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Industry Ratios for Wholesale Trade - by subsector
Data based on 2002 Economic Census Geographic Area Series and Subject Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. See the Key to Column Headings for definition of terms, how these measures are used, and links to other information. Use buttons below or Search above to go to specific industries.

More data	Go to graphic snapshot	NAICS code	Description	Total sales ($ millions)	Sales per estab- lishment ($1,000)	Sales per paid employee($)	Sales per $ of payroll ($)	Sales per capita ($)	Annual payroll per employee ($)	Estab- lishments per million residents
													42	Wholesale trade	4,634,755	10,642	788,438	17.85	16,085	44,171	1,512
		423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	2,171,266	8,337	646,790	13.82	7,535	46,815	904
		424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,980,330	13,881	871,308	21.39	6,873	40,727	495
		425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	483,160	14,905	1,943,547	48.65	1,676	39,953	113

Industry Ratios for Wholesale Trade - by industry
Data based on 2002 Economic Census Geographic Area Series and Subject Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. See the Key to Column Headings for definition of terms, how these measures are used, and links to other information. Use buttons below or Search above to go to specific industries.

Link to Industry Statistics Sampler	Go to graphic snapshot	NAICS code	Description	Total sales ($ millions)	Sales per estab- lishment ($1,000)	Sales per paid employee($)	Sales per $ of payroll ($)	Sales per capita ($)	Annual payroll per employee ($)	Estab- lishments per million residents
													423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	2,171,266	8,337	646,790	13.82	7,535	46,815	904
		4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	598,718	22,581	1,658,829	44.19	2,077	37,538	92
		42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	483,738	68,928	4,135,433	98.72	1,678	41,891	24
		4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	435,371	118,759	10,065,211	218.74	1,511	46,014	13
		4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	3,601	11,504	666,919	17.11	12	38,974	1
		4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	11,539	27,343	1,704,625	42.24	40	40,353	1
		4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	3,862	8,659	429,813	10.87	13	39,557	2
		4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	29,366	13,527	558,655	14.18	101	39,395	8
		42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	96,020	6,564	481,188	13.29	333	36,201	51
		4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	42,140	6,191	445,363	13.52	146	32,931	24
		4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	52,646	7,142	524,298	13.42	182	39,061	26
		4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	1,234	2,741	273,232	6.64	4	41,125	2
		42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	16,510	7,264	603,113	16.69	57	36,126	8
		42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	2,450	944	143,822	5.62	8	25,578	9
		4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	71,428	5,054	436,312	10.96	247	39,801	49
		42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	27,798	4,539	422,746	10.36	96	40,798	21
		4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	11,377	3,549	412,294	11.67	39	35,331	11
		4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	16,420	5,627	430,305	9.62	56	44,752	10
		42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	43,630	5,448	445,417	11.38	151	39,131	28
		4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	3,649	4,359	413,952	11.03	12	37,543	3
		4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	10,534	6,880	553,147	14.31	36	38,655	5
		4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	19,078	6,113	466,635	10.79	66	43,260	11
		4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	10,370	4,115	354,991	10.40	35	34,143	9
		4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	115,507	6,473	504,586	12.51	400	40,338	62
		42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	75,238	8,626	557,076	13.79	261	40,385	30
		4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	19,158	10,126	943,610	22.82	66	41,359	7
		4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	14,253	9,783	587,131	15.40	49	38,126	5
		4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	41,826	7,785	462,276	11.34	145	40,773	19
		42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	14,999	4,176	483,481	12.05	52	40,126	12
		4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	6,615	3,933	417,613	10.28	22	40,624	6
		4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	3,146	2,554	312,439	8.41	10	37,146	4
		4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	5,237	7,724	1,024,631	23.05	18	44,453	2
		42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	15,455	6,222	491,410	11.41	53	43,068	9
		42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	9,816	3,222	312,768	8.32	34	37,604	11
		4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	1,596	2,566	204,952	6.03	5	34,003	2
		4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	406,445	10,863	572,334	9.86	1,410	58,046	130
		42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	20,926	18,453	950,438	17.02	72	55,848	4
		42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	36,098	6,178	268,470	6.26	125	42,891	20
		42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	232,520	16,898	734,397	10.48	807	70,043	48
		4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	217,790	19,175	770,086	11.08	755	69,476	39
		42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	89,702	21,863	1,084,882	17.50	311	61,977	14
		42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	128,088	17,655	640,027	8.82	444	72,574	25
		4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	14,730	6,132	435,783	5.83	51	74,787	8
		42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	14,461	3,008	301,826	7.83	50	38,569	17
