2002 Economic Census
Wholesale Trade
Ohio

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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	16,000	166,446,529	9,635,439	234,663
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	10,149	78,589,846	5,781,595	138,354
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	4,316	70,045,056	3,462,211	86,233
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	1,535	17,811,627	391,633	10,076

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	10,149	78,589,846	5,781,595	138,354
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	1,089	23,654,741	605,669	17,082
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	257	17,188,250	175,238	4,821
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	104	14,995,950	35,628	1,032
4231102	Bus & RV merchant wholesalers	14	104,920	9,101	227
4231103	Light truck & van merchant wholesalers	14	117,912	7,572	212
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	19	292,756	17,684	433
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	106	1,676,712	105,253	2,917
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	626	5,463,031	353,386	10,029
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	282	2,180,633	161,975	5,015
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	322	3,074,437	162,282	4,446
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	22	207,961	29,129	568
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	84	858,990	54,493	1,352
42314	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers	122	144,470	22,552	880
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	377	2,191,247	203,601	5,134
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	184	788,476	79,927	2,120
4232101	Household & lawn furniture merchant wholesalers	78	D	D	(250-499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	106	D	D	(1000-2499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	193	1,402,771	123,674	3,014
4232201	Household china & crockery merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	24	461,902	45,263	1,027
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	86	600,159	53,846	1,279
4232204	Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers	60	D	D	(250-499)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	700	3,750,348	359,996	9,068
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	329	1,945,722	171,703	4,590
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	64	435,278	18,988	497
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	57	428,257	33,006	845
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	208	1,082,187	119,709	3,248
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	114	418,167	33,423	857
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	43	146,353	16,046	406
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	45	134,077	9,377	271
4233203	Cement, lime, & related products merchant wholesalers	26	137,737	8,000	180
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	132	1,050,532	101,087	2,108
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	125	335,927	53,783	1,513
4233901	Flat glass & other const glass merchant wholesalers	28	43,429	7,803	229
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	1,270	10,886,241	1,220,171	24,996
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	33	339,564	26,934	553
42342	Office equipment merchant wholesalers	212	987,682	194,607	5,055
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	410	3,502,890	519,772	7,763
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	331	D	D	(5000-9999)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	75	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	256	2,490,449	392,655	5,457
4234302	Computer software (packaged) merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(500-999)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	178	1,194,658	115,206	3,213
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	111	943,556	78,327	2,170
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	67	251,102	36,879	1,043
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	304	2,527,866	251,861	4,967
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	269	2,408,879	227,822	4,522
4234502	Dental equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	35	118,987	24,039	445
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	35	184,508	31,923	1,078
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	98	2,149,073	79,868	2,367
4234901	Religious & school supplies merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	87	D	D	(500-999)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	659	8,704,065	462,935	10,241
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	626	8,118,693	449,285	10,029
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	520	7,054,267	382,047	8,524
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	358	3,325,204	280,239	6,503
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	162	3,729,063	101,808	2,021
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	106	1,064,426	67,238	1,505
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	75	950,908	58,249	1,316
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	31	113,518	8,989	189
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	33	585,372	13,650	212
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
4235202	Other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	1,073	6,757,488	628,037	14,501
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	521	3,477,258	304,654	6,769
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	99	1,067,007	65,068	2,047
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	453	2,213,223	258,315	5,685
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	217	766,665	117,503	2,641
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	236	1,446,558	140,812	3,044
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	797	3,506,149	411,644	9,993
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	308	1,491,259	202,854	4,747
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	212	1,088,643	97,782	2,470
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	240	822,526	97,621	2,440
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	37	103,721	13,387	336
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	3,039	14,058,459	1,450,134	34,643
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	186	D	D	(2500-4999)
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	313	2,524,689	129,760	3,904
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	223	D	D	(2500-4999)
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	60	D	D	(250-499)
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	30	1,276,207	32,769	849
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	1,680	5,733,472	793,115	17,801
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	54	119,018	20,032	485
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	234	838,974	106,239	2,455
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	82	303,436	31,221	754
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	152	535,538	75,018	1,701
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	590	1,873,999	255,705	5,688
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	244	683,662	93,394	2,175
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	238	1,002,385	165,223	3,861
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	54	238,721	31,413	695
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	266	976,713	121,109	2,442
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	579	2,959,251	272,262	6,668
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	56	117,793	17,978	417
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	113	876,073	61,975	1,444
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	56	148,487	19,936	529
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	89	375,807	36,374	897
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	56	238,551	34,549	855
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	209	1,202,540	101,450	2,526
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	223	D	D	(1000-2499)
4238501	Beauty & barber equip & supp merchant wholesalers	36	44,260	7,521	328
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	88	236,792	41,336	1,114
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	23	39,173	6,205	151
4238504	Other service estab equip & supp merchant wholesalers	76	D	D	(250-499)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	58	1,116,657	32,091	823
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
4238602	Marine machinery, equip, & supp merchant wholesalers	8	9,735	1,869	41
4238603	Other trans equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,145	5,081,108	439,408	12,696
