List of Retail Companies in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 6,734,495 retail companies in the USA, one in every 9 US companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 71,853 firms employ 50 people or more. One in eighteen retail firms is based in Houston, New York, Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Miami. Below you find the largest retail firms in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

6,734,495 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies6,734,4951 in9 US companiesCities9,999Largest cityHouston 94,972Sole traders8%Employees1-4 (78%)Revenue< $100K (55%)Email26%Phone58%Website40%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Amazon.com, INC.	USA	Seattle	410 Terry Ave N	King	98109-5210	amazonuk.*****	1994	$716,924,000,000	1,576,000	Corporation	3700	2620453
2	Walmart INC.	USA	Bentonville	1 Customer Dr	Benton	72716	walmart.*****	1945	$713,163,000,000	2,100,000	Corporation	9335	732109
3	Cvs Health CORPORATION	USA	Woonsocket	1 Cvs Dr	Providence	02895-6146	cvshealth.*****	1963	$402,067,000,000	300,000	Corporation	10693	2656078
4	Costco Wholesale CORPORATION	USA	Issaquah	999 Lake Dr	King	98027-5367	costco.*****	1976	$275,235,000,000	341,000	Corporation	1053	601024674
5	The Home Depot INC	USA	Atlanta	2455 Paces Ferry Rd Se	Fulton	30339-6444	homedepotfoundation.*****	1978	$164,683,000,000	472,400	Corporation	4196	856429
6	Walgreens Holding Company	USA	Deerfield	108 Wilmot Rd	Lake	60015	walgreens.*****	2025	$147,658,000,000	312,000	Corporation	9832	5580041
7	Blazing Star Parent, LLC	USA	New York	9 W 57th St Fl 31	New York	10019	N/A	2025	$147,658,000,000	312,000	Corporation	9832	10117344
8	The Kroger CO	USA	Cincinnati	1014 Vine St	Hamilton	45202	thekrogerco.*****	1883	$147,642,000,000	403,000	Corporation	3271	14931
9	Target CORPORATION	USA	Minneapolis	1000 Nicollet Mall	Hennepin	55403-2542	target.*****	1902	$104,780,000,000	415,000	Corporation	2092	11-AA
10	Lowe's Companies, INC.	USA	Mooresville	1000 Lowes Blvd	Iredell	28117-8520	lowes.*****	1921	$86,286,000,000	276,000	Corporation	2250	0087443
11	Albertsons Companies, INC.	USA	Boise	250 E Parkcenter Blvd	Ada	83706-3999	albertsonscompanies.*****	1860	$83,172,500,000	280,000	Corporation	2792	5763277
12	Publix Super Markets, INC.	USA	Lakeland	3300 Publix Corporate Pkwy	Polk	33811-3311	publix.*****	1921	$63,209,000,000	260,000	Corporation	1423	112252
13	Td Synnex CORPORATION	USA	Fremont	44201 Nobel Dr	Alameda	94538-3178	tdsynnex.*****	1980	$62,508,086,000	24,000	Corporation	440	3699364
14	Tjx Companies, INC., The	USA	Framingham	770 Cochituate Rd	Middlesex	01701-4698	jobs.*****	1962	$60,372,000,000	377,000	Corporation	4627	582302
15	Dollar General CORPORATION	USA	Goodlettsville	100 Mission Ridge Dr	Davidson	37072-2171	child-care-preschool.*****	1939	$42,724,369,000	194,000	Corporation	20669	000351611
16	Best Buy CO., INC.	USA	Richfield	7601 Penn Ave S	Hennepin	55423-3683	bluegrassrootsnetwork.*****	1966	$41,691,000,000	82,000	Corporation	2365	1K-1056
17	Lithia Motors, INC.	USA	Medford	150 N Bartlett St	Jackson	97501-6032	lithia.*****	1946	$37,634,900,000	30,000	Corporation	860	8513111
18	Starbucks CORPORATION	USA	Seattle	2401 Utah Ave S Ste 800	King	98134-1435	starbucks.*****	1985	$37,184,400,000	381,000	Corporation	16236	600611109
19	Albertson's LLC	USA	Boise	250 E Parkcenter Blvd	Ada	83706-3999	albertsonscompanies.*****	1969	$36,950,546,897	138,000	Corporation	2792	708424
20	Safeway INC.	USA	Pleasanton	5918 Stoneridge Mall Rd	Alameda	94588-3229	safeway.*****	2015	$36,950,546,897	138,000	Corporation	2792	2096948
21	Coupang, INC.	USA	Seattle	720 Olive Way Ste 600	King	98101-1859	aboutcoupang.*****	2010	$34,534,000,000	108,000	Corporation	33	N/A
22	Penske CORPORATION	USA	Bloomfield Hills	2555 S Telegraph Rd	Oakland	48302-0974	penskeautomotive.*****	1990	$32,415,846,967	36,000	Corporation	1243	2247662
23	Penske Automotive Group, INC.	USA	Bloomfield Hills	2555 S Telegraph Rd	Oakland	48302-0974	linktr.*****	1990	$31,808,500,000	27,700	Corporation	1243	2248490
24	Autonation, INC.	USA	Fort Lauderdale	200 Sw 1st Ave Ste 1700	Broward	33301-2074	autonation.*****	1980	$27,631,400,000	24,800	Corporation	659	2264445
25	Mcdonald's CORPORATION	USA	Chicago	110 N Carpenter St Ste 300	Cook	60607-4106	corporate.*****	1940	$26,885,000,000	150,000	Corporation	9413	619321

