2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
New York

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Wholesale Trade - by subsector

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
More data	NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
	42	Wholesale trade	35,845	343,663,041	19,771,869	413,226
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	18,400	127,766,194	9,713,489	202,212
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	15,236	184,633,080	9,338,883	193,057
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	2,209	31,263,767	719,497	17,957

Wholesale Trade - by industry

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	18,400	127,766,194	9,713,489	202,212
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	1,515	21,112,917	492,660	14,916
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	358	17,741,591	158,929	3,961
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	227	16,629,301	57,110	1,333
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	17	209,014	14,499	365
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	71	585,294	63,295	1,665
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	844	2,246,458	259,855	8,586
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	427	1,143,865	129,172	4,364
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	401	D	D	(2500-4999)
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	126	D	D	(1000-2499)
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	187	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	1,492	8,598,133	753,591	16,445
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	502	2,420,095	242,288	4,564
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	286	795,433	80,557	1,948
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	216	1,624,662	161,731	2,616
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	990	6,178,038	511,303	11,881
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	123	786,307	63,448	1,586
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	259	D	D	(2500-4999)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	292	1,085,824	145,723	2,861
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	316	D	D	(2500-4999)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	902	5,279,833	434,820	10,114
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	394	3,327,920	244,257	5,675
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	69	649,068	33,005	844
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	78	1,189,482	53,557	1,302
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	247	1,489,370	157,695	3,529
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	241	929,983	72,678	1,692
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	115	333,659	33,702	848
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	81	352,818	27,983	642
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	45	243,506	10,993	202
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	111	631,972	67,993	1,400
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	156	389,958	49,892	1,347
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	31	114,710	18,862	495
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	2,575	26,270,940	2,825,762	49,678
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	148	6,293,384	244,854	4,370
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	343	2,251,712	415,604	9,273
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	794	9,319,471	1,192,389	17,394
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	658	D	D	(10k-24k)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	235	4,495,861	297,506	4,891
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	423	D	D	(10k-24k)
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	136	D	D	(1000-2499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	388	943,932	108,460	2,803
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	248	758,354	74,945	2,011
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	140	185,578	33,515	792
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	572	5,690,246	617,704	10,717
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	491	5,218,223	539,698	9,283
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	81	472,023	78,006	1,434
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	153	937,548	128,387	2,789
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	177	834,647	118,364	2,332
4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	43	176,712	21,803	534
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	134	657,935	96,561	1,798
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	602	9,424,726	348,186	6,554
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	562	D	D	(5000-9999)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	440	7,309,722	275,525	5,274
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	275	6,781,103	239,554	4,522
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	165	528,619	35,971	752
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	122	D	D	(1000-2499)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	90	D	D	(1000-2499)
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(100-249)
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(100-249)
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(20-99)
4235202	Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	2,265	14,126,676	1,637,827	29,522
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	811	4,034,643	447,161	9,652
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	258	2,164,519	101,517	2,555
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	1,196	7,927,514	1,089,149	17,315
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	510	3,483,549	624,160	9,776
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	686	4,443,965	464,989	7,539
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	1,150	3,890,419	477,194	11,091
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	428	1,355,343	164,057	4,159
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	368	D	D	(2500-4999)
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	281	1,002,192	131,315	2,670
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	73	D	D	(500-999)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	2,761	10,141,290	1,190,180	26,570
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	160	907,512	103,535	2,102
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	226	947,060	70,229	2,111
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	145	415,097	42,076	1,363
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	61	477,517	20,384	518
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	20	54,446	7,769	230
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	1,328	4,629,804	535,848	11,067
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	66	175,486	32,865	689
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	123	876,551	49,577	1,013
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	55	D	D	(250-499)
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(500-999)
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	492	1,163,349	164,664	3,734
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	157	386,220	54,834	1,131
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	171	969,058	102,513	2,102
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(100-249)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	286	D	D	(1000-2499)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	515	1,790,774	266,503	6,125
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	67	168,982	20,974	569
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	91	266,573	35,255	771
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	41	71,441	9,746	246
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	101	744,180	132,365	2,969
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	50	213,636	27,841	575
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	165	325,962	40,322	995
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	388	932,020	143,446	3,750
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	68	251,208	40,747	1,126
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	162	301,163	53,833	1,375
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	36	181,451	21,353	481
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	122	198,198	27,513	768
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	144	934,120	70,619	1,415
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	87	D	D	(1000-2499)
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(100-249)
4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(100-249)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	5,138	28,921,260	1,553,269	37,322
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	285	1,025,731	90,838	2,391
