Variant of NAICS 1997 - Retail Trade and Wholesale Trade

RT - Retail Trade

E - Pharmacies and Personal Care Stores

446 - Health and Personal Care Stores

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing health and personal care products. Drug stores and pharmacies, cosmetics, beauty supplies and perfume stores, optical goods stores, food (health) supplement stores and health appliance stores are included.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • retailing health and personal care products by means of electronic shopping, mail-order or direct sale (See 454 Non-Store Retailers)

4461 - Health and Personal Care Stores

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing health and personal care products. Drug stores and pharmacies, cosmetics, beauty supplies and perfume stores, optical goods stores, food (health) supplement stores and health appliance stores are included.

44611 - Pharmacies and Drug Stores

This industry comprises establishments, known as pharmacies and drug stores, primarily engaged in retailing prescription or non-prescription drugs and medicines. These establishments also typically retail snacks, cosmetics, personal hygiene products, greeting cards and stationery, and health aids, and may also retail confectionery, tobacco products, novelties and giftware, and cameras and photographic supplies.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • retailing food supplement products, such as vitamins, nutrition supplements and body enhancing supplements (See 44619 Other Health and Personal Care Stores)

446110 - Pharmacies and Drug Stores

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, known as pharmacies and drug stores, primarily engaged in retailing prescription or non-prescription drugs and medicines. These establishments also typically retail snacks, cosmetics, personal hygiene products, greeting cards and stationery, and health aids, and may also retail confectionery, tobacco products, novelties and giftware, and cameras and photographic supplies.

• Example Activities:

  • Apothecaries, retail
  • Dispensary, retail
  • Drug store
  • Drug sundries, retail
  • Patent medicines, retail
  • Pharmaceuticals, retail
  • Pharmacies, retail
  • Proprietary medicines, retail