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NAICS 42321
Furniture 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.
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try
Detail

NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Sales
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 42 Wholesale trade 435,521 4,634,755,112 259,653,080 5,878,405
Go to this NAICS 423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 260,445 2,171,265,591 157,156,665 3,356,985
Go to this NAICS 4232 Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers 14,133 71,428,120 6,515,745 163,709
  42321 Furniture merchant wholesalers 6,124 27,797,696 2,682,686 65,755
Go to this NAICS 423210 Furniture merchant wholesalers 6,124 27,797,696 2,682,686 65,755

 

Nonemployers: 2002
Data based on 2002 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code
NAICS Title
All firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments
Receipts ($1,000) Establishments Receipts Establish-
ments
Sales ($1,000)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
N = Not available
42 Wholesale trade 799,302 4,664,777,063 363,781 45.5 30,021,951 0.6 435,521 4,634,755,112
423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 454,362 2,188,221,869 193,917 42.7 16,956,278 0.8 260,445 2,171,265,591
4232 Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers 29,499 72,580,959 15,366 52.1 1,152,839 1.6 14,133 71,428,120
42321 Furniture merchant wholesalers N N N N N N 6,124 27,797,696

 

Definition: NAICS 42321   Furniture merchant wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of furniture (except hospital beds, medical furniture, and drafting tables).

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Historical comparability

Not Comparable   NAICS 42321, Furniture merchant wholesalers, is not comparable to 1997 NAICS 42121 Furniture 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.



Comparable statistics are not available between 1997 and 2002.

 

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Furniture 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
See other industries in this state United States 6,124 27,797,696 100.00 96 2,682,686 65,755
See other industries in this state California 958 4,818,958 17.34 138 455,474 11,569
See other industries in this state New York 502 2,420,095 8.71 126 242,288 4,564
See other industries in this state North Carolina 294 2,310,059 8.31 278 128,261 3,102
See other industries in this state Texas 463 2,067,429 7.44 95 206,576 5,530
See other industries in this state Illinois 300 1,739,240 6.26 138 168,332 3,527
See other industries in this state New Jersey 242 1,401,142 5.04 163 140,592 2,981
See other industries in this state Florida 480 1,182,398 4.25 71 110,803 3,149
See other industries in this state Georgia 261 1,125,762 4.05 131 86,922 2,367
See other industries in this state Michigan 156 953,354 3.43 95 84,115 1,810
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 209 884,113 3.18 72 101,479 2,830
See other industries in this state Ohio 184 788,476 2.84 69 79,927 2,120
See other industries in this state Massachusetts 136 742,537 2.67 115 74,519 1,483
See other industries in this state Colorado 131 458,826 1.65 102 37,964 1,011
See other industries in this state Missouri 95 452,014 1.63 80 35,340 973
See other industries in this state Tennessee 91 340,082 1.22 59 37,386 871
See other industries in this state Connecticut 66 305,257 1.10 88 56,252 1,115
See other industries in this state Alabama 77 265,892 0.96 59 25,198 687
See other industries in this state Mississippi 49 225,130 0.81 79 18,430 644
See other industries in this state Kentucky 40 133,942 0.48 33 16,914 466
See other industries in this state Louisiana 50 121,265 0.44 27 16,203 537
See other industries in this state Utah 31 115,868 0.42 50 9,229 279
See other industries in this state Iowa 35 106,023 0.38 36 15,077 403
See other industries in this state New Hampshire 29 81,719 0.29 64 7,887 205
See other industries in this state Maine 16 58,549 0.21 45 9,592 295
See other industries in this state New Mexico 28 56,624 0.20 31 9,190 240
See other industries in this state Nebraska 22 42,817 0.15 25 7,553 217
See other industries in this state West Virginia 18 36,800 0.13 20 5,213 143
See other industries in this state North Dakota 11 20,140 0.07 32 3,437 112
See other industries in this state Vermont 6 18,299 0.07 30 1,907 53
See other industries in this state Montana 9 10,092 0.04 11 1,901 55
  All other states, including those below 1,135 4,514,794 16.24   488,725 12,417
See other industries in this state     Indiana 96 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Maryland 111 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Minnesota 120 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Virginia 148 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Washington 134 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Wisconsin 76 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Arizona 90 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     South Carolina 66 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Arkansas 32 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     District of Columbia 24 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Kansas 42 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Nevada 35 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Oklahoma 39 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Oregon 51 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Delaware 10 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Hawaii 21 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Idaho 10 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Rhode Island 17 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Alaska 7 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     South Dakota 4 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Wyoming 2 D     D (1-19)

 

Products Lines for Furniture merchant wholesalers
Product
code
Product description Sales of
this line
($000)
Percent of
industry sales
(%)
Graph
10000 Industry total 27,797,696 100.00
10420 Office and business furniture 15,362,359 55.26
10400 Household and lawn furniture 10,704,081 38.51
19700 Service receipts and labor charges 651,925 2.35
-Other 1,079,331 3.88

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Furniture merchant wholesalers
Link
to pdf
Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables
Contents Geography
link to PDF EC02-00C-BDG Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997 Link to drill-down tables Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined US
link to PDF EC02-00C-COMP Comparative Statistics Link to drill-down tables 2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis US, states
link to PDF EC02-42SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF All Types of Operation by Kind of Business & Product Line US, states, metros
Link to data in AFF All Types of Operation by Broad Product Line & Kind of Business US, states, metros
Link to data in AFF Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business & Product Line US, states, metros
Link to data in AFF Merchant Wholesalers by Broad Product Line & Kind of Business US, states, metros
Link to data in AFF Manufacturers' Sales Branches & Offices by Kind of Business and Product Line US, states, metros
Link to data in AFF Manufacturers' Sales Branches & Offices by Broad Product Line and Kind of Business US, states, metros
link to PDF EC02-42SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Sales Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Single Units & Multiunits US
Link to data in AFF Sales Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Concentration by Largest Firms US
Link to data in AFF Legal Form of Organization US
link to PDF EC02-42SX-SB Miscellaneous Subjects Link to data in AFF Sales by Class of Customer US
Link to data in AFF Employment by Primary Function US
Link to data in AFF End-of-Year Inventories US
Link to data in AFF Detailed Type of Operation US
Link to data in AFF Gross Margin & its Components for Merchant Wholesalers US
Link to data in AFF Gross Profit & its Components US
link to PDF EC02-42I-11 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded US
link to    
PDF EC02-42A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, counties, metros
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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 42321
Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Contents Geography
  County Business Patterns Annual Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment US, states, metro areas, counties
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industry 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
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