2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Georgia

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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	13,794	201,091,040	9,177,276	201,018
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	8,509	112,170,968	6,063,267	124,925
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	4,077	73,499,625	2,772,300	68,043
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	1,208	15,420,447	341,709	8,050

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	8,509	112,170,968	6,063,267	124,925
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	869	50,185,553	527,504	12,974
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	227	44,937,994	206,808	4,572
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	118	42,575,192	110,291	2,178
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(250-499)
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(20-99)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	72	2,054,919	76,982	1,903
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	463	4,095,961	243,469	6,135
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	206	1,066,300	79,801	2,215
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	238	2,969,848	153,285	3,636
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	19	59,813	10,383	284
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	105	D	D	(1000-2499)
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	74	D	D	(500-999)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	696	5,336,448	327,189	8,363
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	261	1,125,762	86,922	2,367
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	151	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	110	D	D	(1000-2499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	435	4,210,686	240,267	5,996
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	24	10,694	1,957	56
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	72	D	D	(500-999)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	236	3,707,661	188,954	4,509
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	103	D	D	(500-999)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	706	4,377,181	359,196	9,022
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	362	3,067,553	233,319	5,965
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	77	825,771	43,786	965
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	51	353,331	27,399	835
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	234	1,888,451	162,134	4,165
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	122	430,297	44,659	1,138
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	59	170,448	22,138	541
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(500-999)
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(20-99)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	105	462,390	40,697	897
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	117	416,941	40,521	1,022
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	12	16,520	2,718	76
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	1,198	14,348,929	1,827,754	30,867
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(500-999)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	186	1,908,892	214,930	4,840
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	457	D	D	(10k-24k)
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	379	D	D	(10k-24k)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	147	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	232	D	D	(10k-24k)
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	78	D	D	(500-999)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	167	465,059	61,616	1,540
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	91	313,229	34,102	914
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	76	151,830	27,514	626
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	235	3,375,490	239,927	4,241
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	210	3,270,478	219,470	3,864
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	25	105,012	20,457	377
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(500-999)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	84	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	71	D	D	(1000-2499)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	287	3,593,604	195,092	3,973
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	276	3,453,073	191,341	3,875
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	224	D	D	(2500-4999)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	140	981,553	98,624	2,362
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	84	D	D	(250-499)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	52	D	D	(1000-2499)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	36	D	D	(1000-2499)
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(20-99)
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	11	140,531	3,751	98
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4235202	Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	1,058	12,672,996	1,066,389	18,212
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	476	2,733,661	252,737	5,218
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	87	5,024,835	94,068	1,851
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	495	4,914,500	719,584	11,143
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	285	D	D	(5000-9999)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	210	D	D	(1000-2499)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	629	D	D	(5000-9999)
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	204	1,046,799	100,474	2,613
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	170	D	D	(1000-2499)
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	218	D	D	(1000-2499)
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(100-249)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	2,070	13,974,687	1,171,161	25,675
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	185	1,856,842	126,286	2,809
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	269	2,270,303	102,050	3,125
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	163	527,967	42,486	1,508
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	68	651,862	25,340	678
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	38	1,090,474	34,224	939
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	959	5,280,579	679,496	13,522
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	59	255,171	31,800	663
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	95	348,650	35,990	821
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	47	143,630	14,658	343
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	48	205,020	21,332	478
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	372	2,244,289	293,806	5,299
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	77	432,665	36,421	948
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	158	542,667	84,155	1,926
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	12	35,195	1,500	42
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	186	1,421,942	195,824	3,823
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	391	3,466,344	181,827	4,047
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	47	98,706	10,347	311
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	77	442,869	35,461	857
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	63	143,749	19,407	479
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	50	200,345	19,107	479
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(250-499)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	113	D	D	(1000-2499)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	189	532,263	50,398	1,517
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	62	D	D	(500-999)
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	69	D	D	(250-499)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	77	568,356	31,104	655
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	57	499,944	23,907	471
