2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
San Diego County, CA

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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	4,347	31,314,549	3,275,300	58,057
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	2,693	19,004,237	2,364,595	36,287
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,419	9,491,997	851,627	20,042
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	235	2,818,315	59,078	1,728

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	2,693	19,004,237	2,364,595	36,287
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	246	D	D	(1000-2499)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	57	D	D	(250-499)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	141	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	64	D	D	(500-999)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	74	239,230	28,128	801
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	173	D	D	(1000-2499)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(500-999)
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	50	296,781	15,532	543
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(250-499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	94	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(500-999)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(100-249)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	144	D	D	(1000-2499)
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	60	D	D	(500-999)
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(250-499)
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	36	106,330	9,269	239
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	17	39,558	4,080	111
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(250-499)
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	519	3,089,658	468,592	8,482
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	72	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	198	1,597,926	246,953	3,906
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	154	D	D	(2500-4999)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	64	D	D	(500-999)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	90	740,437	128,458	1,904
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(1000-2499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(250-499)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	24	80,826	8,703	203
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	130	772,438	103,150	1,896
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	116	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(250-499)
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(250-499)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(250-499)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(250-499)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	78	D	D	(500-999)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	75	D	D	(500-999)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	60	D	D	(250-499)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	515	9,192,181	1,321,684	12,815
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	147	982,414	91,549	1,940
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(1000-2499)
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	324	D	D	(5000-9999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	115	2,262,885	138,532	1,920
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	209	D	D	(5000-9999)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	158	499,585	63,049	1,562
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	63	189,455	24,970	666
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	39	138,218	16,988	472
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	37	134,465	15,813	278
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	19	37,447	5,278	146
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	433	1,209,119	147,050	3,735
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	32	236,052	24,665	544
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	32	144,555	14,356	400
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	16	D	D	(100-249)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	217	431,935	59,306	1,552
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	31	50,978	9,316	267
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	86	163,711	20,886	544
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	52	116,189	14,049	348
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	80	212,621	25,310	664
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(100-249)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	43	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	11	64,515	9,153	197
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(20-99)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(100-249)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	427	D	D	(2500-4999)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	104	D	D	(1000-2499)
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(500-999)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(250-499)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	69	D	D	(250-499)
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	151	D	D	(500-999)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(100-249)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,419	9,491,997	851,627	20,042
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	122	471,118	47,952	1,160
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	66	200,511	25,582	669
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	108	D	D	(2500-4999)
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	52	1,141,318	166,839	2,306
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	184	719,851	80,758	2,149
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	36	42,296	7,912	236
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	48	260,094	36,869	1,059
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	71	188,511	15,954	439
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	386	3,342,817	225,126	5,881
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	39	513,886	36,482	869
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	23	103,515	8,311	302
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	16	149,260	7,417	283
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	20	84,839	7,906	243
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	27	421,884	26,376	678
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	83	425,067	28,875	802
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	131	1,174,784	70,351	1,841
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	37	253,520	14,741	381
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	18	228,056	27,120	695
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	13	17,982	933	29
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	108	433,629	48,529	1,001
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	31	137,301	13,614	405
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	77	296,328	34,915	596
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(250-499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	17	746,652	8,253	140
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	17	746,652	8,253	140
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	11	D	D	(20-99)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	6	D	D	(20-99)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(500-999)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	12	386,847	32,068	844
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	437	D	D	(5000-9999)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(100-249)
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	21	D	D	(100-249)
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	55	D	D	(500-999)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	124	313,007	59,724	2,457
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	15	58,752	9,391	163
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	201	D	D	(1000-2499)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	76	194,909	33,102	803
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	235	2,818,315	59,078	1,728
42511	Business to business electronic markets	4	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	231	D	D	(1000-2499)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	154	2,185,515	43,871	1,414
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	8	D	D	(500-999)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	16	80,299	1,788	39
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	6	D	D	(1-19)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	21	D	D	(20-99)
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	7	D	D	(1-19)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	47	564,562	14,876	204
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	10	64,834	2,455	37
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	23	64,994	3,491	77
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	16	D	D	(20-99)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	77	D	D	(250-499)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	12	D	D	(20-99)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	29	394,636	6,990	127
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	7	36,782	1,138	23
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	15	86,089	3,957	94