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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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42346 | Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers | 1,397 | 6,931,539 | 896,176 | 26,013 | |
| 423460 | Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers | 1,397 | 6,931,539 | 896,176 | 26,013 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 423460 | Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 1,397 | 6,931,539 | |
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.
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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) | ||||||||
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Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers | 1,397 | 6,931,539 | 100.0 | 896,176 | 26,013 | |
| 95% of | 421460 | Ophthalmic goods whsle (pt) | 1,397 | 6,931,539 | 100.0 | 896,176 | 26,013 |
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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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| 421460 | 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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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 | 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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