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	996	D	D	(5000-9999)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	156	733,691	62,717	1,586
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	57	120,611	13,506	359
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	177	691,091	62,851	2,089
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	54	97,613	12,749	469
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	35	76,899	10,230	354
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	19	20,714	2,519	115
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	47	182,007	14,457	405
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	76	411,471	35,645	1,215
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	187	D	D	(500-999)
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	181	D	D	(500-999)
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	419	D	D	(2500-4999)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	11	8,648	1,164	31
4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	90	300,608	14,063	392
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	115	755,828	47,107	1,326
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	48	D	D	(500-999)
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(500-999)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(20-99)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	42	38,489	8,777	246
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	113	D	D	(500-999)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	4,077	73,499,625	2,772,300	68,043
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	425	D	D	(5000-9999)
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	64	D	D	(500-999)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	208	D	D	(5000-9999)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	153	3,825,643	139,938	2,525
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	190	13,469,061	403,846	6,780
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	90	3,610,586	109,477	2,115
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	100	9,858,475	294,369	4,665
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	418	2,263,921	150,479	4,222
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	115	791,980	54,398	1,337
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	92	606,771	46,110	1,162
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	23	185,209	8,288	175
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	140	1,056,341	67,083	1,951
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	134	D	D	(500-999)
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(100-249)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	873	17,500,931	776,285	21,396
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	98	3,650,304	125,006	3,186
4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	21	954,177	22,873	787
4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	7	D	D	(100-249)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	70	D	D	(1000-2499)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	97	2,447,350	144,028	3,446
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	47	363,587	21,390	721
4244301	Raw milk merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(500-999)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	40	205,399	15,253	613
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	40	205,399	15,253	613
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	61	1,152,736	40,513	1,338
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	42	542,484	26,656	583
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	55	2,127,066	63,536	1,667
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	143	1,361,609	103,384	3,373
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	290	5,650,396	236,519	6,469
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	62	761,695	35,738	988
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	85	1,166,914	114,813	3,145
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(1000-2499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	128	359,621	14,506	580
42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	42	144,588	5,889	190
42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	17	54,188	1,102	81
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	69	160,845	7,515	309
4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	8	3,540	646	26
4245904	Cotton merchant wholesalers	19	111,979	2,660	108
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	585	6,509,289	324,646	6,441
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	124	930,732	55,533	1,037
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	461	5,578,557	269,113	5,404
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	41	69,181	12,162	286
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	300	15,370,242	146,020	3,517
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	187	5,304,409	85,972	2,287
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	183	D	D	(1000-2499)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	154	D	D	(1000-2499)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	29	3,641,042	26,127	514
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	4	D	D	(20-99)
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	113	10,065,833	60,048	1,230
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	100	2,596,393	229,764	4,965
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	52	1,250,263	116,147	2,925
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	48	1,346,130	113,617	2,040
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,058	D	D	(10k-24k)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	281	2,029,327	88,558	2,645
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	178	1,186,168	50,289	1,559
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	103	843,159	38,269	1,086
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	102	982,758	73,701	1,948
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	156	320,851	49,665	1,753
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	38	3,586,386	72,844	2,000
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	84	523,209	23,956	598
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	397	D	D	(1000-2499)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	125	217,359	25,191	649
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	54	D	D	(250-499)
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	204	D	D	(1000-2499)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	1,208	15,420,447	341,709	8,050
42511	Business to business electronic markets	3	4,355	162	5
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	1,205	15,416,092	341,547	8,045
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	846	11,866,081	267,122	6,099
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	40	5,070,811	55,462	1,916
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	125	790,376	20,865	400
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	56	D	D	(250-499)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	94	705,709	40,168	474
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	37	D	D	(20-99)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	146	2,028,119	59,271	1,314
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	61	813,604	22,248	544
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	208	1,097,504	34,581	677
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	79	536,239	13,739	324
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	359	3,550,011	74,425	1,946
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	53	417,849	7,712	172
42512042	Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers	4	D	D	(1-19)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	69	279,154	9,308	197
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	75	1,626,465	28,581	780
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	28	299,697	3,893	310
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	45	222,189	7,320	121
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	6	60,972	549	12
42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	72	570,148	14,632	320