Book retailers & news dealers in Virginia 226 establishments · 1,914 employees · 2024
Firms (VA)
226
Employment
1,914
Avg Annual Pay
$25,678
State Rank
#8 of 52
How Virginia compares to national
Metric
Virginia
National
Virginia vs. U.S.
Establishments
226
7,900
2.9% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$25,678
$31,213
-$5,535 (-17.7%)
Location quotient
1.09
1.00
9% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
8.5
8.4
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Year-over-year firm growth
+1.3%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 1.09 means book retailers & news dealers are 9% over-represented in Virginia's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 459210. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json