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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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4239 | Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 36,364 | 156,820,514 | 11,675,812 | 321,810 | |
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42399 | Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers | 12,574 | 53,183,957 | 3,782,880 | 102,842 | |
| 423990 | Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers | 12,574 | 53,183,957 | 3,782,880 | 102,842 | ||
| 4239901 | Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers | 567 | 2,664,202 | 202,925 | 5,110 | ||
| 4239902 | Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers | 1,682 | 6,164,462 | 292,272 | 8,093 | ||
| 4239903 | General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers | 3,481 | 16,128,630 | 997,397 | 28,291 | ||
| 4239904 | Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers | 1,880 | 16,294,719 | 836,849 | 22,760 | ||
| 4239905 | Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers | 1,251 | 1,982,976 | 386,369 | 10,826 | ||
| 4239906 | Other durable goods merchant wholesalers | 3,713 | 9,948,968 | 1,067,068 | 27,762 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 42399 | Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers | 75,141 | 57,996,845 | 62,567 | 83.3 | 4,812,888 | 8.3 | 12,574 | 53,183,957 | |
| 423990 | Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers | 75,141 | 57,996,845 | 62,567 | 83.3 | 4,812,888 | 8.3 | 12,574 | 53,183,957 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of durable goods (except motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies; furniture and home furnishings; lumber and other construction materials; professional and commercial equipment and supplies; metals and minerals (except petroleum); electrical goods; hardware, and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies; machinery, equipment and supplies; sporting and recreational goods and supplies; toy and hobby goods and supplies; recyclable materials; and jewelry, watches, precious stones and precious metals).
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
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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) | ||||||||
| 423990 | ![]() |
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Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers | 12,574 | 53,183,957 | 100.0 | 3,782,880 | 102,842 | |
| 95% of | 421990 |
| Other miscellaneous durable goods whsle (pt) | 12,574 | 53,183,957 | 100.0 | 3,782,880 | 102,842 |
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| 421990 | pt | Musical instruments and supplies | 567 | 2,664,202 | 202,925 | 5,110 | |||
| 421990 | pt | Forest products | 1,682 | 6,164,462 | 292,272 | 8,093 | |||
| 421990 | pt | General merchandise, durable goods | 3,481 | 16,128,630 | 997,397 | 28,291 | |||
| 421990 | pt | Prerecorded compact discs, audio tapes, and phonograph records | 1,051 | 12,056,920 | 531,463 | 14,573 | |||
| 421990 | pt | Prerecorded video discs, video tapes, and video cassettes | 829 | 4,237,799 | 305,386 | 8,187 | |||
| 421990 | pt | Fire extinguishers and fire safety equipment | 1,251 | 1,982,976 | 386,369 | 10,826 | |||
| 421990 | pt | Other durable goods | 3,713 | 9,948,968 | 1,067,068 | 27,762 | |||
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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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| 421990 | Other miscellaneous durable goods whsle | 2002 | 13,197 | 56,139,700 | 3,876,132 | 105,305 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 11,697 | 65,908,836 | 3,012,242 | 90,829 | ||||||||||
| % change | 12.8 | -14.8 | 28.7 | 15.9 | ||||||||||
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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 | 53,183,957 | 100.00 | |
| 13130 | Pre-recorded compact discs (CDs) | 11,115,491 | 20.90 | |
| 13150 | Miscellaneous durable goods | 9,654,747 | 18.15 | |
| 13120 | Non-lumber forest products | 5,976,657 | 11.24 | |
| 13140 | Pre-recorded video tapes, and digital video discs (DVDs) | 4,481,683 | 8.43 | |
| -Other | 21,955,379 | 41.28 |
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