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General Merchandise Stores

General Merchandise Stores are a very common type of business to start. In fact, across the entire nation, there are more than 30,000 General Merchandise Stores. Given the current population of the United States, each one of those General Merchandise Stores serves about 10,000 citizens on average.

According to our business employment data, General Merchandise Stores will typically employ 5 to 9 employees. So, it's safe to say that General Merchandise Stores play an important role in the national economy.

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States with General Merchandise Stores
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
731
25.80
2.
West Virginia
390
21.72
3.
Alabama
949
21.36
4.
Arkansas
565
21.15
5.
South Carolina
779
19.42
6.
Kentucky
750
18.57
7.
Louisiana
814
18.23
8.
North Carolina
1,450
18.02
9.
608
17.62
10.
Tennessee
977
17.20
11.
Vermont
102
16.75
12.
Maine
208
16.36
13.
Georgia
1,290
15.98
14.
Iowa
433
14.80
15.
Nebraska
253
14.79
16.
Wyoming
71
14.45
17.
2,963
14.21
18.
Missouri
789
14.11
19.
Kansas
365
13.58
20.
Virginia
942
13.31
21.
Delaware
104
13.27
22.
Idaho
167
12.93
23.
Ohio
1,451
12.81
24.
New Mexico
232
12.79
25.
775
12.75
26.
Pennsylvania
1,515
12.34
27.
Michigan
1,210
12.18
28.
South Dakota
89
11.86
29.
Alaska
73
11.68
30.
New York
2,172
11.45
31.
Florida
1,766
11.05
32.
Montana
99
10.99
33.
70
10.93
34.
Wisconsin
556
10.37
35.
New Hampshire
128
10.36
36.
Illinois
1,273
10.25
37.
Arizona
519
10.12
38.
New Jersey
833
9.90
39.
Minnesota
435
8.85
40.
Maryland
465
8.78
41.
180
8.07
42.
Rhode Island
77
7.35
43.
Colorado
312
7.25
44.
Connecticut
232
6.93
45.
Nevada
138
6.92
46.
Oregon
220
6.44
47.
Massachusetts
398
6.27
48.
District of Columbia
32
5.65
49.
1,866
5.51
50.
Hawaii
63
5.20
51.
Washington
295
5.04

Number of General Merchandise Stores by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
10011
5 to 9
14136
10 to 19
5744
20 to 49
3082
50 to 99
140
100 to 249
71
250 to 499
11
500 to 999
3
1000 or more
1

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