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	281	D	D	(2500-4999)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	455	1,606,530	192,045	6,108
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	158	357,707	48,902	1,411
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	100	296,188	39,574	1,103
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	58	61,519	9,328	308
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	80	622,132	38,883	1,083
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	217	626,691	104,260	3,614
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	2,905	14,777,046	713,095	17,093
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	2,764	13,651,287	691,961	16,503
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	141	1,125,759	21,134	590
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,212	D	D	(5000-9999)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	61	D	D	(250-499)
4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	107	246,905	11,959	311
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	331	D	D	(1000-2499)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	226	D	D	(2500-4999)
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	146	1,755,835	108,170	2,263
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	80	D	D	(500-999)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	103	159,491	30,518	734
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	384	D	D	(1000-2499)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	15,236	184,633,080	9,338,883	193,057
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	1,190	10,658,958	578,973	12,977
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	148	5,375,942	120,614	1,816
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	572	1,676,241	197,232	4,893
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	470	3,606,775	261,127	6,268
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	754	44,137,206	1,537,474	25,206
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	341	12,660,192	273,008	5,811
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	413	31,477,014	1,264,466	19,395
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	4,678	39,087,146	2,941,055	54,127
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	1,164	5,182,479	431,354	8,956
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	844	4,553,596	343,446	6,642
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	320	628,883	87,908	2,314
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	894	6,992,083	483,163	9,771
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	2,323	24,710,980	1,828,727	31,390
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	297	2,201,604	197,811	4,010
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	4,094	39,806,789	2,013,711	53,920
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	354	4,483,087	277,714	6,727
4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	89	D	D	(250-499)
4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	11	881,633	32,594	850
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	254	D	D	(5000-9999)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	326	3,262,634	168,371	4,770
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	316	3,156,635	161,383	4,109
4244301	Raw milk merchant wholesalers	25	1,156,348	9,343	276
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	291	2,000,287	152,040	3,833
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	69	507,270	20,382	653
4244401	Live poultry merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	61	D	D	(500-999)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	228	1,552,506	85,711	2,811
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	298	1,235,793	71,334	2,119
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	506	3,847,435	181,744	5,131
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	523	3,304,286	224,558	5,812
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	1,474	18,457,143	822,514	21,788
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	158	1,703,467	77,145	1,660
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	351	2,697,785	163,755	4,206
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	371	3,121,142	277,074	7,682
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	121	847,908	44,788	1,152
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	52	140,058	10,200	230
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	421	9,946,783	249,552	6,858
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	194	2,479,786	65,499	1,278
42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(500-999)
42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	20	34,456	1,561	99
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	95	D	D	(250-499)
4245901	Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers	47	345,049	8,834	208
4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(1-19)
4245903	Wool, wool tops, & mohair merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4245904	Cotton merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	834	10,092,384	444,952	7,329
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	214	1,789,121	97,054	1,688
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	620	8,303,263	347,898	5,641
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	46	164,222	31,065	676
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	330	11,958,509	173,996	3,883
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	175	7,756,579	98,234	2,219
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	168	7,712,234	96,347	2,169
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	97	873,374	39,767	1,083
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	71	6,838,860	56,580	1,086
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	7	44,345	1,887	50
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	155	4,201,930	75,762	1,664
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	372	9,053,140	657,333	11,949
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	194	2,870,485	275,901	6,226
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	178	6,182,655	381,432	5,723
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	2,790	17,359,162	925,890	22,388
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	208	2,889,918	70,861	1,579
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	119	1,886,496	45,477	1,009
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	89	1,003,422	25,384	570
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	380	3,393,433	225,702	4,725
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	296	605,383	94,357	2,767
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	168	5,028,353	124,535	3,567
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	122	335,403	47,786	1,211
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,616	5,106,672	362,649	8,539
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	530	1,134,583	150,740	3,202
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	310	1,655,745	74,029	1,556
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	65	D	D	(250-499)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	711	D	D	(2500-4999)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	2,209	31,263,767	719,497	17,957
42511	Business to business electronic markets	6	D	D	(20-99)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	2,203	D	D	(10k-24k)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	1,207	D	D	(5000-9999)
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	64	3,788,471	41,839	2,130
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	180	1,280,693	34,856	629
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	58	633,115	11,999	236
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	156	1,213,996	37,576	644
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	62	D	D	(100-249)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	231	2,429,870	67,170	1,119
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	104	1,141,063	54,109	819
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	204	864,581	29,581	585
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	148	929,446	23,732	683
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	996	18,423,494	403,784	10,857
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	103	541,731	17,046	345
42512042	Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers	24	D	D	(2500-4999)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	446	3,556,958	103,148	1,928
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	189	9,190,757	136,248	2,740
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	31	1,187,850	7,311	270
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	43	D	D	(20-99)
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	9	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	144	2,990,341	28,048	500