Company Index Stats

How many Retail companies are there?

There are 1,857,167 Retail companies in the DiscoLike index as of October 2026.

Companies can carry several industry labels, so counts overlap.

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Retail covers physical shops selling to the public: hardware, clothing, grocery, jewellery, furniture and pharmacy.

Where it meets E-Commerce

Retail is the shop, E-Commerce the storefront. A shop that also sells online carries both, so use Retail when physical presence matters to your list.

Consumer sales dominate Retail
70% sell to consumers (B2C), above the 55% index baseline; 17% sell to businesses (B2B).
Small companies are unusually common
83% have 1-10 employees, 8th highest of 53 groups and above the 76% index baseline.
Hardware and clothing cluster
Hardware Store has 174,150 companies, with Clothing Store close behind at 161,683; these labels can overlap.

1,329,108 carry Retail as their main industry; 528,059 carry it as an additional label.

By Country

Top 30 countries for Retail

1United States493,613
2Germany131,863
3United Kingdom96,624
4Italy73,429
5France70,436
6Canada67,658
7Japan66,604
8Spain59,394
9Netherlands59,043
10Brazil58,138
11Russia46,743
12Australia45,847
13India38,227
14Belgium29,204
15Switzerland28,979
16Poland22,132
17Mexico19,450
18Sweden18,643
19Austria17,563
20Czechia17,497
21Ukraine17,274
22Türkiye15,270
23Iran15,002
24Vietnam14,882
25South Africa14,081
26Denmark13,427
27Argentina12,933
28Hungary12,120
29Indonesia11,943
30Greece11,780
All 157 countries with Retail companies

By Company Size

Employee-size distribution

1-10 employees236,883
11-50 employees37,448
51-200 employees7,550
201-500 employees1,283
501-1000 employees388
1001-5000 employees423

By Sub-Industry

Top sub-industries

These 6 sub-industries account for 33% of the 1,857,167 Retail companies by label rather than by distinct company. Sub-categories can span adjacent industries, and a company carrying several labels is counted under each.

1Hardware Store174,150
2Clothing Store161,683
3Grocery Store97,571
4Jewelry Store78,949
5Furniture Store73,422
6Pharmacy27,482

By Region

Regional rollups for Retail

European Union

592,198

DACH

178,405

Nordics

50,419

Benelux

89,480

GCC

14,608

ASEAN

46,497

ANZ

56,255

Map

Where Retail companies are

Most Retail companies are concentrated in United States, Germany, United Kingdom.

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Methodology

Aggregate counts from the DiscoLike index of 80M+ companies. Companies without a resolvable location are counted under 'unknown', and cells below the minimum count threshold are folded into an 'other' bucket. Industry and business-type categories overlap: a company carrying several labels is counted in each.

Updated monthly. Current snapshot: October 2026. See the full Company Index Stats.

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DiscoLike, "Retail companies", Company Index Stats, October 2026. https://discolike.com/company-stats/retail/

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