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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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4238 | Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers | 64,811 | 297,936,999 | 30,113,741 | 704,774 | |
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42381 | Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers | 5,035 | 47,574,705 | 3,993,859 | 88,670 | |
| 423810 | Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers | 5,035 | 47,574,705 | 3,993,859 | 88,670 | ||
| 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 | |
| 4238 | Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers | 86,291 | 300,304,536 | 21,480 | 24.9 | 2,367,537 | 0.8 | 64,811 | 297,936,999 | |
| 42381 | Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 5,035 | 47,574,705 | |
| 423810 | Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 5,035 | 47,574,705 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of specialized machinery, equipment, and related parts generally used in construction, mining (except oil well) and logging activities.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of oil well machinery and equipment are classified in Industry 423830, Industrial Machinery and Equipment 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) | ||||||||
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Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers | 5,035 | 47,574,705 | 100.0 | 3,993,859 | 88,670 | |
| 98% of | 421810 | Construction & mining (except oil well) machinery & equip whsle (pt) | 5,035 | 47,574,705 | 100.0 | 3,993,859 | 88,670 |
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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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| 421810 | Construction & mining (except oil well) machinery & equip whsle | 2002 | 5,211 | 48,702,667 | 4,023,836 | 89,369 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 5,321 | 44,725,989 | 3,604,644 | 87,611 | ||||||||||
| % change | -2.1 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 2.0 | ||||||||||
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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 | 47,574,705 | 100.00 | |
| 12100 | Construction and mining machinery | 38,801,792 | 81.56 | |
| 19700 | Service receipts and labor charges | 3,882,535 | 8.16 | |
| 19940 | Rental and operating lease receipts | 2,235,250 | 4.70 | |
| -Other | 2,655,128 | 5.58 |
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