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	175	842,809	70,031	2,043
42392	Toy & hobby goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	91	233,106	37,315	1,207
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	419	2,217,659	183,680	5,273
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	163	1,158,240	98,605	2,693
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	124	822,649	89,287	2,410
42393012	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (nonpower) dealers	39	335,591	9,318	283
4239302	Recyclable paper & paperboard merchant wholesalers	94	246,850	36,811	1,137
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	162	812,569	48,264	1,443
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	137	411,745	32,379	1,057
4239401	Jewelry, watch, prec stone & silverware merchant wholesalers	127	377,814	31,698	1,038
4239402	Precious metal (except ore) merchant wholesalers	10	33,931	681	19
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	323	1,375,789	116,003	3,116
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	10	72,224	5,845	166
4239902	Forest products (exc lumber) merchant wholesalers	33	80,420	10,447	251
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	95	519,616	48,902	1,331
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(250-499)
42399041	CDs, audio tapes, & records merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(100-249)
42399042	Prerecorded video tapes merchant wholesalers	14	181,684	4,299	113
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	37	51,778	10,498	293
4239906	Other durable goods merchant wholesalers	109	D	D	(500-999)
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	4,316	70,045,056	3,462,211	86,233
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	611	8,111,921	486,001	12,294
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	100	2,286,065	117,846	2,332
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	311	1,745,837	191,071	5,849
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	200	4,080,019	177,084	4,113
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	187	10,958,777	272,570	5,832
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	96	7,345,861	156,673	3,435
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	91	3,612,916	115,897	2,397
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	221	1,313,864	146,689	4,261
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	54	187,399	17,872	456
4243101	Piece goods merchant wholesalers - jobbers	34	118,947	10,195	235
4243102	Notions & other dry goods merchant wholesalers	20	68,452	7,677	221
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	88	579,793	54,506	1,627
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	67	507,416	72,476	2,143
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	12	39,256	1,835	35
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	943	22,240,884	1,324,786	32,004
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	101	5,206,316	212,928	5,144
4244101	Gen line groc merchant whsle - voluntary group	21	952,501	35,405	1,116
4244102	Gen line groc merchant whsle - retail co-op	1	D	D	(1-19)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(2500-4999)
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	86	1,965,601	124,501	3,100
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(5000-9999)
4244301	Raw milk merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(1-19)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	66	D	D	(5000-9999)
42444	Poultry & poultry prod merchant wholesalers	33	406,705	29,657	1,220
4244402	Poultry & pltry prods (exc live) merchant wholesalers	33	406,705	29,657	1,220
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	81	1,137,302	45,876	1,452
42446	Fish & seafood merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	70	1,370,170	61,892	1,338
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	134	1,320,590	111,784	3,011
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	358	7,849,864	344,377	9,880
4244901	Coffee, tea, & spice merchant wholesalers	40	53,437	10,285	368
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	113	799,371	66,786	1,907
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	81	1,810,955	143,591	4,849
4244904	Canned goods merchant wholesalers	19	1,172,256	28,378	731
4244905	Food & beverage basic material merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	94	D	D	(1000-2499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	257	2,580,562	73,674	2,262
42451	Grain & field bean merchant wholesalers	212	2,115,954	65,240	1,954
42452	Livestock merchant wholesalers	34	424,823	5,909	236
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	11	39,785	2,525	72
4245901	Hides, skins, & pelts merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4245902	Leaf tobacco merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	678	5,750,342	368,502	8,118
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	186	1,345,113	107,849	2,831
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	492	4,405,229	260,653	5,287
4246901	Industrial gases (exc LP) merchant wholesalers	44	151,705	20,743	491
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	228	8,994,224	115,673	2,727
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	126	7,733,205	85,251	1,969
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	122	7,727,918	84,663	1,949
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	73	919,380	47,740	1,274
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	49	6,808,538	36,923	675
4247102	LP bulk stations & terminals	4	5,287	588	20
42472	Petrol & petrol prod merchant wholesalers (exc bulk)	102	1,261,019	30,422	758
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	127	2,551,232	226,207	5,240
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	89	1,566,932	171,494	3,847
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	38	984,300	54,713	1,393
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	1,064	7,543,250	448,109	13,495
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	275	1,330,951	108,365	2,652
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	185	707,128	51,505	1,595
4249102	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - whsle distributors	90	623,823	56,860	1,057
42492	Book, periodical, & newspaper merchant wholesalers	104	587,400	67,421	2,621
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	152	334,724	61,139	2,089
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	70	3,684,493	54,375	1,743
42495	Paint, varnish, & supp merchant wholesalers	96	430,986	50,515	1,242
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	367	1,174,696	106,294	3,148
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	118	473,423	44,520	1,448
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	63	116,485	16,081	444
4249903	Textile bags, bagging, & burlap merchant wholesalers	8	7,267	1,095	34
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	178	577,521	44,598	1,222
NAICS code	Description	Estab- lish- ments	Sales ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	1,535	17,811,627	391,633	10,076
42511	Business to business electronic markets	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	1,533	D	D	(10k-24k)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	1,139	11,818,599	283,676	7,063
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	71	4,457,727	50,910	2,368
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	82	536,034	10,901	211
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	48	575,176	17,749	296
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	111	741,414	40,174	521
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	86	556,574	10,924	231
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	221	2,052,759	57,207	1,141
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	101	665,922	17,570	349
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	343	1,532,947	61,472	1,318
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	76	700,046	16,769	628
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	394	D	D	(2500-4999)
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	55	429,076	11,030	243
42512042	Drugs & druggists' sundries agents & brokers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	42	295,736	4,675	101
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	110	3,910,656	63,947	1,774
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	18	365,410	3,296	255
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	60	322,383	10,449	213
42512047	Petroleum & petroleum products agents & brokers	8	121,648	1,320	27
42512048	Beer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverage agents & brokers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	87	256,102	6,488	248