2002 Economic Census: Wholesale Trade

U.S. Department of Commerce

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.
More data	NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
	42	Wholesale trade	2,675	39,147,055	3,513,413	55,401
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,710	18,956,861	2,592,595	38,568
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	663	9,482,172	733,329	13,447
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	302	10,708,022	187,489	3,386

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

Wholesale trade

2,675

39,147,055

3,513,413

55,401

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,710

18,956,861

2,592,595

38,568

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

663

9,482,172

733,329

13,447

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

302

10,708,022

187,489

3,386

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.
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
D = Withheld to avoid disclosing data of individual companies; data are included in higher level totals
423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,710	18,956,861	2,592,595	38,568
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	120	D	D	(1000-2499)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(250-499)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	81	191,608	23,221	849
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	39	D	D	(500-999)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(500-999)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	49	D	D	(250-499)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(250-499)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	91	649,905	66,311	1,377
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	41	313,539	29,617	655
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(500-999)
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	15	64,883	9,594	187
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	17	208,394	20,275	355
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	408	9,864,054	1,428,484	18,619
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(1000-2499)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	35	339,799	67,751	1,466
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	214	6,370,734	1,043,802	11,793
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	172	5,983,855	902,065	10,419
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(2500-4999)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	93	D	D	(5000-9999)
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	42	386,879	141,737	1,374
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(100-249)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	16	56,865	8,437	139
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	76	1,910,384	172,352	3,030
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	65	1,784,792	148,497	2,684
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	11	125,592	23,855	346
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(500-999)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(500-999)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	52	219,159	26,519	573
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	52	219,159	26,519	573
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	43	177,450	19,696	419
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	9	41,709	6,823	154
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	388	4,446,350	588,756	8,392
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	91	345,390	42,274	908
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	36	277,185	19,559	379
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	261	3,823,775	526,923	7,105
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	70	1,665,361	251,074	3,115
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	191	2,158,414	275,849	3,990
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	120	D	D	(1000-2499)
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(500-999)
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(250-499)
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(500-999)
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	284	1,665,633	239,382	4,094
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	18	147,632	15,499	286
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	177	1,138,073	179,261	2,958
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	60	463,207	61,344	974
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	20	109,788	15,974	267
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	24	140,613	23,701	594
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	52	D	D	(500-999)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	52	299,836	30,634	527
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	9	17,146	4,134	91
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	168	D	D	(1000-2499)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	35	125,354	14,785	365
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	21	32,998	4,926	151
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	80	D	D	(500-999)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(100-249)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	8	14,084	4,055	113
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	663	9,482,172	733,329	13,447
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	95	1,339,051	109,756	2,168
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	12	213,064	11,583	209
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	50	836,408	59,411	1,281
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	33	289,579	38,762	678
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	37	1,596,026	258,652	3,287
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(1000-2499)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	77	D	D	(1000-2499)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(100-249)
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(500-999)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	172	D	D	(2500-4999)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(500-999)
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	5	122,341	2,314	60
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	26	372,876	21,514	465
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	60	398,144	40,180	966
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	87	764,259	67,739	1,197
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	28	197,482	18,196	357
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	59	566,777	49,543	840
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	12	2,188,921	22,691	293
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	12	2,188,921	22,691	293
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	5	D	D	(20-99)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	7	D	D	(100-249)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(500-999)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	6	185,473	17,448	459
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	147	D	D	(1000-2499)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	18	86,659	15,642	516
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	13	72,748	9,506	186
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	66	D	D	(250-499)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(100-249)
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	302	10,708,022	187,489	3,386
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	302	10,708,022	187,489	3,386
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	209	5,348,482	110,656	1,962
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	9	D	D	(500-999)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	33	433,732	6,106	102
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	5	D	D	(1-19)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	29	398,819	22,189	284
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	5	D	D	(1-19)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	72	1,445,065	39,514	499
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	14	D	D	(100-249)
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	29	D	D	(100-249)
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	13	D	D	(20-99)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	93	5,359,540	76,833	1,424
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	16	751,681	9,278	174
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	34	4,221,132	53,289	1,087
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	1	D	D	(20-99)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	22	112,440	3,921	77

Wholesale Trade - by industry