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	1,598	20,041,482	1,310,888	27,570
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,032	8,874,209	853,122	16,979
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	434	10,037,802	416,407	9,804
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	132	1,129,471	41,359	787

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

1,598

20,041,482

1,310,888

27,570

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,032

8,874,209

853,122

16,979

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

434

10,037,802

416,407

9,804

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

132

1,129,471

41,359

787

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	1,032	8,874,209	853,122	16,979
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	109	D	D	(1000-2499)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(500-999)
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(250-499)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	74	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	27	D	D	(250-499)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	42	D	D	(500-999)
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	103	588,546	52,776	1,222
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	50	377,390	25,187	631
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	53	211,156	27,589	591
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	31	167,282	21,658	439
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	91	741,067	61,297	1,440
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	41	428,057	29,308	615
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	34	371,120	24,639	507
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	20	143,841	14,135	362
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	13	77,128	10,435	268
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	165	1,864,437	296,134	5,058
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	59	916,061	182,648	2,330
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	29	438,344	125,760	1,608
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(250-499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(100-249)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	34	178,331	18,624	510
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	30	174,406	18,084	490
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	42	259,491	26,709	647
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(500-999)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(500-999)
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	9	85,475	6,299	121
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	147	1,511,036	115,358	1,896
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	58	378,973	36,445	841
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	76	D	D	(500-999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	43	985,590	58,491	678
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(250-499)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	95	527,623	63,913	1,320
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	35	D	D	(250-499)
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	33	225,841	23,737	452
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	23	148,999	15,584	289
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	183	614,096	82,474	1,825
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	93	335,387	41,193	878
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	27	127,149	11,461	221
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	16	67,064	14,824	333
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	19	64,565	5,082	89
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	42	81,653	11,658	276
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	15	31,522	5,843	118
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	97	D	D	(1000-2499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	20	102,295	16,048	416
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	11	54,893	7,569	217
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(500-999)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(500-999)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	434	10,037,802	416,407	9,804
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	60	710,760	65,623	1,259
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	28	233,657	26,823	567
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	18	1,484,020	25,922	517
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	49	222,851	22,310	661
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(250-499)
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	14	112,645	8,518	205
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	124	3,480,816	185,170	4,406
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	16	494,866	23,748	701
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(250-499)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(250-499)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(250-499)
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	41	625,486	51,330	1,088
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(250-499)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	19	468,274	22,424	418
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	60	410,634	33,901	666
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	17	130,792	9,486	225
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	43	279,842	24,415	441
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	20	2,946,926	14,647	276
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	7	D	D	(100-249)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	6	D	D	(20-99)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	2	D	D	(20-99)
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	1	D	D	(1-19)
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	13	D	D	(100-249)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(500-999)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(250-499)
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	13	202,877	19,905	442
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	78	D	D	(1000-2499)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	132	1,129,471	41,359	787
42511	Business to business electronic markets	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	131	D	D	(500-999)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	102	797,917	33,500	613
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	17	104,981	3,254	69
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	8	62,473	3,511	62
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	21	250,848	11,925	187
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	16	142,395	6,797	119
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	16	D	D	(20-99)
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	10	32,431	1,198	29
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	29	D	D	(100-249)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	10	258,854	5,341	114
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)

Wholesale Trade - by industry