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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 | |
| 4249 | Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 33,588 | 221,514,304 | 13,018,276 | 387,567 | ||
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42491 | Farm supplies merchant wholesalers | 7,688 | 53,754,438 | 2,925,400 | 78,830 | |
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42492 | Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers | 3,464 | 30,896,829 | 2,416,771 | 76,072 | |
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42493 | Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers | 4,854 | 10,039,094 | 1,588,029 | 59,954 | |
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42494 | Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers | 1,618 | 84,754,030 | 2,009,650 | 58,857 | |
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42495 | Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers | 2,312 | 10,067,892 | 912,112 | 22,360 | |
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42499 | Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 13,652 | 32,002,021 | 3,166,314 | 91,494 | |
| NAICS code |
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 | |||||||
| 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 | |
| 4249 | Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 108,162 | 226,523,398 | 74,574 | 68.9 | 5,009,094 | 2.2 | 33,588 | 221,514,304 | |
| 42491 | Farm supplies merchant wholesalers | 10,353 | 53,976,805 | 2,665 | 25.7 | 222,367 | 0.4 | 7,688 | 53,754,438 | |
| 42492 | Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers | 17,585 | 31,290,589 | 14,121 | 80.3 | 393,760 | 1.3 | 3,464 | 30,896,829 | |
| 42493 | Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers | 12,797 | 10,446,542 | 7,943 | 62.1 | 407,448 | 3.9 | 4,854 | 10,039,094 | |
| 42494 | Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers | 2,997 | 84,959,612 | 1,379 | 46.0 | 205,582 | 0.2 | 1,618 | 84,754,030 | |
| 42495 | Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers | 3,416 | 10,136,943 | 1,104 | 32.3 | 69,051 | 0.7 | 2,312 | 10,067,892 | |
| 42499 | Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 61,014 | 35,712,907 | 47,362 | 77.6 | 3,710,886 | 10.4 | 13,652 | 32,002,021 | |
This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of nondurable goods, such as farm supplies; books, periodicals and newspapers; flowers; nursery stock; paints; varnishes; tobacco and tobacco products; and other miscellaneous nondurable goods, such as cut Christmas trees and pet supplies.
NAICS
4249, Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers,
is not directly comparable to 1997 NAICS 4229 Miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle.
See the Bridge Between 2002 NAICS and 1997 NAICS for changes to constituent industries.
For comparisons with data before 1997, see the Bridge Between 1997 NAICS and 1987 SIC.
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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 | 221,514,30 | 100.00 | |
| 15900 | Tobacco and tobacco products | 72,436,671 | 32.70 | |
| 15800 | Farm supplies | 50,107,150 | 22.62 | |
| 16100 | Books, periodicals, newspapers, and other printed materials | 30,387,954 | 13.72 | |
| 16150 | Wigs, yarns, and leather products | 14,112,146 | 6.37 | |
| -Other | 54,470,383 | 24.59 |
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| Hypertext Tables | Title (with link to data) | Frequency | Contents | Geography |
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| 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 | |
| Nonemployer Statistics | Annual | Number of establishments and sales of firms with no paid employees | US, states, metro areas, counties |
| 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 |
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