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Fort Meade retail, accommodation and food service sales
Fort Meade city, Florida, a city in Polk County. From the 2017 and 2022 Economic Censuses.
BusinessFlare® sales and visitor spending estimate for Fort Meade, monthly, anchored on these Census figures.
Fort Meade. Sales are the year's sales, shipments or revenue; employees are the count in the pay period including March 12; payroll is the calendar year.
Retail trade, NAICS 44-45
The 2022 NAICS regrouped retail trade below the sector, so only the sector compares across the two censuses. Sales, employees and payroll the Bureau withholds keep its flag; withheld employment shows the Bureau's size range.
| Industry | Sales 2017 | Sales 2022 | Change | Establishments 2017 | Establishments 2022 | Change | Employees 2017 | Employees 2022 | Change | Payroll 2017 | Payroll 2022 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44-45 Retail trade | $74,737,000 | $80,968,000 | +8.3% | 16 | 19 | +18.8% | 133 | 136 | +2.3% | $3,921,000 | $4,057,000 | +3.5% |
| 441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers | withheld | $47,955,000 | not comparable | withheld | 6 | not comparable | 20 to 99 (withheld) | 61 | not comparable | $2,667,000 | $2,443,000 | not comparable |
| 4411 Automobile dealers | withheld | withheld | not comparable | withheld | withheld | not comparable | 20 to 99 (withheld) | 20 to 99 (withheld) | not comparable | withheld | withheld | not comparable |
| 445 Food and beverage stores (2017 only) | $4,509,000 | n/a | 3 | n/a | 22 | n/a | $287,000 | n/a | ||||
| 4451 Grocery stores (2017 only) | $4,509,000 | n/a | 3 | n/a | 22 | n/a | $287,000 | n/a | ||||
| 447 Gasoline stations (2017 only) | $11,994,000 | n/a | 4 | n/a | 22 | n/a | $448,000 | n/a | ||||
| 4471 Gasoline stations (2017 only) | $11,994,000 | n/a | 4 | n/a | 22 | n/a | $448,000 | n/a | ||||
| 457 Gasoline stations and fuel dealers (2022 only) | n/a | $21,703,000 | n/a | 6 | n/a | 28 | n/a | $578,000 | ||||
| 4571 Gasoline stations (2022 only) | n/a | $21,703,000 | n/a | 6 | n/a | 28 | n/a | $578,000 |
Accommodation and food services, NAICS 72
Subsectors and industries are defined the same way in both censuses. Sales, employees and payroll the Bureau withholds keep its flag; withheld employment shows the Bureau's size range.
| Industry | Sales 2017 | Sales 2022 | Change | Establishments 2017 | Establishments 2022 | Change | Employees 2017 | Employees 2022 | Change | Payroll 2017 | Payroll 2022 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 Accommodation and food services | $4,309,000 | $6,614,000 | +53.5% | 7 | 9 | +28.6% | 100 | 126 | +26.0% | $1,207,000 | $1,844,000 | +52.8% |
| 722 Food services and drinking places | $4,309,000 | $6,614,000 | +53.5% | 7 | 9 | +28.6% | 100 | 126 | +26.0% | $1,207,000 | $1,844,000 | +52.8% |
| 7225 Restaurants and other eating places | withheld | withheld | n/a | withheld | withheld | n/a | 20 to 99 (withheld) | 100 to 249 (withheld) | n/a | withheld | withheld | n/a |
Sources on this page
- US Census Bureau: Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, the geographic area series tables EC1744BASIC EC1772BASIC EC2244BASIC EC2272BASIC, read from the flat file package behind each table. Retrieved 2026-10-01. Published about two and a half years after the census year; the next census covers 2027.
- Validated against the Bureau's API dataset (ECNBASIC2017 and ECNBASIC2022, the files behind the Census Data API) at refresh and on every build: every figure and flag on this page must appear there with the same value or the build fails.
- Withheld figures. D means withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies, with an employment size range where the Bureau prints one; S means the estimate did not meet publication standards.
- Sources and methods.
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