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Wholesale Trade
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area     open pdf map in new window

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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 45,775 560,806,045 31,092,487 591,968
423 Durable goods merchant wholesalers 23,433 227,671,095 15,032,379 285,847
424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 19,557 286,172,110 15,029,901 283,783
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 2,785 46,962,840 1,030,207 22,338

 

 

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 23,433 227,671,095 15,032,379 285,847
4231 Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers 1,757 56,048,272 823,196 19,947
42311 Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers 402 49,485,062 306,492 5,530
4231101 Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers 268 47,263,730 187,545 2,875
4231102 Bus & RV merchant wholesalers 14 D D (100-249)
4231103 Light truck & van merchant wholesalers 21 D D (500-999)
4231104 Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers 34 D D (500-999)
4231105 Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers 65 518,243 55,589 1,244
42312 Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers 1,017 5,669,954 435,705 11,979
4231201 Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist 531 D D (5000-9999)
4231202 Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers 470 3,250,093 223,039 6,106
4231203 Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers 16 D D (100-249)
42313 Tire & tube merchant wholesalers 134 D D (1000-2499)
42314 Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers 204 D D (1000-2499)
4232 Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers 2,027 13,104,183 1,162,700 23,971
42321 Furniture merchant wholesalers 675 3,553,690 350,335 6,818
4232101 Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers 378 1,242,369 124,196 3,072
4232102 Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers 297 2,311,321 226,139 3,746
42322 Home furnishing merchant wholesalers 1,352 9,550,493 812,365 17,153
4232201 Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers 183 1,543,254 132,235 3,032
4232202 Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers 356 3,371,748 248,790 4,798
4232203 Floor coverings merchant wholesalers 376 2,584,070 223,854 4,337
4232204 Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers 437 2,051,421 207,486 4,986
4233 Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers 1,037 6,265,989 571,117 12,556
42331 Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers 451 3,789,379 312,014 6,722
4233101 Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers 65 710,158 37,632 935
4233102 Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers 77 1,120,808 60,617 1,251
4233103 Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers 309 1,958,413 213,765 4,536
42332 Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers 277 1,068,301 103,645 2,256
4233201 Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers 140 503,909 53,749 1,170
4233202 Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers 89 D D (500-999)
4233203 Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers 48 D D (250-499)
42333 Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers 131 858,246 86,104 1,800
42339 Other construction material merchant wholesalers 178 550,063 69,354 1,778
4233901 Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers 51 D D (500-999)
4234 Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers 3,523 42,728,825 4,618,866 76,750
42341 Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers 203 5,463,950 338,699 5,612
42342 Office equipment merchant wholesalers 399 6,643,532 842,152 15,910
42343 Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers 1,190 14,831,126 1,823,175 26,049
4234301 Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers 997 14,028,869 1,628,129 23,427
42343011 Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers 371 4,585,891 362,258 6,424
42343012 Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers 626 9,442,978 1,265,871 17,003
4234302 Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers 193 802,257 195,046 2,622
42344 Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers 503 D D (2500-4999)
4234401 Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers 300 D D (1000-2499)
4234402 Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers 203 D D (1000-2499)
42345 Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers 777 10,513,909 988,038 15,515
4234501 Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers 676 D D (10k-24k)
4234502 Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 101 D D (1000-2499)
42346 Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers 180 1,740,600 229,909 5,538
42349 Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers 271 D D (2500-4999)
4234901 Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers 51 324,851 41,942 1,153
4234902 Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers 220 D D (2500-4999)
4235 Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers 876 D D (5000-9999)
42351 Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers 812 16,333,272 516,669 8,912
4235101 Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers 615 9,240,060 385,853 6,941
42351011 Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers 368 7,762,165 323,427 5,733
42351012 Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers 247 1,477,895 62,426 1,208
4235102 Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers 197 7,093,212 130,816 1,971
42351021 Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers 129 D D (1000-2499)
42351022 Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers 68 D D (250-499)
42352 Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers 64 D D (250-499)
4235201 Coal merchant wholesalers 24 198,434 6,395 85
4235202 Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers 40 D D (100-249)
4236 Electrical goods merchant wholesalers 3,130 36,927,752 2,873,105 46,074
42361 Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers 999 5,376,894 578,134 10,973
42362 Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers 367 14,068,471 474,335 7,778
42369 Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers 1,764 17,482,387 1,820,636 27,323
4236901 Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 735 7,443,335 990,785 14,211
4236902 Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers 1,029 10,039,052 829,851 13,112
4237 Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers 1,389 5,185,681 694,736 14,330
42371 Hardware merchant wholesalers 591 1,848,720 287,978 5,953
42372 Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers 400 D D (2500-4999)
42373 Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers 317 1,319,556 167,307 3,180
42374 Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 81 D D (500-999)
4238 Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers 3,613 16,571,198 1,813,809 36,756
42381 Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 175 1,168,675 146,474 2,677
42382 Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 138 437,790 40,688 1,003
4238201 Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers 51 D D (100-249)
4238202 Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist 57 D D (250-499)
4238203 Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 30 195,309 13,532 346
42383 Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers 1,889 7,146,990 878,194 16,885
4238301 Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers 89 263,796 47,674 887
4238302 Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers 160 962,264 67,669 1,251
42383021 Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers 70 D D (500-999)
42383022 Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers 90 D D (500-999)
4238303 General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers 711 2,535,184 306,001 6,157
4238304 Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 242 730,915 96,679 1,955
4238305 Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers 215 701,093 115,813 2,267
4238306 Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers 46 D D (100-249)
4238307 Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers 426 D D (2500-4999)
42384 Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 715 4,041,683 388,739 8,261
4238401 General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 88 D D (250-499)
4238402 Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers 113 534,285 65,678 1,257
4238403 Welding supplies merchant wholesalers 47 D D (250-499)
4238404 Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers 163 D D (2500-4999)
4238405 Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers 59 391,871 37,299 707
4238406 Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers 245 D D (1000-2499)
42385 Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers 460 1,441,634 205,946 5,036
4238501 Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers 83 D D (1000-2499)
4238502 Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 195 448,691 76,013 1,818
4238503 Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers 52 218,505 25,510 554
4238504 Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers 130 D D (500-999)
42386 Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers 236 2,334,426 153,768 2,894
4238601 Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers 138 1,853,053 110,914 1,885
4238602 Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers 63 D D (500-999)
4238603 Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers 35 D D (250-499)
4239 Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers 6,081 D D (25k-49k)
42391 Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers 358 1,592,253 139,304 3,328
42392 Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers 389 D D (2500-4999)
42393 Recyclable material merchant wholesalers 565 2,640,936 278,799 7,926
4239301 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers 176 780,760 77,480 1,986
42393011 Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors 109 655,839 65,311 1,650
4239302 Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers 94 869,798 54,661 1,496
4239303 Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers 295 990,378 146,658 4,444
42394 Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers 3,155 17,123,510 844,553 19,431
4239401 Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers 2,991 15,265,549 813,655 18,636
4239402 Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers 164 1,857,961 30,898 795
42399 Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers 1,614 D D (10k-24k)
4239901 Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers 87 D D (500-999)
4239903 General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers 437 D D (1000-2499)
4239904 Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers 299 D D (2500-4999)
42399041 CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers 182 D D (1000-2499)
42399042 Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers 117 D D (1000-2499)
4239905 Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers 129 182,007 34,082 806
4239906 Other durable goods merchant wholesalers 528 D D (2500-4999)

NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
424 Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 19,557 286,172,110 15,029,901 283,783
4241 Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers 1,665 18,029,949 1,019,969 21,871
42411 Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers 239 7,785,993 214,324 2,944
42412 Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers 736 3,257,265 367,390 10,554
42413 Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers 690 6,986,691 438,255 8,373
4242 Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers 1,282 65,995,726 4,131,948 57,358
4242101 General-line drugs merchant wholesalers 566 12,419,196 532,413 10,057
4242102 Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers 716 53,576,530 3,599,535 47,301
4243 Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers 5,606 47,159,595 3,647,020 68,531
42431 Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers 1,400 5,874,656 503,650 10,575
4243101 Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers 1,013 5,124,430 398,162 7,780
4243102 Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers 387 750,226 105,488 2,795
42432 Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers 1,142 9,424,071 704,227 13,711
42433 Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers 2,687 28,866,540 2,191,662 39,207
42434 Footwear merchant wholesalers 377 2,994,328 247,481 5,038
4244 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers 5,090 56,745,378 2,771,230 68,876
42441 General line grocery merchant wholesalers 437 7,731,001 379,416 8,945
4244101 Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group 98 1,086,578 28,997 975
4244102 Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op 11 D D (1000-2499)
4244103 Other general line groc merchant wholesalers 328 D D (5000-9999)
42442 Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers 398 3,975,988 173,480 4,231
42443 Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers 359 5,369,052 247,493 5,946
4244302 Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers 348 D D (5000-9999)
42444 Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers 76 551,508 20,539 630
4244402 Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers 66 D D (500-999)
42445 Confectionery merchant wholesalers 301 4,657,238 200,072 4,780
42446 Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers 364 1,694,347 99,482 2,875
42447 Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers 647 4,356,769 242,673 6,376
42448 Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers 586 4,537,799 269,786 6,430
42449 Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers 1,922 23,871,676 1,138,289 28,663
4244901 Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers 226 D D (1000-2499)
4244902 Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers 425 1,532,358 128,485 3,954
4244903 Soft drinks merchant wholesalers 449 3,978,392 405,521 10,343
4244904 Canned goods merchant wholesalers 156 1,430,532 56,003 1,307
4244905 Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers 72 D D (500-999)
4244906 Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers 594 D D (10k-24k)
4245 Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers 197 11,213,869 95,912 1,571
42451 Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers 71 9,636,836 64,428 955
42459 Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers 111 D D (500-999)
4245901 Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers 51 D D (100-249)
4245903 Wool, wool tops, & mohair merchant wholesalers 3 D D (1-19)
4246 Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers 1,344 17,200,228 797,246 12,419
42461 Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers 371 3,443,999 185,688 3,238
42469 Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers 973 13,756,229 611,558 9,181
4246901 Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers 66 248,931 46,201 980
4247 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 398 34,071,287 343,811 6,676
42471 Petroleum bulk stations & terminals 182 16,230,052 149,953 2,916
4247101 Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP) 177 D D (2500-4999)
42471011 Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP) 104 D D (1000-2499)
42471012 Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP) 73 14,998,354 90,505 1,569
4247102 LP bulk stations & terminals 5 D D (20-99)
42472 Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk) 216 17,841,235 193,858 3,760
4248 Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 414 12,408,910 866,024 14,153
42481 Beer & ale merchant wholesalers 187 4,581,459 336,536 6,334
42482 Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 227 7,827,451 529,488 7,819
4249 Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 3,561 23,347,168 1,356,741 32,328
42491 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers 201 3,325,076 87,844 1,710
4249101 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers 87 1,995,641 43,679 750
4249102 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors 114 1,329,435 44,165 960
42492 Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers 474 5,050,354 382,433 8,324
42493 Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers 396 1,036,251 147,186 4,069
42494 Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers 203 6,949,252 156,610 4,452
42495 Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers 178 610,155 83,557 1,975
42499 Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 2,109 6,376,080 499,111 11,798
4249901 Art goods merchant wholesalers 690 1,600,832 200,459 4,264
4249902 General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers 397 D D (1000-2499)
4249903 Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers 87 D D (250-499)
4249904 Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 935 D D (2500-4999)

