2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
North Carolina

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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	11,913	104,331,152	7,245,997	162,230
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	7,300	45,146,926	4,660,978	94,007
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	3,535	43,381,465	2,250,360	59,709
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	1,078	15,802,761	334,659	8,514

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	7,300	45,146,926	4,660,978	94,007
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	748	5,516,195	300,748	8,772
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	224	3,084,869	120,334	3,295
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	116	2,133,105	25,709	816
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	5	2,763	272	8
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	14	96,985	5,325	158
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	15	145,269	23,246	618
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	74	706,747	65,782	1,695
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	378	1,332,154	109,054	3,702
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	187	745,693	65,281	2,249
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	178	551,148	38,889	1,335
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	13	35,313	4,884	118
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	84	1,055,309	63,158	1,413
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	62	43,863	8,202	362
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	521	3,810,309	227,115	5,629
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	294	2,310,059	128,261	3,102
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	194	2,008,516	84,054	1,956
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	100	301,543	44,207	1,146
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	227	1,500,250	98,854	2,527
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	19	29,186	3,829	122
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	42	922,499	35,463	707
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	94	287,925	35,506	977
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	72	260,640	24,056	721
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	650	3,494,274	310,205	8,114
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	369	2,419,354	190,682	5,144
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	84	420,183	21,500	480
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	68	538,674	36,666	1,031
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	217	1,460,497	132,516	3,633
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	94	299,514	30,665	667
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	50	173,025	24,658	507
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	16	17,041	1,306	40
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	28	109,448	4,701	120
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	90	445,285	47,764	1,160
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	97	330,121	41,094	1,143
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	22	62,364	10,184	325
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	924	7,445,524	1,401,434	17,683
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	24	340,338	22,011	415
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	161	622,470	116,031	3,178
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	315	3,533,545	989,559	8,478
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	264	3,284,117	940,741	7,810
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	63	382,566	36,510	559
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	201	2,901,551	904,231	7,251
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	51	249,428	48,818	668
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	132	355,895	45,709	1,205
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	69	248,813	27,317	673
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	63	107,082	18,392	532
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	191	2,307,351	184,432	3,362
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	169	2,193,154	160,828	3,008
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	22	114,197	23,604	354
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	19	36,785	6,026	251
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	82	249,140	37,666	794
4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	16	39,891	5,130	142
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	66	209,249	32,536	652
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	253	D	D	(2500-4999)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	247	1,507,744	121,733	3,067
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	208	1,194,213	102,933	2,559
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	145	984,919	88,763	2,201
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	63	209,294	14,170	358
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	39	313,531	18,800	508
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	844	8,161,517	776,849	13,948
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	397	3,269,255	221,975	4,687
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	56	200,626	16,245	406
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	391	4,691,636	538,629	8,855
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	214	3,242,862	423,105	6,764
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	177	1,448,774	115,524	2,091
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	653	2,529,035	275,455	6,982
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	211	1,059,391	112,474	3,041
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	173	577,529	70,697	1,649
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	231	780,741	78,940	1,966
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	38	111,374	13,344	326
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	1,943	10,733,013	1,048,503	23,953
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	141	1,991,485	147,521	3,332
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	230	2,364,384	144,619	3,188
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	142	D	D	(1000-2499)
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	63	D	D	(500-999)
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	25	1,536,442	74,606	1,275
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	1,018	4,080,341	555,955	11,948
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	25	125,896	16,820	368
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	89	415,764	54,619	1,217
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	43	218,906	24,105	534
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	46	196,858	30,514	683
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	355	963,911	151,278	3,347
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	100	728,098	74,276	1,412
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	155	552,511	89,040	2,220
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	18	24,401	2,371	60
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	276	1,269,760	167,551	3,324
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	345	1,669,517	138,595	3,852
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	35	65,049	8,940	273
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	63	367,712	18,254	458
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	32	83,208	9,986	246
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	34	102,232	15,616	393
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	46	197,570	27,818	888
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	135	853,746	57,981	1,594
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	156	521,177	48,721	1,318
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	32	22,846	3,260	133
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	46	170,740	20,598	549
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	23	224,268	8,798	223
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	55	103,323	16,065	413
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	53	106,109	13,092	315
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	28	80,237	9,079	170
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	14	16,861	2,825	98
4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	11	9,011	1,188	47
