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NAICS 42342
Office equipment merchant wholesalers

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

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.
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
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	5,843	36,098,162	5,767,031	134,459
423420	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	5,843	36,098,162	5,767,031	134,459

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)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)
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
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	48,199	407,408,105	10,783	22.4	962,756	0.2	37,416	406,445,349
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	N	N	N	N	N	N	5,843	36,098,162

Definition: NAICS 42342 Office equipment merchant wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of office machines and related equipment (except computers and computer peripheral equipment).

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Merchant wholesale distribution of office furniture--are classified in Industry 423210, Furniture Merchant Wholesalers;
Merchant wholesale distribution of computers and computer peripheral equipment--are classified in Industry 423430, Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers; and
Merchant wholesale distribution of office supplies--are classified in Industry 424120, Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.

Historical comparability

Almost Comparable NAICS 42342, Office equipment merchant wholesalers, is close, but not quite comparable to 1997 NAICS 42142 Office equipment whsle. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 42142 is comparable to SIC 5044. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

In the following table, both 1997 and 2002 data are classified by 1997 NAICS, so that the two years are comparable.

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997 NAICS code	1997 NAICS Description	Year	Establishments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees

42142	Office equipment whsle	2002	6,061	37,047,584	5,816,933	135,755
		1997	7,319	36,646,598	5,421,076	143,381
		% change	-17.2	1.1	7.3	-5.3

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Geographic Distribution -- Office equipment 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.

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Description

Estab-
lish-
ments

Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

5,843

36,098,162

100.00

125

5,767,031

134,459

California

691

4,826,401

13.37

138

794,176

17,121

New Jersey

196

4,088,972

11.33

477

363,414

6,952

Illinois

254

2,549,142

7.06

202

315,938

7,235

Texas

425

2,501,123

6.93

115

389,807

9,594

New York

343

2,251,712

6.24

117

415,604

9,273

Connecticut

1,972,022

5.46

570

354,204

6,318

Georgia

186

1,908,892

5.29

222

214,930

4,840

Florida

430

1,885,926

5.22

113

305,197

7,502

Pennsylvania

246

1,197,385

3.32

234,175

5,646

Ohio

212

987,682

2.74

194,607

5,055

Massachusetts

124

896,653

2.48

139

151,576

3,301

Virginia

129

758,520

2.10

104

142,597

3,466

Minnesota

123

649,760

1.80

129

115,449

2,800

North Carolina

161

622,470

1.72

116,031

3,178

Tennessee

149

579,203

1.60

100

120,993

2,917

Washington

115

520,713

1.44

103,043

2,470

Indiana

114

498,668

1.38

86,275

2,512

Missouri

111

419,287

1.16

77,577

1,942

Wisconsin

105

401,315

1.11

81,641

2,167

Maryland

387,533

1.07

75,677

1,784

Iowa

372,697

1.03

127

53,976

1,528

Oregon

351,372

0.97

100

66,804

1,597

Kansas

310,328

0.86

114

54,138

1,498

Alabama

306,105

0.85

53,351

1,382

Louisiana

249,769

0.69

44,561

1,185

Kentucky

242,301

0.67

48,931

1,225

South Carolina

235,654

0.65

41,789

1,184

Oklahoma

210,526

0.58

43,568

1,114

Utah

205,637

0.57

38,748

957

Nevada

179,251

0.50

34,668

893

Mississippi

115,602

0.32

21,886

665

Arkansas

113,894

0.32

23,452

663

Hawaii

108,251

0.30

19,465

457

New Mexico

99,177

0.27

16,712

479

Nebraska

96,075

0.27

17,753

504

Alaska

81,739

0.23

128

16,197

329

West Virginia

79,022

0.22

15,689

441

Idaho

45,984

0.13

11,234

302

Maine

44,348

0.12

9,664

277

South Dakota

36,759

0.10

9,260

264

Montana

36,358

0.10

6,816

212

North Dakota

33,616

0.09

8,376

210

Vermont

29,717

0.08

7,454

168

Wyoming

14,630

0.04

3,116

All other states, including those below

447

2,595,971

7.19

446,512

10,770

Colorado

109

(2500-4999)

Michigan

154

(2500-4999)

Arizona

107

(1000-2499)

District of Columbia

(500-999)

Delaware

(250-499)

New Hampshire

(250-499)

Rhode Island

(250-499)

Products Lines for Office equipment merchant wholesalers
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
10000	Industry total	36,098,162	100.00
10913	Copiers and copier parts and equipment	20,812,174	57.65
10915	Mailing, letter handling, and addressing machines	4,077,552	11.30
19701	Labor charges for repair work	908,743	2.52
	-Other	10,299,693	28.53

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Office equipment merchant wholesalers
Series number	Title	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
EC02-42I-12	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-42A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 42342
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
	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