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Wholesale Trade
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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.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
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NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Sales
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
  42 Wholesale trade 31,332 219,490,896 11,884,840 299,340
423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 19,158 104,892,869 6,995,462 165,370
424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 10,024 83,916,044 4,340,840 118,181
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 2,150 30,681,983 548,538 15,789

 

 

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.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Sales
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 19,158 104,892,869 6,995,462 165,370
4231 Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers 2,032 D D (10k-24k)
42311 Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers 574 D D (5000-9999)
4231101 Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers 362 18,187,416 134,907 2,993
4231102 Bus & RV merchant wholesalers 20 D D (100-249)
4231103 Light truck & van merchant wholesalers 31 D D (250-499)
4231104 Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers 31 239,947 23,657 706
4231105 Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers 130 792,293 61,361 1,528
42312 Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers 1,111 3,351,253 297,429 8,838
4231201 Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist 466 1,364,056 134,923 4,299
4231202 Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers 620 1,962,960 158,850 4,420
4231203 Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers 25 24,237 3,656 119
42313 Tire & tube merchant wholesalers 178 676,003 49,327 1,414
42314 Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers 169 D D (1000-2499)
4232 Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers 1,135 3,622,597 270,738 8,173
42321 Furniture merchant wholesalers 480 1,182,398 110,803 3,149
4232101 Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers 303 645,796 58,630 1,755
4232102 Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers 177 536,602 52,173 1,394
42322 Home furnishing merchant wholesalers 655 2,440,199 159,935 5,024
4232201 Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers 59 D D (100-249)
4232202 Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers 144 1,153,362 30,523 1,203
4232203 Floor coverings merchant wholesalers 220 907,451 87,076 2,061
4232204 Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers 232 D D (1000-2499)
4233 Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers 1,246 5,684,304 468,962 12,004
42331 Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers 525 3,334,942 261,465 6,479
4233101 Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers 80 707,504 30,902 630
4233102 Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers 74 548,338 41,285 1,133
4233103 Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers 371 2,079,100 189,278 4,716
42332 Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers 325 947,633 82,633 2,210
4233201 Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers 178 433,883 49,041 1,331
4233202 Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers 106 239,140 17,491 562
4233203 Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers 41 274,610 16,101 317
42333 Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers 165 877,373 67,325 1,674
42339 Other construction material merchant wholesalers 231 524,356 57,539 1,641
4233901 Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers 44 73,707 9,483 317
4234 Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers 3,179 27,898,882 1,826,598 36,337
42341 Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers 76 905,549 43,942 765
42342 Office equipment merchant wholesalers 430 1,885,926 305,197 7,502
42343 Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers 1,087 18,877,798 881,740 14,501
4234301 Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers 921 18,596,365 811,260 13,495
42343011 Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers 426 13,716,823 303,514 6,046
42343012 Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers 495 4,879,542 507,746 7,449
4234302 Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers 166 281,433 70,480 1,006
42344 Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers 374 777,377 91,386 2,523
4234401 Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers 233 580,915 61,846 1,641
4234402 Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers 141 196,462 29,540 882
42345 Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers 870 4,681,097 405,151 8,494
4234501 Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers 777 4,117,321 336,071 7,036
4234502 Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 93 563,776 69,080 1,458
42346 Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers 180 542,544 65,333 1,771
42349 Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers 162 228,591 33,849 781
4234901 Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers 19 D D (100-249)
4234902 Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers 143 D D (500-999)
4235 Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers 577 D D (5000-9999)
42351 Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers 560 2,706,194 189,358 4,886
4235101 Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers 402 2,072,671 146,887 3,696
42351011 Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers 252 1,446,460 122,698 3,052
42351012 Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers 150 626,211 24,189 644
4235102 Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers 158 633,523 42,471 1,190
42351021 Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers 112 D D (1000-2499)
42351022 Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers 46 D D (100-249)
42352 Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers 17 D D (100-249)
4235201 Coal merchant wholesalers 7 D D (100-249)
4235202 Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers 10 D D (20-99)
4236 Electrical goods merchant wholesalers 2,762 14,558,131 1,354,151 26,734
42361 Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers 936 3,785,364 370,699 8,532
42362 Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers 355 3,529,516 138,509 3,169
42369 Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers 1,471 7,243,251 844,943 15,033
4236901 Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 672 4,681,125 599,982 9,691
4236902 Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers 799 2,562,126 244,961 5,342
4237 Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers 1,280 3,918,873 421,244 10,729
42371 Hardware merchant wholesalers 464 1,113,042 129,989 3,773
42372 Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers 305 1,128,432 114,462 2,766
42373 Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers 403 1,432,014 146,123 3,372
42374 Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 108 245,385 30,670 818
4238 Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers 3,887 D D (25k-49k)
42381 Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 306 2,400,888 203,324 4,904
42382 Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 318 1,062,591 89,374 2,523
4238201 Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers 103 312,180 26,952 752
4238202 Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist 147 344,531 31,271 924
4238203 Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 68 405,880 31,151 847
42383 Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers 1,722 D D (10k-24k)
4238301 Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers 92 246,884 30,765 709
4238302 Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers 177 D D (1000-2499)
42383021 Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers 75 D D (250-499)
42383022 Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers 102 197,693 32,398 811
4238303 General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers 746 D D (2500-4999)
4238304 Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 128 186,363 24,541 566
4238305 Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers 231 D D (1000-2499)
4238306 Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers 54 D D (100-249)
4238307 Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 294 839,594 81,873 1,797
42384 Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 530 1,370,012 129,775 3,501
4238401 General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 75 172,179 16,651 459
4238402 Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers 88 213,890 15,315 400
4238403 Welding supplies merchant wholesalers 82 129,447 15,640 454
4238404 Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers 68 236,733 19,570 530
4238405 Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers 59 187,237 23,945 532
4238406 Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 158 430,526 38,654 1,126
42385 Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 385 D D (1000-2499)
4238501 Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers 114 126,763 17,303 674
4238502 Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 113 152,879 22,069 604
4238503 Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers 48 D D (250-499)
4238504 Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers 110 194,524 21,449 603
42386 Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers 626 2,275,490 227,613 5,253
4238601 Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers 415 1,759,168 165,887 3,515
4238602 Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers 167 432,092 56,839 1,590
4238603 Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 44 84,230 4,887 148
4239 Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers 3,060 7,865,688 629,942 19,101
42391 Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers 555 2,046,795 146,531 3,881
42392 Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers 202 359,957 40,673 1,406
42393 Recyclable material merchant wholesalers 296 815,485 78,839 2,598
4239301 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers 85 261,056 26,623 760
42393011 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors 51 D D (500-999)
42393012 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers 34 D D (100-249)
4239302 Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers 58 121,139 12,429 416
4239303 Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers 153 433,290 39,787 1,422
42394 Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers 650 D D (2500-4999)
4239401 Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers 614 D D (2500-4999)
4239402 Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers 36 D D (100-249)
42399 Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers 1,357 D D (5000-9999)
4239901 Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers 53 81,124 8,021 235
4239902 Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers 146 506,235 15,729 392
4239903 General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers 441 972,494 89,122 3,332
4239904 Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers 189 1,127,069 76,568 2,211
42399041 CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers 102 937,163 67,577 1,893
42399042 Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers 87 189,906 8,991 318
4239905 Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers 122 136,244 28,344 811
4239906 Other durable goods merchant wholesalers 406 D D (1000-2499)

