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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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4239 | Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 36,364 | 156,820,514 | 11,675,812 | 321,810 | |
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42392 | Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers | 2,886 | 19,182,762 | 1,396,732 | 34,162 | |
| 423920 | Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers | 2,886 | 19,182,762 | 1,396,732 | 34,162 | ||
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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 | |||||||
| 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 | |
| 4239 | Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 142,473 | 164,614,899 | 106,109 | 74.5 | 7,794,385 | 4.7 | 36,364 | 156,820,514 | |
| 42392 | Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers | 12,149 | 19,618,675 | 9,263 | 76.2 | 435,913 | 2.2 | 2,886 | 19,182,762 | |
| 423920 | Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers | 12,149 | 19,618,675 | 9,263 | 76.2 | 435,913 | 2.2 | 2,886 | 19,182,762 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of games, toys, fireworks, playing cards, hobby goods and supplies, and/or related goods.
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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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Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers | 2,886 | 19,182,762 | 100.0 | 1,396,732 | 34,162 | |
| 85% of | 421920 | Toy & hobby goods & supplies whsle (pt) | 2,886 | 19,182,762 | 100.0 | 1,396,732 | 34,162 |
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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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| 421920 | Toy & hobby goods & supplies whsle | 2002 | 3,188 | 22,454,917 | 1,462,882 | 35,407 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 3,229 | 20,166,025 | 1,229,055 | 36,337 | ||||||||||
| % change | -1.3 | 11.4 | 19.0 | -2.6 | ||||||||||
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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 (%) |
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| 10000 | Industry total | 19,182,762 | 100.00 | |
| 12800 | Toys and hobby goods and supplies | 17,465,270 | 91.05 | |
| 10950 | Packaged computer software | 1,045,866 | 5.45 | |
| 10540 | Miscellaneous home furnishings | 146,152 | 0.76 | |
| -Other | 525,474 | 2.74 |
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