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	1,756	25,947,667	1,567,070	34,173
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,109	10,696,871	797,525	18,434
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	486	11,648,674	706,711	13,655
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	161	3,602,122	62,834	2,084

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

1,756

25,947,667

1,567,070

34,173

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,109

10,696,871

797,525

18,434

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

486

11,648,674

706,711

13,655

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

161

3,602,122

62,834

2,084

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	1,109	10,696,871	797,525	18,434
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	120	D	D	(1000-2499)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(500-999)
4231104	Medium truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	68	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	28	D	D	(250-499)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	38	D	D	(500-999)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	51	D	D	(1000-2499)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(500-999)
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(100-249)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(250-499)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	88	544,877	47,821	1,201
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	45	349,032	27,513	744
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	33	232,332	22,003	616
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	16	122,850	10,908	233
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	191	2,428,920	253,794	5,368
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	66	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	57	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343011	Computer & perphl equip for resale merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(20-99)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(1000-2499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(1000-2499)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(500-999)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	47	577,876	34,590	882
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(500-999)
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(250-499)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(250-499)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(250-499)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(250-499)
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	157	D	D	(1000-2499)
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	60	548,305	42,419	941
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	79	D	D	(500-999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(250-499)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(100-249)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	101	636,426	62,222	1,458
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(250-499)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	262	3,497,866	176,538	4,007
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(500-999)
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(500-999)
4238202	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - whsle dist	3	D	D	(20-99)
4238203	Lawn & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(250-499)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	132	D	D	(1000-2499)
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
42383021	Hydrlc & pneumatic pmps & motors merchant wholesalers	13	38,856	5,094	117
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	40	120,635	22,200	476
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(500-999)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	57	D	D	(500-999)
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(20-99)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(250-499)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(250-499)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4238503	Laundry & dry-cleaning equipment merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(250-499)
4238601	Aircraft & aeronautical equip merchant wholesalers	2	D	D	(250-499)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	105	D	D	(1000-2499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(250-499)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(250-499)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	486	11,648,674	706,711	13,655
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	80	D	D	(1000-2499)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(500-999)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(1000-2499)
4242101	General-line drugs merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(500-999)
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(250-499)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	40	D	D	(250-499)
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	113	4,864,488	450,097	7,595
42441	General line grocery merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(500-999)
4244103	Other general line groc merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(500-999)
42443	Dairy prod (exc dried/canned) merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(5000-9999)
4244302	Dairy prod (exc raw milk) merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(5000-9999)
42447	Meat & meat product merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	39	D	D	(1000-2499)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(250-499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	6	148,773	2,042	45
42459	Other farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(1-19)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	72	537,549	26,072	585
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	19	287,072	9,799	233
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	53	250,477	16,273	352
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	24	956,038	15,915	351
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	16	D	D	(250-499)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	16	D	D	(250-499)
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	9	D	D	(100-249)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	7	D	D	(100-249)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(500-999)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(250-499)
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	8	756,424	25,382	511
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	111	D	D	(1000-2499)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	18	54,440	8,565	316
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	49	60,874	9,304	231
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	17	19,984	3,073	99
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	161	3,602,122	62,834	2,084
42511	Business to business electronic markets	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	160	D	D	(1000-2499)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	106	D	D	(1000-2499)
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	9	D	D	(1000-2499)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	20	112,566	8,428	101
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	25	225,071	6,808	133
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	13	D	D	(20-99)
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	11	41,527	2,174	39
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	12	90,525	2,835	46
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	54	D	D	(250-499)
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	8	D	D	(20-99)
42512043	Apparel, piece goods, & notions agents & brokers	9	D	D	(1-19)
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	15	D	D	(20-99)

Wholesale Trade - by industry