Retail trade (PKD division 47)

This division includes the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used tangible goods to the general public for personal or household use, carried out by shops, department stores, consumer cooperatives, mail-order houses, the Internet, itinerant sellers, street vendors, vending machines and the like. This division includes the retail trade in new and used motor vehicles and motorcycles, including electric vehicles. Retail trade activity is classified on the basis of the goods traded, not the mode of sale (in a shop, via the Internet, at stalls and markets, and the like). Retail trade activity is divided into specialised (the relevant subclasses of groups 47.2 to 47.8) and non-specialised (the relevant subclasses of group 47.1). Retail trade includes the retail sale of second-hand goods (subclasses 47.79.A, 47.79.B, 47.79.C). The above groups are further divided according to the range of products sold. Intermediation in retail trade, which facilitates transactions between buyers and sellers for the purpose of ordering and/or delivering goods, carried out on commission, without taking title to the goods that are the subject of intermediation, is classified in group 47.9. All other retail-related activities, even if the retailer acts on behalf of third parties, are classified in groups 47.1 to 47.8. Retail trade includes the sale of goods known as consumer or retail goods. Accordingly, goods that are not usually sold at retail are excluded (for example, cereal grains, ores, industrial machinery). Downloads are also excluded (for example, books and films). The rules for classifying specialised and non-specialised retail trade activities are described in point 3.3.5 of the principles for the construction of the Classification.