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	1,813	29,517,691	2,145,631	39,805
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,060	12,059,168	1,005,407	18,115
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	672	16,507,414	1,112,303	21,258
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	81	951,109	27,921	432

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

1,813

29,517,691

2,145,631

39,805

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,060

12,059,168

1,005,407

18,115

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

672

16,507,414

1,112,303

21,258

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

951,109

27,921

432

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	1,060	12,059,168	1,005,407	18,115
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	94	D	D	(1000-2499)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	23	345,744	21,251	396
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	58	D	D	(500-999)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	38	D	D	(500-999)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	19	D	D	(250-499)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	68	1,203,229	93,768	1,340
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(1000-2499)
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(250-499)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	48	D	D	(500-999)
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	23	132,278	17,444	394
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	198	4,735,150	325,150	4,935
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(250-499)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(500-999)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	93	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	81	1,675,769	160,563	2,187
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(250-499)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(1000-2499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(500-999)
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(500-999)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(500-999)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(500-999)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(500-999)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	51	D	D	(500-999)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(500-999)
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	165	1,701,945	159,396	2,768
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	54	380,788	37,838	681
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	22	494,711	30,613	675
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	89	826,446	90,945	1,412
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	36	397,336	48,950	788
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	53	429,110	41,995	624
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	68	460,550	49,564	1,064
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(500-999)
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	12	84,046	12,771	308
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	192	1,635,974	178,338	3,465
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	9	318,307	37,031	607
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	116	966,495	102,225	1,974
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	46	606,525	49,352	978
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	24	139,385	19,841	385
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	20	104,054	16,387	275
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	41	226,404	25,654	569
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	9	60,458	6,810	122
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(250-499)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	15	66,106	7,627	188
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	174	D	D	(1000-2499)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(250-499)
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	25	190,152	24,183	507
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	27	80,714	8,956	303
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	15	38,917	3,364	99
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	64	D	D	(250-499)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(20-99)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	672	16,507,414	1,112,303	21,258
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	61	860,001	76,586	1,655
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	28	278,553	26,257	640
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	25	558,120	45,997	931
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	73	3,931,883	492,818	8,137
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	41	3,696,400	473,802	7,615
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	119	1,404,289	134,996	2,334
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	22	107,057	6,311	147
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	14	82,947	3,175	51
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	26	113,442	15,202	234
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	57	1,013,652	99,933	1,710
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	165	6,742,119	235,688	5,400
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	20	1,726,403	56,532	1,466
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(500-999)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	16	572,888	13,423	309
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(1000-2499)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	11	410,458	28,284	343
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	72	1,911,222	84,584	1,974
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	22	184,236	16,314	405
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(250-499)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(1000-2499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
4245903	Wool, wool tops, & mohair merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	88	966,257	63,253	1,138
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	69	926,199	60,366	1,072
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(500-999)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	10	1,338,355	15,899	278
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	10	1,338,355	15,899	278
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	6	D	D	(20-99)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	4	D	D	(100-249)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	134	D	D	(1000-2499)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	16	60,642	9,683	258
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	70	D	D	(500-999)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	28	143,907	11,560	273
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	81	951,109	27,921	432
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	81	951,109	27,921	432
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	55	714,648	22,625	338
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	3	D	D	(1-19)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	8	D	D	(20-99)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	4	D	D	(1-19)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	11	285,828	8,672	149
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	8	127,926	7,348	78
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	7	30,236	1,515	24
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	7	61,113	1,234	24
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	26	236,461	5,296	94
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	7	102,830	1,755	30
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	8	114,369	2,752	45

Wholesale Trade - by industry