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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 | |
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4249 | Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 33,588 | 221,514,304 | 13,018,276 | 387,567 | |
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42499 | Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 13,652 | 32,002,021 | 3,166,314 | 91,494 | |
| 424990 | Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 13,652 | 32,002,021 | 3,166,314 | 91,494 | ||
| 4249901 | Art goods merchant wholesalers | 4,526 | 9,010,358 | 1,187,836 | 33,781 | ||
| 4249902 | General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers | 2,353 | 8,582,018 | 704,650 | 18,215 | ||
| 4249903 | Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers | 448 | 981,844 | 131,222 | 3,583 | ||
| 4249904 | Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 6,325 | 13,427,801 | 1,142,606 | 35,915 | ||
| NAICS code |
NAICS Title |
All firms | Nonemployers | Employers | ||||||
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Establish- ments |
Receipts ($1,000) | Establishments | Receipts |
Establish- ments |
Sales ($1,000) | |||||
| Number | % of all | $1,000 | % of all | |||||||
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 424990 | 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 comprises establishments primarily engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of nondurable goods (except printing and writing paper; stationery and office supplies; industrial and personal service paper; drugs and druggists' sundries; apparel, piece goods, and notions; grocery and related products; farm product raw materials; chemical and allied products; petroleum and petroleum products; beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages; farm supplies; books, periodicals and newspapers; flower, nursery stock and florists' supplies; tobacco and tobacco products; and paint, varnishes, wallpaper, and supplies).
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--
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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) | ||||||||
| 424990 | ![]() |
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Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 13,652 | 32,002,021 | 100.0 | 3,166,314 | 91,494 | |
| 85% of | 422990 |
| Other miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle (pt) | 13,652 | 32,002,021 | 100.0 | 3,166,314 | 91,494 |
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| 422990 | pt | Art materials and supplies | 4,526 | 9,010,358 | 1,187,836 | 33,781 | |||
| 422990 | pt | General nondurable goods | 2,353 | 8,582,018 | 704,650 | 18,215 | |||
| 422990 | pt | Textile bags and bagging | 448 | 981,844 | 131,222 | 3,583 | |||
| 422990 | pt | Other nondurable goods | 6,325 | 13,427,801 | 1,142,606 | 35,915 | |||
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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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| 422990 | Other miscellaneous nondurable goods whsle | 2002 | 14,882 | 37,696,615 | 3,330,749 | 95,860 | ||||||||
| 1997 | N | N | N | N | ||||||||||
| % change | N | N | N | N | ||||||||||
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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 | 32,002,021 | 100.00 | |
| 16150 | Wigs, yarns, and leather products | 13,509,342 | 42.21 | |
| 16120 | Art goods, including novelties and souvenirs | 8,298,842 | 25.93 | |
| 16130 | Textile bags, bagging, and burlap | 913,152 | 2.85 | |
| -Other | 9,280,685 | 29.00 |
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