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	764	D	D	(5000-9999)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	124	379,049	34,287	1,034
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	40	90,656	8,856	205
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	203	521,574	76,476	2,361
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	58	160,494	25,379	724
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	48	147,338	23,706	657
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	10	13,156	1,673	67
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	40	96,687	14,109	420
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	105	264,393	36,988	1,217
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	81	75,154	10,132	358
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	75	73,497	9,801	345
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	6	1,657	331	13
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	316	D	D	(1000-2499)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(1-19)
4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	85	350,068	15,415	448
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	69	148,981	16,605	439
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	30	71,208	6,892	188
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	21	64,471	5,546	154
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	9	6,737	1,346	34
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	49	77,947	11,106	335
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	78	D	D	(250-499)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	3,535	43,381,465	2,250,360	59,709
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	365	2,416,994	218,929	5,305
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	36	725,875	45,477	959
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	196	896,913	93,180	2,364
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	133	794,206	80,272	1,982
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	184	6,362,587	201,673	4,105
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	111	4,132,200	93,846	2,325
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	73	2,230,387	107,827	1,780
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	423	3,317,656	205,212	5,739
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	187	1,391,355	97,413	2,258
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	157	1,320,875	90,645	2,039
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	30	70,480	6,768	219
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	113	850,961	59,555	2,081
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	95	858,907	33,856	1,027
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	28	216,433	14,388	373
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	733	10,809,775	646,815	20,119
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	68	2,614,747	130,817	3,444
4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	14	37,128	8,064	358
4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	1	D	D	(1-19)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(2500-4999)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	64	1,379,624	69,575	2,500
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	65	368,099	29,351	899
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	65	368,099	29,351	899
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	25	108,156	8,090	290
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	25	108,156	8,090	290
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	49	845,137	33,086	1,238
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	71	179,181	14,655	669
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	45	331,102	21,426	746
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	87	505,230	41,566	1,633
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	259	4,478,499	298,249	8,700
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	19	157,830	5,305	164
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	60	981,361	102,100	3,213
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	88	1,133,245	139,528	3,824
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	10	381,855	3,841	89
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	76	D	D	(1000-2499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	153	1,058,315	31,016	1,083
42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	68	243,606	10,666	430
42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	19	171,084	3,697	202
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	66	643,625	16,653	451
4245901	Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers	7	159,303	3,370	78
4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	33	226,403	5,736	147
4245904	Cotton merchant wholesalers	14	188,082	5,118	113
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	462	6,062,326	268,663	5,590
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	97	3,982,161	91,773	2,100
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	365	2,080,165	176,890	3,490
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	49	D	D	(250-499)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	241	4,137,533	94,478	2,808
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	144	2,804,876	63,961	2,122
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	142	D	D	(1000-2499)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	114	D	D	(1000-2499)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	28	1,554,109	10,492	309
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	2	D	D	(20-99)
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	97	1,332,657	30,517	686
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	122	1,480,116	156,404	4,456
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	61	1,047,532	101,373	2,931
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	61	432,584	55,031	1,525
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	852	7,736,163	427,170	10,504
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	193	1,754,190	133,947	2,648
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	135	489,928	26,228	965
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	58	1,264,262	107,719	1,683
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	71	257,554	19,807	631
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	131	154,198	25,389	1,048
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	58	4,372,311	114,114	3,443
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	71	177,073	17,025	552
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	328	1,020,837	116,888	2,182
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	79	123,845	17,075	490
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	54	D	D	(500-999)
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	11	12,765	2,021	69
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	184	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	1,078	15,802,761	334,659	8,514
42511	Business to business electronic markets	3	D	D	(20-99)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	1,075	D	D	(5000-9999)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	763	8,510,756	211,764	5,452
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	35	3,763,701	35,449	2,063
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	101	465,893	12,196	228
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	55	502,326	9,490	186
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	85	571,240	37,651	526
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	28	214,762	4,286	76
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	142	1,336,162	39,872	745
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	59	487,863	16,319	348
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	189	913,042	45,097	1,068
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	69	255,767	11,404	212
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	312	D	D	(2500-4999)
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	37	154,188	4,970	110
42512042	Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers	6	D	D	(20-99)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	71	379,644	7,972	159
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	77	5,109,885	85,889	2,228
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	26	860,355	5,705	198
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	39	199,131	4,140	86
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	4	229,733	5,021	87
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	50	242,746	5,532	127