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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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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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42449 | Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers | 12,373 | 156,599,373 | 9,348,391 | 255,471 | |
| 424490 | Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers | 12,373 | 156,599,373 | 9,348,391 | 255,471 | ||
| 4244901 | Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers | 1,646 | 7,282,291 | 596,646 | 16,708 | ||
| 4244902 | Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers | 2,803 | 20,845,266 | 1,364,885 | 40,455 | ||
| 4244903 | Soft drinks merchant wholesalers | 2,887 | 36,203,173 | 3,715,030 | 104,818 | ||
| 4244904 | Canned goods merchant wholesalers | 848 | 11,083,852 | 441,618 | 10,919 | ||
| 4244905 | Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers | 439 | 3,091,053 | 180,697 | 4,407 | ||
| 4244906 | Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers | 3,750 | 78,093,738 | 3,049,515 | 78,164 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 42449 | Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 12,373 | 156,599,373 | |
| 424490 | Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers | N | N | N | N | N | N | 12,373 | 156,599,373 | |
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of groceries and related products (except a general line of groceries); packaged frozen food; dairy products (except dried and canned); poultry products (except canned); confectioneries; fish and seafood (except canned); meat products (except canned); and fresh fruits and vegetables). Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in the bottling and merchant wholesale distribution of spring and mineral waters processed by others.
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) | ||||||||
| 424490 | ![]() |
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Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers | 12,373 | 156,599,373 | 100.0 | 9,348,391 | 255,471 | |
| 75% of | 422490 |
| Other grocery & related products whsle (pt) | 12,373 | 156,599,373 | 100.0 | 9,348,391 | 255,471 |
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| 422490 | pt | Coffee, tea, and spices | 1,646 | 7,282,291 | 596,646 | 16,708 | |||
| 422490 | pt | Bread and baked goods | 2,803 | 20,845,266 | 1,364,885 | 40,455 | |||
| 422490 | pt | Soft drinks and bottled water | 2,887 | 36,203,173 | 3,715,030 | 104,818 | |||
| 422490 | pt | Canned foods | 848 | 11,083,852 | 441,618 | 10,919 | |||
| 422490 | pt | Food and beverage basic materials | 439 | 3,091,053 | 180,697 | 4,407 | |||
| 422490 | pt | Other grocery specialties | 3,750 | 78,093,738 | 3,049,515 | 78,164 | |||
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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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| 422490 | Other grocery & related products whsle | 2002 | 13,380 | 208,276,147 | 10,060,642 | 275,343 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 14,623 | 186,758,663 | 9,277,467 | 288,689 | ||||||||||
| % change | -8.5 | 11.5 | 8.4 | -4.6 | ||||||||||
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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 | 156,599,37 | 100.00 | |
| 14860 | Grocery specialties | 51,945,684 | 33.17 | |
| 14850 | Soft drinks and bottled water | 36,668,107 | 23.42 | |
| 14820 | Bread and baked goods | 20,496,961 | 13.09 | |
| 14830 | Canned food | 10,596,212 | 6.77 | |
| -Other | 36,892,409 | 23.56 |
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