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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 5,904 47,192,153 2,676,924 73,548
423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 3,672 15,279,767 1,558,755 40,997
424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 1,987 28,901,039 1,057,417 30,801
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 245 3,011,347 60,752 1,750

 

 

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 3,672 15,279,767 1,558,755 40,997
4231 Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers 308 2,044,089 95,755 3,159
42311 Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers 71 1,495,151 32,371 973
4231101 Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers 35 D D (250-499)
4231102 Bus & RV merchant wholesalers 3 D D (1-19)
4231103 Light truck & van merchant wholesalers 7 D D (20-99)
4231104 Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers 3 D D (20-99)
4231105 Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers 23 D D (500-999)
42312 Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers 169 D D (1000-2499)
4231201 Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist 56 D D (500-999)
4231202 Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers 103 217,547 29,374 1,043
4231203 Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers 10 9,363 2,031 57
42313 Tire & tube merchant wholesalers 33 D D (250-499)
42314 Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers 35 D D (100-249)
4232 Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers 113 268,845 35,851 1,122
42321 Furniture merchant wholesalers 50 121,265 16,203 537
4232101 Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers 21 47,311 7,435 214
4232102 Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers 29 73,954 8,768 323
42322 Home furnishing merchant wholesalers 63 147,580 19,648 585
4232201 Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers 5 7,323 1,336 50
4232202 Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers 9 6,898 1,479 74
4232203 Floor coverings merchant wholesalers 36 119,643 14,743 379
4232204 Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers 13 13,716 2,090 82
4233 Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers 288 1,570,593 109,515 3,218
42331 Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers 128 994,367 56,466 1,677
4233101 Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers 30 120,931 6,955 223
4233102 Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers 29 543,047 18,195 499
4233103 Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers 69 330,389 31,316 955
42332 Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers 64 305,019 25,605 694
4233201 Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers 18 96,445 5,947 169
4233202 Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers 29 107,761 14,584 411
4233203 Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers 17 100,813 5,074 114
42333 Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers 42 138,102 11,932 382
42339 Other construction material merchant wholesalers 54 133,105 15,512 465
4233901 Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers 10 12,708 2,019 64
4234 Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers 434 1,802,735 199,011 4,734
42341 Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers 12 64,994 4,475 102
42342 Office equipment merchant wholesalers 88 249,769 44,561 1,185
42343 Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers 98 346,323 62,413 1,162
4234301 Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers 81 336,424 59,528 1,091
42343011 Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers 17 54,361 4,996 84
42343012 Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers 64 282,063 54,532 1,007
4234302 Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers 17 9,899 2,885 71
42344 Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers 78 364,031 20,997 691
4234401 Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers 54 336,330 15,137 493
4234402 Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers 24 27,701 5,860 198
42345 Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers 110 705,757 57,311 1,260
4234501 Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers 98 665,450 50,747 1,130
4234502 Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 12 40,307 6,564 130
42346 Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers 11 9,837 1,900 88
42349 Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers 37 62,024 7,354 246
4234901 Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers 4 6,360 867 29
4234902 Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers 33 55,664 6,487 217
4235 Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers 163 D D (1000-2499)
42351 Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers 155 970,126 78,943 2,141
4235101 Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers 141 786,928 60,541 1,680
42351011 Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers 102 710,779 54,473 1,468
42351012 Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers 39 76,149 6,068 212
4235102 Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers 14 183,198 18,402 461
42351021 Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers 9 65,690 5,187 151
42351022 Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers 5 117,508 13,215 310
42352 Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers 8 D D (20-99)
