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Retail Sales
As the largest city in the County, the City accounted for $46.4 billion (or 29.2%) of the total $159.3 billion in
County taxable sales for 2017. Table 6 sets forth a history of taxable sales for the City for calendar years
2013 through 2017, 2017 being the last full year for which data is currently available. The State Board of
Equalization reports total retail and food services sales for 2017 of $35.3 billion with total sales from all
outlets was $46.5 billion, an increase of 3.3%.

Table 6
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
TAXABLE SALES
(in thousands)

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers $3,983,625 $4,158,168 $ 4,616,450 $ 4,769,093 $ 4,622,056
Home Furnishings and Appliance Stores 1,683,805 1,725,981 1,826,089 1,945,181 1,961,526
Building Materials and Garden Equipment and
Supplies 2,086,608 2,179,954 2,335,497 2,384,196 2,473,704
Food and Beverage Stores 2,444,701 2,582,338 2,718,199 2,781,424 2,909,256
Gasoline Stations 4,954,380 4,822,894 4,252,397 3,670,450 3,973,137
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 3,032,886 3,102,222 3,190,617 3,201,152 3,211,610
General Merchandise Stores 2,873,530 2,899,454 2,725,354 2,600,015 2,625,576
Food Services and Drinking Places 6,946,625 7,534,764 8,194,963 8,775,092 9,273,851
Other Retail Group 3,943,616 3,969,898 4,112,670 4,229,201 4,292,027
Total Retail and Food Services 31,949,776 32,975,673 33,972,239 34,355,804 35,342,745
All Other Outlets 9,806,938 10,480,659 10,074,458 10,624,426 11,140,035
TOTAL ALL OUTLETS $41,756,714 $43,456,334 $44,046,697 $44,980,230 $46,482,780
(1)

(1) Items may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: 2013 – 2016: California State Board of Equalization, Research and Statistics Division.
2017: California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, Research and Statistics.

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