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	1,329	12,852,250	868,545	20,983
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	895	6,525,884	628,857	14,123
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	363	5,143,693	213,634	5,951
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	71	1,182,673	26,054	909

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

1,329

12,852,250

868,545

20,983

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

895

6,525,884

628,857

14,123

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

363

5,143,693

213,634

5,951

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

1,182,673

26,054

909

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	895	6,525,884	628,857	14,123
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	111	D	D	(1000-2499)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	55	339,510	28,122	958
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	24	D	D	(250-499)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	28	D	D	(500-999)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	56	D	D	(500-999)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(250-499)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	107	1,182,822	110,380	2,734
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	65	852,935	77,728	2,020
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(250-499)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	48	618,206	58,417	1,610
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	145	D	D	(2500-4999)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	60	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	54	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(250-499)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(1000-2499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(250-499)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(100-249)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	120	D	D	(1000-2499)
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	48	587,354	29,155	635
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	66	D	D	(1000-2499)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(500-999)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	76	D	D	(500-999)
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	157	518,650	70,859	1,771
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	17	51,223	4,749	120
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	73	214,048	33,776	841
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	31	63,094	10,004	251
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(250-499)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	25	73,653	8,598	202
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	96	D	D	(500-999)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	32	81,011	8,439	291
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(100-249)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(100-249)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	363	5,143,693	213,634	5,951
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	54	561,227	40,536	1,042
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	36	438,028	31,291	848
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(250-499)
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(250-499)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(250-499)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	109	779,973	59,441	1,863
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(500-999)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	38	D	D	(250-499)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(100-249)
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(100-249)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	11	D	D	(100-249)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	11	D	D	(100-249)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	7	D	D	(100-249)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	4	D	D	(20-99)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	91	D	D	(1000-2499)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	16	145,025	9,682	310
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	4	D	D	(100-249)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(250-499)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	71	1,182,673	26,054	909
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	71	1,182,673	26,054	909
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	53	998,085	23,784	837
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	7	D	D	(500-999)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	8	D	D	(20-99)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	5	D	D	(1-19)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	9	151,637	4,671	77
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	18	184,588	2,270	72
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	3	D	D	(1-19)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	7	72,284	807	17
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	1	D	D	(20-99)

Wholesale Trade - by industry