4235201 Coal merchant wholesalers 4 D D (1-19)
4235202 Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers 4 D D (20-99)
4236 Electrical goods merchant wholesalers 392 1,366,762 173,014 4,060
42361 Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers 197 866,945 81,612 2,114
42362 Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers 26 100,676 6,503 195
42369 Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers 169 399,141 84,899 1,751
4236901 Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 110 273,774 69,008 1,297
4236902 Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers 59 125,367 15,891 454
4237 Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers 255 620,835 77,327 2,359
42371 Hardware merchant wholesalers 60 D D (500-999)
42372 Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers 57 167,079 22,284 641
42373 Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers 106 309,756 30,158 895
42374 Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 32 D D (100-249)
4238 Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers 1,412 5,726,940 715,169 17,602
42381 Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 83 869,234 61,958 1,478
42382 Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 110 375,918 38,358 1,336
4238201 Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers 75 275,988 28,572 990
4238202 Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist 25 58,612 7,077 247
4238203 Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 10 41,318 2,709 99
42383 Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers 770 3,043,796 431,857 9,815
4238301 Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers 8 15,977 2,016 66
4238302 Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers 96 384,676 52,716 1,210
42383021 Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers 45 190,421 22,004 592
42383022 Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers 51 194,255 30,712 618
4238303 General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers 211 690,385 91,698 2,227
4238304 Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 28 70,700 9,282 265
4238305 Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers 48 138,592 28,748 761
4238306 Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers 305 1,526,704 221,549 4,661
4238307 Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 74 216,762 25,848 625
42384 Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 271 909,597 107,509 2,887
4238401 General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 33 69,306 11,234 298
4238402 Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers 27 83,336 9,362 242
4238403 Welding supplies merchant wholesalers 45 142,210 17,634 549
4238404 Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers 19 57,120 6,767 151
4238405 Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers 75 410,041 41,553 993
4238406 Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 72 147,584 20,959 654
42385 Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 104 209,010 29,496 979
4238501 Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers 22 29,030 4,492 189
4238502 Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 35 79,492 12,569 427
4238503 Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers 7 D D (20-99)
4238504 Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers 40 D D (250-499)
42386 Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers 74 319,385 45,991 1,107
4238601 Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers 15 59,924 5,039 133
4238602 Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers 53 250,757 39,997 941
4238603 Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 6 8,704 955 33
4239 Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers 307 D D (2500-4999)
42391 Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers 54 133,629 10,469 425
42392 Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers 16 17,423 2,461 103
42393 Recyclable material merchant wholesalers 65 298,962 22,059 813
4239301 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers 30 221,786 11,106 404
42393011 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors 21 D D (250-499)
42393012 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers 9 D D (20-99)
4239302 Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers 14 33,185 4,081 186
4239303 Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers 21 43,991 6,872 223
42394 Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers 34 71,518 3,808 175
4239401 Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers 32 D D (100-249)
4239402 Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers 2 D D (1-19)
42399 Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers 138 D D (1000-2499)
4239901 Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers 2 D D (1-19)
4239902 Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers 37 137,592 8,422 223
4239903 General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers 31 110,968 11,154 302
4239904 Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers 12 24,818 2,077 80
42399041 CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers 8 D D (20-99)
42399042 Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers 4 D D (20-99)
4239905 Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers 25 19,588 4,647 132
4239906 Other durable goods merchant wholesalers 31 D D (250-499)

NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 1,987 28,901,039 1,057,417 30,801
4241 Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers 150 581,074 63,788 1,919
42411 Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers 14 108,302 14,424 328
42412 Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers 85 261,018 30,649 1,031
42413 Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers 51 211,754 18,715 560
4242 Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers 93 4,730,164 68,939 1,792
4242101 General-line drugs merchant wholesalers 56 D D (1000-2499)
4242102 Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers 37 D D (500-999)
4243 Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers 78 184,925 24,921 1,024
42431 Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers 17 D D (250-499)
4243101 Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers 11 D D (250-499)
4243102 Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers 6 D D (1-19)
42432 Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers 31 68,914 7,970 330
42433 Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers 26 69,485 7,423 356
42434 Footwear merchant wholesalers 4 D D (20-99)
4244 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers 558 4,542,557 304,542 10,134
42441 General line grocery merchant wholesalers 43 1,274,284 69,444 2,062
4244101 Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group 10 44,478 4,208 131
4244102 Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op 2 D D (500-999)
4244103 Other general line groc merchant wholesalers 31 D D (1000-2499)
42442 Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers 81 896,868 57,481 1,895
42443 Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers 24 D D (100-249)
4244301 Raw milk merchant wholesalers 1 D D (1-19)
4244302 Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers 23 D D (100-249)
42444 Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers 4 9,100 488 18
4244402 Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers 4 9,100 488 18
42445 Confectionery merchant wholesalers 36 204,052 9,980 429
42446 Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers 135 331,750 19,141 1,082
42447 Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers 36 296,754 18,768 712
42448 Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers 41 216,765 24,172 945
42449 Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers 158 D D (2500-4999)
4244901 Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers 38 160,898 12,062 349
4244902 Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers 26 209,856 8,229 252
4244903 Soft drinks merchant wholesalers 43 406,871 46,626 1,454
4244904 Canned goods merchant wholesalers 7 D D (20-99)
4244905 Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers 9 D D (250-499)
4244906 Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers 35 D D (250-499)
4245 Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers 89 8,426,987 60,948 1,580
42451 Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers 61 8,244,998 55,316 1,355
42452 Livestock merchant wholesalers 10 D D (20-99)
42459 Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers 18 D D (100-249)
4245901 Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers 3 12,092 1,405 50
4245902 Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers 1 D D (20-99)
4245903 Wool, wool tops, & mohair merchant wholesalers 1 D D (1-19)
4245904 Cotton merchant wholesalers 7 D D (20-99)
4246 Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers 281 2,203,162 169,520 3,193
42461 Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers 33 84,657 9,713 292
42469 Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers 248 2,118,505 159,807 2,901
4246901 Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers 41 147,410 18,264 437
4247 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 264 3,869,970 103,205 3,008
42471 Petroleum bulk stations & terminals 192 3,122,543 82,758 2,367
4247101 Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP) 190 D D (1000-2499)
42471011 Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP) 148 D D (1000-2499)
42471012 Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP) 42 2,140,579 32,588 654
4247102 LP bulk stations & terminals 2 D D (20-99)
42472 Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk) 72 747,427 20,447 641
4248 Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 63 1,490,450 133,492 3,693
42481 Beer & ale merchant wholesalers 38 699,835 67,898 2,052
42482 Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 25 790,615 65,594 1,641
4249 Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 411 2,871,750 128,062 4,458
42491 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers 115 469,444 36,220 1,120
4249101 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers 82 323,691 24,757 827
4249102 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors 33 145,753 11,463 293
42492 Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers 32 141,464 12,487 478
42493 Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers 50 47,159 8,195 472
42494 Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers 33 2,023,628 42,887 1,357
42495 Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers 47 72,633 9,944 286
42499 Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 134 117,422 18,329 745
4249901 Art goods merchant wholesalers 53 47,892 8,812 294
4249902 General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers 21 15,630 2,201 82
4249903 Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers 7 5,023 578 21
4249904 Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 53 48,877 6,738 348

NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 245 3,011,347 60,752 1,750
42512 Wholesale trade agents & brokers 245 3,011,347 60,752 1,750
4251203 Agents & brokers, durable goods 170 2,237,052 48,291 1,310
42512031 Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers 11 1,079,330 9,989 561
42512032 Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers 17 80,597 1,400 36
42512033 Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers 6 D D (20-99)
42512034 Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers 16 78,481 5,327 74
42512035 Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers 5 33,177 780 18
42512036 Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers 31 373,060 12,766 218
42512037 Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers 12 138,249 4,316 83
42512038 Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers 67 245,895 12,118 294
42512039 Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers 5 D D (1-19)
4251204 Agents & brokers, nondurable goods 75 774,295 12,461 440
42512041 Paper & paper products agents & brokers 11 55,369 2,096 51
42512042 Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers 1 D D (1-19)
42512043 Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers 6 D D (1-19)
42512044 Grocery & related products agents & brokers 30 455,091 6,916 200
42512045 Farm products raw materials agents & brokers 9 69,563 1,072 148
42512046 Chemical & allied products agents & brokers 5 D D (1-19)
42512047 Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers 3 D D (1-19)
42512049 Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers 10 17,047 459 11

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