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Wholesale Trade - by subsector

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. 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.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
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NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
  42 Wholesale trade 4,630 51,838,719 2,536,575 69,192
423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 2,827 20,566,521 1,405,346 37,053
424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 1,447 27,189,640 1,058,271 29,541
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 356 4,082,558 72,958 2,598

 

 

Wholesale Trade - by industry

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. 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.

D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 2,827 20,566,521 1,405,346 37,053
4231 Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers 366 2,987,537 170,151 5,186
42311 Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers 96 496,731 42,020 1,292
4231101 Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers 46 203,636 17,172 523
4231102 Bus & RV merchant wholesalers 4 46,890 2,404 82
4231103 Light truck & van merchant wholesalers 11 D D (100-249)
4231104 Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers 7 D D (20-99)
4231105 Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers 28 193,596 18,422 524
42312 Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers 196 2,075,856 102,312 3,007
4231201 Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist 99 1,332,175 66,504 1,954
4231202 Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers 91 737,006 34,245 1,006
4231203 Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers 6 6,675 1,563 47
42313 Tire & tube merchant wholesalers 35 387,175 20,850 624
42314 Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers 39 27,775 4,969 263
4232 Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers 93 292,811 32,273 1,017
42321 Furniture merchant wholesalers 40 133,942 16,914 466
4232101 Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers 21 87,988 9,987 220
4232102 Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers 19 45,954 6,927 246
42322 Home furnishing merchant wholesalers 53 158,869 15,359 551
4232201 Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers 2 D D (20-99)
4232202 Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers 9 D D (20-99)
4232203 Floor coverings merchant wholesalers 23 102,779 9,879 328
4232204 Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers 19 D D (100-249)
4233 Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers 194 870,326 77,362 2,186
42331 Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers 112 569,932 43,633 1,304
4233101 Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers 22 51,444 2,268 89
4233102 Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers 27 229,745 14,859 449
4233103 Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers 63 288,743 26,506 766
42332 Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers 23 67,131 6,059 205
4233201 Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers 10 39,633 3,726 96
4233202 Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers 8 6,199 1,136 52
4233203 Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers 5 21,299 1,197 57
42333 Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers 23 145,938 17,286 389
42339 Other construction material merchant wholesalers 36 87,325 10,384 288
4233901 Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers 8 21,098 1,997 57
4234 Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers 308 4,816,306 308,635 7,184
42341 Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers 7 D D (20-99)
42342 Office equipment merchant wholesalers 55 242,301 48,931 1,225
42343 Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers 86 3,334,553 161,737 3,570
4234301 Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers 73 D D (2500-4999)
42343011 Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers 16 D D (250-499)
42343012 Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers 57 D D (2500-4999)
4234302 Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers 13 D D (20-99)
42344 Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers 51 D D (500-999)
4234401 Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers 28 D D (250-499)
4234402 Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers 23 D D (250-499)
42345 Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers 72 365,047 32,963 806
4234501 Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers 56 328,513 25,855 662
4234502 Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 16 36,534 7,108 144
42346 Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers 12 64,410 14,335 373
42349 Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers 25 D D (500-999)
4234901 Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers 4 9,468 1,175 78
4234902 Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers 21 D D (250-499)
4235 Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers 162 1,947,239 98,581 2,651
42351 Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers 125 D D (1000-2499)
4235101 Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers 102 D D (1000-2499)
42351011 Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers 71 962,240 51,138 1,404
42351012 Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers 31 D D (500-999)
4235102 Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers 23 D D (250-499)
42351021 Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers 13 D D (100-249)
42351022 Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers 10 D D (100-249)
42352 Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers 37 D D (100-249)
4235201 Coal merchant wholesalers 35 D D (100-249)
4235202 Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers 2 D D (1-19)
4236 Electrical goods merchant wholesalers 268 4,317,564 146,267 3,245
42361 Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers 133 779,766 63,955 1,710
42362 Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers 25 D D (250-499)
42369 Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers 110 D D (1000-2499)
4236901 Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 66 D D (500-999)
4236902 Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers 44 D D (250-499)
4237 Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers 211 738,568 81,571 2,269
42371 Hardware merchant wholesalers 55 143,872 14,354 468
42372 Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers 50 D D (500-999)
42373 Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers 87 364,016 37,853 1,045
42374 Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 19 D D (100-249)
4238 Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers 917 3,687,446 411,130 10,567
42381 Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 143 992,896 112,958 2,501
42382 Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 167 469,254 37,718 1,356
4238201 Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers 142 383,334 28,646 1,167
4238202 Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist 17 23,468 2,470 108
4238203 Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 8 62,452 6,602 81
42383 Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers 365 1,446,845 175,609 4,243
4238301 Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers 16 118,564 14,913 283
4238302 Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers 58 141,942 20,188 482
42383021 Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers 25 68,335 7,324 197
42383022 Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers 33 73,607 12,864 285
4238303 General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers 114 585,959 52,204 1,301
4238304 Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 31 89,052 9,791 253
4238305 Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers 68 204,845 34,511 922
4238306 Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers 13 30,518 1,621 55
4238307 Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 65 275,965 42,381 947
42384 Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 151 512,217 55,843 1,547
4238401 General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 21 73,657 9,709 322
4238402 Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers 34 182,577 11,538 300
4238403 Welding supplies merchant wholesalers 21 53,892 6,078 172
4238404 Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers 16 53,426 7,040 189
4238405 Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers 13 39,157 4,362 109
4238406 Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 46 109,508 17,116 455
42385 Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 80 D D (500-999)
4238501 Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers 24 35,360 6,248 279
4238502 Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 33 69,982 11,571 365
4238503 Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers 8 D D (20-99)
4238504 Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers 15 D D (20-99)
42386 Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers 11 D D (100-249)
4238601 Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers 6 D D (1-19)
4238602 Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers 1 D D (1-19)
4238603 Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 4 D D (100-249)
4239 Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers 308 908,724 79,376 2,748
42391 Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers 46 96,761 10,110 339
42392 Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers 18 34,995 3,660 122
42393 Recyclable material merchant wholesalers 115 491,359 38,672 1,302
4239301 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers 42 226,703 21,788 664
42393011 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors 27 212,666 20,618 618
42393012 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers 15 14,037 1,170 46
4239302 Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers 19 22,639 3,702 165
4239303 Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers 54 242,017 13,182 473
42394 Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers 31 35,359 4,967 192
4239401 Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers 29 D D (100-249)
4239402 Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers 2 D D (1-19)
42399 Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers 98 250,250 21,967 793
4239901 Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers 3 D D (1-19)
4239902 Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers 20 68,163 4,390 155
4239903 General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers 25 46,105 5,192 168
4239904 Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers 10 D D (100-249)
42399041 CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers 4 D D (20-99)
42399042 Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers 6 D D (100-249)
4239905 Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers 15 25,795 5,730 166
4239906 Other durable goods merchant wholesalers 25 D D (20-99)

NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 1,447 27,189,640 1,058,271 29,541
4241 Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers 117 865,054 62,366 1,611
42411 Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers 15 339,219 18,537 379
42412 Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers 73 291,194 20,668 670
42413 Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers 29 234,641 23,161 562
4242 Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers 88 6,112,613 159,354 3,432
4242101 General-line drugs merchant wholesalers 49 5,481,187 107,807 2,106
4242102 Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers 39 631,426 51,547 1,326
4243 Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers 63 1,969,584 30,690 1,072
42431 Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers 7 14,644 1,820 67
4243101 Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers 5 D D (20-99)
4243102 Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers 2 D D (1-19)
42432 Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers 28 1,582,338 18,369 639
42433 Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers 18 363,423 9,605 308
42434 Footwear merchant wholesalers 10 9,179 896 58
4244 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers 325 4,075,711 279,486 8,375
42441 General line grocery merchant wholesalers 26 1,125,943 51,162 1,403
4244101 Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group 4 D D (1-19)
4244102 Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op 1 D D (1-19)
4244103 Other general line groc merchant wholesalers 21 1,117,964 50,709 1,384
42442 Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers 28 697,824 50,078 1,379
42443 Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers 46 150,594 15,899 478
4244301 Raw milk merchant wholesalers 2 D D (1-19)
4244302 Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers 44 D D (250-499)
42444 Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers 9 D D (20-99)
4244402 Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers 9 D D (20-99)
42445 Confectionery merchant wholesalers 28 161,476 13,351 383
42446 Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers 9 D D (100-249)
42447 Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers 29 184,149 15,003 545
42448 Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers 45 220,142 20,921 694
42449 Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers 105 D D (2500-4999)
4244901 Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers 9 D D (20-99)
4244902 Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers 28 183,381 10,999 364
4244903 Soft drinks merchant wholesalers 38 690,646 66,612 1,883
4244904 Canned goods merchant wholesalers 4 D D (100-249)
4244905 Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers 5 D D (1-19)
4244906 Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers 21 D D (500-999)
4245 Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers 122 1,567,014 26,126 1,217
42451 Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers 45 1,087,157 14,691 627
42452 Livestock merchant wholesalers 24 219,743 2,359 163
42459 Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers 53 260,114 9,076 427
4245901 Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers 4 D D (20-99)
4245902 Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers 32 218,220 5,079 312
4245904 Cotton merchant wholesalers 3 D D (1-19)
4246 Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers 134 684,462 62,446 1,630
42461 Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers 27 127,406 13,669 406
42469 Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers 107 557,056 48,777 1,224
4246901 Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers 11 28,054 5,106 168
4247 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 171 3,975,933 98,523 2,845
42471 Petroleum bulk stations & terminals 113 3,113,306 60,012 2,035
4247101 Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP) 112 D D (1000-2499)
42471011 Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP) 88 D D (1000-2499)
42471012 Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP) 24 2,106,702 18,962 462
4247102 LP bulk stations & terminals 1 D D (1-19)
42472 Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk) 58 862,627 38,511 810
4248 Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 46 734,601 64,862 1,560
42481 Beer & ale merchant wholesalers 31 436,016 41,969 1,085
42482 Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 15 298,585 22,893 475
4249 Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 381 7,204,668 274,418 7,799
42491 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers 143 535,784 39,123 1,427
4249101 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers 92 192,426 15,820 643
4249102 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors 51 343,358 23,303 784
42492 Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers 28 124,692 17,589 589
42493 Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers 46 46,404 8,121 348
42494 Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers 48 6,162,962 173,738 4,409
42495 Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers 31 209,191 21,808 499
42499 Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 85 125,635 14,039 527
4249901 Art goods merchant wholesalers 27 25,001 4,616 188
4249902 General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers 15 D D (20-99)
4249903 Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers 2 D D (20-99)
4249904 Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 41 D D (250-499)

NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 356 4,082,558 72,958 2,598
42511 Business to business electronic markets 2 D D (1-19)
42512 Wholesale trade agents & brokers 354 D D (2500-4999)
4251203 Agents & brokers, durable goods 192 2,112,861 42,945 1,215
42512031 Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers 11 983,816 9,775 529
42512032 Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers 11 206,237 3,434 64
42512033 Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers 14 81,948 1,833 35
42512034 Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers 19 D D (20-99)
42512035 Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers 17 191,199 2,263 39
42512036 Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers 34 278,472 10,117 224
42512037 Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers 20 70,282 3,691 73
42512038 Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers 55 231,391 7,857 161
42512039 Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers 11 D D (20-99)
4251204 Agents & brokers, nondurable goods 162 D D (1000-2499)
42512041 Paper & paper products agents & brokers 9 30,104 807 17
42512042 Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers 1 D D (1-19)
42512043 Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers 7 D D (1-19)
42512044 Grocery & related products agents & brokers 37 672,184 10,882 355
42512045 Farm products raw materials agents & brokers 66 956,986 11,064 869
42512046 Chemical & allied products agents & brokers 15 D D (20-99)
42512047 Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers 8 19,747 643 27
42512048 Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers 1 D D (20-99)
42512049 Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers 18 142,398 2,678 52

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