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NAICS 42441
General-line grocery 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
Go to this NAICS 42 Wholesale trade 435,521 4,634,755,112 259,653,080 5,878,405
Go to this NAICS 424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 142,661 1,980,329,666 92,564,262 2,272,823
Go to this NAICS 4244 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers 35,650 511,438,047 27,851,835 761,492
  42441 General line grocery merchant wholesalers 3,204 115,342,867 5,455,851 133,592
Go to this NAICS 424410 General line grocery merchant wholesalers 3,204 115,342,867 5,455,851 133,592

 

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)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
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
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
4244 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers 62,329 514,709,145 26,679 42.8 3,271,098 0.6 35,650 511,438,047
42441 General line grocery merchant wholesalers N N N N N N 3,204 115,342,867

 

Definition: NAICS 42441   General-line grocery merchant wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of a general line (wide range) of groceries.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of a specialized line of groceries are classified elsewhere in Sector 42, Wholesale Trade, according to the product sold.

 

Historical comparability

Not Comparable   NAICS 42441, General-line grocery merchant wholesalers, is not comparable to 1997 NAICS 42241 General-line grocery whsle. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 42241 is comparable to SIC 5141. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.



Comparable statistics are not available between 1997 and 2002.

 

 

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Geographic Distribution -- General-line grocery 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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Indus-
tries		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Sales
% of
U.S.		 Sales
per capita
($)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
See other industries in this state United States 3,204 115,342,867 100.00 400 5,455,851 133,592
See other industries in this state Illinois 149 11,241,857 9.75 893 315,566 8,055
See other industries in this state California 464 8,724,821 7.56 249 496,572 11,899
See other industries in this state Texas 190 7,381,840 6.40 339 376,641 9,690
See other industries in this state Minnesota 42 6,773,257 5.87 1,348 174,867 3,656
See other industries in this state Ohio 101 5,206,316 4.51 456 212,928 5,144
See other industries in this state Florida 263 4,661,613 4.04 279 284,439 6,737
See other industries in this state New York 354 4,483,087 3.89 234 277,714 6,727
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 40 4,297,514 3.73 790 191,803 4,741
See other industries in this state Michigan 96 4,254,211 3.69 424 214,890 3,977
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 121 4,142,709 3.59 336 266,608 6,288
See other industries in this state Georgia 98 3,650,304 3.16 425 125,006 3,186
See other industries in this state Maryland 70 3,022,883 2.62 556 178,268 4,322
See other industries in this state Alabama 32 2,930,628 2.54 655 126,917 3,385
See other industries in this state Virginia 60 2,778,960 2.41 381 123,980 3,004
See other industries in this state Kansas 15 2,621,123 2.27 965 101,070 2,393
See other industries in this state North Carolina 68 2,614,747 2.27 315 130,817 3,444
See other industries in this state Washington 70 2,519,434 2.18 415 172,712 3,793
See other industries in this state Missouri 47 2,015,501 1.75 355 55,831 1,346
See other industries in this state Arkansas 26 1,948,848 1.69 720 48,642 1,393
See other industries in this state Tennessee 44 1,909,704 1.66 330 103,955 2,716
See other industries in this state Nebraska 18 1,879,924 1.63 1,089 66,884 1,938
See other industries in this state Massachusetts 92 1,874,420 1.63 291 120,962 2,968
See other industries in this state Indiana 41 1,666,892 1.45 271 92,376 2,582
See other industries in this state Oregon 34 1,653,711 1.43 469 57,917 1,344
See other industries in this state Utah 24 1,453,340 1.26 625 72,762 2,062
See other industries in this state Maine 12 1,415,506 1.23 1,092 49,227 1,072
See other industries in this state Mississippi 17 1,335,467 1.16 466 52,622 1,478
See other industries in this state Louisiana 43 1,274,284 1.10 285 69,444 2,062
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 24 1,223,331 1.06 351 75,307 1,965
See other industries in this state Kentucky 26 1,125,943 0.98 275 51,162 1,403
See other industries in this state South Carolina 29 956,632 0.83 233 68,721 1,681
See other industries in this state Connecticut 36 895,008 0.78 259 51,565 1,027
See other industries in this state Colorado 44 849,039 0.74 189 65,741 1,555
See other industries in this state North Dakota 10 814,055 0.71 1,285 35,763 1,026
See other industries in this state Hawaii 41 493,113 0.43 400 17,708 559
See other industries in this state Montana 9 492,032 0.43 540 19,755 565
See other industries in this state New Mexico 14 393,235 0.34 212 34,484 790
See other industries in this state Iowa 15 368,928 0.32 126 29,212 819
See other industries in this state Nevada 28 234,241 0.20 108 22,249 444
See other industries in this state Idaho 9 210,864 0.18 157 15,197 494
See other industries in this state West Virginia 11 147,517 0.13 82 10,732 322
See other industries in this state Alaska 14 58,686 0.05 92 5,128 172
  All other states, including those below 263 7,347,342 6.37   391,707 9,368
See other industries in this state     New Jersey 143 D     D (5000-9999)
See other industries in this state     Arizona 58 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Vermont 9 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Rhode Island 15 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Delaware 8 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     District of Columbia 15 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     South Dakota 4 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     New Hampshire 9 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Wyoming 2 D     D (1-19)

