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	2,297	84,705,048	2,187,599	40,469
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,359	51,737,833	1,332,381	22,883
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	679	27,104,581	753,229	15,025
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	259	5,862,634	101,989	2,561

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

2,297

84,705,048

2,187,599

40,469

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,359

51,737,833

1,332,381

22,883

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

679

27,104,581

753,229

15,025

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

259

5,862,634

101,989

2,561

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	1,359	51,737,833	1,332,381	22,883
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	114	39,051,463	136,091	2,889
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	32	37,475,977	57,092	1,084
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(500-999)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	64	1,505,245	69,152	1,533
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	38	1,421,935	55,486	1,149
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	182	D	D	(1000-2499)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	81	D	D	(500-999)
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	49	D	D	(250-499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	32	345,919	16,199	348
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	101	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(500-999)
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(250-499)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	72	D	D	(1000-2499)
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	28	687,394	38,723	771
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	18	579,838	29,768	646
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	16	45,327	4,147	92
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	229	D	D	(5000-9999)
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	125	D	D	(2500-4999)
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	91	D	D	(2500-4999)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	63	D	D	(2500-4999)
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(500-999)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(250-499)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(500-999)
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(500-999)
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	56	D	D	(500-999)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	54	D	D	(500-999)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(250-499)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(20-99)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	187	2,877,149	435,203	5,357
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	81	846,436	38,559	695
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	92	D	D	(2500-4999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	63	D	D	(2500-4999)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(100-249)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	74	372,835	37,848	909
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(500-999)
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	232	D	D	(2500-4999)
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	117	794,644	79,572	1,583
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	46	531,974	45,317	873
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	30	115,646	13,834	271
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	58	280,735	24,989	590
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	213	D	D	(1000-2499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	31	184,662	17,551	484
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(250-499)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	92	D	D	(250-499)
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	90	D	D	(250-499)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	60	D	D	(500-999)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	679	27,104,581	753,229	15,025
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	81	4,568,523	147,009	2,418
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	20	1,338,129	36,346	557
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	33	270,140	29,603	667
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	28	2,960,254	81,060	1,194
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	42	1,431,872	61,840	996
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(500-999)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	129	D	D	(1000-2499)
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	35	156,456	11,491	286
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	27	D	D	(100-249)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(250-499)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	55	D	D	(250-499)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	128	6,442,527	216,188	4,819
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	18	1,560,955	59,001	1,153
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(1000-2499)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	23	1,160,059	54,468	1,000
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	3	333,096	7,798	235
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(250-499)
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	9	725,256	26,775	561
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	47	2,307,518	41,043	961
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(250-499)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	22	1,844,663	18,206	421
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	86	644,103	40,770	847
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	65	D	D	(500-999)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	38	9,580,716	52,340	985
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	17	D	D	(250-499)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	15	D	D	(250-499)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	13	209,324	11,350	291
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	2	D	D	(20-99)
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	2	D	D	(20-99)
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	21	D	D	(500-999)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(1000-2499)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	7	489,399	32,906	802
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(500-999)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	146	D	D	(1000-2499)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	7	D	D	(20-99)
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(500-999)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(250-499)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	71	D	D	(500-999)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	22	94,687	10,379	162
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(100-249)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(250-499)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	259	5,862,634	101,989	2,561
42511	Business to business electronic markets	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	257	D	D	(2500-4999)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	165	4,751,089	74,482	2,009
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	5	D	D	(1000-2499)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	47	356,069	8,773	199
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	17	D	D	(20-99)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	16	289,750	10,179	82
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	20	264,013	7,061	118
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	34	259,836	8,280	131
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	92	D	D	(500-999)
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	11	196,009	3,408	69
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	24	93,651	3,550	70
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	15	471,887	9,377	204
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	10	40,111	2,249	30
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	23	231,420	6,342	144

Wholesale Trade - by industry