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| Employers | Nonemployers | Compare to '97 | States | Products, Size, etc. | ||
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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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4234 | Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers | 37,416 | 406,445,349 | 41,221,694 | 710,154 | |
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42345 | Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers | 7,851 | 80,381,871 | 7,728,521 | 127,962 | |
| 423450 | Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers | 7,851 | 80,381,871 | 7,728,521 | 127,962 | ||
| 4234501 | Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers | 6,871 | 74,274,459 | 6,888,592 | 111,983 | ||
| 4234502 | Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers | 980 | 6,107,412 | 839,929 | 15,979 | ||
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| 42345 | Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 7,851 | 80,381,871 | |
| 423450 | Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 7,851 | 80,381,871 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional medical equipment, instruments, and supplies (except ophthalmic equipment and instruments and goods used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians).
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional equipment, instruments and/or goods sold, prescribed, or used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians are classified in Industry 423460, Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers.
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2002 NAICS code |
1997 NAICS code |
Pt. | Description |
Estab- lish- ments |
Sales |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
Paid employees |
Link to SIC (1997 data) |
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| ($1,000) | (Pct) | ||||||||
| 423450 | ![]() |
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Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers | 7,851 | 80,381,871 | 100.0 | 7,728,521 | 127,962 | |
| 92% of | 421450 |
| Medical, dental, & hospital equipment & supplies whsle (pt) | 7,851 | 80,381,871 | 100.0 | 7,728,521 | 127,962 |
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| 421450 | pt | Surgical, medical, and hospital equipment and supplies | 6,871 | 74,274,459 | 6,888,592 | 111,983 | |||
| 421450 | pt | Dental equipment and supplies | 980 | 6,107,412 | 839,929 | 15,979 | |||
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1997 NAICS code |
1997 NAICS Description | Year | Establishments | Sales ($1,000) | Annual payroll ($1,000) | Paid employees | ||||||||
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| 421450 | Medical, dental, & hospital equipment & supplies whsle | 2002 | 8,963 | 87,264,366 | 8,199,285 | 133,505 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 9,782 | 58,791,711 | 5,746,165 | 121,572 | ||||||||||
| % change | -8.4 | 48.4 | 42.7 | 9.8 | ||||||||||
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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 | 80,381,871 | 100.00 | |
| 11000 | Medical, hospital, and surgical supplies | 71,346,416 | 88.76 | |
| 11020 | Dental equipment, instruments, and supplies | 5,200,159 | 6.47 | |
| 13500 | Pharmaceuticals | 1,755,344 | 2.18 | |
| -Other | 2,079,952 | 2.59 |
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