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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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4247 | Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 8,052 | 321,246,536 | 4,315,099 | 104,916 | |
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42471 | Petroleum bulk stations & terminals | 4,836 | 209,981,353 | 2,823,304 | 70,164 | |
| 424710 | Petroleum bulk stations & terminals | 4,836 | 209,981,353 | 2,823,304 | 70,164 | ||
| 4247101 | Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP) | 4,661 | 207,039,648 | 2,718,649 | 67,669 | ||
| 4247102 | LP bulk stations & terminals | 175 | 2,941,705 | 104,655 | 2,495 | ||
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NAICS Title |
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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 | |
| 4247 | Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 10,383 | 321,507,867 | 2,331 | 22.5 | 261,331 | 0.1 | 8,052 | 321,246,536 | |
| 42471 | Petroleum bulk stations & terminals | N | N | N | N | N | N | 4,836 | 209,981,353 | |
| 424710 | Petroleum bulk stations & terminals | N | N | N | N | N | N | 4,836 | 209,981,353 | |
This industry comprises establishments with bulk liquid storage facilities primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of crude petroleum and petroleum products, including liquefied petroleum gas.
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in bulk storage of petroleum are classified in Industry 493190, Other Warehousing and Storage.
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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) | ||||||||
| 424710 | ![]() |
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Petroleum bulk stations & terminals | 4,836 | 209,981,353 | 100.0 | 2,823,304 | 70,164 | |
| 100% of | 422710 |
| Petroleum bulk stations & terminals (pt) | 4,836 | 209,981,353 | 100.0 | 2,823,304 | 70,164 |
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| 422710 | pt | Petroleum bulk stations | 3,579 | 41,567,670 | 1,587,413 | 47,530 | |||
| 422710 | pt | Petroleum bulk terminals | 1,082 | 165,471,978 | 1,131,236 | 20,139 | |||
| 422710 | pt | Liquefied petroleum bulk station or terminal sold for resale | 175 | 2,941,705 | 104,655 | 2,495 | |||
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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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| 422710 | Petroleum bulk stations & terminals | 2002 | 4,860 | 210,185,894 | 2,833,924 | 70,378 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 7,690 | 176,719,246 | 3,165,900 | 102,489 | ||||||||||
| % change | -36.8 | 18.9 | -10.5 | -31.3 | ||||||||||
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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 | 209,981,35 | 100.00 | |
| 15412 | Motor gasoline | 101,598,15 | 48.38 | |
| 15415 | No. 2 distillate fuel oil | 43,012,535 | 20.48 | |
| 15418 | Lubricating oil and greases | 18,983,731 | 9.04 | |
| -Other | 46,386,929 | 22.09 |
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