NAICS
code		 Description Estab-
lish-
ments		 Sales
($1,000)		 Annual
payroll
($1,000)		 Paid
employees
425 Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers 2,785 46,962,840 1,030,207 22,338
42511 Business to business electronic markets 7 87,789 3,755 66
42512 Wholesale trade agents & brokers 2,778 46,875,051 1,026,452 22,272
4251203 Agents & brokers, durable goods 1,500 16,677,189 407,329 7,814
42512031 Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers 58 3,557,481 38,576 1,464
42512032 Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers 247 1,507,370 43,078 741
42512033 Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers 82 D D (250-499)
42512034 Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers 166 1,243,769 33,429 595
42512035 Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers 77 D D (250-499)
42512036 Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers 269 3,392,614 92,174 1,489
42512037 Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers 120 1,617,373 71,334 1,093
42512038 Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers 273 1,559,026 53,830 978
42512039 Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers 208 1,398,689 34,420 772
4251204 Agents & brokers, nondurable goods 1,278 30,197,862 619,123 14,458
42512041 Paper & paper products agents & brokers 151 1,626,142 33,927 612
42512042 Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers 44 D D (5000-9999)
42512043 Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers 536 4,035,442 120,320 2,186
42512044 Grocery & related products agents & brokers 230 14,307,030 233,464 4,644
42512045 Farm products raw materials agents & brokers 22 1,291,298 14,282 194
42512046 Chemical & allied products agents & brokers 80 D D (100-249)
42512047 Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers 18 2,571,965 21,416 106
42512049 Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers 182 3,267,341 42,321 1,181

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Source: 2002 Economic Census, Geographic Area Series   Questions?
Last revised: July 11, 2005