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Sales
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 10,024 83,916,044 4,340,840 118,181
4241 Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers 802 3,441,787 316,893 8,195
42411 Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers 113 946,529 68,256 1,314
42412 Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers 404 1,152,264 126,934 3,387
42413 Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers 285 1,342,994 121,703 3,494
4242 Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers 734 16,052,006 551,509 11,297
4242101 General-line drugs merchant wholesalers 376 11,609,396 319,932 6,870
4242102 Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers 358 4,442,610 231,577 4,427
4243 Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers 1,277 4,394,676 309,326 9,066
42431 Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers 239 409,631 40,182 1,152
4243101 Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers 181 271,513 26,422 758
4243102 Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers 58 138,118 13,760 394
42432 Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers 269 1,243,034 114,955 3,574
42433 Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers 562 1,834,928 84,019 2,867
42434 Footwear merchant wholesalers 207 907,083 70,170 1,473
4244 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers 2,704 25,536,547 1,480,321 44,134
42441 General line grocery merchant wholesalers 263 4,661,613 284,439 6,737
4244101 Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group 38 D D (250-499)
4244102 Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op 7 D D (250-499)
4244103 Other general line groc merchant wholesalers 218 3,830,579 255,689 6,001
42442 Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers 304 5,193,571 253,204 6,425
42443 Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers 145 1,209,960 64,692 1,811
4244301 Raw milk merchant wholesalers 4 D D (20-99)
4244302 Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers 141 D D (1000-2499)
42444 Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers 36 489,611 22,243 789
4244402 Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers 36 489,611 22,243 789
42445 Confectionery merchant wholesalers 122 922,179 41,859 1,480
42446 Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers 303 1,112,900 51,330 1,708
42447 Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers 151 1,272,633 73,689 2,078
42448 Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers 566 3,888,740 293,196 11,800
42449 Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers 814 6,785,340 395,669 11,306
4244901 Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers 126 312,813 26,112 880
4244902 Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers 208 907,931 47,376 1,659
4244903 Soft drinks merchant wholesalers 131 1,278,598 126,808 3,697
4244904 Canned goods merchant wholesalers 48 271,331 13,562 347
4244905 Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers 31 177,631 5,141 138
4244906 Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers 270 3,837,036 176,670 4,585
4245 Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers 116 1,264,887 22,540 583
42451 Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers 46 1,112,998 9,587 219
42452 Livestock merchant wholesalers 17 59,733 980 46
42459 Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers 53 92,156 11,973 318
4245901 Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers 1 D D (1-19)
4245902 Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers 10 38,727 5,405 42
4246 Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers 932 2,845,991 257,760 6,103
42461 Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers 240 D D (1000-2499)
42469 Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers 692 D D (2500-4999)
4246901 Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers 82 D D (500-999)
4247 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 358 12,466,330 160,435 3,973
42471 Petroleum bulk stations & terminals 203 10,271,156 116,260 2,691
4247101 Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP) 198 D D (2500-4999)
42471011 Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP) 144 D D (1000-2499)
42471012 Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP) 54 8,856,731 50,341 848
4247102 LP bulk stations & terminals 5 D D (20-99)
42472 Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk) 155 2,195,174 44,175 1,282
4248 Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 196 6,345,404 550,117 11,472
42481 Beer & ale merchant wholesalers 89 2,577,363 242,454 5,935
42482 Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 107 3,768,041 307,663 5,537
4249 Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 2,905 11,568,416 691,939 23,358
42491 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers 368 2,510,438 100,613 2,742
4249101 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers 183 884,748 45,711 1,348
4249102 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors 185 1,625,690 54,902 1,394
42492 Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers 196 827,348 72,055 2,661
42493 Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers 688 1,764,439 219,282 7,866
42494 Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers 158 4,549,268 107,580 3,443
42495 Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers 207 304,895 40,485 1,259
42499 Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 1,288 1,612,028 151,924 5,387
4249901 Art goods merchant wholesalers 426 448,374 52,908 2,041
4249902 General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers 231 361,187 32,643 1,026
4249903 Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers 39 60,640 6,533 206
4249904 Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 592 741,827 59,840 2,114

