2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Massachusetts

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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	9,333	127,129,789	8,536,677	154,939
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	5,546	52,101,066	5,312,126	89,542
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	2,826	55,147,220	2,816,431	57,331
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	961	19,881,503	408,120	8,066

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	5,546	52,101,066	5,312,126	89,542
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	528	12,036,057	244,137	6,670
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	114	10,380,366	65,146	1,464
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	56	10,015,827	30,628	633
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(250-499)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	314	1,382,625	148,299	4,333
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	131	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	175	838,143	94,210	2,713
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	35	D	D	(250-499)
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	65	D	D	(250-499)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	323	1,533,222	165,849	3,586
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	136	742,537	74,519	1,483
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	52	176,881	16,050	326
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	84	565,656	58,469	1,157
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	187	790,685	91,330	2,103
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	11	28,502	3,820	113
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	42	85,534	9,578	315
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	70	377,182	46,581	886
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	64	299,467	31,351	789
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	345	2,546,191	227,258	4,753
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	165	1,646,040	129,287	2,667
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	119	1,121,152	98,994	2,096
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	68	244,210	31,291	685
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	30	108,269	15,130	313
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	51	465,255	40,466	770
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	61	190,686	26,214	631
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	16	48,505	9,090	236
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	1,063	16,240,842	2,286,953	31,288
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(1000-2499)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	124	896,653	151,576	3,301
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	468	9,440,076	1,532,921	17,869
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	367	D	D	(10k-24k)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	151	D	D	(5000-9999)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	216	5,077,136	809,505	9,306
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	101	D	D	(2500-4999)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	104	254,763	43,633	965
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	61	170,781	24,233	541
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	43	83,982	19,400	424
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	203	3,744,925	350,256	5,595
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	178	3,572,318	315,722	5,081
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	25	172,607	34,534	514
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	28	80,717	12,652	295
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	105	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	10	71,698	7,256	177
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	95	D	D	(1000-2499)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	201	D	D	(1000-2499)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	197	D	D	(1000-2499)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	160	D	D	(1000-2499)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	109	587,676	68,207	1,506
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	51	D	D	(250-499)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(500-999)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(1-19)
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4235202	Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(1-19)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	937	9,070,615	1,133,833	17,431
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	307	1,574,359	175,371	3,574
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	92	884,519	48,248	1,011
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	538	6,611,737	910,214	12,846
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	183	2,652,301	407,631	5,545
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	355	3,959,436	502,583	7,301
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	418	1,626,690	230,519	4,770
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	146	509,983	80,561	1,783
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	145	648,668	76,404	1,547
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	101	D	D	(1000-2499)
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(100-249)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	1,072	5,416,849	682,856	12,885
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	80	704,471	76,235	1,424
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	35	149,005	20,034	463
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	16	28,240	3,492	106
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	8	26,768	4,339	69
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	11	93,997	12,203	288
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	624	2,631,046	414,095	7,443
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	21	127,769	19,863	328
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	65	221,224	39,878	770
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	23	64,446	9,798	174
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	42	156,778	30,080	596
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	228	905,138	136,833	2,404
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	81	314,080	41,649	759
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	75	306,412	57,121	1,255
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(1-19)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	150	D	D	(1000-2499)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	197	1,432,406	106,573	1,971
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(20-99)
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	34	87,447	13,538	304
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	15	33,397	7,139	165
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	37	118,661	16,292	330
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	25	190,674	21,496	384
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	66	D	D	(500-999)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	108	423,036	53,815	1,314
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	19	50,151	9,257	255
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	38	132,531	20,858	453
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(500-999)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	28	76,885	12,104	270
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(20-99)
4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	659	D	D	(5000-9999)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	123	586,625	58,858	1,669
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(250-499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	154	418,061	56,737	1,520
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	42	177,781	23,055	532
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	31	172,556	22,239	499
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	11	5,225	816	33
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	22	65,680	14,641	400
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	90	174,600	19,041	588
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	108	D	D	(500-999)
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	99	D	D	(250-499)
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	233	D	D	(1000-2499)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	11	20,926	1,728	41
4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	66	D	D	(250-499)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(250-499)
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(1-19)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	28	43,383	9,424	262
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	81	D	D	(500-999)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	2,826	55,147,220	2,816,431	57,331
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	316	4,353,751	277,370	5,642
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	47	1,002,355	37,015	591
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	137	1,105,268	96,832	2,212
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	132	2,246,128	143,523	2,839
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	123	12,747,461	596,095	8,733
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	60	5,453,002	199,616	3,111
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	63	7,294,459	396,479	5,622
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	317	6,243,046	369,639	7,210
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	80	D	D	(500-999)
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	59	D	D	(500-999)
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(500-999)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	110	1,987,205	75,226	1,449
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	59	3,655,565	218,062	4,252
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	960	14,687,362	795,083	18,692
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	92	1,874,420	120,962	2,968
4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	6	D	D	(20-99)
4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	3	D	D	(1-19)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	83	1,863,183	119,934	2,925
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	111	2,335,081	114,217	2,579
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	44	2,840,698	72,759	1,514
4244301	Raw milk merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(1000-2499)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(250-499)
4244401	Live poultry merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(250-499)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	51	534,207	21,695	780
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	168	1,179,629	74,719	1,839
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	61	844,548	51,673	1,072
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	151	1,365,937	106,864	2,371
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	262	D	D	(5000-9999)
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(500-999)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	63	497,155	37,533	1,027
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	40	502,158	69,962	1,475
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	19	122,836	10,279	267
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	12	21,639	2,012	91
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	91	D	D	(1000-2499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(100-249)
42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(1-19)
42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
4245901	Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4245903	Wool, wool tops, & mohair merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	289	D	D	(2500-4999)
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	99	527,393	48,626	1,014
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	190	D	D	(1000-2499)
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	25	81,570	13,910	322
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	124	D	D	(1000-2499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	68	6,168,910	76,531	1,555
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	67	D	D	(1000-2499)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	38	D	D	(500-999)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	29	5,591,231	44,814	780
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	1	D	D	(1-19)
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	56	D	D	(250-499)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	84	2,613,897	194,351	3,697
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	39	808,094	82,135	1,750
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	45	1,805,803	112,216	1,947
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	584	D	D	(5000-9999)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	52	316,036	23,136	588
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	21	118,175	9,903	224
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	31	197,861	13,233	364
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	105	718,448	61,850	2,158
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	84	246,699	41,582	1,268
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	26	2,834,077	60,241	1,102
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	49	203,215	34,894	774
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	268	D	D	(1000-2499)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	96	329,465	40,307	862
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(100-249)
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	117	D	D	(500-999)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	961	19,881,503	408,120	8,066
42511	Business to business electronic markets	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	960	D	D	(5000-9999)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	668	10,120,348	241,376	4,645
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	24	D	D	(1000-2499)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	85	740,339	14,761	275
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	27	D	D	(20-99)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	89	978,834	45,418	651
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	25	200,099	4,950	66
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	181	2,639,863	75,603	1,086
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	48	581,580	28,748	434
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	128	644,753	23,580	415
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	61	453,634	12,897	262
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	292	D	D	(2500-4999)
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	30	382,930	9,174	145
42512042	Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers	10	132,183	2,405	41
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	65	1,163,727	24,198	418
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	96	7,452,055	109,389	2,514
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	4	D	D	(1-19)
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	23	83,742	1,929	38
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	4	172,915	6,969	27
42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	4	38,703	1,272	17
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	56	D	D	(100-249)