Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 42371 Hardware 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
	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
	4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers		19,094	84,577,986	8,763,641	209,741
	42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers		6,841	32,826,422	3,223,052	81,734
	423710	Hardware merchant wholesalers		6,841	32,826,422	3,223,052	81,734

• Merchant wholesale distribution of nails, noninsulated wire, and screening--are classified in Industry 423510, Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of motor vehicle handtools and equipment--are classified in Industry 423120, Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of machinists' precision handtools--are classified in Industry 423830, Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers; and
• Merchant wholesale distribution of disposable plastics knives and eating utensils--are classified in Industry 424130, Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers.

  NAICS 42371, Hardware merchant wholesalers, is not comparable to 1997 NAICS 42171 Hardware whsle. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 42171 is comparable to SIC 5072. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

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Geographic Distribution -- Hardware 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
	United States		6,841	32,826,422	100.00	114	3,223,052	81,734
	California		982	4,933,276	15.03	141	491,158	12,417
	Illinois		442	2,897,934	8.83	230	257,143	5,857
	Indiana		153	2,136,628	6.51	347	80,467	2,077
	Texas		543	1,626,519	4.95	75	193,822	5,355
	Ohio		308	1,491,259	4.54	131	202,854	4,747
	New York		428	1,355,343	4.13	71	164,057	4,159
	Wisconsin		143	1,226,240	3.74	225	91,462	2,355
	Florida		464	1,113,042	3.39	67	129,989	3,773
	Pennsylvania		263	1,062,657	3.24	86	137,031	3,260
	North Carolina		211	1,059,391	3.23	127	112,474	3,041
	Georgia		204	1,046,799	3.19	122	100,474	2,613
	Michigan		255	1,027,071	3.13	102	124,755	3,178
	New Jersey		257	975,953	2.97	114	147,434	3,021
	South Carolina		70	703,471	2.14	172	35,885	865
	Minnesota		138	686,281	2.09	137	68,817	1,786
	Connecticut		87	649,352	1.98	188	82,129	1,431
	Arkansas		44	583,726	1.78	216	18,028	573
	Virginia		141	557,458	1.70	77	54,109	1,489
	Washington		161	541,007	1.65	89	57,578	1,610
	Tennessee		109	512,403	1.56	89	41,714	1,171
	Massachusetts		146	509,983	1.55	79	80,561	1,783
	Alabama		83	491,055	1.50	110	43,513	1,319
	Colorado		101	452,781	1.38	101	44,978	1,226
	Missouri		118	416,517	1.27	73	49,234	1,272
	Oregon		88	307,450	0.94	87	33,103	900
	Kansas		49	188,308	0.57	69	19,729	484
	Utah		49	186,216	0.57	80	18,758	526
	Iowa		50	172,494	0.53	59	19,883	618
	Kentucky		55	143,872	0.44	35	14,354	468
	Maine		15	133,590	0.41	103	15,154	418
	North Dakota		16	121,523	0.37	192	4,270	161
	Nevada		47	79,333	0.24	37	11,978	417
	Mississippi		33	57,902	0.18	20	8,995	248
	New Mexico		30	50,885	0.16	27	7,498	219
	Hawaii		24	45,453	0.14	37	7,215	188
	Idaho		25	31,719	0.10	24	4,240	151
	South Dakota		11	25,104	0.08	33	4,409	171
	Vermont		7	10,598	0.03	17	1,536	50
	Wyoming		6	8,711	0.03	17	934	36
	All other states, including those below		485	3,207,118	9.77		241,330	6,301
	Arizona		128	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Maryland		96	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Oklahoma		61	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Louisiana		60	D			D	(500-999)
	Nebraska		40	D			D	(500-999)
	Rhode Island		22	D			D	(250-499)
	Alaska		4	D			D	(100-249)
	Delaware		16	D			D	(100-249)
	New Hampshire		27	D			D	(100-249)
	West Virginia		16	D			D	(100-249)
	District of Columbia		4	D			D	(20-99)
	Montana		11	D			D	(20-99)

 

Products Lines for Hardware merchant wholesalers

Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)	Graph
10000	Industry total	32,826,422	100.00
11712	Bolts, nuts, rivets, and other fasteners, excluding nails	15,713,541	47.87
11711	Hand tools, including power driven tools	9,084,705	27.67
11713	Cutlery	1,838,655	5.60
	-Other	6,189,521	18.86

For more product detail, see the AFF links below for Product Lines

 

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Hardware merchant wholesalers

Link to pdf	Series number	Title	Link to AFF or Drill-down tables	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-17	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 42371

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

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