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NAICS 42
Wholesale trade




Employers: 2007
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. 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.
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NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Sales
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
  42 Wholesale trade 434,983 6,515,708,554 336,206,776 6,227,389
Go to this NAICS 423 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 254,975 2,898,091,632 206,819,191 3,618,805
Go to this NAICS 424 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 134,614 2,990,899,411 116,022,411 2,319,786
Go to this NAICS 425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 45,394 626,717,511 13,365,174 288,798


Nonemployers: 2007
Data based on 2007 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code
NAICS Title
All firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments
Receipts ($1,000) Establishments Receipts Establish-
ments
Sales ($1,000)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
42 Wholesale trade 836,846 6,551,531,094 401,863 48.0 35,822,540 0.5 434,983 6,515,708,554
423 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 456,688 2,917,895,287 201,713 44.2 19,803,655 0.7 254,975 2,898,091,632
424 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 286,549 3,003,997,348 151,935 53.0 13,097,937 0.4 134,614 2,990,899,411
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 93,609 629,638,459 48,215 51.5 2,920,948 0.5 45,394 626,717,511

Nonemployer Impact for NAICS 42
Wholesale trade

Establishments Sales

Note: Nearly all other statistics shown or linked on these pages are limited to employers, leaving out the nonemployer firms shown above. The only other statistics that include nonemployers are from the Survey of Business Owners. See the "2007 Economic Census: Links to AFF" tab.

 
 
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