NACE 47: Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
This division includes the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods mainly to the general public for personal or household consumption or utilisation, by shops, department stores, stalls, mail-order houses, door-to-door sales persons, hawkers, consumer cooperatives etc.
Retail trade is classified first by type of sale outlet (retail trade in stores: groups 47.1 to 47.7; retail trade not in stores: groups 47.8 and 47.9). Retail trade in stores includes the retail sale of used goods (class 47.79). For retail sale in stores, there exists a further distinction between specialised retail sale (groups 47.2 to 47.7) and non-specialised retail sale (group 47.1). The above groups are further subdivided by the range of products sold. Sale not via stores is subdivided according to the forms of trade, such as retail sale via stalls and markets (group 47.8) and other non-store retail sale, e.g. mail order, door-to-door, by vending machines etc. (group 47.9).
The goods sold in this division are limited to goods usually referred to as consumer goods or retail goods. Therefore goods not normally entering the retail trade, such as cereal grains, ores, industrial machinery etc. are excluded.
NACE 47.1: Retail sale in non-specialised stores
This group includes the retail sale of a variety of product lines in the same unit (non-specialised stores), such as supermarkets or department stores.
NACE 47.2: Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores
This group includes the retail sale of food products, beverage and tobacco with focus on one product line.
NACE 47.3: Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
This class includes:
- retail sale of fuel for motor vehicles and motorcycles.
NACE 47.4: Retail sale of information and communication equipment in specialised stores
This group includes the retail sale of information and communications technology (ICT) equipment, such as computers and peripheral equipment, telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics, by specialised stores.
NACE 47.5: Retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores
This group includes the retail sale of household equipment, such as textiles, hardware, carpets, electrical appliances or furniture, in specialised stores.
NACE 47.6: Retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores
This group includes the retail sale in specialised stores of cultural and recreation goods, such as books, newspapers, music and video recordings, sporting equipment, games and toys.
NACE 47.7: Retail sale of other goods in specialised stores
This group includes the sale in specialised stores carrying a particular line of products not included in other parts of the classification, such as clothing, footwear and leather articles, pharmaceutical and medical goods, watches, souvenirs, cleaning materials, weapons, flowers and pets and others.
NACE 47.8: Retail sale via stalls and markets
This group includes the retail sale of any kind of new or second-hand product in a usually movable stall either along a public road or at a fixed marketplace.
NACE 47.9: Retail trade not in stores, stalls or markets
This group includes retail sale activities by mail order houses, over the Internet, through door-to-door sales, vending machines etc.