1997 Nonemployer Statistics
Wholesale Trade

California
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 110,860 W 53,019 5,603,396 57,841 548,864,451
421 Wholesale trade, durable goods 66,687 W 30,654 3,321,526 36,033 349,273,601
4211 Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies wholesalers 5,061 W 1,698 303,409 3,363 72,694,306
4212 Furniture & home furnishings whsle 4,362 W 2,183 181,882 2,179 10,213,556
4213 Lumber & other construction materials whsle 2,078 W 707 89,922 1,371 7,042,209
4214 Professional & commercial equipment & supplies whsle 8,628 W 1,821 189,981 6,807 88,096,897
4215 Metal & mineral (except petroleum) whsle 1,888 W 623 67,947 1,265 11,621,497
4216 Electrical goods whsle 7,693 W 1,639 244,551 6,054 82,879,142
4217 Hardware, & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies whsle 3,259 W 1,015 109,963 2,244 11,047,274
4218 Machinery, equipment, & supplies whsle 10,389 W 3,320 429,699 7,069 30,363,393
4219 Miscellaneous durable goods whsle 23,329 W 17,648 1,704,172 5,681 35,315,327
42191 Sporting & recreational goods & supplies whsle 2,651 W 1,669 146,339 982 4,775,654
42192 Toy & hobby goods & supplies whsle 2,029 W 1,322 98,046 707 5,543,014
42193 Recyclable material whsle 1,799 W 799 78,195 1,000 4,549,177
42194 Jewelry/watch/silverware/precious stone, & precious metal whsle 4,035 W 2,790 342,372 1,245 6,106,548
42199 Other miscellaneous durable goods whsle 12,815 W 11,068 1,039,220 1,747 14,340,934
422 Wholesale trade, nondurable goods 44,173 W 22,365 2,281,870 21,808 199,590,850
4221 Paper & paper product whsle 2,845 W 985 117,027 1,860 13,718,503
4222 Drugs, & druggists' sundries whsle 1,747 W 539 47,127 1,208 19,203,258
4223 Apparel, piece goods, & notions whsle 7,696 W 3,557 373,202 4,139 17,190,997
4224 Grocery & related products whsle 11,042 W 4,985 594,458 6,057 77,237,540
4225 Farm-product raw material whsle 931 W 592 106,177 339 5,346,807
4226 Chemical & allied products whsle 2,244 W 638 64,226 1,606 9,299,726
4227 Petroleum & petroleum products whsle 964 W 228 21,293 736 25,932,475
4228 Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage whsle 800 W 327 31,314 473 9,679,876
4229 Miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle 15,904 W 10,514 927,046 5,390 21,981,668
42291 Farm supplies whsle 778 W 145 13,048 633 4,181,839
42292 Book, periodical, & newspaper whsle 1,472 W 885 41,905 587 5,963,855
42293 Flower, nursery stock, & florists' supplies whsle 1,491 W 876 56,315 615 1,027,890
42294 Tobacco & tobacco product whsle 217 W 124 16,065 93 3,786,994
42295 Paint, varnish, & supplies whsle 342 W 92 7,252 250 1,127,035
42299 Other miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle 11,604 W 8,392 792,461 3,212 5,894,055
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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