		4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	10,469	3,747	350,570	9.14	36	38,342	10
		4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	3,992	1,983	221,183	5.68	13	38,946	7
		42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	80,382	10,238	628,170	10.40	278	60,397	27
		4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	74,274	10,810	663,265	10.78	257	61,515	24
		4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	6,107	6,232	382,215	7.27	21	52,565	3
		42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	6,932	4,962	266,464	7.73	24	34,451	5
		42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	15,127	5,765	430,015	9.60	52	44,797	9
		4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	3,749	9,190	384,121	11.42	13	33,642	1
		4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	11,377	5,134	447,641	9.12	39	49,080	8
		4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	117,455	10,715	795,209	17.90	407	44,425	38
		42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	108,104	10,361	750,823	17.01	375	44,135	36
		4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	84,426	9,779	697,202	16.02	293	43,515	30
		42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	56,541	9,582	565,624	13.06	196	43,311	20
		42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	27,885	10,207	1,319,641	29.67	96	44,481	9
		4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	23,677	13,147	1,034,527	21.82	82	47,416	6
		42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	18,452	15,416	1,025,423	22.23	64	46,133	4
		42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	5,225	8,650	1,068,018	20.48	18	52,137	2
		42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	9,351	17,711	2,511,756	45.15	32	55,627	2
		4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	7,370	23,547	3,002,060	53.83	25	55,772	1
		4235202	Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	1,981	9,215	1,562,468	28.23	6	55,347	1
		4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	322,377	9,679	633,041	10.92	1,118	57,971	116
		42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	82,228	6,190	502,014	11.06	285	45,373	46
		42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	59,830	19,584	1,311,468	27.17	207	48,270	11
		42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	180,318	10,628	601,394	9.07	625	66,329	59
		4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	78,309	10,244	513,825	7.88	271	65,246	27
		4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	102,010	10,942	691,916	10.26	354	67,449	32
		4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	84,578	4,430	403,250	9.65	293	41,783	66
		42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	32,826	4,798	401,625	10.18	113	39,433	24
		42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	22,867	4,257	381,873	9.08	79	42,037	19
		42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	23,795	4,333	433,008	9.64	82	44,940	19
		42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	5,090	3,662	386,360	9.19	17	42,040	5
		4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	297,937	4,597	422,741	9.89	1,034	42,728	225
		42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	47,575	9,449	536,537	11.91	165	45,042	17
		42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	40,314	4,628	420,154	12.79	139	32,853	30
		4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	21,098	3,507	320,944	10.48	73	30,632	21
		4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	8,715	4,556	494,235	13.37	30	36,957	7
		4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	10,501	13,446	834,750	21.57	36	38,708	3
		42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	113,608	3,633	356,036	7.73	394	46,051	109
		4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	4,507	4,131	377,441	8.01	15	47,146	4
		4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	11,975	3,279	334,902	7.57	41	44,215	13
		42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	5,250	3,429	407,603	9.50	18	42,896	5
		42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	6,725	3,171	293,966	6.54	23	44,959	7
		4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	37,449	3,371	358,011	7.67	129	46,672	39
		4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	12,230	3,856	409,597	8.85	42	46,274	11
		4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	15,226	3,717	261,789	6.32	52	41,438	14
		4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	10,159	3,606	393,383	8.99	35	43,748	10
		4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	22,062	4,134	416,688	8.03	76	51,880	19
		42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	51,382	4,645	477,389	11.50	178	41,504	38
		4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	2,607	2,277	260,692	6.91	9	37,710	4
		4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	9,773	4,650	523,173	12.75	33	41,023	7
		4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	3,584	2,401	284,749	7.36	12	38,664	5
		4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	7,640	4,955	451,263	10.86	26	41,564	5
		4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	6,183	4,339	369,928	8.13	21	45,506	5
		4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	21,595	6,435	660,003	15.73	74	41,954	12
		42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	16,773	2,963	302,192	8.42	58	35,903	20
		4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	3,016	2,218	201,500	6.96	10	28,938	5
		4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	5,597	2,821	255,875	6.73	19	38,021	7
		4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	3,819	6,713	666,107	16.46	13	40,477	2
		4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	4,340	2,484	335,730	8.75	15	38,353	6
		42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	28,285	9,210	745,784	15.60	98	47,811	11
		4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	24,105	12,502	927,489	18.42	83	50,349	7
		4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	2,098	3,053	325,045	8.19	7	39,711	2
		4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	2,083	4,569	379,824	8.38	7	45,316	2
