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Annual Retail Trade Survey

(includes Accommodation and Food Services)

Welcome to the Annual Retail Trade Survey home page. This site is designed to help businesses complete their forms. It describes highlights, clarifies coverage and content, facilitates computer uses, and identifies other sources of assistance. Please contact us if you have any questions.

The Annual Retail Trade Survey provides detailed industry measures of retail company activities. The United States Code, Title 13, authorizes this survey and provides for mandatory responses. Retail companies with one or more establishments that sell merchandise and associated services to final consumers (North American Industry Classification System Sectors 44-45). 1999 was the first year the Annual Retail Trade Survey was collected on a NAICS basis.

About the Annual Retail Trade Survey

Learn more about the Annual Retail Trade Survey.

Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to questions about the Annual Retail Trade Survey, and how to complete and return your form.

Internet Reporting

The web-based Annual Retail Trade Survey is conducted through the Census Bureau's Census taker system.

The Census Taker requires:

  1. A web browser with 128-bit encryption (most browsers released since 1998 are sufficient).
  2. A username and password that is located on the form below the address label.
  

  Click here to complete your survey On-Line:  Census Taker
  **Census Taker will be closed for 2008 data collection on 12/11/09. It will be reopened for 2009 data collection on 1/20/10.

  Click here to view Census Taker Brochure:  Census Taker Brochure

Forms and Instructions

SA-44 [PDF](208Kb)  Form SA-44 Annual Retail Trade Report
SA-44A [PDF](193Kb)  Form SA-44A Annual Retail Trade Report
SA-44C [PDF](207Kb)  Form SA-44C Annual Retail Trade Report
SA-44E [PDF](209Kb)  Form SA-44E Annual Retail Trade Report
SA-44N [PDF](248Kb)  Form SA-44N Annual Retail Trade Report
SA-44S [PDF](235Kb)  Form SA-44S Annual Retail Trade Report
SA-45 [PDF](235Kb)  Form SA-45 Annual Retail Trade Report
SA-45C [PDF](220Kb)  Form SA-45C Annual Retail Trade Report
SA-721-A [PDF](196Kb)  Form SA-721-A Annual Accomodation Report
SA-721-E [PDF](196Kb)  Form SA-721-E Annual Accomodation Report
SA-722-A [PDF](196Kb)  Form SA-722-A Annual Food Services Report
SA-722-E [PDF](196Kb)  Form SA-722-E Annual Food Services Report


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