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NAICS 42346
Ophthalmic goods 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
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 4234 Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers 37,416 406,445,349 41,221,694 710,154
  42346 Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers 1,397 6,931,539 896,176 26,013
Go to this NAICS 423460 Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers 1,397 6,931,539 896,176 26,013

 

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
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
42346 Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers N N N N N N 1,397 6,931,539

 

Definition: NAICS 42346   Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of professional equipment, instruments, and/or goods sold, prescribed, or used by ophthalmologists, optometrists, and opticians.

 

Historical comparability

Not Comparable   NAICS 42346, Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers, is not directly comparable to 1997 NAICS 42146 Ophthalmic goods whsle. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 42146 is comparable to SIC 5048. 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
42146 Ophthalmic goods whsle 2002 1,512 7,285,972 915,468 26,348
1997 1,781 6,865,265 867,808 28,260
% change -15.1 6.1 5.5 -6.8

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Ophthalmic goods 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 1,397 6,931,539 100.00 24 896,176 26,013
See other industries in this state California 239 1,115,308 16.09 32 155,211 3,874
See other industries in this state New York 153 937,548 13.53 49 128,387 2,789
See other industries in this state New Jersey 53 887,160 12.80 103 116,281 3,172
See other industries in this state Florida 180 542,544 7.83 33 65,333 1,771
See other industries in this state Texas 76 346,572 5.00 16 44,339 1,788
See other industries in this state Ohio 35 184,508 2.66 16 31,923 1,078
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 46 166,676 2.40 14 27,542 797
See other industries in this state Virginia 18 124,077 1.79 17 18,453 425
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 17 107,223 1.55 20 9,680 353
See other industries in this state Colorado 23 89,914 1.30 20 13,901 394
See other industries in this state Massachusetts 28 80,717 1.16 13 12,652 295
See other industries in this state Oregon 17 76,950 1.11 22 7,515 290
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 14 66,372 0.96 19 9,884 348
See other industries in this state Kentucky 12 64,410 0.93 16 14,335 373
See other industries in this state Iowa 13 63,113 0.91 22 10,450 373
See other industries in this state Missouri 32 62,381 0.90 11 13,143 387
See other industries in this state Washington 22 53,155 0.77 9 5,892 186
See other industries in this state North Carolina 19 36,785 0.53 4 6,026 251
See other industries in this state Arizona 26 35,213 0.51 6 6,797 190
See other industries in this state Indiana 24 30,788 0.44 5 7,013 273
See other industries in this state Utah 17 27,019 0.39 12 3,288 97
See other industries in this state Nevada 11 18,503 0.27 9 4,194 119
See other industries in this state South Carolina 15 17,891 0.26 4 3,833 179
See other industries in this state Montana 6 12,419 0.18 14 1,969 88
See other industries in this state Louisiana 11 9,837 0.14 2 1,900 88
See other industries in this state North Dakota 5 6,622 0.10 10 1,180 47
See other industries in this state Mississippi 6 6,131 0.09 2 1,657 56
See other industries in this state South Dakota 4 5,166 0.07 7 817 36
See other industries in this state Vermont 3 5,002 0.07 8 1,267 39
See other industries in this state New Mexico 4 3,088 0.04 2 555 20
See other industries in this state Maine 6 2,995 0.04 2 777 32
See other industries in this state Wyoming 3 2,132 0.03 4 377 24
  All other states, including those below 259 1,743,320 25.15   169,605 5,781
See other industries in this state     Minnesota 34 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Rhode Island 6 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Georgia 32 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Illinois 53 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Kansas 7 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Maryland 16 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Michigan 31 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Tennessee 21 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Connecticut 12 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Nebraska 11 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Alabama 10 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Arkansas 5 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Idaho 7 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     New Hampshire 3 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     West Virginia 6 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Alaska 1 D     D (1-19)
See other industries in this state     District of Columbia 1 D     D (1-19)
See other industries in this state     Hawaii 3 D     D (1-19)

 

Products Lines for Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
10000 Industry total 6,931,539 100.00
11034 Eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other optical goods 3,928,025 56.67
11031 Ophthalmic goods 2,254,902 32.53
11033 Optometric equipment and supplies 411,920 5.94
-Other 336,692 4.86

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Ophthalmic goods 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-12 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
Drill-down iconDown arrows link to tables in "drill-down" format for easy navigation. AFF iconAFF icons link to tables in American FactFinder, which supports further manipulation and downloading. link to PDF PDF symbols link to reports in Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader which is available free from the Adobe web site.

 

Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 42346
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
Link to table for this 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
For more data sets, check a broader NAICS category, such as NAICS 4234 To broader NAICS

 

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