Federal firearm dealers U.S. 2020 | Statista

In 2020, there were 52,799 federal firearm dealers in the United States. This is a decrease from the previous year, when there were 53,924 federal firearm dealers in the U.S. In fact, the number of firearm dealers has been decreasing since 1992.

Number of federal firearm dealers in the United States from 1975 to 2020

Characteristic	Number of federal firearm dealers
1975	146,429
1976	150,767
1977	157,463
1978	152,681
1979	153,861
1980	155,690
1981	168,301
1982	184,840
1983	200,342
1984	195,847
1985	219,366
1986	235,393
1987	230,888
1988	239,637
1989	231,442
1990	235,684
1991	241,706
1992	248,155
1993	246,984
1994	213,734
1995	158,240
1996	105,398
1997	79,285
1998	75,619
1999	71,290
2000	67,479
2001	63,845
2002	59,829
2003	57,492
2004	56,103
2005	53,833
2006	51,462
2007	49,221
2008	48,261
2009	47,509
2010	47,664
2011	48,676
2012	50,848
2013	54,026
2014	55,431
2015	56,181
2016	56,754
2017	56,638
2018	55,891
2019	53,924
2020	52,799

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October 2021

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United States

Survey time period

1975 to 2020

Supplementary notes

Data is based on active firearms licenses and related statistics as of the end of each fiscal year.

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