2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Illinois

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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	20,520	317,467,059	15,493,128	331,527
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	11,911	155,783,635	9,478,836	191,404
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	6,670	135,774,170	5,411,370	127,631
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	1,939	25,909,254	602,922	12,492

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	11,911	155,783,635	9,478,836	191,404
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	950	42,812,207	659,096	16,998
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	232	35,873,868	217,896	5,221
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	98	33,123,904	76,316	1,753
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	27	493,554	37,009	767
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	85	1,715,007	76,559	2,053
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	579	6,304,186	391,394	10,243
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	313	2,678,492	179,815	5,326
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	254	3,572,011	205,775	4,771
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	12	53,683	5,804	146
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	62	D	D	(500-999)
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	77	D	D	(500-999)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	600	4,562,709	417,902	9,536
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	300	1,739,240	168,332	3,527
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	161	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	139	D	D	(1000-2499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	300	2,823,469	249,570	6,009
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(100-249)
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(250-499)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	114	1,013,438	87,649	1,764
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	108	D	D	(2500-4999)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	657	3,915,195	348,927	7,904
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	279	1,757,577	154,504	3,595
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	35	170,633	9,819	252
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	42	346,163	26,579	645
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	202	1,240,781	118,106	2,698
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	121	604,296	45,958	1,030
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	68	246,979	27,138	634
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	34	84,185	10,161	247
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	19	273,132	8,659	149
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	117	725,218	68,227	1,391
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	140	828,104	80,238	1,888
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	1,600	28,074,405	2,278,127	38,175
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	55	1,479,366	85,630	1,578
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	254	2,549,142	315,938	7,235
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	515	13,370,198	998,197	13,343
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	414	12,101,149	872,201	11,596
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	131	D	D	(2500-4999)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	283	D	D	(5000-9999)
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	101	1,269,049	125,996	1,747
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	233	1,044,110	152,717	3,484
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	140	770,827	105,366	2,505
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	93	273,283	47,351	979
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	370	8,269,240	590,889	9,719
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	329	D	D	(5000-9999)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(500-999)
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(500-999)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	120	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	99	D	D	(1000-2499)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	739	12,318,326	686,560	14,030
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	715	11,938,950	676,532	13,870
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	614	D	D	(10k-24k)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	431	5,745,668	519,129	10,681
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	183	D	D	(1000-2499)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	101	D	D	(1000-2499)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	60	D	D	(500-999)
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(100-249)
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	24	379,376	10,028	160
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4235202	Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	1,452	26,469,803	1,818,241	32,719
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	633	5,668,286	538,020	13,037
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	129	5,129,031	178,537	3,027
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	690	15,672,486	1,101,684	16,655
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	327	4,027,415	509,207	7,155
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	363	11,645,071	592,477	9,500
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	938	5,750,240	546,503	11,571
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	442	2,897,934	257,143	5,857
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	214	1,552,225	137,649	2,808
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	241	923,858	123,413	2,311
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	41	376,223	28,298	595
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	3,433	23,691,410	2,108,490	44,489
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	185	7,778,023	193,398	4,080
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	386	1,927,134	174,194	5,087
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	293	1,385,497	121,191	3,686
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	67	D	D	(500-999)
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	1,847	9,513,831	1,217,654	23,426
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	79	265,731	42,466	854
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	174	731,391	98,713	2,032
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	86	380,911	39,838	854
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	88	350,480	58,875	1,178
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	671	3,084,958	452,089	8,336
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	273	1,575,010	165,651	3,161
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	255	1,473,619	224,228	4,624
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	61	80,189	10,541	352
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	334	2,302,933	223,966	4,067
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	640	2,703,427	314,965	7,208
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(500-999)
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	133	851,057	76,869	1,925
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	71	D	D	(500-999)
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	124	D	D	(1000-2499)
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	72	D	D	(500-999)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	195	865,453	86,355	1,984
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	280	D	D	(2500-4999)
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	65	189,302	26,824	883
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	121	408,561	67,931	1,470
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	67	D	D	(500-999)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	95	D	D	(1000-2499)
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	49	D	D	(1000-2499)
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,542	8,189,340	614,990	15,982
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	181	1,686,836	110,041	2,515
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	135	1,189,487	119,281	2,960
