Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 4239 Miscellaneous durable goods 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
	4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers		36,364	156,820,514	11,675,812	321,810
	42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers		5,517	22,846,482	1,912,687	51,794
	42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers		2,886	19,182,762	1,396,732	34,162
	42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers		7,098	28,580,509	2,657,851	82,918
	42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers		8,289	33,026,804	1,925,662	50,094
	42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers		12,574	53,183,957	3,782,880	102,842

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of sporting, recreational, toy, hobby, and jewelry goods and supplies, and precious stones and metals.

  NAICS 4239, Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers, is not directly comparable to 1997 NAICS 4219 Miscellaneous durable goods 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.

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Geographic Distribution -- Miscellaneous durable goods 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		36,364	156,820,514	100.00	544	11,675,812	321,810
	New York		5,138	28,921,260	18.44	1,509	1,553,269	37,322
	Illinois		1,542	8,189,340	5.22	650	614,990	15,982
	Florida		3,060	7,865,688	5.02	472	629,942	19,101
	Pennsylvania		1,198	5,296,598	3.38	430	430,894	12,541
	Ohio		1,145	5,081,108	3.24	445	439,408	12,696
	Tennessee		525	2,936,192	1.87	507	223,657	6,566
	Michigan		845	2,934,705	1.87	292	284,751	7,683
	South Carolina		351	1,633,815	1.04	398	100,872	3,388
	Alabama		439	1,534,934	0.98	343	119,844	4,231
	Utah		285	1,214,620	0.77	522	101,666	2,905
	Iowa		288	942,827	0.60	321	85,795	2,741
	Kentucky		308	908,724	0.58	222	79,376	2,748
	Montana		99	417,077	0.27	458	26,035	831
	Vermont		93	409,696	0.26	665	30,568	920
	New Mexico		168	295,503	0.19	159	42,837	1,380
	All other states, including those below		20,880	88,238,427	56.27		6,911,908	190,775
	California		6,249	D			D	(50k-99k)
	New Jersey		1,434	D			D	(10k-24k)
	Texas		2,215	D			D	(10k-24k)
	Georgia		996	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Indiana		564	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Massachusetts		659	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Minnesota		644	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Missouri		525	D			D	(5000-9999)
	North Carolina		764	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Virginia		489	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Washington		753	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Wisconsin		532	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Arizona		460	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Colorado		535	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Connecticut		328	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Louisiana		307	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Maryland		406	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Nevada		231	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Oregon		437	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Rhode Island		231	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Arkansas		245	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Hawaii		202	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Idaho		122	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Kansas		228	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Mississippi		233	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Nebraska		154	D			D	(1000-2499)
	New Hampshire		145	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Oklahoma		214	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Maine		143	D			D	(500-999)
	South Dakota		88	D			D	(500-999)
	West Virginia		132	D			D	(500-999)
	Alaska		37	D			D	(250-499)
	Delaware		61	D			D	(250-499)
	North Dakota		52	D			D	(250-499)
	District of Columbia		21	D			D	(100-249)
	Wyoming		44	D			D	(100-249)

 

Products Lines for Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers

Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)	Graph
10000	Industry total	156,820,51	100.00
13000	Jewelry, diamonds, gemstones, and watches	26,664,913	17.00
12700	Sporting and recreational goods and supplies	22,127,138	14.11
12800	Toys and hobby goods and supplies	17,709,670	11.29
13130	Pre-recorded compact discs (CDs)	11,115,532	7.09
12900	Ferrous metal scrap	11,006,919	7.02
13150	Miscellaneous durable goods	9,687,903	6.18
12920	Nonferrous metal scrap	8,704,579	5.55
	-Other	49,803,860	31.76

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

 

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Miscellaneous durable goods 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
	BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses		Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (2002 NAICS Basis)	US
	Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (2002 NAICS Basis)	US
	EC02-42A	Geographic Area Series		Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 4239

Hypertext Tables	Title (with link to data)	Frequency	Contents	Geography
	Annual Benchmark Report for Wholesale Trade	Annual	Monthly sales and inventories back to 1992	US
	County Business Patterns	Annual	Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment	US, states, metro areas, counties
	E-Commerce Statistics	Annual	Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments	US
	Monthly Wholesale Trade	Monthly	Monthly sales, inventories, and inventory/sales ratios for merchant wholesalers	US
	Nonemployer Statistics	Annual	Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees	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

For more data sets, check a broader NAICS category, such as NAICS 423

 

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