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments generally known as pharmacies and drug retailers engaged in retailing prescription or nonprescription drugs and medicines.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Retailing food supplement products, such as vitamins, nutrition supplements, and body enhancing supplements | 456191 Food (Health) Supplement Retailers |
| Providing pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services | 524292 Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds |
Index entries (6)
- Apothecaries
- Drug stores
- Institutional pharmacies, off-site, exclusively on Internet
- Institutional pharmacies, off-site, mail-order
- Institutional pharmacies, on-site
- Pharmacies