TOP NON-CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TYPES
Q4 '22*
Unincorporated County
Business Type Change Change Change
County HdL State
7.5%4.2%4.9% 1,432.1 Service Stations
-1.0%-0.9%1.9% 1,340.9 Family Apparel
-0.2%61.1%59.4% 1,334.7 Energy/Utilities
11.8%17.4%19.5% 1,055.5 Contractors
10.5%13.4%8.9% 1,019.8 Fulfillment Centers
9.7%33.6%129.3% 542.9 Heavy Industrial
-3.2%4.2%4.8% 461.7 Wineries
4.1%-2.5%12.4% 459.8 Warehse/Farm/Const. Equip.
-3.8%-4.2%1.4% 342.4 Women's Apparel
5.7%5.0%-3.9% 325.3 Quick-Service Restaurants
*Allocation aberrations have been adjusted to reflect sales activity
*In thousands of dollars
REVENUE BY BUSINESS GROUP
Riverside Co. Uninc This Calendar Year*
12%
Fuel
7%
Others
15%
Pools
6%
Restaurants
12%
Building
29%
Bus./Ind.
19%
Cons.Goods
*ADJUSTED FOR
ECONOMIC DATA
SALES TAX UPDATERIVERSIDE COUNTY
4Q 2022
STATEWIDE RESULTS
California’s local one cent sales and use
tax receipts for sales during the months
of October through December were 4.7%
higher than the same quarter one year ago
aer adjusng for accounng anomalies.
A holiday shopping quarter, the most
consequenal sales period of the year,
experienced solid results which lied
revenue to local agencies across the State.
Overall, general consumer goods
growth was up a meager 1.8%, in large
part from merchants also selling gas
as prices remained elevated over last
year. Otherwise, many brick and mortar
retailers experienced mixed results as the
phenomenal prior year acvity made for an
extremely dicult comparison. This was
especially true for jewelry stores receipts
which had soared tremendously aer the
pandemic as consumers diversied readily
available cash into other assets.
Commuters and seasonal travelers were
again burdened with gas prices above $5
per gallon in most of the State, leaving fuel-
service staons 10% higher than a year
ago. However, this trend did not distract
from spending at local restaurants and
hotels. Increased menu prices and return-
to-oce workplaces enhanced gains, with
the Bay Area experiencing it’s greatest
amount of post-pandemic rebound.
Although inventory shortages negavely
impacted unit sales and leasing acvity
throughout 2022, year-end returns by new
car dealers, especially high-end luxury and
electronic/hybrid brands, sustained auto-
transportaon sector gains. In contrast,
rising interest rates and higher gas
prices pulled trailer-RV revenues lower.
Steady housing demand and pend up
construcon projects delayed by supply
chain interrupons have contractors
contribung the majority of growth
within the building-construcon sector.
With rising interest rates tempering selling
acvity, property owners are sll likely to
maintain home improvement spending.
Use taxes remied via the countywide
pools rose a scant 0.3%. While naonal
ecommerce spending behaviors climbed
upward again, expansion of more in-state
fullment centers plus retailers using
exisng locaons to deliver goods ed
to online orders shied taxes away from
pools. The oseng eect was these
dollars being directed to local agency’s
coers where the goods resided. This
evolving trend is ancipated to persistently
weaken taxes coming from the pools in the
near term.
Looking back, calendar year 2022 exhibited
a 9.5% surge in tax receipts compared
to 2021. Each of the eight major tax
categories all reported greater returns.
Most inuenal was inaon that drove
up prices on everything from normal daily
purchases to vehicles. Secondarily, all-me
peak global crude oil costs had fuel seller’s
payments skyrockeng.
Heading into 2023, addional interest
rate hikes along with consumer senment
waning about the economy foretells
minimal change coming from California’s
taxable sales in the months ahead.