Archived - Standard Industrial Classification - Establishments (SIC-E) 1980

J - Retail Trade Industries

Establishments included in retail trade are those primarily engaged in retail dealing, i.e. buying commodities for resale to the general public for personal or household consumption and in providing related services such as installation and repair. In general, retail establishments are classified by kind of business according to the principal lines of commodities sold and services provided. Processing which is incidental or subordinate to the selling activity is sometimes carried on in retail stores, e.g. tea blending or spice grinding in food stores. Ancillary activities are associated with some kinds of retail establishments, e.g. warehouses or garages operated by department or chain stores.
Establishments such as farm machinery dealers and dealers in farm supplies which sell to the farmer as a farm operator are considered to be in wholesale trade but those which sell to farmers as household consumers, e.g. food or apparel stores are included in retail trade. On the other hand, lumber and building materials dealers, fuel dealers and sellers of office furniture, machines and equipment, of industrial machinery, of commercial and professional furniture and of machinery and equipment are classified in wholesale whether they sell mainly to other businesses or to household consumers. In this Division, the concept of "primarily engaged in" must be interpreted differently from its treatment in other Divisions of the classification (cf. Introduction, C.4).

63 - Automotive Vehicles, Parts and Accessories Industries, Sales and Service

Establishments primarily engaged in retail dealing in automobiles, recreational vehicles and automotive parts and accessories. Included are gasoline stations, motor vehicle repair shops and other motor vehicle services.

631 - Automobile Dealers

Establishments primarily engaged in retail dealing in new and/or used automobiles. While such establishments may sell trucks, establishments primarily engaged in selling trucks usually sell to other businesses such as construction firms, movers and farmers and are therefore classified in 5512 - Trucks and Buses, Wholesale.

632 - Recreational Vehicle Dealers

Establishments primarily engaged in retail dealing in motor homes and travel trailers boats and outboard motors motorcycles and snowmobiles and other recreational vehicles. These establishments may also be engaged in the sale of parts and accessories for, and in the repair of, the vehicles they sell.

633 - Gasoline Service Stations

634 - Automotive Parts and Accessories Stores

Establishments primarily engaged in retail dealing in home and auto supplies, tires, batteries, parts and accessories for motor vehicles.

635 - Motor Vehicle Repair Shops

Establishments primarily engaged in motor vehicle general repairs, paint and body work, muffler replacement, glass replacement, transmission repair and replacement and other specialized repair work. Establishments primarily engaged in the repair of trucks and buses, farm machinery, or construction, forestry and mining machinery are classified in 5512 - Trucks and Buses, Wholesale, 5711 - Farm Machinery, Equipment and Supplies, Wholesale and in Industry Group 572 - Construction, Forestry and Mining Machinery, Equipment and Supplies, Wholesale, respectively.

639 - Other Motor Vehicle Services

Establishments primarily engaged in car washing and other motor vehicle services not elsewhere classified.