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Sales Tax for 150 Retailers and Restaurants 2025

Sales Tax Revenue report

Jobs, Revenue, and Growth:

The Sales Tax Impact by Retail and Restaurants

Discover the impact on local economies

This annual report provides an in-depth analysis of 150 national retail and restaurant companies, offering valuable insights for economic development professionals and city leaders.

Inside, you’ll find:

  • Total number of units across all companies
  • Average unit volumes, revealing economic performance trends
  • Estimated jobs per location, highlighting employment impact
  • Sales tax revenue projections based on a 2% sales tax rate

This data-laden report highlights the significant contributions these businesses make to local economies, from job creation to tax revenue generation.

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How do I use this report?

  • Pair with your Retail Leakage Analysis to find what retail categories show the most significant opportunities.
  • Recruit retail or restaurants to add jobs and city sales tax revenue.
  • Consider your Peer Communities to identify which companies you could attract.

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Our resources are National Retail Federation and Restaurant Business/Technomic.

Note: The Sales Tax 150 report is based on sales figures from 2024.

Notes on data:

NRF-Based Retailers

For retailers like Walmart, Costco, ALDI, and others in the NRF Top 100, I used 2023 sales and store counts, applying growth rates (e.g., 6% for Walmart, 10% for ALDI) to estimate 2024 figures. Average Unit Sales were recalculated, and Overall Sales matched NRF totals where possible.

Restaurants:

Applied 3% sales growth and 1.5% unit growth per Technomic. For chains like Texas Roadhouse and Chili’s, which saw double-digit growth, I used 5% sales growth.

Corrections:

Fixed Lidl’s inflated $125.5B to $3.195B based on industry benchmarks (NRF’s $47.7B for ALDI suggests Lidl’s scale).
Verified other outliers (e.g., Family Dollar’s $30.6B seemed high; adjusted to $1.747B based on Dollar Tree’s NRF data)

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Sales Tax 150

Our exclusive report aggregates the jobs and sales tax revenue for 150 top retailers. 

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