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Largest retail firms in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Houston, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Walmart is the largest retail firm in the USA by headcount. 71,853 firms employ 50 people or more; 32,351 employ 100 or more.

1Bentonville2,100,000 staff
2Mooresville276,000 staff
3Chesapeake153,032 staff
4Coraopolis105,200 staff
5Menomonee Falls84,000 staff
6Rochester Hills79,327 staff
7San Francisco79,000 staff
8Ashburn51,573 staff
9Pontiac46,000 staff
10Framingham40,000 staff

By employee size · 6,721,398 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	5,247,178	78%
5-9	1,005,402	15%
10-19	271,380	4%
20-49	125,585	2%
50-99	39,502	0.6%
100-199	20,624	0.3%
200-499	8,649	0.1%
500-999	1,938	<0.1%
1,000+	1,140	<0.1%

78% have 1 to 4 people; 125,585 have 20 to 49; 71,853 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	3,333,654	55%
$100K-$500K	2,508,113	41%
$500K-$1M	127,986	2%
$1M-$5M	77,509	1%
$5M-$10M	6,735	0.1%
$10M-$50M	6,194	0.1%
$50M-$100M	801	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	866	<0.1%
$500M+	496	<0.1%

55% under $100,000; 77,509 between $1M and $5M; 15,092 above $5M.

Where in the USA?

Houston has the most retail companies in the USA (94,972), ahead of New York (75,540), Brooklyn (71,844), Los Angeles (64,301) and Miami (58,965). Together the five hold one in eighteen of them. Relative to their size, Bronx, El Paso and Detroit have the most: 1.3 to 1.7 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

9,999 US cities have at least one retail firm; 9,999 have ten or more; 0 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Retail firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 10.54. Bronx has 1.7 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,963 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	223,444	3%
Maricopa	131,159	2%
Harris	125,823	2%
Orange	124,695	2%
Miami-Dade	101,771	2%
Cook	81,478	1%
Jefferson	78,378	1%
Dallas	76,840	1%
New York	75,964	1%
Kings	73,013	1%

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 6,721,398 US retail firms with a known headcount, 5,247,178 (78%) have one to four people, 1,005,402 have five to nine, 396,965 have ten to 49 and 71,853 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (3,333,654, 55%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 106,252,580 93%
Small 10 to 49396,965 6%
Medium 50 to 24968,775 1%
Large 250+3,078 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

15,092

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 8,357 more than $10 million.

224,281

firms were entered in 2026.

How many retail companies are there in the USA?

Retail companies and retail firms in the USA

6,734,495

21 October 2026

There are 6,734,495 retail companies and retail firms in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 9 US companies. About 1,068 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (224,281 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 5,948,273 88%
Head offices: 124,211
Branch offices: 662,011

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC division G.

