Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 4231 Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers

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Employers: 2002
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. 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.

Indus- try Detail	NAICS code	Description		Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
	42	Wholesale trade		435,521	4,634,755,112	259,653,080	5,878,405
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers		260,445	2,171,265,591	157,156,665	3,356,985
	4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers		26,514	598,717,653	13,548,552	360,928
	42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers		7,018	483,738,159	4,900,168	116,974
	42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers		14,628	96,019,705	7,223,780	199,547
	42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers		2,273	16,510,214	988,954	27,375
	42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers		2,595	2,449,575	435,650	17,032

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of automobiles and other motor vehicles, motor vehicle supplies, tires, and new and used parts.

  NAICS 4231, Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers, is not comparable to 1997 NAICS 4211 Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies whsle. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

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Geographic Distribution -- Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers: 2002

Data for the Wholesale trade sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, and places.

Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown above. 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.

Other Indus- tries	Description		Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Sales % of U.S.	Sales per capita ($)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
	United States		26,514	598,717,653	100.00	2,078	13,548,552	360,928
	California		3,265	139,703,408	23.33	3,989	1,897,858	44,664
	Georgia		869	50,185,553	8.38	5,837	527,504	12,974
	Michigan		1,084	46,430,099	7.75	4,625	1,320,694	25,296
	New Jersey		864	45,762,094	7.64	5,335	604,461	13,652
	Texas		1,972	45,102,804	7.53	2,073	902,066	25,022
	Illinois		950	42,812,207	7.15	3,399	659,096	16,998
	Ohio		1,089	23,654,741	3.95	2,072	605,669	17,082
	New York		1,515	21,112,917	3.53	1,101	492,660	14,916
	Colorado		404	19,885,067	3.32	4,419	202,198	5,032
	Pennsylvania		1,060	14,527,899	2.43	1,179	552,718	16,489
	Tennessee		609	12,654,905	2.11	2,186	381,371	10,795
	Massachusetts		528	12,036,057	2.01	1,871	244,137	6,670
	Missouri		615	11,570,616	1.93	2,037	290,083	8,525
	Minnesota		505	9,129,774	1.52	1,817	338,841	8,743
	Maryland		425	9,056,676	1.51	1,664	185,700	5,182
	Oregon		355	8,282,132	1.38	2,351	184,532	4,994
	Virginia		606	7,398,839	1.24	1,016	228,664	7,268
	North Carolina		748	5,516,195	0.92	664	300,748	8,772
	Wisconsin		398	5,342,010	0.89	982	286,832	7,673
	Washington		504	5,236,632	0.87	863	189,633	5,815
	Kansas		269	3,976,077	0.66	1,465	101,672	3,169
	Indiana		590	3,870,692	0.65	629	320,360	9,468
	Kentucky		366	2,987,537	0.50	731	170,151	5,186
	Alabama		474	2,063,243	0.34	461	164,461	5,545
	Louisiana		308	2,044,089	0.34	457	95,755	3,159
	Iowa		302	1,981,162	0.33	675	158,254	5,081
	Connecticut		228	1,700,481	0.28	492	118,437	2,932
	South Carolina		380	1,571,140	0.26	383	123,917	3,956
	Arkansas		261	1,546,845	0.26	572	104,406	3,318
	Oklahoma		320	1,369,047	0.23	392	129,619	4,202
	Nevada		184	1,218,197	0.20	562	100,012	2,572
	Utah		207	1,203,079	0.20	517	105,692	3,061
	Mississippi		233	1,197,000	0.20	418	96,979	3,083
	New Hampshire		100	891,573	0.15	700	51,956	1,292
	Hawaii		81	716,918	0.12	581	34,210	1,005
	Nebraska		176	689,406	0.12	399	74,810	2,211
	West Virginia		168	609,185	0.10	338	91,819	2,562
	North Dakota		95	393,150	0.07	620	32,446	1,047
	Idaho		128	376,622	0.06	280	38,947	1,309
	South Dakota		98	330,309	0.06	434	33,553	1,088
	Montana		95	312,030	0.05	343	29,677	924
	New Mexico		131	298,200	0.05	161	32,965	1,180
	Vermont		70	174,720	0.03	284	22,112	693
	Alaska		37	145,228	0.02	227	16,009	473
	Wyoming		36	108,108	0.02	217	14,280	385
	District of Columbia		10	31,107	0.01	54	3,979	143
	All other states, including those below		2,802	31,511,883	5.26		886,609	25,322
	Florida		2,032	D			D	(10k-24k)
	Arizona		470	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Maine		115	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Delaware		84	D			D	(500-999)
	Rhode Island		101	D			D	(500-999)

 

Products Lines for Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers

Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)	Graph
10000	Industry total	598,717,65	100.00
10111	New automobiles	285,748,84	47.73
10131	New light trucks	114,207,33	19.08
10112	Used automobiles	11,708,541	1.96
	-Other	187,052,93	31.24

For more product detail, see the AFF links below for Product Lines

 

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers

Link to pdf	Series number	Title	Link to AFF or Drill-down tables	Contents	Geography
	EC02-00C-BDG	Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997		Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined	US
	EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics		2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
	EC02-42SL-LS	Product Lines		All Types of Operation by Kind of Business & Product Line	US, states, metros
	All Types of Operation by Broad Product Line & Kind of Business	US, states, metros
	Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business & Product Line	US, states, metros
	Merchant Wholesalers by Broad Product Line & Kind of Business	US, states, metros
	Manufacturers' Sales Branches & Offices by Kind of Business and Product Line	US, states, metros
	Manufacturers' Sales Branches & Offices by Broad Product Line and Kind of Business	US, states, metros
	EC02-42SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size		Sales Size of Establishments	US
	Employment Size of Establishments	US
	Single Units & Multiunits	US
	Sales Size of Firms	US
	Employment Size of Firms	US
	Concentration by Largest Firms	US
	Legal Form of Organization	US
	EC02-42SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects		Sales by Class of Customer	US
	Employment by Primary Function	US
	End-of-Year Inventories	US
	Detailed Type of Operation	US
	Gross Margin & its Components for Merchant Wholesalers	US
	Gross Profit & its Components	US
	BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses		Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (2002 NAICS Basis)	US
	Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (2002 NAICS Basis)	US
	EC02-42A	Geographic Area Series		Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 4231

Hypertext Tables	Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
	Annual Benchmark Report for Wholesale Trade	Annual	Monthly sales and inventories back to 1992	US
	County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
	E-Commerce Statistics	Annual	Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments	US
	Monthly Wholesale Trade	Monthly	Monthly sales, inventories, and inventory/sales ratios for merchant wholesalers	US
	Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	US, states, metro areas, counties
	Statistics of U.S. Businesses	Annual	Number of firms, employees, payroll, (and revenue, for 2002 only) by employment-size of the enterprise	US, states, metro areas

For more data sets, check a broader NAICS category, such as NAICS 423

 

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