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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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424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 142,661 | 1,980,329,666 | 92,564,262 | 2,272,823 | |
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4243 | Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers | 17,758 | 118,346,385 | 8,770,360 | 207,115 | |
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42433 | Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers | 7,144 | 46,834,782 | 3,543,461 | 79,193 | |
| 424330 | Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers | 7,144 | 46,834,782 | 3,543,461 | 79,193 | ||
| 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 | |
| 424 | Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 288,507 | 1,992,346,677 | 145,846 | 50.6 | 12,017,011 | 0.6 | 142,661 | 1,980,329,666 | |
| 4243 | Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers | 38,441 | 119,899,302 | 20,683 | 53.8 | 1,552,917 | 1.3 | 17,758 | 118,346,385 | |
| 42433 | Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 7,144 | 46,834,782 | |
| 424330 | Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 7,144 | 46,834,782 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of (1) women's, children's, infants', and/or unisex clothing and accessories and/or (2) fur clothing.
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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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Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers | 7,144 | 46,834,782 | 100.0 | 3,543,461 | 79,193 | |
| 94% of | 422330 | Women's, children's, & infants' clothing & accessories whsle (pt) | 7,144 | 46,834,782 | 100.0 | 3,543,461 | 79,193 |
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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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| 422330 | Women's, children's, & infants' clothing & accessories whsle | 2002 | 7,802 | 49,938,978 | 3,634,805 | 81,623 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 8,217 | 40,603,484 | 2,799,463 | 76,256 | ||||||||||
| % change | -5.1 | 23.0 | 29.8 | 7.0 | ||||||||||
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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 (%) |
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| 10000 | Industry total | 46,834,782 | 100.00 | |
| 13900 | Women's, misses', and girls' wear | 39,611,759 | 84.58 | |
| 13920 | Infants' and children's wear, to size 6X | 3,417,515 | 7.30 | |
| 13800 | Men's and boys' wear | 2,632,993 | 5.62 | |
| -Other | 1,172,515 | 2.50 |
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