Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 4249 Miscellaneous nondurable goods 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
	42	Wholesale trade		435,521	4,634,755,112	259,653,080	5,878,405
	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
	42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers		7,688	53,754,438	2,925,400	78,830
	42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers		3,464	30,896,829	2,416,771	76,072
	42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers		4,854	10,039,094	1,588,029	59,954
	42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers		1,618	84,754,030	2,009,650	58,857
	42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers		2,312	10,067,892	912,112	22,360
	42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers		13,652	32,002,021	3,166,314	91,494

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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Geographic Distribution -- Miscellaneous nondurable goods 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
	United States		33,588	221,514,304	100.00	769	13,018,276	387,567
	California		5,044	22,323,892	10.08	637	1,847,104	54,000
	New York		2,790	17,359,162	7.84	906	925,890	22,388
	Illinois		1,535	16,870,449	7.62	1,339	985,953	28,806
	Florida		2,905	11,568,416	5.22	693	691,939	23,358
	Texas		2,189	11,123,497	5.02	511	691,215	22,036
	Pennsylvania		1,096	7,979,873	3.60	648	484,505	15,541
	North Carolina		852	7,736,163	3.49	931	427,170	10,504
	Ohio		1,064	7,543,250	3.41	661	448,109	13,495
	Kentucky		381	7,204,668	3.25	1,762	274,418	7,799
	Michigan		738	7,098,688	3.20	707	321,654	8,286
	Tennessee		539	6,817,399	3.08	1,178	361,044	10,577
	Iowa		566	4,967,454	2.24	1,692	262,215	7,813
	Missouri		654	4,226,721	1.91	744	298,328	9,394
	Virginia		514	3,786,886	1.71	520	216,245	6,715
	Wisconsin		584	3,781,757	1.71	695	240,485	7,487
	Colorado		470	3,507,253	1.58	779	165,417	5,331
	Louisiana		411	2,871,750	1.30	642	128,062	4,458
	South Carolina		392	2,857,266	1.29	697	113,963	3,832
	Alabama		350	2,841,268	1.28	635	136,144	5,329
	Oregon		461	2,470,834	1.12	701	167,941	5,584
	Maryland		432	2,130,893	0.96	392	162,511	4,743
	Oklahoma		337	1,520,114	0.69	436	85,955	3,228
	Nevada		225	1,050,277	0.47	484	64,833	2,165
	Idaho		223	1,007,863	0.45	750	80,185	2,473
	Vermont		78	341,813	0.15	555	25,327	817
	All other states, including those below		8,758	60,526,698	27.32		3,411,664	101,408
	Georgia		1,058	D			D	(10k-24k)
	Minnesota		783	D			D	(10k-24k)
	New Jersey		1,200	D			D	(10k-24k)
	Arizona		482	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Connecticut		305	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Indiana		685	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Massachusetts		584	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Washington		822	D			D	(5000-9999)
	Arkansas		299	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Kansas		369	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Mississippi		241	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Nebraska		347	D			D	(2500-4999)
	Delaware		81	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Hawaii		191	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Montana		138	D			D	(1000-2499)
	New Hampshire		97	D			D	(1000-2499)
	North Dakota		146	D			D	(1000-2499)
	South Dakota		156	D			D	(1000-2499)
	Utah		220	D			D	(1000-2499)
	District of Columbia		42	D			D	(500-999)
	Maine		112	D			D	(500-999)
	New Mexico		146	D			D	(500-999)
	Rhode Island		71	D			D	(500-999)
	West Virginia		97	D			D	(500-999)
	Alaska		33	D			D	(250-499)
	Wyoming		53	D			D	(250-499)

 

Products Lines for Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)	Graph
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

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

 

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

Link to pdf	Series number	Title	Link to AFF or Drill-down tables	Contents	Geography
	EC02-00C-BDG	Bridge Between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997		Relationships between NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 for those industries redefined	US
	EC02-00C-COMP	Comparative Statistics		2002 and 1997 data side by side on a comparable NAICS 1997 basis	US, states
	EC02-42SL-LS	Product Lines		All Types of Operation by Kind of Business & Product Line	US, states, metros
	All Types of Operation by Broad Product Line & Kind of Business	US, states, metros
	Merchant Wholesalers by Kind of Business & Product Line	US, states, metros
	Merchant Wholesalers by Broad Product Line & Kind of Business	US, states, metros
	Manufacturers' Sales Branches & Offices by Kind of Business and Product Line	US, states, metros
	Manufacturers' Sales Branches & Offices by Broad Product Line and Kind of Business	US, states, metros
	EC02-42SS-SZ	Establishment and Firm Size		Sales Size of Establishments	US
	Employment Size of Establishments	US
	Single Units & Multiunits	US
	Sales Size of Firms	US
	Employment Size of Firms	US
	Concentration by Largest Firms	US
	Legal Form of Organization	US
	EC02-42SX-SB	Miscellaneous Subjects		Sales by Class of Customer	US
	Employment by Primary Function	US
	End-of-Year Inventories	US
	Detailed Type of Operation	US
	Gross Margin & its Components for Merchant Wholesalers	US
	Gross Profit & its Components	US
	BE02-00I-1	Business Expenses		Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (2002 NAICS Basis)	US
	Relative Standard Errors for Sales & Operating Expenses by Kind of Business (2002 NAICS Basis)	US
	EC02-42A	Geographic Area Series		Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 4249

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
	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

For more data sets, check a broader NAICS category, such as NAICS 424

 

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