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Fort Myers Beach retail, accommodation and food service sales
Fort Myers Beach town, Florida, a town in Lee County. From the 2017 and 2022 Economic Censuses.
BusinessFlare® sales and visitor spending estimate for Fort Myers Beach, monthly, anchored on these Census figures.
Fort Myers Beach. 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 | $98,963,000 | $82,822,000 | -16.3% | 46 | 35 | -23.9% | 441 | 397 | -10.0% | $10,785,000 | $8,433,000 | -21.8% |
| 441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers (2017 only) | withheld | n/a | withheld | n/a | 20 to 99 (withheld) | n/a | withheld | n/a | ||||
| 445 Food and beverage retailers | $36,732,000 | $32,074,000 | not comparable | 7 | 5 | not comparable | 212 | 206 | not comparable | $4,442,000 | $3,511,000 | not comparable |
| 4451 Grocery and convenience retailers | withheld | withheld | not comparable | withheld | withheld | not comparable | 100 to 249 (withheld) | 100 to 249 (withheld) | not comparable | withheld | withheld | not comparable |
| 447 Gasoline stations (2017 only) | $9,112,000 | n/a | 4 | n/a | 20 to 99 (withheld) | n/a | withheld | n/a | ||||
| 4471 Gasoline stations (2017 only) | $9,112,000 | n/a | 4 | n/a | 20 to 99 (withheld) | n/a | withheld | n/a | ||||
| 448 Clothing and clothing accessories stores (2017 only) | $6,296,000 | n/a | 13 | n/a | 72 | n/a | $994,000 | n/a | ||||
| 4481 Clothing stores (2017 only) | withheld | n/a | withheld | n/a | 20 to 99 (withheld) | n/a | withheld | n/a | ||||
| 452 General merchandise stores (2017 only) | $1,089,000 | n/a | 3 | n/a | 8 | n/a | $242,000 | n/a | ||||
| 4523 General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters (2017 only) | $1,089,000 | n/a | 3 | n/a | 8 | n/a | $242,000 | n/a | ||||
| 453 Miscellaneous store retailers (2017 only) | $4,148,000 | n/a | 10 | n/a | 34 | n/a | $887,000 | n/a | ||||
| 4532 Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (2017 only) | $3,031,000 | n/a | 6 | n/a | 26 | n/a | $735,000 | n/a | ||||
| 4539 Other miscellaneous store retailers (2017 only) | withheld | n/a | withheld | n/a | 0 to 19 (withheld) | n/a | withheld | n/a | ||||
| 457 Gasoline stations and fuel dealers (2022 only) | n/a | withheld | n/a | 3 | n/a | 0 to 19 (withheld) | n/a | withheld | ||||
| 4571 Gasoline stations (2022 only) | n/a | withheld | n/a | 3 | n/a | 0 to 19 (withheld) | n/a | withheld | ||||
| 458 Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and jewelry retailers (2022 only) | n/a | $18,792,000 | n/a | 16 | n/a | 106 | n/a | $1,899,000 | ||||
| 4581 Clothing and clothing accessories retailers (2022 only) | n/a | withheld | n/a | withheld | n/a | 100 to 249 (withheld) | n/a | withheld | ||||
| 459 Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book and miscellaneous retailers (2022 only) | n/a | withheld | n/a | withheld | n/a | 14 | n/a | withheld | ||||
| 4599 Other miscellaneous retailers (2022 only) | n/a | $1,956,000 | n/a | 3 | n/a | 0 to 19 (withheld) | n/a | $211,000 |
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 | $163,511,000 | $142,383,000 | -12.9% | 67 | 66 | -1.5% | 1,872 | 1,628 | -13.0% | $42,025,000 | $41,790,000 | -0.6% |
| 721 Accommodation | $112,593,000 | $87,106,000 | -22.6% | 26 | 20 | -23.1% | 1,025 | 703 | -31.4% | $25,311,000 | $20,632,000 | -18.5% |
| 7211 Traveler accommodation | $112,593,000 | withheld | n/a | 26 | withheld | n/a | 1,025 | 500 to 999 (withheld) | n/a | $25,311,000 | withheld | n/a |
| 722 Food services and drinking places | $50,918,000 | $55,277,000 | +8.6% | 41 | 46 | +12.2% | 847 | 925 | +9.2% | $16,714,000 | $21,158,000 | +26.6% |
| 7224 Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) | $6,630,000 | $1,649,000 | -75.1% | 3 | 3 | 0.0% | 20 to 99 (withheld) | 24 | n/a | withheld | $465,000 | n/a |
| 7225 Restaurants and other eating places | $44,288,000 | $53,628,000 | +21.1% | 38 | 43 | +13.2% | 500 to 999 (withheld) | 901 | n/a | withheld | $20,693,000 | 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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