2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Cook County, IL

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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	8,647	117,324,662	6,686,617	140,271
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	5,048	52,288,255	4,038,167	77,760
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	2,774	52,719,444	2,364,827	57,021
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	825	12,316,963	283,623	5,490

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	5,048	52,288,255	4,038,167	77,760
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	377	10,990,236	293,821	7,691
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(250-499)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(250-499)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(500-999)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	253	D	D	(5000-9999)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	140	D	D	(2500-4999)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	109	2,218,811	119,140	2,679
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	341	1,874,992	175,225	3,864
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	173	902,900	75,347	1,722
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	99	391,684	32,346	921
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	74	511,216	43,001	801
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	168	972,092	99,878	2,142
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	55	324,545	40,412	800
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	59	D	D	(500-999)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	237	1,712,902	155,063	3,296
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	91	490,458	47,980	1,054
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(250-499)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	67	276,521	32,628	723
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	51	392,099	27,044	552
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	33	135,758	16,566	362
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	36	230,180	24,461	436
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	59	600,165	55,578	1,254
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	711	6,471,849	834,735	14,020
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(500-999)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	114	1,110,924	171,552	3,916
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	227	2,561,744	423,557	5,415
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	175	D	D	(2500-4999)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	56	D	D	(500-999)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	119	D	D	(2500-4999)
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	52	D	D	(500-999)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	117	572,317	84,011	1,847
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	68	370,210	51,630	1,215
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	49	202,107	32,381	632
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	145	1,191,451	89,282	1,515
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	128	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	59	D	D	(500-999)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	50	517,451	23,789	527
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	363	D	D	(5000-9999)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	354	7,972,737	456,112	9,016
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	303	7,223,428	424,553	8,351
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	208	3,969,596	354,782	7,010
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	95	3,253,832	69,771	1,341
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	51	749,309	31,559	665
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	33	707,505	26,648	557
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	670	10,730,255	791,296	11,887
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	245	1,486,199	142,683	2,843
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	70	D	D	(1000-2499)
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	355	D	D	(5000-9999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	158	3,024,031	296,874	4,134
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	197	D	D	(2500-4999)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	381	2,147,908	208,030	4,274
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	194	1,234,917	95,341	2,086
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	78	481,394	53,621	1,054
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	91	D	D	(500-999)
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(250-499)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	1,192	5,971,511	802,137	16,118
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	40	241,658	24,099	512
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	9	51,474	6,010	205
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	705	3,643,744	516,901	9,829
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	35	106,041	19,223	328
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	58	D	D	(500-999)
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	31	169,900	20,008	426
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	255	1,114,881	183,696	3,414
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	125	826,592	83,961	1,680
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	95	595,820	97,498	1,872
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	10	27,147	2,711	56
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	127	D	D	(1000-2499)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	274	1,373,037	180,161	3,821
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(500-999)
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	48	351,060	38,240	836
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	65	190,349	25,230	500
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	29	139,133	23,000	427
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	95	D	D	(1000-2499)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	121	386,368	50,240	1,348
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	29	105,599	14,336	458
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	51	117,274	16,902	456
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	776	D	D	(5000-9999)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	72	837,444	58,667	1,228
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	64	D	D	(500-999)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	162	1,136,367	74,960	1,852
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	51	565,297	35,666	879
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	30	D	D	(500-999)
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(250-499)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	80	D	D	(500-999)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	209	729,834	65,113	1,809
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	199	D	D	(1000-2499)
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	269	D	D	(1000-2499)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	91	D	D	(250-499)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	42	695,498	19,053	476
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(250-499)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(20-99)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(20-99)
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	82	D	D	(500-999)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	2,774	52,719,444	2,364,827	57,021
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	404	4,650,085	264,532	4,705
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	52	D	D	(500-999)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	189	D	D	(1000-2499)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	163	2,069,237	126,534	2,212
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	128	D	D	(5000-9999)
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	72	D	D	(2500-4999)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	290	1,914,792	152,910	3,826
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	89	328,908	40,862	875
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	67	272,547	33,551	679
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	22	56,361	7,311	196
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	80	975,878	67,671	1,714
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	104	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	926	17,842,449	787,339	19,473
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	97	8,138,822	169,777	3,709
4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	10	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	74	3,209,485	107,940	2,338
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	101	1,047,834	88,614	1,742
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	76	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	74	D	D	(500-999)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	23	434,165	25,936	571
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(500-999)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	61	1,715,765	58,581	1,585
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	25	314,933	16,301	364
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	149	1,530,134	91,858	2,387
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	143	1,060,444	84,383	1,787
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	251	D	D	(5000-9999)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	43	243,444	46,231	1,673
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	38	D	D	(250-499)
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	96	D	D	(1000-2499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	300	3,362,809	198,834	3,849
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	91	1,175,159	44,537	856
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	209	2,187,650	154,297	2,993
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(100-249)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	82	8,862,095	56,788	1,152
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	35	D	D	(500-999)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	34	D	D	(500-999)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	21	D	D	(250-499)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	13	D	D	(250-499)
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	1	D	D	(20-99)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	78	3,972,022	268,069	5,575
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(1000-2499)
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(2500-4999)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	549	D	D	(10k-24k)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(500-999)
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	16	D	D	(500-999)
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	110	1,588,880	160,841	7,878
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	56	149,656	22,203	802
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	23	1,370,755	31,882	680
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	45	212,911	23,902	539
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	293	D	D	(1000-2499)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	94	224,076	29,289	699
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	74	D	D	(250-499)
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	9	40,895	2,527	78
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	116	D	D	(500-999)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	825	12,316,963	283,623	5,490
42511	Business to business electronic markets	3	D	D	(250-499)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	822	D	D	(5000-9999)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	546	7,975,850	191,367	3,635
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	27	1,660,628	17,840	783
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	82	799,654	14,431	271
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	9	D	D	(1-19)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	53	D	D	(100-249)
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	28	385,123	7,048	88
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	128	2,098,403	60,149	903
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	44	962,861	24,514	384
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	114	622,931	21,436	433
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	61	1,077,655	31,435	548
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	276	D	D	(1000-2499)
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	36	442,744	8,528	155
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	68	243,286	9,566	208
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	71	1,742,285	29,391	564
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	23	265,032	7,830	134
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	58	536,487	12,896	300