Bath: Trades in 1844

One of the resources I have is a copy of "Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory of Somerset, 1844".  In an idle moment or three, I looked at all the tradesmen listed for Bath and totalled and summarised them. Here is the summary of the tradesmen put into broad categories:
 

Summary of Trades by Category
Category	Total Number of Tradespeople	Percentage
Accommodation	244	8%
Alcohol related	315	11%
Building	327	11%
Clothing related	411	14%
Education	182	6%
Food	493	17%
Manufacturing	234	8%
Health	160	6%
Professions	172	6%
Retail	211	7%
Other Miscellaneous	130	5%

 In more detail, here are the number of Tradesmen in each Trade identified in the Directory:
 

Trade	No.
Academies and Public Schools	108
Accountants	14
Agents	3
Ale and Porter Merchants	3
Apothecaries	8
Architects and Surveyors	7
Artists	14
Attorneys	64
Auctioneers and Appraisers	15
Bakers and Flour Dealers	87
Bankers	6
Barristers	4
Basket Makers	5
Berlin Warehouses	2
Blacksmiths	30
Boarding Houses	7
Bookbinders	12
Booksellers and Stationers	25
Boot and Shoe makers	89
Brass and Iron Founders	5
Braziers and Tin-Plate Workers	9
Brewers	17
Brush Makers	9
Builders	18
Butchers	104
Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers	52
Carpenters and Joiners	67
Carvers, Gilders and Looking-Glass Manufacturers	17
Chair Makers	10
Cheese Factors	3
Cheesemongers and Bacon Dealers	11
Child-Bed Linen Warehouses	3
China and Glass Dealers	12
Chymists [sic] and Druggists	38
Clock Makers	5
Clothes Salesmen	5
Coach & Livery Lace and Fringe Manufacturers	4
Coach Builders and Harness Makers	8
Coal Merchants and Dealers	9
Coffee Houses	5
Commissioners for taking Special Bail	3
Confectioners	21

Conveyancers	4
Coopers	13
Cork Cutters	2
Corn & Hay Dealers	4
Corn Merchants	4
Curriers and Leather Cutters	6
Cutlers	8
Dairymen	20
Dress Makers	21
Dyers	10
Eating-House Keepers	7
Engineers	3
Engravers and Copper-plate Printers	9
Fancy Repositories	8
Fancy Stationers	3
Fellmongers & Leather Dressers	3
Fire Offices & Agents	39
Fishing Tackle Makers	4
Fishmongers	11
Fly Owners for Hire	8
Fruiterers	20
Furniture Brokers	30
Furriers	5
Gardeners	9
Glass Dealers	2
Glovers	3
Grocers & Tea Dealers	74
Gun and Pistol Makers	3
Haberdashers	11
Hair Dressers	33
Hatters	14
Hosiers	14
Ink Manufacturers	1
Inns and Hotels	11
Ironmongers	16
Jewellers	11
Lace Dealers	6
Libraries and Reading Rooms	9
Lime Burners	2
Linen Drapers and Silk Mercers	24
Livery Stable Keepers	18
Lodging House Keepers	226

Lozenge Manufacturers	1
Maltsters	13
Millers	9
Milliners and Dress Makers	80
Music Sellers	5
Newspaper Agents	4
Newspapers	5
Nursery and Seedsmen	9
Oil and Colourmen	3
Opticians	4
Painters and Glaziers	55
Paper Makers	2
Pawnbrokers	11
Perfumers	8
Physicians	30
Picture Dealers	3
Plasterers and Slaters	33
Plunbers and Glaziers	19
Poulterers	11
Printers	14
Professors and Teachers	65
Quarry Masters	16
Razor Strop Makers	3
Saddlers and Harness Makers	14
Salt Merchants	2
Saw Mills	2
Seedsmen	5
Shopkeepers and Dealers in Groceries and Sundries	103
Silversmiths and Jewellers	10
Slate Merchants	2

Stationers	14
Statuaries and Sculptors	5
Stay Makers	22
Stone Masons	26
Straw Hat Makers	29
Surgeons	70
Surgeon Dentists	9
Surveyors	10
Tailors	102
Tallow Chandlers and Soap Boilers	7
Tanners	2
Taverns and Public Houses	141
Retailers of beer	98
Tea Dealers	5
Timber Merchants	7
Tobacconists	2
Toy Dealers	5
Trunk Makers	4
Truss Makers	2
Turners	7
Umbrella and Parasol Manufacturers	6
Venetian Blind Makers	4
Vetinary Surgeons	2
Watch and Clock Makers	21
Wharfingers	3
Wheelwrights	11
Whitesmiths and Bell-hangers	19
Wine and Spirit Merchants	30
Woollen Drapers	8
Total Tradesmen	2,879