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	387	1,841,375	144,067	4,110
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	135	968,695	66,381	1,835
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	92	573,779	59,196	1,644
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	43	394,916	7,185	191
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	74	308,743	26,453	683
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	178	563,937	51,233	1,592
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	285	872,545	76,376	2,126
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	268	776,785	73,035	2,049
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	17	95,760	3,341	77
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	554	2,599,097	165,225	4,271
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	34	172,217	15,979	350
4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(100-249)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	179	643,671	49,021	1,339
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	69	D	D	(500-999)
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(500-999)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	53	176,652	13,673	391
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	172	D	D	(1000-2499)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	6,670	135,774,170	5,411,370	127,631
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	832	12,836,593	718,802	16,538
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	122	4,375,871	119,161	1,891
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	378	3,292,688	338,490	9,892
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	332	5,168,034	261,151	4,755
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	272	28,886,874	903,826	14,556
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	117	12,082,620	251,268	4,322
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	155	16,804,254	652,558	10,234
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	450	2,583,237	206,127	5,072
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	132	D	D	(1000-2499)
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	92	D	D	(500-999)
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(250-499)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	120	D	D	(1000-2499)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	167	D	D	(1000-2499)
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(100-249)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	1,602	32,127,048	1,404,155	35,827
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	149	11,241,857	315,566	8,055
4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	20	189,129	8,450	300
4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	12	4,916,029	61,596	1,315
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	117	6,136,699	245,520	6,440
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	177	2,785,423	179,708	3,768
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	147	2,147,775	85,013	2,090
4244301	Raw milk merchant wholesalers	6	252,724	3,228	53
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	141	1,895,051	81,785	2,037
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(500-999)
4244401	Live poultry merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(500-999)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	124	3,791,408	88,839	2,585
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(500-999)
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	212	2,034,859	118,453	2,908
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	200	1,367,348	104,751	2,258
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	508	D	D	(10k-24k)
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	64	423,750	37,413	914
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	87	1,068,447	76,779	2,382
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	100	1,806,009	168,163	5,176
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(250-499)
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(250-499)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	180	D	D	(2500-4999)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	755	11,617,186	193,641	5,724
42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	660	11,120,194	183,523	5,321
42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	72	427,367	7,233	296
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	23	69,625	2,885	107
4245901	Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	734	6,380,555	404,529	7,840
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	209	1,814,886	96,297	2,006
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	525	4,565,669	308,232	5,834
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	56	312,405	32,823	578
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	293	18,517,111	183,259	4,771
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	166	16,846,615	136,541	2,778
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	162	16,796,888	133,086	2,683
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	126	1,285,315	67,651	1,710
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	36	15,511,573	65,435	973
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	4	49,727	3,455	95
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	127	1,670,496	46,718	1,993
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	197	5,955,117	411,078	8,497
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	114	2,814,874	199,348	3,941
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	83	3,140,243	211,730	4,556
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,535	16,870,449	985,953	28,806
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	485	5,494,054	221,376	5,404
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	361	1,441,186	124,078	3,366
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	124	4,052,868	97,298	2,038
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	202	4,752,868	358,261	12,318
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	176	435,660	84,120	2,696
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	49	3,893,580	89,832	2,465
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	86	623,703	46,004	978
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	537	1,670,584	186,360	4,945
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	171	638,417	73,413	1,894
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	114	D	D	(1000-2499)
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	233	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	1,939	25,909,254	602,922	12,492
42511	Business to business electronic markets	5	D	D	(250-499)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	1,934	D	D	(10k-24k)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	1,356	15,777,603	397,210	7,799
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	62	3,512,808	40,570	1,665
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	152	1,173,403	21,893	416
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	46	276,647	7,901	145
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	114	899,588	45,292	572
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	71	851,925	15,040	203
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	269	3,448,251	101,378	1,646
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	133	2,001,865	54,722	940
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	369	2,023,895	66,730	1,415
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	140	1,589,221	43,684	797
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	578	D	D	(2500-4999)
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	76	D	D	(250-499)
42512042	Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers	22	D	D	(100-249)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	102	D	D	(250-499)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	153	4,983,110	79,302	1,765
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	23	574,999	4,817	272
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	59	D	D	(100-249)
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	10	D	D	(1-19)
42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	10	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	123	1,273,740	44,432	1,234