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NAICS 4245
Farm product raw material 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
  4245 Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers 7,563 103,402,280 2,072,366 64,800
Go to this NAICS 42451 Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers 5,415 85,592,588 1,693,537 50,239
Go to this NAICS 42452 Livestock merchant wholesalers 1,100 7,094,581 119,086 7,841
Go to this NAICS 42459 Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers 1,048 10,715,111 259,743 6,720

 

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
4245 Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers 11,785 103,892,536 4,222 35.8 490,256 0.5 7,563 103,402,280

 

Definition: NAICS 4245   Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of agricultural products (except raw milk, live poultry, and fresh fruit and vegetables), such as grains, field beans, livestock, and other farm product raw materials (excluding seeds).

 

Historical comparability

Not Comparable   NAICS 4245, Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers, is not comparable to 1997 NAICS 4225 Farm product raw material whsle. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 4225 is comparable to SIC 515. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.



Comparable statistics are not available between 1997 and 2002.

 

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Farm product raw material 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 7,563 103,402,280 100.00 359 2,072,366 64,800
See other industries in this state Illinois 755 11,617,186 11.23 922 193,641 5,724
See other industries in this state Louisiana 89 8,426,987 8.15 1,885 60,948 1,580
See other industries in this state Iowa 708 7,419,966 7.18 2,528 224,168 7,156
See other industries in this state Missouri 275 7,181,956 6.95 1,264 89,338 3,070
See other industries in this state Minnesota 369 6,489,196 6.28 1,291 148,967 3,860
See other industries in this state Kansas 529 6,191,878 5.99 2,281 132,937 4,565
See other industries in this state Texas 539 5,057,169 4.89 232 114,386 4,370
See other industries in this state Nebraska 385 4,162,427 4.03 2,410 99,423 3,823
See other industries in this state Indiana 267 3,287,468 3.18 534 70,566 1,999
See other industries in this state Tennessee 113 3,068,878 2.97 530 43,919 1,289
See other industries in this state California 320 2,884,259 2.79 82 93,018 2,498
See other industries in this state Ohio 257 2,580,562 2.50 226 73,674 2,262
See other industries in this state New York 194 2,479,786 2.40 129 65,499 1,278
See other industries in this state Oregon 72 2,449,693 2.37 695 29,377 729
See other industries in this state North Dakota 287 2,269,399 2.19 3,581 68,872 2,182
See other industries in this state Washington 172 1,880,577 1.82 310 34,698 1,013
See other industries in this state South Dakota 208 1,669,006 1.61 2,195 48,633 1,610
See other industries in this state Kentucky 122 1,567,014 1.52 383 26,126 1,217
See other industries in this state Florida 116 1,264,887 1.22 76 22,540 583
See other industries in this state Mississippi 69 1,134,934 1.10 396 19,690 686
See other industries in this state North Carolina 153 1,058,315 1.02 127 31,016 1,083
See other industries in this state Montana 100 1,054,138 1.02 1,158 12,397 489
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 125 974,087 0.94 179 35,608 1,125
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 157 838,494 0.81 240 33,111 1,382
See other industries in this state Virginia 73 820,210 0.79 113 32,711 544
See other industries in this state Colorado 127 795,686 0.77 177 32,245 1,047
See other industries in this state Idaho 115 752,763 0.73 560 33,506 1,222
See other industries in this state Arkansas 92 730,491 0.71 270 28,689 938
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 80 601,853 0.58 49 20,807 858
See other industries in this state Alabama 66 447,702 0.43 100 14,655 671
See other industries in this state Georgia 128 359,621 0.35 42 14,506 580
See other industries in this state South Carolina 60 148,717 0.14 36 5,442 228
See other industries in this state Maryland 30 116,140 0.11 21 4,730 146
See other industries in this state Vermont 9 84,962 0.08 138 3,574 73
See other industries in this state New Mexico 23 54,639 0.05 29 3,181 199
See other industries in this state Maine 15 32,731 0.03 25 2,697 119
See other industries in this state Nevada 8 4,976   2 981 76
  All other states, including those below 356 11,443,527 11.07   102,090 2,526
See other industries in this state     Michigan 132 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Arizona 44 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Connecticut 16 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     New Jersey 61 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Massachusetts 29 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Utah 23 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     Delaware 12 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     West Virginia 12 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Wyoming 13 D     D (20-99)
See other industries in this state     Hawaii 3 D     D (1-19)
See other industries in this state     New Hampshire 5 D     D (1-19)
See other industries in this state     Rhode Island 6 D     D (1-19)

 

Products Lines for Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
10000 Industry total 103,402,28 100.00
14911 Corn, excluding corn grown for silage 29,204,186 28.24
14913 Wheat 20,634,944 19.96
14915 Soybeans 20,291,517 19.62
15011 Cattle 5,450,039 5.27
-Other 27,821,594 26.91

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Farm product raw material 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-15 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded US
link to PDF BE02-00I-1 Business Expenses Link to data in AFF Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (2002 NAICS Basis) US
Link to data in AFF Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (2002 NAICS Basis) 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 4245
Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Contents Geography
  Annual Benchmark Report for Wholesale Trade Annual Monthly sales and inventories back to 1992 US
  County Business Patterns Annual Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment US, states, metro areas, counties
  E-Commerce Statistics Annual Total sales and e-commerce sales, receipts or value of shipments US
  Monthly Wholesale Trade Monthly Monthly sales, inventories, and inventory/sales ratios for merchant wholesalers US
Link to table for this industry Nonemployer Statistics Annual Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees 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 424 To broader NAICS

 

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