3,830,371 of the 6,734,495 are corporations and LLCs (57%); 521,784 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Retail firms in Houston

Houston has 94,972 retail companies and retail firms, 10.8% of all 881,247 Houston companies and on the national share. Four in five Houston firms have fewer than five people; 762 have 50 or more. 2,329 new firms were entered in 2026, 2,837 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 76,289 · 80%
5-9: 13,494 · 14%
10-19: 2,806 · 3%
20-49: 1,537 · 2%
50+: 762 · 0.8%

Legal form

Sole traders: 20,464 · 22%
Partnerships: 2,958 · 3%
Corporations and LLCs: 37,854 · 40%
Other or none: 33,696 · 35%

Of the US total: 1.4%
Of all Houston companies: 10.8%
Against the national share: 1.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 2,329
Entered 2025: 4,059
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.0%

Old

Before 1990: 2,837 · 3%
1990 or later: 92,135 · 97%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 0.8%

Reachable

Email: 18,704 · 20%
Phone: 48,907 · 51%
Website: 30,949 · 33%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 50,663 · 58%
$100K-$500K: 33,680 · 38%
$500K-$1M: 1,817 · 2%
$1M and more: 1,340 · 2%

Largest

130,544
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317,378
412,400
58,449

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 4,373 retail firms for every one of the weapon companies in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Retail Companies	6,734,495	40%	78%
Wholesale Companies	1,852,098	33%	83%
Museums	87,438	40%	90%
Water Distribution Companies	20,889	52%	68%
Antique Dealers	18,408	73%	96%
Weapon Companies	1,540	48%	78%

In other countries

The USA has more retail firms than Italy or the UK.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	7,702,427	267.0
The USA	6,734,495	105.4
Italy	1,580,619	225.1
The UK	1,233,156	139.6
South Africa	889,707	115.6

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How reachable are they?

Retail firms are easier to reach than the average US company: 58% list a phone number and 40% a website.

Email1,718,740 26%
Phone3,875,936 58%
Website2,684,049 40%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

224,281 retail firms were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 1,068 a working day, after 359,474 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 7.6% of the inflow.

299,5792022
348,5372023
350,5052024
359,4742025
224,2812026 so far

222,911 of this year's 224,281 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Tinton Falls822 staff
2Irvine790 staff
3Pennsauken475 staff
4New York325 staff
5Niles300 staff

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 992 US retail firms from before 1900, 18,655 from before 1950 and 377,317 from before 1990.

1830
1. New York
1836
1. Birmingham
1838
1. New York
1840
1. New Orleans
1847
1. Meriden
1848
1. Corning

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377,317

US retail firms date from before 1990

27,789

were entered in 1990

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in thirteen US retail firms work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Three in five are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders521,7848%
Partnerships83,1981%
Corporations and LLCs3,830,37157%
No form on record or other2,299,14234%

Single-site: 88%
Head offices: 124,211
Branches: 662,011

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

Frequently asked questions

How many retail companies are there in the USA?

There are 6,734,495 retail companies and retail firms in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 9 US companies.

Which is the largest retail firm in the USA?

Walmart in Bentonville, with 2,100,000 staff. By revenue Amazon.com in Seattle leads with $716.9 billion a year.

Which US city has the most retail companies?

Houston, with 94,972, ahead of New York (75,540), Brooklyn (71,844), Los Angeles (64,301) and Miami (58,965). Relative to its size, Bronx has the most: 1.7 times the national share.

How many retail firms are there in Houston?

94,972, which is 10.8% of all 881,247 Houston companies and on the national share.

How big is a typical retail firm?

Small. 78% of the 6,721,398 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 71,853 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are US retail companies sole traders or companies?

One in thirteen (521,784) are sole traders, 1% are partnerships and 57% (3,830,371) are corporations and LLCs.

How many retail firms started in 2026?

224,281 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 359,474 in 2025. 222,911 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest retail firm in the USA?

Macy's in New York, 1830, followed by Bromberg & Company in Birmingham (1836) and C.O. Bigelow Chemists in New York (1838). 992 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers retail companies?

Our platform filters them on SIC division G (retail trade).

Can I download the full list?

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