2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Maine

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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	1,669	10,371,084	715,028	19,434
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	927	3,009,077	358,865	9,506
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	662	6,777,613	340,019	9,420
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	80	584,394	16,144	508

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	927	3,009,077	358,865	9,506
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	115	D	D	(1000-2499)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	48	232,361	21,616	721
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	21	63,057	5,241	165
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(20-99)
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(1-19)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(100-249)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	20	138,173	12,231	407
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	43	127,316	13,606	479
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	25	104,093	10,797	365
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	17	D	D	(100-249)
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(20-99)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	47	189,014	30,681	817
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	16	58,549	9,592	295
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	5	13,472	2,309	74
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	11	45,077	7,283	221
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	31	130,465	21,089	522
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	18	121,499	19,671	476
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	9	8,201	1,164	35
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	80	407,264	33,262	884
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	47	282,695	20,789	568
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	9	18,484	1,305	63
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	11	60,999	3,692	113
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	27	203,212	15,792	392
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	13	12,192	1,318	40
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(1-19)
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	5	3,419	689	22
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(1-19)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	12	90,255	8,664	215
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	8	22,122	2,491	61
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	115	301,043	47,634	1,083
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	26	44,348	9,664	277
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	33	111,538	16,905	295
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(1-19)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	19	31,798	3,738	112
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	10	22,481	2,577	73
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	9	9,317	1,161	39
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	19	93,716	13,345	282
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	6	2,995	777	32
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(250-499)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(100-249)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	17	63,662	6,209	216
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	90	307,360	33,271	836
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	47	209,653	19,583	481
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(250-499)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(20-99)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	78	280,267	33,846	863
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	15	133,590	15,154	418
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	34	100,237	12,716	309
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	24	40,224	5,380	117
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	5	6,216	596	19
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	230	780,530	102,948	2,403
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	37	318,052	33,931	743
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	24	58,203	4,861	173
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	13	39,003	3,208	123
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	7	6,807	570	20
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	4	12,393	1,083	30
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	94	255,479	41,586	920
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	15	32,148	4,136	112
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	25	53,501	8,247	200
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	9	27,207	4,671	89
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	13	63,200	11,397	259
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(100-249)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	34	84,432	12,350	275
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	7	14,165	2,448	61
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	10	23,115	2,142	66
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(20-99)
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	5	13,116	1,302	27
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	28	42,389	5,983	181
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	8	6,907	782	41
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	10	25,768	3,975	102
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	13	21,975	4,237	111
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	6	13,702	2,875	72
4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	143	D	D	(500-999)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	33	43,368	4,173	169
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	5	2,355	492	17
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	36	108,092	10,268	337
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	9	15,899	1,583	70
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	6	D	D	(20-99)
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	3	D	D	(1-19)
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	13	8,088	1,376	67
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	13	8,088	1,376	67
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	56	D	D	(250-499)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	24	79,235	5,658	180
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	16	9,512	1,363	54
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	6	16,320	4,695	138
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	7	11,736	1,496	31
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	662	6,777,613	340,019	9,420
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	46	387,986	30,557	626
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	36	328,988	30,137	650
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(1-19)
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(1-19)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	16	318,202	28,697	589
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	344	3,092,960	164,531	4,880
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	12	1,415,506	49,227	1,072
4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	3	D	D	(20-99)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(1000-2499)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	24	353,518	28,020	901
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	14	53,023	4,216	105
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	14	53,023	4,216	105
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	181	546,366	27,855	1,008
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	29	133,783	8,311	271
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	71	414,524	37,658	1,206
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	9	22,310	3,347	113
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	27	70,409	8,284	242
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	14	129,672	16,838	450
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(250-499)
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(20-99)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	15	32,731	2,697	119
42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4245901	Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(20-99)
4245903	Wool, wool tops, & mohair merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	38	136,272	15,408	374
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	9	50,790	5,734	104
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	29	85,482	9,674	270
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(500-999)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	25	1,002,492	19,338	571
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	22	D	D	(500-999)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	7	D	D	(100-249)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	15	770,953	11,916	327
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	3	D	D	(20-99)
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	16	D	D	(100-249)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	17	318,827	29,327	777
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	11	238,388	24,187	643
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	6	80,439	5,140	134
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	112	D	D	(500-999)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	18	42,485	3,840	115
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	10	24,297	2,892	80
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	8	18,188	948	35
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	19	25,664	3,325	128
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(20-99)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(250-499)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	55	D	D	(250-499)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(20-99)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	80	584,394	16,144	508
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	80	584,394	16,144	508
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	44	255,343	11,583	328
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	6	106,202	2,457	164
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	3	D	D	(1-19)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	6	46,843	3,626	71
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	5	20,594	1,218	26
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	13	22,920	691	24
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	5	12,172	486	10
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	36	329,051	4,561	180
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	5	8,054	318	11
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	4	D	D	(1-19)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	15	305,950	3,403	146
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	4	5,190	301	6
42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	6	5,418	325	8