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NAICS 42383
Industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers

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Definition	Data from the Economic Census					Annual data
	Employers	Nonemployers	Compare to '97	States	Products, Size, etc.

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.
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
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	64,811	297,936,999	30,113,741	704,774
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	31,272	113,607,776	14,694,415	319,091
423830	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	31,272	113,607,776	14,694,415	319,091

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)
		Establish- ments	Receipts ($1,000)	Number	% of all	$1,000	% of all	Establish- ments	Sales ($1,000)
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
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
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	N	N	N	N	N	N	31,272	113,607,776

Definition: NAICS 42383 Industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of specialized machinery, equipment, and related parts generally used in manufacturing, oil well, and warehousing activities.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Merchant wholesale distribution of specialized machinery, equipment, and related parts generally used in construction, mining (except oil well), and logging activities--are classified in Industry 423810, Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers; and
Merchant wholesale distribution of supplies used in machinery and equipment generally used in manufacturing, oil well, and warehousing activities--are classified in Industry 423840, Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.

Historical comparability

NAICS 42383, Industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers, is not comparable to 1997 NAICS 42183 Industrial machinery & equipment whsle. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.

Comparable statistics are not available between 1997 and 2002.

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Geographic Distribution -- Industrial machinery and equipment 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.

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Description

Estab-
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Sales
($1,000)

Sales
% of
U.S.

Sales
per capita
($)

Annual
payroll
($1,000)

Paid
employees

United States

31,272

113,607,776

100.00

394

14,694,415

319,091

Texas

3,406

13,023,124

11.46

598

1,539,033

34,562

California

3,057

10,165,635

8.95

290

1,325,906

29,317

Illinois

1,847

9,513,831

8.37

755

1,217,654

23,426

Michigan

1,452

6,072,095

5.34

605

723,260

14,900

Ohio

1,680

5,733,472

5.05

502

793,115

17,801

Georgia

959

5,280,579

4.65

614

679,496

13,522

Pennsylvania

1,327

5,278,610

4.65

428

686,349

14,615

New York

1,328

4,629,804

4.08

242

535,848

11,067

New Jersey

1,045

4,124,014

3.63

481

555,816

10,614

North Carolina

1,018

4,080,341

3.59

491

555,955

11,948

Indiana

774

3,642,834

3.21

592

338,955

7,904

Louisiana

770

3,043,796

2.68

681

431,857

9,815

Massachusetts

624

2,631,046

2.32

409

414,095

7,443

Wisconsin

746

2,629,611

2.31

484

343,504

7,654

Minnesota

570

2,433,831

2.14

484

310,560

6,386

Missouri

590

2,295,827

2.02

404

295,512

6,972

Washington

565

2,001,491

1.76

330

248,163

5,326

Tennessee

606

1,828,893

1.61

316

259,155

6,170

Connecticut

443

1,762,880

1.55

510

233,769

4,586

Virginia

488

1,637,838

1.44

225

266,660

5,281

Oklahoma

592

1,453,749

1.28

417

193,661

5,102

Kentucky

365

1,446,845

1.27

354

175,609

4,243

South Carolina

452

1,279,062

1.13

312

166,748

3,832

Alabama

460

1,233,117

1.09

275

164,601

4,067

Colorado

425

1,167,437

1.03

259

182,067

3,697

Maryland

312

1,091,612

0.96

201

157,385

3,434

Oregon

364

1,032,523

0.91

293

163,968

3,745

Kansas

339

928,698

0.82

342

118,912

2,956

Iowa

261

713,723

0.63

243

100,952

2,671

Utah

255

672,656

0.59

289

93,334

2,259

New Mexico

187

593,252

0.52

320

81,135

1,669

Arkansas

267

543,607

0.48

201

78,971

2,320

Wyoming

145

461,403

0.41

925

56,270

1,332

New Hampshire

165

415,654

0.37

326

57,527

1,255

Mississippi

193

405,005

0.36

141

60,443

1,669

Idaho

110

372,584

0.33

277

54,936

1,069

Rhode Island

101

364,758

0.32

341

46,885

1,018

Nebraska

146

345,971

0.30

200

56,695

1,455

West Virginia

140

328,029

0.29

182

47,805

1,374

Nevada

113

264,679

0.23

122

36,073

949

Maine

255,479

0.22

197

41,586

920

Alaska

254,129

0.22

397

31,991

548

South Dakota

176,124

0.16

232

23,295

864

Vermont

161,993

0.14

263

29,609

455

Delaware

137,889

0.12

171

20,477

539

Hawaii

119,352

0.11

16,789

462

North Dakota

110,300

0.10

174

16,588

511

Montana

82,145

0.07

12,341

371

All other states, including those below

2,084

5,386,449

4.74

653,100

14,996

Florida

1,722

(10k-24k)

Arizona

357

(2500-4999)

District of Columbia

(1-19)

Products Lines for Industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)
10000	Industry total	113,607,77	100.00
12320	General-purpose industrial machinery	32,588,800	28.69
12340	Materials handling machinery, equipment, and parts	11,714,319	10.31
12330	Metalworking machinery, equipment, and parts	11,032,089	9.71
12350	Oil well, oil refinery, and pipeline machinery	9,691,033	8.53
	-Other	48,581,535	42.76

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
Series number	Title	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-09	Industry Series	Preliminary data now superseded	US
EC02-42A	Geographic Area Series	Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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	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