Industry Statistics Sampler NAICS 42491 Farm supplies 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
	424910	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers		7,688	53,754,438	2,925,400	78,830

• Merchant wholesale distribution of pet food--are classified in Industry 424490, Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of grains--are classified in Industry 424510, Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers;
• Merchant wholesale distribution of pet supplies--are classified in Industry 424990, Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers; and
• Merchant wholesale distribution of nursery stock (except seeds and plant bulbs)--are classified in Industry 424930, Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.

  NAICS 42491, Farm supplies merchant wholesalers, is close, but not quite comparable to 1997 NAICS 42291 Farm supplies 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 -- Farm supplies 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		7,688	53,754,438	100.00	187	2,925,400	78,830
	Illinois		485	5,494,054	10.22	436	221,376	5,404
	California		626	4,912,134	9.14	140	371,420	8,862
	Iowa		409	3,972,969	7.39	1,354	193,040	5,129
	New York		208	2,889,918	5.38	151	70,861	1,579
	Tennessee		123	2,733,570	5.09	472	88,021	2,008
	Florida		368	2,510,438	4.67	150	100,613	2,742
	Georgia		281	2,029,327	3.78	236	88,558	2,645
	Minnesota		304	1,989,030	3.70	396	99,392	2,684
	Michigan		153	1,910,988	3.56	190	75,614	1,681
	Texas		506	1,887,015	3.51	87	129,919	3,975
	Kansas		197	1,836,811	3.42	677	62,936	1,865
	Nebraska		247	1,824,880	3.39	1,057	86,078	2,443
	North Carolina		193	1,754,190	3.26	211	133,947	2,648
	Missouri		258	1,645,164	3.06	290	103,894	3,024
	Ohio		275	1,330,951	2.48	117	108,365	2,652
	Washington		214	1,211,831	2.25	200	73,526	2,125
	Indiana		302	1,200,007	2.23	195	83,273	2,568
	Pennsylvania		195	1,131,230	2.10	92	76,860	2,361
	Wisconsin		228	959,211	1.78	176	80,962	2,248
	Arkansas		132	785,748	1.46	290	46,119	1,469
	Oregon		128	778,939	1.45	221	52,517	1,545
	New Jersey		101	765,107	1.42	89	47,354	1,148
	Colorado		112	718,200	1.34	160	31,864	913
	Idaho		138	682,832	1.27	508	59,422	1,738
	North Dakota		104	586,911	1.09	926	29,429	867
	Mississippi		105	584,611	1.09	204	38,075	1,353
	Alabama		91	552,352	1.03	123	30,644	959
	Kentucky		143	535,784	1.00	131	39,123	1,427
	Oklahoma		122	480,432	0.89	138	23,304	764
	Louisiana		115	469,444	0.87	105	36,220	1,120
	South Dakota		111	461,892	0.86	608	25,671	808
	Virginia		104	437,518	0.81	60	36,208	1,135
	Maryland		59	322,268	0.60	59	29,691	741
	Massachusetts		52	316,036	0.59	49	23,136	588
	South Carolina		94	300,395	0.56	73	20,788	681
	Montana		69	195,228	0.36	214	12,124	466
	Hawaii		20	173,026	0.32	140	13,150	327
	Utah		31	96,439	0.18	41	7,758	214
	New Mexico		32	74,035	0.14	40	5,509	194
	Vermont		19	65,073	0.12	106	4,499	114
	Nevada		21	52,086	0.10	24	3,577	101
	Maine		18	42,485	0.08	33	3,840	115
	All other states, including those below		195	1,053,879	1.96		56,723	1,400
	Arizona		84	D			D	(500-999)
	Connecticut		36	D			D	(250-499)
	Delaware		21	D			D	(100-249)
	New Hampshire		14	D			D	(20-99)
	Rhode Island		10	D			D	(20-99)
	West Virginia		14	D			D	(20-99)
	Wyoming		14	D			D	(20-99)
	Alaska		1	D			D	(1-19)
	District of Columbia		1	D			D	(1-19)

 

Products Lines for Farm supplies merchant wholesalers

Product code	Product description	Sales of this line ($000)	Percent of industry sales (%)	Graph
10000	Industry total	53,754,438	100.00
15800	Farm supplies	49,593,016	92.26
14900	Grain, beans, and seeds	1,374,595	2.56
16150	Wigs, yarns, and leather products	582,474	1.08
	-Other	2,204,353	4.10

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

 

Products, Size, and Other Data from the Economic Census -- Farm supplies 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
	EC02-42I-15	Industry Series		Preliminary data now superseded	US
	EC02-42A	Geographic Area Series		Summary Statistics	US, states, counties, metros

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Data from the Other Census Bureau Programs -- NAICS 42491

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
	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 4249

 

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