A useful little reference
Five figures for writers, curious customers, and anyone trying to make sense of the jewelry world without wandering into a fog of invented market predictions.
Last updated November 4, 2026. Every figure below links to a named primary source and includes the source’s reporting year.
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This is a compact reference for the U.S. jewelry-store industry and a key raw material. Census NAICS 448310 covers retailers of new jewelry, silverware, watches, and clocks. It does not stand in for every way jewelry is sold, including costume jewelry, used jewelry, or direct and electronic retailing. Tiny but important distinction, because numbers deserve their little name tags.
$39.5B
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated $39,534,546,000 in 2024 sales for NAICS 448310, Jewelry stores. The Census table reports this industry value in thousands of dollars.
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Integrated Economic Survey, 2024 ↗19,897
The Census Bureau counted 19,897 employer establishments in the U.S. Jewelry stores industry, NAICS 448310, in its 2023 County Business Patterns profile.
U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023 ↗160 tonnes
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated 160 metric tons of domestic gold mine production in 2025. Gold is one of the materials that shapes the wider jewelry supply chain.
U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, reporting 2025 estimates ↗$17B
USGS estimated the value of 2025 domestic gold mine production at $17 billion, up 32% from its 2024 estimate. This describes mine output, not jewelry retail sales.
U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, reporting 2025 estimates ↗64%
USGS estimated that Nevada accounted for about 64% of total U.S. gold production in 2025, followed by Alaska at about 22%.
U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, reporting 2025 estimates ↗Method & sources
Figures are transcribed from the linked primary sources. Dollar figures retain their source’s scope and reporting year. This page does not combine them into a single “market size,” because retail sales, employer establishment counts, and mine output are different measurements with different jobs.