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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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4244 | Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers | 35,650 | 511,438,047 | 27,851,835 | 761,492 | |
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42445 | Confectionery merchant wholesalers | 2,307 | 32,004,123 | 1,257,565 | 38,928 | |
| 424450 | Confectionery merchant wholesalers | 2,307 | 32,004,123 | 1,257,565 | 38,928 | ||
| 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 | |||||||
| 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 | |
| 42445 | Confectionery merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 2,307 | 32,004,123 | |
| 424450 | Confectionery merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 2,307 | 32,004,123 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of confectioneries; salted or roasted nuts; popcorn; potato, corn, and similar chips; and/or fountain fruits and syrups.
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) | ||||||||
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Confectionery merchant wholesalers | 2,307 | 32,004,123 | 100.0 | 1,257,565 | 38,928 | |
| 89% of | 422450 | Confectionery whsle (pt) | 2,307 | 32,004,123 | 100.0 | 1,257,565 | 38,928 |
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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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| 422450 | Confectionery whsle | 2002 | 2,560 | 35,912,054 | 1,351,936 | 41,919 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 2,621 | 27,169,914 | 1,835,202 | 60,010 | ||||||||||
| % change | -2.3 | 32.2 | -26.3 | -30.1 | ||||||||||
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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 | 32,004,123 | 100.00 | |
| 14414 | Chips and popcorn | 13,566,716 | 42.39 | |
| 14411 | Candy | 12,291,006 | 38.40 | |
| 14413 | Nuts | 2,397,745 | 7.49 | |
| -Other | 3,748,656 | 11.71 |
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