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	2,940	13,868,922	1,148,732	29,665
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,445	5,223,164	626,800	15,708
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,429	8,382,879	510,930	13,760
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	66	262,879	11,002	197

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

2,940

13,868,922

1,148,732

29,665

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,445

5,223,164

626,800

15,708

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

1,429

8,382,879

510,930

13,760

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

262,879

11,002

197

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	1,445	5,223,164	626,800	15,708
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	157	440,995	54,246	1,652
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	27	161,162	10,632	211
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	93	255,619	40,448	1,285
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	51	D	D	(500-999)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	40	130,340	24,058	757
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	117	D	D	(1000-2499)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(250-499)
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(250-499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	75	D	D	(500-999)
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	12	88,241	4,970	216
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	85	376,860	38,605	836
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	36	122,819	13,622	296
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	5	28,417	2,641	42
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	11	64,839	4,960	123
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	15	109,595	10,690	185
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	185	D	D	(1000-2499)
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	52	D	D	(100-249)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	35	D	D	(100-249)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	46	204,544	23,764	594
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(500-999)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	25	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	10	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	194	D	D	(1000-2499)
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	81	D	D	(500-999)
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	76	D	D	(500-999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(500-999)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(100-249)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	115	482,359	64,300	1,225
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	54	D	D	(250-499)
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	32	80,622	12,626	258
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(250-499)
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	11	153,035	9,925	206
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	196	544,976	95,336	2,162
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	85	169,072	21,730	488
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	45	213,822	46,924	1,067
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(500-999)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(20-99)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	38	114,115	18,875	448
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	13	52,821	9,585	202
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	5	30,603	5,011	75
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	357	D	D	(2500-4999)
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(250-499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	39	204,451	47,050	1,604
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	23	154,611	41,321	1,456
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	114	985,493	89,570	2,345
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	102	954,790	86,041	2,227
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	12	30,703	3,529	118
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	157	D	D	(500-999)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(20-99)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(100-249)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,429	8,382,879	510,930	13,760
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	105	D	D	(500-999)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(250-499)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(250-499)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	67	D	D	(500-999)
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	298	1,373,066	112,030	3,097
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	59	86,096	10,822	303
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	39	62,561	7,495	208
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	61	283,587	20,754	463
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	146	735,626	59,970	1,804
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	32	267,757	20,484	527
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	477	D	D	(5000-9999)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(500-999)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	36	D	D	(250-499)
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(250-499)
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	54	D	D	(500-999)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	195	1,007,897	85,640	2,529
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	43	110,442	14,763	478
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	55	310,205	35,822	989
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	59	D	D	(500-999)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	60	148,331	16,192	387
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(250-499)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(20-99)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	6	D	D	(20-99)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	42	1,016,545	83,100	1,759
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(500-999)
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(500-999)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	358	D	D	(1000-2499)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(100-249)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	12	73,114	10,665	271
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	241	D	D	(500-999)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	65	D	D	(100-249)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	123	D	D	(250-499)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	66	262,879	11,002	197
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	66	262,879	11,002	197
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	38	D	D	(100-249)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	8	D	D	(20-99)
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	5	D	D	(1-19)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	28	D	D	(20-99)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	8	D	D	(20-99)

Wholesale Trade - by industry