1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Wholesale Trade

Illinois
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 38,071 W 16,120 1,181,807 21,951 275,968,383
421 Wholesale trade, durable goods 23,583 W 9,506 696,765 14,077 156,191,494
4211 Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies wholesalers 1,515 W 489 55,043 1,026 33,594,654
4212 Furniture & home furnishings whsle 1,424 W 694 46,404 730 5,471,160
4213 Lumber & other construction materials whsle 836 W 268 27,767 568 3,351,541
4214 Professional & commercial equipment & supplies whsle 2,448 W 499 38,971 1,949 26,740,844
4215 Metal & mineral (except petroleum) whsle 1,152 W 256 25,356 896 17,484,202
4216 Electrical goods whsle 2,348 W 450 43,691 1,898 22,890,822
4217 Hardware, & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies whsle 1,520 W 334 21,818 1,186 6,713,115
4218 Machinery, equipment, & supplies whsle 5,361 W 1,268 118,213 4,093 27,657,994
4219 Miscellaneous durable goods whsle 6,979 W 5,248 319,502 1,731 12,287,162
42191 Sporting & recreational goods & supplies whsle 778 W 529 30,273 249 2,410,670
42192 Toy & hobby goods & supplies whsle 553 W 390 18,004 163 2,394,306
42193 Recyclable material whsle 752 W 259 14,417 493 3,002,687
42194 Jewelry/watch/silverware/precious stone, & precious metal whsle 850 W 560 38,242 290 1,019,108
42199 Other miscellaneous durable goods whsle 4,046 W 3,510 218,566 536 3,460,391
422 Wholesale trade, nondurable goods 14,488 W 6,614 485,042 7,874 119,776,889
4221 Paper & paper product whsle 1,394 W 366 28,587 1,028 14,963,591
4222 Drugs, & druggists' sundries whsle 485 W 164 11,523 321 14,057,069
4223 Apparel, piece goods, & notions whsle 1,422 W 786 44,423 636 3,191,170
4224 Grocery & related products whsle 3,315 W 1,477 148,869 1,838 36,524,779
4225 Farm-product raw material whsle 1,159 W 243 17,855 916 13,785,098
4226 Chemical & allied products whsle 1,133 W 259 23,725 874 10,564,948
4227 Petroleum & petroleum products whsle 525 W 116 17,497 409 7,395,896
4228 Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage whsle 325 W 106 8,577 219 3,732,512
4229 Miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle 4,730 W 3,097 183,986 1,633 15,561,826
42291 Farm supplies whsle 665 W 190 10,854 475 6,497,479
42292 Book, periodical, & newspaper whsle 600 W 362 13,575 238 3,130,047
42293 Flower, nursery stock, & florists' supplies whsle 349 W 191 8,632 158 644,783
42294 Tobacco & tobacco product whsle 90 W 40 3,863 50 2,042,496
42295 Paint, varnish, & supplies whsle 117 W 25 1,733 92 592,122
42299 Other miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle 2,909 W 2,289 145,329 620 2,654,899
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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