2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Virginia

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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	7,712	69,267,796	4,503,110	105,641
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	4,990	33,870,744	2,994,384	64,622
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	2,182	27,067,808	1,349,464	36,579
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	540	8,329,244	159,262	4,440

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	4,990	33,870,744	2,994,384	64,622
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	606	7,398,839	228,664	7,268
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	152	6,001,485	98,636	2,889
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	78	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	49	504,104	52,211	1,369
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	359	D	D	(2500-4999)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	181	791,465	55,636	1,942
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	171	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	56	D	D	(250-499)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	283	D	D	(2500-4999)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	148	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	73	D	D	(250-499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	75	D	D	(500-999)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	135	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	16	103,641	11,810	360
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	70	412,306	34,332	763
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	421	2,753,855	207,731	5,414
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	209	1,992,421	128,104	3,370
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	41	435,376	14,447	347
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	38	254,922	21,612	682
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	130	1,302,123	92,045	2,341
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	71	201,956	19,827	523
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(100-249)
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	33	100,824	10,140	253
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	69	365,334	35,292	837
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	72	194,144	24,508	684
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	15	47,923	7,759	228
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	795	6,865,157	912,898	15,331
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	17	241,195	11,525	205
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	129	758,520	142,597	3,466
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	360	4,849,712	633,270	8,861
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	292	4,502,853	518,319	7,325
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	78	1,095,693	155,699	1,854
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	214	3,407,160	362,620	5,471
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	68	346,859	114,951	1,536
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	88	104,120	16,311	497
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	48	57,253	7,248	231
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	40	46,867	9,063	266
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	124	629,033	70,947	1,365
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	109	582,359	60,901	1,194
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	15	46,674	10,046	171
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	18	124,077	18,453	425
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	59	158,500	19,795	512
4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	5	12,588	1,515	58
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	54	145,912	18,280	454
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	154	2,089,990	80,046	2,113
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	134	D	D	(1000-2499)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	118	562,877	66,353	1,801
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	85	484,472	57,832	1,547
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	33	78,405	8,521	254
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(20-99)
4235202	Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	632	5,725,756	539,108	8,898
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	280	1,221,391	133,506	2,872
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	40	736,238	45,699	703
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	312	3,768,127	359,903	5,323
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	198	2,940,268	272,452	4,023
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	114	827,859	87,451	1,300
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	444	1,696,293	173,599	4,705
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	141	557,458	54,109	1,489
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	122	546,718	58,818	1,630
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	156	515,697	51,525	1,331
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	25	76,420	9,147	255
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	1,166	4,779,664	575,130	12,959
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	179	1,199,018	120,152	2,830
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	153	828,959	55,765	1,786
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	104	D	D	(1000-2499)
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	36	476,600	16,539	453
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	488	1,637,838	266,660	5,281
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	18	69,472	9,873	233
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	66	179,045	26,608	681
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	29	95,711	13,315	365
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	37	83,334	13,293	316
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	181	496,569	71,532	1,626
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	28	88,604	10,398	245
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	78	162,759	30,743	813
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	106	D	D	(1000-2499)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	163	481,100	62,512	1,528
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	20	66,585	7,572	206
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	27	97,562	8,348	208
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	33	73,330	13,302	303
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	18	42,814	7,434	165
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	19	64,206	8,186	185
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	46	136,603	17,670	461
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	122	191,842	24,250	753
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	27	20,944	2,792	131
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	34	63,460	8,792	272
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	14	16,278	2,136	60
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	47	91,160	10,530	290
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	61	440,907	45,791	781
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(500-999)
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	5	4,153	589	31
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	489	D	D	(5000-9999)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	82	412,531	30,214	953
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	36	209,311	17,016	473
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	114	322,614	49,319	1,643
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	41	144,553	16,665	536
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	39	D	D	(500-999)
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	21	86,591	16,714	610
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	52	91,470	15,940	497
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	61	124,244	12,449	332
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	55	D	D	(250-499)
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(1-19)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	196	D	D	(1000-2499)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	12	73,241	5,209	162
4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	37	68,412	4,666	131
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	47	120,908	13,493	444
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	26	124,276	8,444	327
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(20-99)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	24	34,712	8,395	229
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(500-999)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	2,182	27,067,808	1,349,464	36,579
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	231	2,085,657	130,840	2,930
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	30	957,391	24,664	489
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	143	489,303	66,609	1,551
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	58	638,963	39,567	890
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	103	3,419,466	72,510	1,745
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	61	2,768,312	27,925	885
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	42	651,154	44,585	860
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	177	1,768,853	93,144	3,176
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	43	67,498	8,165	237
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	31	D	D	(100-249)
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	69	1,532,278	66,615	2,555
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	49	80,759	5,626	202
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	16	88,318	12,738	182
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	591	9,052,889	493,879	13,791
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	60	2,778,960	123,980	3,004
4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	10	D	D	(20-99)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(2500-4999)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	53	1,112,455	52,442	1,463
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	34	903,622	21,649	597
4244301	Raw milk merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(500-999)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	12	58,887	6,635	214
4244401	Live poultry merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(20-99)
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	50	401,986	27,993	824
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	89	189,744	17,574	811
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	35	381,612	19,897	656
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	62	229,840	28,255	1,089
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	196	2,995,783	195,454	5,133
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	56	446,342	22,359	678
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	60	781,390	102,780	2,718
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	10	80,359	8,509	214
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(1000-2499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	73	820,210	32,711	544
42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	24	257,138	5,725	144
42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	20	33,619	985	101
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	29	529,453	26,001	299
4245901	Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4245903	Wool, wool tops, & mohair merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4245904	Cotton merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(20-99)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	226	838,562	75,966	1,655
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	37	101,337	11,079	250
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	189	737,225	64,887	1,405
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	26	36,143	6,022	143
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	163	3,781,518	72,273	2,162
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	103	2,915,812	52,679	1,641
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	100	2,903,046	51,835	1,618
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	72	549,020	38,229	1,335
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	28	2,354,026	13,606	283
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	3	12,766	844	23
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	60	865,706	19,594	521
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	104	1,513,767	161,896	3,861
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	61	931,521	108,200	2,668
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	43	582,246	53,696	1,193
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	514	3,786,886	216,245	6,715
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	104	437,518	36,208	1,135
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	64	139,262	10,893	360
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	40	298,256	25,315	775
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	75	504,738	35,234	1,041
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	60	78,746	16,247	803
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	39	2,274,343	69,396	1,857
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	49	83,589	11,561	338
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	187	407,952	47,599	1,541
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	56	104,578	16,500	481
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	40	124,796	15,726	544
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	5	3,125	342	15
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	86	175,453	15,031	501
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	540	8,329,244	159,262	4,440
42511	Business to business electronic markets	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	538	D	D	(2500-4999)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	374	4,417,981	104,289	2,467
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	21	1,848,652	18,445	940
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	48	265,252	11,245	192
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	22	417,055	5,645	80
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	64	531,526	26,933	308
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	17	203,539	1,681	33
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	67	469,829	14,154	297
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	35	231,231	8,164	143
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	68	347,941	14,639	361
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	32	102,956	3,383	113
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	164	D	D	(1000-2499)
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	13	161,587	2,555	38
42512042	Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers	3	D	D	(1-19)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	17	55,945	1,867	51
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	54	2,642,825	24,705	627
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	21	314,454	4,023	365
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	10	36,828	826	22
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	4	37,215	1,186	30
42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	3	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	39	617,055	18,243	807