NAICS 452319 · Retail Trade
All Other General Merchandise Stores: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 47,634 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing new goods in general merchandise stores (except department stores, warehouse clubs, superstores, and supercenters). These establishments retail a general line of new merchandise, such as apparel, automotive parts, dry goods, hardware, housewares or home furnishings, and other lines in limited amounts, with none of the lines predominating.
Businesses classified here include
- Catalog showrooms, general merchandise (except catalog mail-order)
- Dollar stores
- General stores
- Home and auto supply stores
- Limited price variety stores
- Trading posts, general merchandise
- Variety stores
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 452319), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for all other general merchandise stores
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
U.S. business numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
Top states for all other general merchandise stores
- Texas 4,444 locations
- Florida 2,953 locations
- New York 2,548 locations
- California 2,529 locations
- North Carolina 2,205 locations
- Ohio 2,195 locations
- Georgia 2,136 locations
- Pennsylvania 2,103 locations
- Michigan 1,858 locations
- Illinois 1,634 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (1,465)
- Alaska (62)
- Arizona (651)
- Arkansas (849)
- California (2,529)
- Colorado (440)
- Connecticut (340)
- Delaware (143)
- District of Columbia (28)
- Florida (2,953)
- Georgia (2,136)
- Hawaii (42)
- Idaho (185)
- Illinois (1,634)
- Indiana (1,269)
- Iowa (578)
- Kansas (488)
- Kentucky (1,243)
- Louisiana (1,243)
- Maine (258)
- Maryland (595)
- Massachusetts (558)
- Michigan (1,858)
- Minnesota (587)
- Mississippi (1,040)
- Missouri (1,148)
- Montana (86)
- Nebraska (285)
- Nevada (227)
- New Hampshire (175)
- New Jersey (960)
- New Mexico (368)
- New York (2,548)
- North Carolina (2,205)
- North Dakota (128)
- Ohio (2,195)
- Oklahoma (923)
- Oregon (300)
- Pennsylvania (2,103)
- Rhode Island (140)
- South Carolina (1,278)
- South Dakota (181)
- Tennessee (1,577)
- Texas (4,444)
- Utah (192)
- Vermont (112)
- Virginia (1,239)
- Washington (347)
- West Virginia (534)
- Wisconsin (677)
- Wyoming (88)