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	1,048	15,830,565	1,263,858	21,079
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	648	4,334,597	537,929	9,967
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	337	10,504,567	703,017	10,693
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	63	991,401	22,912	419

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

1,048

15,830,565

1,263,858

21,079

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

648

4,334,597

537,929

9,967

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

337

10,504,567

703,017

10,693

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

991,401

22,912

419

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	648	4,334,597	537,929	9,967
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	72	D	D	(1000-2499)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	19	182,099	14,054	340
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(500-999)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	55	D	D	(500-999)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	39	164,109	15,819	382
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	19	76,682	8,977	223
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(1-19)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(2500-4999)
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(1000-2499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(100-249)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(100-249)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	85	937,030	71,881	1,288
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	27	429,431	43,129	744
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(250-499)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(250-499)
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	164	517,388	86,428	1,856
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	87	230,193	39,814	786
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	31	73,437	11,598	219
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	38	D	D	(250-499)
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	10	58,621	9,130	145
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(500-999)
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	84	D	D	(1000-2499)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(250-499)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	337	10,504,567	703,017	10,693
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(250-499)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(100-249)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(2500-4999)
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(2500-4999)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	40	333,943	31,401	522
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(250-499)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	91	D	D	(2500-4999)
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(500-999)
4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	1	D	D	(500-999)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(250-499)
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	9	293,393	11,832	244
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(250-499)
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(250-499)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	27	261,927	18,433	556
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(20-99)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	49	480,437	39,252	537
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	19	246,167	15,146	218
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	30	234,270	24,106	319
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(1000-2499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	9	D	D	(100-249)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	9	D	D	(100-249)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	5	D	D	(20-99)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	4	D	D	(20-99)
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	4	D	D	(1000-2499)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(250-499)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	58	D	D	(500-999)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(250-499)
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(20-99)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	63	991,401	22,912	419
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	63	991,401	22,912	419
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	36	538,342	15,376	311
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	2	D	D	(20-99)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	3	D	D	(20-99)
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	3	D	D	(100-249)
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	11	38,268	1,322	21
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	27	453,059	7,536	108
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	9	345,055	4,415	66

Wholesale Trade - by industry