Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 4234 Professional and commercial equipment 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
	4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers		37,416	406,445,349	41,221,694	710,154
	42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers		1,134	20,925,793	1,229,612	22,017
	42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers		5,843	36,098,162	5,767,031	134,459
	42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers		13,760	232,520,267	22,176,606	316,614
	42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers		4,807	14,461,067	1,847,940	47,912
	42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers		7,851	80,381,871	7,728,521	127,962
	42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers		1,397	6,931,539	896,176	26,013
	42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers		2,624	15,126,650	1,575,808	35,177

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of photographic equipment and supplies; office, computer, and computer peripheral equipment; and medical, dental, hospital, ophthalmic, and other commercial and professional equipment and supplies.

  NAICS 4234, Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers, is not directly comparable to 1997 NAICS 4214 Professional & commercial equipment & 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 -- Professional and commercial equipment 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		37,416	406,445,349	100.00	1,411	41,221,694	710,154
	California		5,961	80,253,183	19.75	2,291	7,364,329	120,028
	Texas		2,629	38,455,338	9.46	1,767	2,494,599	49,031
	Illinois		1,600	28,074,405	6.91	2,229	2,278,127	38,175
	Florida		3,179	27,898,882	6.86	1,672	1,826,598	36,337
	New York		2,575	26,270,940	6.46	1,371	2,825,762	49,678
	New Jersey		1,544	22,597,004	5.56	2,634	2,224,248	37,446
	Colorado		740	19,261,034	4.74	4,280	1,430,557	20,852
	Massachusetts		1,063	16,240,842	4.00	2,525	2,286,953	31,288
	Georgia		1,198	14,348,929	3.53	1,669	1,827,754	30,867
	Minnesota		835	13,362,417	3.29	2,659	1,657,047	21,128
	Pennsylvania		1,337	12,927,101	3.18	1,049	1,335,305	24,235
	Ohio		1,270	10,886,241	2.68	954	1,220,171	24,996
	Tennessee		682	7,855,976	1.93	1,357	627,122	11,862
	North Carolina		924	7,445,524	1.83	896	1,401,434	17,683
	Virginia		795	6,865,157	1.69	942	912,898	15,331
	Connecticut		494	6,488,477	1.60	1,876	815,194	13,643
	Maryland		672	6,326,493	1.56	1,163	1,019,009	15,215
	Washington		819	6,314,487	1.55	1,040	776,285	13,200
	Indiana		581	5,026,847	1.24	817	507,882	10,155
	Kentucky		308	4,816,306	1.18	1,178	308,635	7,184
	South Carolina		363	4,044,633	1.00	986	530,496	8,502
	Missouri		689	3,846,909	0.95	677	528,026	9,850
	Wisconsin		548	3,491,006	0.86	642	528,985	11,794
	Oregon		454	2,202,755	0.54	625	321,706	5,941
	Utah		325	1,946,307	0.48	837	248,470	5,266
	Louisiana		434	1,802,735	0.44	403	199,011	4,734
	Kansas		321	1,775,905	0.44	654	207,628	4,965
	New Hampshire		252	1,637,384	0.40	1,285	210,349	3,636
	Alabama		372	1,629,031	0.40	364	219,872	4,704
	Oklahoma		377	1,552,783	0.38	445	200,136	4,942
	Iowa		280	1,504,412	0.37	513	180,256	4,065
	Nebraska		189	1,451,404	0.36	840	167,856	3,172
	Nevada		274	1,168,719	0.29	539	146,787	3,286
	Rhode Island		124	782,513	0.19	732	123,381	2,992
	Mississippi		187	715,894	0.18	250	87,819	2,438
	Arkansas		230	672,711	0.17	249	97,571	2,284
	New Mexico		182	662,449	0.16	357	80,815	1,805
	Hawaii		127	607,673	0.15	493	95,599	1,739
	Idaho		130	596,880	0.15	444	68,842	1,326
	West Virginia		116	355,391	0.09	197	43,858	1,203
	Maine		115	301,043	0.07	232	47,634	1,083
	Delaware		83	267,657	0.07	332	49,059	988
	South Dakota		81	185,362	0.05	244	26,386	719
	Alaska		53	181,483	0.04	283	29,826	620
	North Dakota		77	176,182	0.04	278	34,733	834
	Montana		99	133,190	0.03	146	22,751	701
	Wyoming		36	116,478	0.03	233	9,138	283
	Vermont		60	111,896	0.03	182	16,291	398
	All other states, including those below		1,632	10,808,981	2.66		1,558,504	27,550
	Arizona		656	D			D	(10k-24k)
	Michigan		942	D			D	(10k-24k)
	District of Columbia		34	D			D	(1000-2499)

 

Products Lines for Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)	Graph
10000	Industry total	406,445,34	100.00
10920	New computer equipment	185,907,25	45.74
11000	Medical, hospital, and surgical supplies	71,496,359	17.59
10900	Office equipment, excluding computers	26,751,654	6.58
	-Other	122,290,07	30.09

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

 

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Professional and commercial equipment 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 4234

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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