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Sales
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 2,150 30,681,983 548,538 15,789
42511 Business to business electronic markets 7 34,850 1,089 18
42512 Wholesale trade agents & brokers 2,143 30,647,133 547,449 15,771
4251203 Agents & brokers, durable goods 1,415 19,071,823 314,044 9,164
42512031 Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers 89 D D (2500-4999)
42512032 Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers 194 D D (500-999)
42512033 Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers 91 D D (100-249)
42512034 Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers 199 1,147,903 48,933 823
42512035 Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers 32 D D (100-249)
42512036 Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers 272 2,007,217 55,848 1,055
42512037 Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers 108 D D (250-499)
42512038 Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers 264 D D (500-999)
42512039 Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers 166 D D (250-499)
4251204 Agents & brokers, nondurable goods 728 11,575,310 233,405 6,607
42512041 Paper & paper products agents & brokers 83 949,143 22,024 364
42512042 Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers 39 276,687 7,958 208
42512043 Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers 128 621,614 20,142 537
42512044 Grocery & related products agents & brokers 240 8,176,244 144,666 4,459
42512045 Farm products raw materials agents & brokers 17 286,041 4,131 251
42512046 Chemical & allied products agents & brokers 46 342,741 4,506 115
42512047 Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers 7 D D (1-19)
42512048 Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers 11 D D (20-99)
42512049 Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers 157 693,706 26,230 607


Source: 2002 Economic Census, Geographic Area Series   Questions?
Last revised: September 24, 2005