Definition: NAICS 42, Wholesale TradeThe Wholesale Trade sector comprises establishments engaged in wholesaling merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The merchandise described in this sector includes the outputs of agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and certain information industries, such as publishing. The wholesaling process is an intermediate step in the distribution of merchandise. Wholesalers are organized to sell or arrange the purchase or sale of (a) goods for resale (i.e., goods sold to other wholesalers or retailers), (b) capital or durable nonconsumer goods, and (c) raw and intermediate materials and supplies used in production. more Guide to Data Sources from the U.S. Census Bureau |
Frequency | Title (with link to data) | Contents | Number of Industry Categories | Geography |
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Monthly | Monthly Wholesale Trade | Monthly sales, inventories, and inventory/sales ratios for merchant wholesalers | 22 | U.S. |
Manufacturing and Trade Inventory and Sales | Sales, inventories, and inventory/sales ratios | 1 | U.S. | |
Quarterly | Quarterly Financial Report | Income, retained earnings, balance sheets, and related financial and operating ratios for the domestic operations wholesale trade corporations with assets over $50 million. | 1 |
U.S. |
Quarterly Workforce Indicators | Employment, job creation, separations, turnover, average monthly earnings | 23 |
States, metro areas, counties |
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Annual | Annual Wholesale Trade | Sales, inventories, purchases, and expenses | 22 | U.S. |
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey | Capital expenditures for structures and equipment for companies with paid employees | 1 |
U.S. |
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Information and Communication Technology Survey | Non-capitalized expenditures for information and communication technology equipment and software | 1 |
U.S. |
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Business R & D and Innovation Survey | Current and projected R&D spending and employment. Data are published by NSF. | 1 |
U.S. |
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County Business Patterns | Employees; payroll; number of establishments with paid employees by employment size of establishment | 165 |
U.S., states, metro areas, counties, ZIP codes, Puerto Rico |
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E-Stats (E-Commerce Statistics) | Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments | 22 | U.S. | |
Nonemployer Statistics | Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees | 37 |
U.S., states, metro areas, counties |
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Profile of U.S. Exporting Companies | Number of exporters and value of exports by employment size of company for the U.S.; number of exporting companies by state | 1 | U.S., states | |
Statistics of U.S. Businesses | Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise | 165 |
U.S., states, metro areas |
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Statistics of U.S. Businesses -- Employment Change | Number of establishments and year-to-year change in employment for births, deaths, expansions, and contractions. | 23 |
U.S., states, metro areas, counties |
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Business Dynamics Statistics | Number of establishments and year-to-year change in employments for births, death, expansions, and contractions by firm age and employment-size. Sector classification is by SIC. | 1 |
U.S., states |
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Every 5 years | Economic Census | Number of establishments, sales, employees, and payroll (for additional topics available, see Economic Census details) | 301 |
U.S., states, metro areas, counties, places, island areas |
Economic Census of Island Areas | Number of establishments, sales, employees, and payroll for establishments with payroll | Varies |
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa |
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Business Expenses | Operating expenses by type | 13 | U.S. | |
Survey of Business Owners | Number of firms, sales, employees, and payroll for all businesses and for businesses owned by females, Hispanics, and major race categories (plus national-only data on veteran status and other owner and business characteristics) | 1 |
U.S., states, metro areas |
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