Industry · NAICS 4453

Beer, wine and liquor stores

The United States has 36,433 employer establishments in beer, wine and liquor stores (1.1 per 10,000 residents), employing 193,533 people at an average annual pay of $28,143, plus 12,202 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments: 36,433; 12,202 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 1.1
Paid employees: 193,533
Average annual pay: $28,143

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

Beer, wine and liquor stores by residents per establishment
#	Place					vs US
1	Lafayette, LA	415,934	6	69,322	0.1	0.13×	57	$28,070	6
2	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	1,287,775	21	61,323	0.2	0.15×	277	$28,480	19
3	Baton Rouge, LA	878,512	15	58,567	0.2	0.16×	111	$27,694	18
4	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	601,370	13	46,259	0.2	0.20×	131	$29,611	6
5	Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	275,871	6	45,979	0.2	0.20×	55	$34,200	7
6	Kennewick-Richland, WA	315,388	7	45,055	0.2	0.21×	79	$32,582	10
7	Tucson, AZ	1,065,239	26	40,971	0.2	0.23×	215	$31,121	16
8	Charleston, WV	202,801	5	40,560	0.2	0.23×	25	$26,160	—
9	Lake Charles, LA	241,119	6	40,187	0.2	0.23×	57	$28,368	3
10	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	277,358	7	39,623	0.3	0.23×	64	$27,641	5
11	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	299,197	8	37,400	0.3	0.25×	80	$43,763	3
12	Albuquerque, NM	922,544	25	36,902	0.3	0.25×	237	$26,186	8
13	Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	181,422	5	36,284	0.3	0.25×	54	$27,815	—
14	Fayetteville, NC	392,345	11	35,668	0.3	0.26×	86	$24,209	—
15	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	5,087,631	148	34,376	0.3	0.27×	1,171	$30,336	97
16	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	972,093	30	32,403	0.3	0.29×	293	$30,096	30
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	4,062,857	127	31,991	0.3	0.29×	915	$32,799	100
18	Toledo, OH	599,751	19	31,566	0.3	0.29×	131	$21,969	8
19	Appleton, WI	247,042	8	30,880	0.3	0.30×	55	$15,655	—
20	Yuba City, CA	184,402	6	30,734	0.3	0.30×	38	$25,184	6
21	Wildwood-The Villages, FL	151,889	5	30,378	0.3	0.30×	13	$36,154	3
22	Laredo, TX	271,942	9	30,216	0.3	0.31×	55	$26,455	18
23	Jacksonville, NC	210,955	7	30,136	0.3	0.31×	50	$41,620	—
24	Bellingham, WA	232,620	8	29,078	0.3	0.32×	75	$27,467	3
25	Portland-South Portland, ME	569,060	20	28,453	0.4	0.32×	151	$38,311	14

1–25 of 366 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

No federal contract obligations under NAICS 4453 in fiscal year 2026.