Pharmacies, Drug and Nutrition Stores
This industry comprises establishments known as pharmacies and drug stores engaged in retailing prescription or nonprescription drugs and medicines.Also, establishments primarily engaged in retailing food supplement products, such as vitamins, nutrition supplements, and body enhancing supplements.
Business types:
- Apothecaries
- Drug stores
- Pharmacies
- Nutrition, Vitamin Stores
Mail-order houses, Online Pharmacies
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing all types of merchandise using mail catalogs or television to generate clients and display merchandise. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in retailing from catalog showrooms of mail-order houses as well as establishments providing a combination of Internet and mail-order sales.Medical Supply, Home Health Equipment Rental
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting home-type health and invalid equipment, such as wheel chairs, hospital beds, oxygen tanks, walkers, crutches and others.Special Needs Transportation
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing special needs transportation to the infirm, elderly, or handicapped. These establishments may use specially equipped vehicles to provide passenger transportation.Optical Goods Stores
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) retailing and fitting prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses; (2) retailing prescription eyeglasses in combination with the grinding of lenses to order on the premises; and (3) selling nonprescription eyeglasses.Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in Retailing eyeglasses and contact lenses via mail-order--are classified in U.S. Mail-Order Houses.
