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  RETAIL AND SERVICE BUILDINGS

Table 1:  Number and percent of retail and service buildings and establishments per building by size category, number of floors, and type of retail or service
  Number of Buildings (thousand) Percent of Buildings Establish-
ments per Building
All Retail and Service Buildings 1,289 100.0 1.8
     
Building Floorspace Category 
(square feet)
   
1,001 to 5,000 736 57.1 1.2
5,001 to 10,000 295 22.9 1.4
10,001 to 25,000 195 15.1 2.7
25,001 to 50,000 33 2.5 4.8
50,001 to 100,000 18 1.4 7.8
100,001 to 200,000 8 0.6 8.8
200,001 to 500,000 2 0.2 19.0
Over 500,000 2 0.1 94.7
 
Number of Floors      
One 934 72.5 1.7
Two 232 18.0 2.3
Three 111 8.6 1.9
Four to Nine Q Q 3.3
Ten or More Q Q Q
 
Type of Retail or Service*
Retail 704 54.6 2.5
- All Malls 142 11.0 7.1
--- Strip Malls 130 10.1 6.2
--- Enclosed Malls 12 0.9 Q
- Retail Other Than Malls 562 43.6 1.3
Service 585 45.4 1.1

*More than one may apply
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or data were reported for fewer than 20 buildings.

Source:  Energy Information Administration, 
1995 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.



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