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	1,196	12,918,395	718,311	15,742
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	698	6,071,664	423,114	9,176
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	381	6,043,936	268,147	6,086
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	117	802,795	27,050	480

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

1,196

12,918,395

718,311

15,742

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

698

6,071,664

423,114

9,176

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

381

6,043,936

268,147

6,086

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

117

802,795

27,050

480

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	698	6,071,664	423,114	9,176
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	77	D	D	(500-999)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(250-499)
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(250-499)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(250-499)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	25	D	D	(100-249)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	63	201,790	22,680	617
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	24	100,490	8,987	258
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	39	101,300	13,693	359
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	50	342,607	33,544	743
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	24	222,537	20,707	437
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	114	D	D	(1000-2499)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(500-999)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	38	507,307	27,547	568
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	31	484,430	21,594	513
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(250-499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(100-249)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	85	562,483	72,614	1,356
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	44	437,519	64,076	1,131
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(500-999)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	48	109,963	18,960	480
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	16	56,674	8,968	224
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	151	2,944,075	111,672	2,171
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	3	D	D	(20-99)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	80	437,942	52,838	1,195
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(500-999)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(250-499)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	26	194,381	12,201	294
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	86	D	D	(250-499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(100-249)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	381	6,043,936	268,147	6,086
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	52	230,062	20,202	578
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	23	971,471	84,901	1,159
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	57	364,762	24,799	690
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	9	D	D	(250-499)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	21	148,932	7,260	193
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	81	777,775	53,006	1,711
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	6	124,685	2,609	56
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	31	318,948	22,032	560
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(250-499)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	41	367,784	25,130	547
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	10	105,965	4,415	92
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	31	261,819	20,715	455
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(250-499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	12	1,675,263	10,541	184
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	12	1,675,263	10,541	184
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	2	D	D	(20-99)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	10	D	D	(100-249)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	90	D	D	(500-999)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(20-99)
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	10	D	D	(20-99)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(20-99)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	42	98,456	8,439	259
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	117	802,795	27,050	480
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	117	802,795	27,050	480
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	87	520,181	21,354	362
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	10	86,713	2,025	28
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	4	D	D	(1-19)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	16	77,115	7,857	97
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	18	130,223	4,330	72
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	10	78,946	2,784	65
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	16	D	D	(20-99)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	30	282,614	5,696	118
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	7	176,782	1,591	31
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	5	60,810	2,823	54

Wholesale Trade - by industry