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Annual Wholesale Trade Survey
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The Annual Wholesale Trade Survey provides detailed industry measures of sales, inventories, purchases and operating expenses for wholesale trade activities. The US Code, Title 13, authorizes this survey and provides for mandatory responses. Companies with employment that are primarily engaged in merchant wholesale trade in the U.S. These include merchant wholesalers that take title of the goods they sell, jobbers, industrial distributors, exporters, and importers. Also included are non-merchant wholesalers such as manufacturer sales branches and offices; agents, merchandise or commodity brokers, and commission merchants. Excluded are businesses whose primary activity is other than wholesale trade.
About the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey
Learn more about the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey.
About the Business Expenses Supplement
Learn more about the Business Expenses Supplement.
Monthly & Annual Wholesale Trade
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to questions about the Annual Wholesale Trade Survey, and how to complete and return your form.
Internet Reporting
Click here to complete your survey On-Line: Electronic Reporting
The Census Taker requires:
- A web browser with 128-bit encryption (most browsers released since 1998 are sufficient).
- A username and password that is located on the form below the address label.
Click here to view Census Taker brochure: Census taker brochure
Forms and Instructions
SA-42 [PDF](247Kb) |
Wholesale Distributors |
SA-42A [PDF](246Kb) |
Wholesale Distributors (Alpha) |
SA-42(AGBR) [PDF](267Kb) |
Agents Brokers and Electronic Markets |
SA-42A (AGBR) [PDF](266Kb) |
Agents Brokers and Electronic Markets (Alpha) |
SA-42(MSBO) [PDF](275Kb) |
Manufacturer's Sales Branches and Offices |
SA-42A (MSBO) [PDF](274Kb) |
Manufacturer's Sales Branches and Offices (Alpha) |
SA-42 A(SUP) [PDF](315Kb) |
To be used by other company respondents engaged in Wholesale Trade. |
SA-42 (ESUP) [PDF](245Kb) |
To be used by company respondents engaged in Wholesale Trade, who report under an Employer Identification Number (EIN) |
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