2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
St. Louis County, MO

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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.
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	2,274	30,548,854	1,672,472	33,790
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,381	14,808,613	1,063,868	20,762
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	561	10,735,460	513,394	10,808
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	332	5,004,781	95,210	2,220

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	1,381	14,808,613	1,063,868	20,762
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	98	2,220,407	56,190	1,286
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	59	D	D	(500-999)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	28	D	D	(250-499)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	28	346,175	28,148	590
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	76	472,923	38,764	952
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(250-499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(500-999)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	98	658,968	54,624	1,201
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	45	351,752	27,332	582
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	7	138,091	5,170	105
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	31	196,423	21,223	457
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	18	135,622	6,157	129
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(250-499)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	265	2,463,042	308,111	5,171
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	8	180,977	11,012	190
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	84	1,103,839	146,400	1,897
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	58	D	D	(1000-2499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	25	76,539	12,554	306
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	82	709,523	74,676	1,328
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	76	D	D	(1000-2499)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	74	D	D	(500-999)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	73	D	D	(500-999)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	61	D	D	(250-499)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(100-249)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	193	3,296,211	245,573	4,463
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	86	2,438,222	121,084	2,471
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(250-499)
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	89	D	D	(1000-2499)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	46	430,118	76,134	1,096
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	43	D	D	(500-999)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	105	725,592	72,245	1,380
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	33	129,201	14,766	360
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	35	442,853	38,241	575
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	347	2,361,089	200,256	4,460
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	25	189,241	26,681	521
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	196	1,093,147	132,792	2,953
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	26	122,015	16,926	371
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	17	93,285	12,437	264
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	70	384,149	42,432	850
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	18	74,471	8,017	146
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	38	323,825	43,331	1,098
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	32	128,542	19,651	433
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	68	921,161	19,842	434
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(20-99)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	38	82,743	12,292	339
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	11	25,900	3,596	105
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(20-99)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	125	D	D	(1000-2499)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	27	995,484	15,150	291
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	6	526,571	3,165	61
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	3	D	D	(20-99)
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	3	D	D	(1-19)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(250-499)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	38	112,411	15,579	354
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	561	10,735,460	513,394	10,808
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	102	860,788	75,236	1,667
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	59	D	D	(500-999)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(500-999)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	49	D	D	(1000-2499)
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	66	D	D	(1000-2499)
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	10	D	D	(100-249)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	110	2,303,738	138,767	3,607
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(1000-2499)
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	11	280,104	20,960	260
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	11	280,104	20,960	260
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(250-499)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	44	359,957	24,778	741
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	14	205,418	10,646	278
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	94	D	D	(500-999)
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	29	137,160	11,263	245
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	65	D	D	(250-499)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	8	D	D	(100-249)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	8	D	D	(100-249)
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	7	D	D	(100-249)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(250-499)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(100-249)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	114	D	D	(1000-2499)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	11	D	D	(100-249)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(100-249)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(250-499)
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	332	5,004,781	95,210	2,220
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	332	5,004,781	95,210	2,220
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	242	2,922,595	65,291	1,602
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	8	D	D	(500-999)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	21	D	D	(20-99)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	13	D	D	(20-99)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	23	D	D	(100-249)
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	16	276,456	3,965	72
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	51	378,322	10,189	209
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	16	103,785	3,078	66
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	73	437,815	18,474	317
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	21	D	D	(20-99)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	90	2,082,186	29,919	618
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	17	D	D	(20-99)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	33	D	D	(250-499)
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	15	37,106	1,362	26
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	13	D	D	(20-99)