		4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	156,821	4,313	487,308	13.43	544	36,282	126
		42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	22,846	4,141	441,103	11.94	79	36,929	19
		42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	19,183	6,647	561,523	13.73	66	40,886	10
		42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	28,581	4,027	344,684	10.75	99	32,054	25
		4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	12,439	5,046	411,361	11.95	43	34,418	9
		42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	8,725	4,960	332,436	9.46	30	35,146	6
		42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	3,714	5,260	930,287	31.39	12	29,635	2
		4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	5,152	4,019	312,544	9.51	17	32,854	4
		4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	10,989	3,279	303,616	10.22	38	29,714	12
		42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	33,027	3,984	659,297	17.15	114	38,441	29
		4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	26,970	3,457	566,028	14.80	93	38,251	27
		4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	6,057	12,412	2,475,387	58.73	21	42,146	2
		42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	53,184	4,230	517,142	14.06	184	36,783	44
		4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	2,664	4,699	521,370	13.13	9	39,711	2
		4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	6,164	3,665	761,703	21.09	21	36,114	6
		4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	16,129	4,633	570,098	16.17	55	35,255	12
		4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	16,295	8,667	715,937	19.47	56	36,768	7
		42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	12,057	11,472	827,346	22.69	41	36,469	4
		42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	4,238	5,112	517,625	13.88	14	37,301	3
		4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	1,983	1,585	183,168	5.13	6	35,689	4
		4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	9,949	2,679	358,366	9.32	34	38,436	13
Link to Industry Statistics Sampler	Go to graphic snapshot	NAICS code	Description	Total sales ($ millions)	Sales per estab- lishment ($1,000)	Sales per paid employee($)	Sales per $ of payroll ($)	Sales per capita ($)	Annual payroll per employee ($)	Estab- lishments per million residents
													424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,980,330	13,881	871,308	21.39	6,873	40,727	495
		4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	114,410	8,541	547,487	14.02	397	39,061	46
		42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	34,446	18,731	1,231,056	22.30	119	55,195	6
		42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	34,478	5,006	298,836	9.53	119	31,342	24
		42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	45,487	9,742	693,183	15.15	157	45,754	16
		4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	386,858	50,053	1,654,257	28.04	1,342	58,989	27
		4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	184,688	47,686	2,318,449	49.99	641	46,380	13
		4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	202,170	52,430	1,311,125	20.02	701	65,504	13
		4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	118,346	6,664	571,404	13.49	410	42,345	62
		42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	16,383	3,709	471,195	11.84	56	39,798	15
		4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	13,586	4,156	533,138	12.78	47	41,711	11
		4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	2,796	2,436	301,167	8.72	9	34,546	4
		42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	34,053	7,615	514,482	13.92	118	36,966	16
		42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	46,835	6,556	591,401	13.22	162	44,745	25
		42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	21,076	12,218	781,607	15.09	73	51,789	6
		4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	511,438	14,346	671,626	18.36	1,775	36,575	124
		42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	115,343	36,000	863,397	21.14	400	40,840	11
		4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	9,507	16,651	796,473	24.67	33	32,282	2
		4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	13,917	125,377	1,493,540	36.67	48	40,729
		4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	91,919	36,447	818,239	19.59	319	41,758	9
		42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	66,098	18,214	696,643	18.32	229	38,021	13
		42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	37,499	14,625	802,322	19.72	130	40,694	9
		4244301	Raw milk merchant wholesalers	5,076	37,602	2,984,322	76.30	17	39,112
		4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	32,423	13,348	719,911	17.67	112	40,753	8
		42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	8,064	10,781	585,736	19.50	27	30,030	3
		4244401	Live poultry merchant wholesalers	150	4,051	314,249	10.98	0	28,631
		4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	7,914	11,131	595,481	19.80	27	30,080	2
		42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	32,004	13,873	822,136	25.45	111	32,305	8
		42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	11,934	4,745	530,945	16.96	41	31,303	9
		42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	34,213	11,745	759,192	21.58	118	35,186	10
		42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	49,685	9,206	449,332	13.89	172	32,359	19
		42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	156,599	12,657	612,983	16.75	543	36,593	43
		4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	7,282	4,424	435,857	12.21	25	35,710	6
		4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	20,845	7,437	515,270	15.27	72	33,738	10
		4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	36,203	12,540	345,391	9.75	125	35,443	10
		4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	11,084	13,071	1,015,098	25.10	38	40,445	3
		4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	3,091	7,041	701,396	17.11	10	41,002	2
		4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	78,094	20,825	999,101	25.61	271	39,014	13
