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NAICS code |
Description |
Estab- lish- ments |
Sales
($1,000) |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
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42 | Wholesale trade | 435,521 | 4,634,755,112 | 259,653,080 | 5,878,405 | |
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423 | Durable goods merchant wholesalers | 260,445 | 2,171,265,591 | 157,156,665 | 3,356,985 | |
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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 | ||
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423210 | Furniture merchant wholesalers | 6,124 | 27,797,696 | 2,682,686 | 65,755 | |
| NAICS code |
NAICS Title |
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Establish- ments |
Receipts ($1,000) | Establishments | Receipts |
Establish- ments |
Sales ($1,000) | |||||
| Number | % of all | $1,000 | % of all | |||||||
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| 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 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of furniture (except hospital beds, medical furniture, and drafting tables).
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
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.
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Data for the Wholesale trade sector are published for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, and places.




















































| Product code | Product description | Sales of this line ($000) |
Percent of industry sales (%) |
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| 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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