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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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4236 | Electrical goods merchant wholesalers | 33,306 | 322,377,337 | 29,521,935 | 509,252 | |
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42362 | Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers | 3,055 | 59,830,490 | 2,202,148 | 45,621 | |
| 423620 | Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers | 3,055 | 59,830,490 | 2,202,148 | 45,621 | ||
| NAICS code |
NAICS Title |
All firms | Nonemployers | Employers | ||||||
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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 | |
| 4236 | Electrical goods merchant wholesalers | 42,678 | 323,300,554 | 9,372 | 22.0 | 923,217 | 0.3 | 33,306 | 322,377,337 | |
| 42362 | Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 3,055 | 59,830,490 | |
| 423620 | Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 3,055 | 59,830,490 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of household-type electrical appliances, room air-conditioners, gas and electric clothes dryers, and/or household-type audio or video equipment.
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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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Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers | 3,055 | 59,830,490 | 100.0 | 2,202,148 | 45,621 | |
| 90% of | 421620 | Electrical appliance, television, & radio set whsle (pt) | 3,055 | 59,830,490 | 100.0 | 2,202,148 | 45,621 |
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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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| 421620 | Electrical appliance, television, & radio set whsle | 2002 | 3,450 | 66,122,749 | 2,332,893 | 47,872 | ||||||||
| 1997 | N | N | N | N | ||||||||||
| % change | N | N | N | N | ||||||||||
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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 (%) |
Graph |
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| 10000 | Industry total | 59,830,490 | 100.00 | |
| 11500 | Electric household appliances | 55,122,017 | 92.13 | |
| 10900 | Office equipment, excluding computers | 1,176,848 | 1.97 | |
| 11800 | Plumbing and hydronic heating equipment | 729,278 | 1.22 | |
| -Other | 2,802,347 | 4.68 |
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