		4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	103,402	13,672	1,595,714	49.90	358	31,981	26
		42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	85,593	15,807	1,703,708	50.54	297	33,710	19
		42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	7,095	6,450	904,806	59.58	24	15,188	4
		42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	10,715	10,224	1,594,511	41.25	37	38,652	4
		4245901	Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers	1,604	8,182	1,300,566	34.83	5	37,344	1
		4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	1,103	7,713	1,204,127	24.37	3	49,413
		4245903	Wool, wool tops, & mohair merchant wholesalers	74	1,935	578,866	19.52	0	29,661
		4245904	Cotton merchant wholesalers	5,832	28,871	3,311,776	70.45	20	47,007	1
		4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	115,554	7,918	817,372	15.98	401	51,139	51
		42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	28,792	8,380	789,322	16.94	99	46,584	12
		42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	86,762	7,776	827,126	15.69	301	52,723	39
		4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	4,811	3,405	357,601	7.86	16	45,521	5
		4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	321,247	39,896	3,061,940	74.45	1,114	41,129	28
		42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	209,981	43,420	2,992,722	74.37	728	40,239	17
		4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	207,040	44,420	3,059,594	76.16	718	40,176	16
		42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	41,568	11,614	874,556	26.19	144	33,398	12
		42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	165,472	152,932	8,216,494	146.28	574	56,171	4
		4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	2,942	16,810	1,179,040	28.11	10	41,946	1
		42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	111,265	34,597	3,201,691	74.58	386	42,927	11
		4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	87,560	20,212	538,066	11.91	303	45,159	15
		42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	44,349	17,317	438,956	10.75	153	40,846	9
		42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	43,211	24,399	700,362	13.41	149	52,222	6
		4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	221,514	6,595	571,551	17.02	768	33,590	117
		42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	53,754	6,992	681,903	18.38	186	37,110	27
		4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	23,808	4,757	530,879	15.46	82	34,329	17
		4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	29,946	11,161	881,209	21.61	103	40,780	9
		42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	30,897	8,919	406,152	12.78	107	31,770	12
		42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	10,039	2,068	167,447	6.32	34	26,487	17
		42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	84,754	52,382	1,439,999	42.17	294	34,145	6
		42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	10,068	4,355	450,264	11.04	34	40,792	8
		42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	32,002	2,344	349,772	10.11	111	34,607	47
		4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	9,010	1,991	266,729	7.59	31	35,163	16
		4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	8,582	3,647	471,151	12.18	29	38,685	8
		4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	982	2,192	274,028	7.48	3	36,623	2
		4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	13,428	2,123	373,877	11.75	46	31,814	22
Link to Industry Statistics Sampler	Go to graphic snapshot	NAICS code	Description	Total sales ($ millions)	Sales per estab- lishment ($1,000)	Sales per paid employee($)	Sales per $ of payroll ($)	Sales per capita ($)	Annual payroll per employee ($)	Estab- lishments per million residents
													425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	483,160	14,905	1,943,547	48.65	1,676	39,953	113
		42511	Business to business electronic markets	2,765	29,101	1,957,943	44.64	9	43,865
		42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	480,395	14,864	1,943,464	48.67	1,667	39,930	112
		4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	284,958	12,887	1,928,090	45.03	989	42,823	77
		42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	127,300	88,464	2,245,975	93.70	441	23,969	5
		42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	15,353	6,459	1,910,341	39.88	53	47,904	8
		42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	8,458	7,446	2,131,600	42.69	29	49,937	4
		42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	17,550	7,057	1,371,882	20.38	60	67,319	9
		42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	9,589	9,256	3,221,083	53.39	33	60,333	4
		42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	50,618	10,970	1,964,515	34.58	175	56,813	16
		42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	17,245	9,292	1,562,349	28.55	59	54,722	6
		42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	25,452	5,013	1,342,972	27.29	88	49,211	18
		42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	13,392	6,408	1,766,105	38.72	46	45,611	7
		4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	195,437	19,145	1,966,326	55.19	678	35,630	35
		42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	8,514	7,797	2,000,928	41.85	29	47,811	4
		42512042	Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers	5,554	19,021	810,331	26.98	19	30,032	1
		42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	11,600	6,339	1,792,073	35.46	40	50,532	6
		42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	121,358	40,507	2,283,049	59.82	421	38,164	10
		42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	22,919	24,831	1,470,516	115.05	79	12,782	3
		42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	4,578	5,161	1,954,784	37.08	15	52,723	3
		42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	6,377	40,879	8,548,479	96.52	22	88,568	1
		42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	1,950	13,831	1,777,730	34.21	6	51,959
		42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	12,586	6,656	1,416,908	38.08	43	37,210	7

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