2002 Economic Census: Wholesale Trade

U.S. Department of Commerce

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	4,815	53,315,080	3,122,477	69,249
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	3,080	D	D	(25k-49k)
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,286	D	D	(10k-24k)
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	449	D	D	(2500-4999)

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.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

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NAICS
code

Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Sales
($1,000)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

Wholesale trade

4,815

53,315,080

3,122,477

69,249

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

3,080

(25k-49k)

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

1,286

(10k-24k)

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

449

(2500-4999)

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	3,080	D	D	(25k-49k)
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	370	D	D	(2500-4999)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	121	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(250-499)
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(500-999)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	189	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	111	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	70	D	D	(500-999)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	36	D	D	(250-499)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	174	D	D	(1000-2499)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	74	D	D	(500-999)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(250-499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	100	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(500-999)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	230	D	D	(2500-4999)
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	112	D	D	(1000-2499)
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(250-499)
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(250-499)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(1000-2499)
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	52	D	D	(500-999)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(250-499)
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(500-999)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	511	D	D	(5000-9999)
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	71	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	199	2,832,161	315,303	4,675
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	159	D	D	(2500-4999)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	48	D	D	(500-999)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	111	D	D	(2500-4999)
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(500-999)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	58	D	D	(250-499)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	40	98,325	12,468	344
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	121	766,946	80,168	1,801
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	109	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(500-999)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	103	D	D	(1000-2499)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	100	D	D	(1000-2499)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(500-999)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	47	246,712	25,441	587
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(100-249)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	524	D	D	(10k-24k)
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	156	D	D	(1000-2499)
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	48	D	D	(500-999)
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	320	D	D	(5000-9999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	109	D	D	(2500-4999)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	211	D	D	(5000-9999)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	247	D	D	(2500-4999)
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	89	D	D	(500-999)
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(500-999)
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	66	D	D	(500-999)
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(100-249)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	589	D	D	(5000-9999)
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	57	D	D	(1000-2499)
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	43	D	D	(500-999)
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	12	D	D	(250-499)
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	14	D	D	(100-249)
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	274	D	D	(2500-4999)
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	33	65,419	9,531	231
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	108	D	D	(500-999)
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(100-249)
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	35	D	D	(250-499)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	51	D	D	(1000-2499)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	88	D	D	(500-999)
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(100-249)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	82	D	D	(500-999)
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(100-249)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(250-499)
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	332	D	D	(2500-4999)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	63	D	D	(500-999)
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	29	272,069	8,964	224
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(500-999)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(100-249)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	71	D	D	(250-499)
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	119	D	D	(1000-2499)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(250-499)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,286	D	D	(10k-24k)
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	144	D	D	(1000-2499)
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(250-499)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	83	331,622	35,605	973
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	43	D	D	(500-999)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	109	D	D	(1000-2499)
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(500-999)
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	63	D	D	(1000-2499)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	114	D	D	(500-999)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	41	91,550	8,708	354
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(250-499)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	346	D	D	(5000-9999)
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	43	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	35	D	D	(1000-2499)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(1000-2499)
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	28	515,977	17,588	472
4244301	Raw milk merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(100-249)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	29	452,863	25,996	661
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	56	278,395	26,695	993
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	126	D	D	(2500-4999)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(250-499)
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	16	322,618	33,017	978
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(1000-2499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(20-99)
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	173	D	D	(1000-2499)
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	36	D	D	(250-499)
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	137	D	D	(1000-2499)
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(100-249)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(500-999)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	24	D	D	(500-999)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	22	D	D	(500-999)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	16	D	D	(250-499)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	6	D	D	(250-499)
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	2	D	D	(20-99)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(1000-2499)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(1000-2499)
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(1000-2499)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	312	D	D	(2500-4999)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	35	D	D	(100-249)
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	17	D	D	(100-249)
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	18	D	D	(100-249)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	63	D	D	(1000-2499)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(500-999)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	38	D	D	(250-499)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	127	D	D	(500-999)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	54	D	D	(250-499)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	449	D	D	(2500-4999)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	449	D	D	(2500-4999)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	349	D	D	(1000-2499)
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	21	2,880,590	31,140	1,192
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	41	D	D	(100-249)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	13	D	D	(20-99)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	36	291,563	8,566	133
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	116	D	D	(250-499)
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	38	D	D	(100-249)
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	55	D	D	(100-249)
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	21	D	D	(20-99)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	100	D	D	(1000-2499)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	42	D	D	(1000-2499)
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	10	D	D	(1-19)
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	22	D	D	(20-99)

Wholesale Trade - by industry