 

Products Lines for General-line grocery merchant wholesalers
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
10000 Industry total 115,342,86 100.00
14860 Grocery specialties 20,355,716 17.65
14830 Canned food 15,483,089 13.42
14600 Fresh meat and meat products 13,861,552 12.02
14100 Packaged frozen food 12,271,491 10.64
14200 Dairy products 10,778,274 9.34
14700 Fresh fruits and vegetables 6,034,113 5.23
-Other 36,558,632 31.70

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- General-line grocery merchant wholesalers
Link
to pdf 		Series number Title Link to AFF or Drill-down
tables		 Contents Geography
link to PDF EC02-00C-BDG Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997 Link to drill-down tables Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined US
link to PDF EC02-00C-COMP Comparative Statistics Link to drill-down tables 2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis US, states
link to PDF EC02-42SL-LS Product Lines Link to data in AFF All Types of Operation by Kind of Business & Product Line US, states, metros
Link to data in AFF All Types of Operation by Broad Product Line & Kind of Business US, states, metros
Link to data in AFF Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business & Product Line US, states, metros
Link to data in AFF Merchant Wholesalers by Broad Product Line & Kind of Business US, states, metros
link to PDF EC02-42SS-SZ Establishment and Firm Size Link to data in AFF Sales Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Establishments US
Link to data in AFF Single Units & Multiunits US
Link to data in AFF Sales Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Employment Size of Firms US
Link to data in AFF Concentration by Largest Firms US
Link to data in AFF Legal Form of Organization US
link to PDF EC02-42SX-SB Miscellaneous Subjects Link to data in AFF Sales by Class of Customer US
Link to data in AFF Employment by Primary Function US
Link to data in AFF End-of-Year Inventories US
Link to data in AFF Detailed Type of Operation US
Link to data in AFF Gross Margin & its Components for Merchant Wholesalers US
Link to data in AFF Gross Profit & its Components US
link to PDF EC02-42I-08 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded US
link to PDF EC02-42A Geographic Area Series Link to data in AFF Summary Statistics US, states, counties, metros
Drill-down iconDown arrows link to tables in "drill-down" format for easy navigation. AFF iconAFF icons link to tables in American FactFinder, which supports further manipulation and downloading. link to PDF PDF symbols link to reports in Portable Document Format (PDF). In order to view these files, you will need the Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader which is available free from the Adobe web site.

 

Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 42441
Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Contents Geography
  County Business Patterns Annual Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment US, states, metro areas, counties
Link to table for this industry 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 4244 To broader NAICS

 

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Source: 2002 Economic Census   Questions?