1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Wholesale Trade

Florida
Includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. More detail is available for employers. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code		 Description All taxable firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Receipts
($1,000)		 Establish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)
42 Wholesale trade 61,765 W 30,551 2,257,521 31,214 187,079,940
421 Wholesale trade, durable goods 38,335 W 17,843 1,394,476 20,492 109,900,920
4211 Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies wholesalers 3,473 W 1,283 191,785 2,190 33,218,922
4212 Furniture & home furnishings whsle 2,382 W 1,156 80,998 1,226 3,622,826
4213 Lumber & other construction materials whsle 1,524 W 455 40,702 1,069 4,681,898
4214 Professional & commercial equipment & supplies whsle 4,647 W 983 71,185 3,664 21,387,001
4215 Metal & mineral (except petroleum) whsle 924 W 343 21,799 581 D
4216 Electrical goods whsle 3,776 W 823 70,038 2,953 17,558,286
4217 Hardware, & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies whsle 1,996 W 558 46,553 1,438 4,241,895
4218 Machinery, equipment, & supplies whsle 6,552 W 2,145 230,205 4,407 13,240,301
4219 Miscellaneous durable goods whsle 13,061 W 10,097 641,211 2,964 D
42191 Sporting & recreational goods & supplies whsle 1,514 W 994 63,258 520 2,370,986
42192 Toy & hobby goods & supplies whsle 730 W 543 27,310 187 562,386
42193 Recyclable material whsle 697 W 311 15,376 386 D
42194 Jewelry/watch/silverware/precious stone, & precious metal whsle 1,672 W 1,100 79,273 572 1,208,215
42199 Other miscellaneous durable goods whsle 8,448 W 7,149 455,994 1,299 D
422 Wholesale trade, nondurable goods 23,430 W 12,708 863,045 10,722 77,179,020
4221 Paper & paper product whsle 1,414 W 479 29,856 935 3,909,435
4222 Drugs, & druggists' sundries whsle 1,193 W 369 28,890 824 9,379,965
4223 Apparel, piece goods, & notions whsle 2,885 W 1,486 95,716 1,399 3,504,673
4224 Grocery & related products whsle 6,130 W 3,128 244,069 3,002 29,630,238
4225 Farm-product raw material whsle 505 W 369 26,642 136 1,268,830
4226 Chemical & allied products whsle 1,401 W 437 32,297 964 3,127,849
4227 Petroleum & petroleum products whsle 587 W 157 16,022 430 12,305,018
4228 Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage whsle 319 W 120 10,158 199 4,632,773
4229 Miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle 8,996 W 6,163 379,395 2,833 9,420,239
42291 Farm supplies whsle 457 W 116 7,677 341 2,815,675
42292 Book, periodical, & newspaper whsle 817 W 586 17,760 231 1,035,565
42293 Flower, nursery stock, & florists' supplies whsle 1,085 W 562 29,037 523 1,344,417
42294 Tobacco & tobacco product whsle 259 W 137 12,335 122 2,538,781
42295 Paint, varnish, & supplies whsle 215 W 42 3,223 173 287,957
42299 Other miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle 6,163 W 4,720 309,363 1,443 1,397,844
D Withheld to avoid disclosure;   N Not available; S Withheld because data do not meet publication standards;   W Wholesale receipts for nonemployers are not comparable to wholesale sales for employers;   X Industry not in scope of Economic Census for employers;   t Total does not include employer data for out-of-scope industries;   r revised subsequent to initial publication

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Source: 1997 Economic Census:   Nonemployer Statistics and Geographic Area Series (for employers)

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