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NAICS 42481
Beer and ale 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
Go to this NAICS 4248 Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 4,332 87,559,539 7,348,778 162,730
  42481 Beer & ale merchant wholesalers 2,561 44,348,597 4,126,770 101,032
Go to this NAICS 424810 Beer & ale merchant wholesalers 2,561 44,348,597 4,126,770 101,032

 

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
4248 Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 7,118 87,794,645 2,786 39.1 235,106 0.3 4,332 87,559,539
42481 Beer & ale merchant wholesalers N N N N N N 2,561 44,348,597

 

Definition: NAICS 42481   Beer and ale merchant wholesalers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of beer, ale, porter, and other fermented malt beverages.

 

Historical comparability

Almost Comparable   NAICS 42481, Beer and ale merchant wholesalers, is close, but not quite comparable to 1997 NAICS 42281 Beer & ale whsle. See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.

In comparisons with data before 1997, 1997 NAICS 42281 is comparable to SIC 5181. 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
42281 Beer & ale whsle 2002 2,568 44,382,308 4,127,559 101,043
1997 3,013 34,997,239 3,308,583 96,284
% change -14.8 26.8 24.8 4.9

 

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Geographic Distribution -- Beer and ale 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 2,561 44,348,597 100.00 154 4,126,770 101,032
See other industries in this state Texas 168 5,260,032 11.86 242 388,960 9,605
See other industries in this state California 203 4,573,110 10.31 131 408,404 10,180
See other industries in this state New York 194 2,870,485 6.47 150 275,901 6,226
See other industries in this state Illinois 114 2,814,874 6.35 223 199,348 3,941
See other industries in this state Florida 89 2,577,363 5.81 154 242,454 5,935
See other industries in this state Connecticut 23 1,899,635 4.28 549 99,063 1,475
See other industries in this state Ohio 89 1,566,932 3.53 137 171,494 3,847
See other industries in this state Pennsylvania 174 1,513,252 3.41 123 132,370 3,322
See other industries in this state Michigan 103 1,317,222 2.97 131 157,070 3,831
See other industries in this state Georgia 52 1,250,263 2.82 145 116,147 2,925
See other industries in this state North Carolina 61 1,047,532 2.36 126 101,373 2,931
See other industries in this state New Jersey 51 988,854 2.23 115 96,434 1,856
See other industries in this state Colorado 49 947,873 2.14 211 80,012 2,004
See other industries in this state Virginia 61 931,521 2.10 128 108,200 2,668
See other industries in this state Wisconsin 84 924,141 2.08 170 103,761 2,705
See other industries in this state Massachusetts 39 808,094 1.82 126 82,135 1,750
See other industries in this state Washington 56 776,579 1.75 128 92,177 2,528
See other industries in this state Missouri 62 756,533 1.71 133 79,982 1,945
See other industries in this state Indiana 49 702,570 1.58 114 61,055 1,611
See other industries in this state Louisiana 38 699,835 1.58 157 67,898 2,052
See other industries in this state Tennessee 35 683,031 1.54 118 88,921 2,030
See other industries in this state South Carolina 30 672,106 1.52 164 63,771 1,719
See other industries in this state Maryland 38 658,361 1.48 121 67,958 1,583
See other industries in this state Minnesota 66 621,774 1.40 124 67,390 1,563
See other industries in this state Alabama 34 552,571 1.25 123 50,313 1,601
See other industries in this state Oregon 50 443,979 1.00 126 51,573 1,444
See other industries in this state Oklahoma 42 438,700 0.99 126 36,363 1,124
See other industries in this state Kentucky 31 436,016 0.98 107 41,969 1,085
See other industries in this state Mississippi 35 414,131 0.93 145 42,805 1,292
See other industries in this state Iowa 40 398,496 0.90 136 47,811 1,176
See other industries in this state Nevada 21 376,469 0.85 174 41,085 1,006
See other industries in this state Kansas 41 323,892 0.73 119 35,304 930
See other industries in this state New Mexico 22 313,908 0.71 169 25,650 761
See other industries in this state Arkansas 32 302,908 0.68 112 27,715 824
See other industries in this state New Hampshire 11 275,793 0.62 216 31,846 662
See other industries in this state Maine 11 238,388 0.54 184 24,187 643
See other industries in this state Nebraska 30 232,803 0.52 135 19,835 506
See other industries in this state Montana 29 210,032 0.47 231 22,360 764
See other industries in this state Utah 13 198,093 0.45 85 20,921 559
See other industries in this state Idaho 23 162,498 0.37 121 18,835 617
See other industries in this state Delaware 9 133,660 0.30 166 13,253 279
See other industries in this state Vermont 8 133,051 0.30 216 18,335 469
See other industries in this state South Dakota 15 125,831 0.28 166 12,070 346
See other industries in this state Rhode Island 7 124,474 0.28 116 12,000 267
See other industries in this state North Dakota 19 104,166 0.23 164 11,502 302
See other industries in this state Wyoming 22 75,006 0.17 150 7,065 193
  All other states, including those below 88 1,471,760 3.32   161,695 3,950
See other industries in this state     Arizona 26 D     D (1000-2499)
See other industries in this state     Hawaii 12 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     West Virginia 37 D     D (500-999)
See other industries in this state     Alaska 7 D     D (250-499)
See other industries in this state     District of Columbia 6 D     D (100-249)

 

Products Lines for Beer and ale merchant wholesalers
Product
code 		Product description Sales of
this line
($000)		 Percent of
industry sales
(%)		 Graph
10000 Industry total 44,348,597 100.00
15600 Beer and ale 41,958,088 94.61
15700 Wine and distilled alcoholic beverages 1,150,600 2.59
14850 Soft drinks and bottled water 884,591 1.99
-Other 355,318 0.80

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Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Beer and ale 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-01 Industry Series   Preliminary data now superseded 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 42481
Hypertext Tables Title (with link to data) Frequency Contents Geography
  County Business Patterns Annual Employees; payroll; number of establishments by employment size of establishment 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 4248 To broader NAICS

 

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