Oklahoma Monthly Retail Trade - Documentation

Overview

The Center for Economic and Management Research produces the Oklahoma Monthly Retail Sales Series containing monthly estimates of retail sales for Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City and Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Areas and 48 selected cities.

Estimates published for the State and metro areas are available by kind of business categories. Estimates published for selected cites are total retail sales only. The series runs from January 1988 to current.

Definitions

Kind of Business Classification Establishments are assigned industry classifications according to their primary types of economic activity.  Those establishments engaged primarily in selling merchandise for personal or household consumption are designated as part of the Major Industry Group "Retail Trade" and are assigned an industry classification code ranging between 52 and 59 according to definitions provided in the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification manual.