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NAICS 4247
Petroleum and petroleum products 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
  4247 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 8,052 321,246,536 4,315,099 104,916
Go to this NAICS 42471 Petroleum bulk stations & terminals 4,836 209,981,353 2,823,304 70,164
Go to this NAICS 42472 Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk) 3,216 111,265,183 1,491,795 34,752

 

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
4247 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 10,383 321,507,867 2,331 22.5 261,331 0.1 8,052 321,246,536

 

Definition: NAICS 4247   Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers

This NAICS Industry Group includes establishments classified in the following NAICS Industries: 42471, Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals; and 42472, Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals).

 

Historical comparability

Almost Comparable   NAICS 4247, Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers, is close, but not quite comparable to 1997 NAICS 4227 Petroleum & petroleum products whsle. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 4227 is nearly comparable to SIC 517. See the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.



In the following table, both 1997 and 2002 data are classified by 1997 NAICS, so that the two years are comparable.

 

Comparative Statistics: 2002 and 1997

Data are in current dollars and have not been adjusted for inflation. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. "% change" rows show percent change between 1997 and 2002.
1997
NAICS
code		 1997 NAICS Description Year Establishments Sales ($1,000) Annual payroll ($1,000) Paid employees
4227 Petroleum & petroleum products whsle 2002 8,208 327,623,701 4,381,171 105,662
1997 11,297 267,623,942 4,479,853 137,829
% change -27.3 22.4 -2.2 -23.3

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Petroleum and petroleum products 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.
Other
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 8,052 321,246,536 100.00 1,115 4,315,099 104,916
See other industries in this state Texas 885 77,003,152 23.97 3,538 678,428 12,249
See other industries in this state California 555 32,399,472 10.09 925 429,013 8,769
See other industries in this state Illinois 293 18,517,111 5.76 1,470 183,259 4,771
See other industries in this state Georgia 300 15,370,242 4.78 1,788 146,020 3,517
See other industries in this state Florida 358 12,466,330 3.88 747 160,435 3,973
See other industries in this state New York 330 11,958,509 3.72 624 173,996 3,883
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 253 11,577,492 3.60 940 185,661 4,271
See other industries in this state Ohio 228 8,994,224 2.80 788 115,673 2,727
See other industries in this state Michigan 207 6,506,183 2.03 648 110,343 2,444
See other industries in this state Missouri 178 5,708,218 1.78 1,005 81,706 1,982
See other industries in this state Colorado 131 4,723,748 1.47 1,050 71,897 1,975
See other industries in this state Tennessee 204 4,381,581 1.36 757 72,318 2,232
See other industries in this state Washington 128 4,319,386 1.34 712 68,941 1,866
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 207 4,168,345 1.30 1,195 71,004 2,033
See other industries in this state North Carolina 241 4,137,533 1.29 498 94,478 2,808
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 152 4,132,569 1.29 760 58,947 1,536
See other industries in this state Minnesota 154 4,003,838 1.25 797 57,032 1,697
See other industries in this state Kentucky 171 3,975,933 1.24 972 98,523 2,845
See other industries in this state Indiana 179 3,935,404 1.23 639 74,095 2,005
See other industries in this state Louisiana 264 3,869,970 1.20 866 103,205 3,008
See other industries in this state Virginia 163 3,781,518 1.18 519 72,273 2,162
See other industries in this state Oregon 108 3,560,271 1.11 1,010 61,375 1,941
See other industries in this state Kansas 138 2,978,274 0.93 1,097 46,857 1,346
See other industries in this state Alabama 214 2,744,118 0.85 613 68,799 2,321
See other industries in this state Maryland 64 2,629,892 0.82 483 37,299 817
See other industries in this state Arkansas 168 2,327,482 0.72 860 60,099 2,235
See other industries in this state Mississippi 148 1,675,304 0.52 585 51,858 1,845
See other industries in this state Utah 73 1,508,651 0.47 649 30,804 1,095
See other industries in this state Iowa 148 1,409,513 0.44 480 39,033 1,458
See other industries in this state Hawaii 25 1,372,811 0.43 1,113 9,493 193
See other industries in this state South Carolina 143 1,331,953 0.41 325 42,232 1,346
See other industries in this state Wyoming 56 1,127,491 0.35 2,260 14,892 487
See other industries in this state New Mexico 85 1,032,840 0.32 557 27,147 997
See other industries in this state Montana 79 1,006,363 0.31 1,105 23,304 916
See other industries in this state Nebraska 80 819,692 0.26 475 22,856 889
See other industries in this state West Virginia 67 729,980 0.23 405 21,544 728
See other industries in this state Nevada 43 633,125 0.20 292 15,502 426
See other industries in this state North Dakota 61 526,768 0.16 831 14,307 557
See other industries in this state Alaska 49 443,931 0.14 693 21,042 474
See other industries in this state South Dakota 47 427,107 0.13 562 16,965 630
See other industries in this state Idaho 53 427,062 0.13 318 18,937 637
See other industries in this state Vermont 16 371,125 0.12 602 8,854 250
  All other states, including those below 606 46,232,025 14.39   554,653 10,575
See other industries in this state     New Jersey 206 D     D (2500-4999)
See other industries in this state     Arizona 87 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Connecticut 71 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Massachusetts 124 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Maine 41 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     New Hampshire 28 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Rhode Island 23 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     Delaware 22 D     D (100-249)
See other industries in this state     District of Columbia 4 D     D (20-99)

 

Products Lines for Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
10000 Industry total 321,246,53 100.00
15412 Motor gasoline 137,425,24 42.78
15415 No. 2 distillate fuel oil 57,108,215 17.78
15418 Lubricating oil and greases 24,624,183 7.67
-Other 102,088,89 31.78

For more product detail, see the AFF links below for Product Lines

 

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Petroleum and petroleum products 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 data in AFF Manufacturers' Sales Branches & Offices by Kind of Business and Product Line US, states, metros
Link to data in AFF Manufacturers' Sales Branches & Offices by Broad Product Line and 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-14 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 4247
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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