Industry · NAICS 4461

Health and personal care stores

The United States has 89,276 employer establishments in health and personal care stores (2.7 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,066,142 people at an average annual pay of $40,288, plus 291,408 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
89,276
291,408 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
2.7
Paid employees
1,066,142
Average annual pay
$40,288

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Health and personal care stores by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Greeley, CO360,971379,75610.39×460$38,035385
2Show Low, AZ109,197129,1001.10.41×106$46,09454
3Moses Lake, WA103,035128,5861.20.44×125$42,94452
4Truckee-Grass Valley, CA102,060137,8511.30.48×214$42,84196
5Albany, OR131,591187,3111.40.52×231$43,77999
6Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI106,192157,0791.40.53×240$42,10082
7Longview-Kelso, WA112,866167,0541.40.53×159$34,05079
8Killeen-Temple, TX502,497726,9791.40.54×874$33,239379
9Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA125,184186,9551.40.54×261$31,705110
10Stockton-Lodi, CA806,0551176,8891.50.55×1,718$39,761634
11Merced, CA294,319436,8451.50.55×501$39,952146
12Anderson Creek, NC141,772216,7511.50.56×300$38,607107
13Gettysburg, PA106,945166,6841.50.56×175$35,60677
14Ottawa, IL146,200226,6451.50.57×264$37,591127
15Bloomington, IN165,135256,6051.50.57×358$37,94764
16Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA277,358436,4501.60.58×517$37,290172
17Torrington, CT113,508186,3061.60.60×291$42,97676
18Yakima, WA257,314416,2761.60.60×477$43,308134
19Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ124,716206,2361.60.60×190$31,70098
20Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT739,1161196,2111.60.61×1,514$33,1731,061
21Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ223,586366,2111.60.61×414$40,300137
22Fond du Lac, WI104,349176,1381.60.61×260$40,29298
23Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA2,519,0454146,0851.60.62×5,307$37,5041,811
24Rochester, MN229,143386,0301.70.63×563$29,922188
25Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN227,275385,9811.70.63×579$34,003140

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $48.3K on contracts under NAICS 4561, 4461 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (304 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$575.6K1,192%
    7 awards
  2. Fort Wayne, IN$404.4K837%
    1 award
  3. Monroe, LA$380K787%
    2 awards
  4. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$285.4K591%
    6 awards
  5. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$267K553%
    5 awards
  6. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$174.1K361%
    2 awards
  7. Lincoln, NE$159.5K330%
    7 awards
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$108.4K225%
    3 awards
  9. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$100K207%
    1 award
  10. Columbia, MO$98.5K204%
    2 awards

Counties

  1. Cook County, IL$575.6K1,192%
    7 awards
  2. Allen County, IN$404.4K837%
    1 award
  3. Ouachita Parish, LA$380K787%
    2 awards
  4. Seminole County, FL$283.4K587%
    1 award
  5. Maricopa County, AZ$267K553%
    5 awards
  6. Pulaski County, AR$174.1K361%
    2 awards
  7. Lancaster County, NE$159.5K330%
    7 awards
  8. District of Columbia, DC$107.3K222%
    1 award
  9. Washington County, AR$100K207%
    1 award
  10. Boone County, MO$98.5K204%
    2 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Fort Wayne city, IN$404.4K837%
    1 award
  2. Chicago city, IL$245.3K508%
    3 awards
  3. Gilbert town, AZ$231.2K479%
    4 awards
  4. Little Rock city, AR$174.1K361%
    2 awards
  5. Lincoln city, NE$159.5K330%
    7 awards
  6. Lake Mary city, FL$121.9K252%
    1 award
  7. Washington city, DC$107.3K222%
    1 award
  8. Shreveport city, LA$86.4K179%
    1 award
  9. Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY$64K133%
    2 awards
  10. Passaic city, NJ$55.1K114%
    14 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)