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	1,749	28,908,517	1,398,899	30,002
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,050	14,979,605	862,840	18,268
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	458	9,845,723	444,814	9,768
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	241	4,083,189	91,245	1,966

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

1,749

28,908,517

1,398,899

30,002

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,050

14,979,605

862,840

18,268

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

458

9,845,723

444,814

9,768

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

241

4,083,189

91,245

1,966

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	1,050	14,979,605	862,840	18,268
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	86	D	D	(1000-2499)
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(500-999)
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(250-499)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(250-499)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	52	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	24	D	D	(250-499)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	25	D	D	(250-499)
4231203	Petrol products marketing equip merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(250-499)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(1000-2499)
42321	Furniture merchant wholesalers	29	D	D	(250-499)
4232102	Office & business furniture merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(250-499)
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(500-999)
4232202	Linens, draperies, & curtains merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(500-999)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	10	D	D	(100-249)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	85	D	D	(1000-2499)
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	40	369,481	33,796	822
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	6	89,837	5,387	110
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	26	262,262	27,902	698
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4233202	Sand, gravel, & stone merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	179	1,868,535	255,653	4,448
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	61	793,760	130,656	1,642
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	50	D	D	(1000-2499)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	40	522,060	90,647	1,162
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	27	D	D	(500-999)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(250-499)
4234402	Store machines & equipment merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	35	501,629	43,493	754
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(500-999)
42346	Ophthalmic goods merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(100-249)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
4234902	Srvyng & oth prof equip & supp merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	57	1,779,121	46,498	1,047
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(1000-2499)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(500-999)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(500-999)
42351012	Ferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
42352	Coal & other mineral & ore merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4235201	Coal merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(20-99)
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	112	1,289,142	85,227	1,795
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	64	D	D	(1000-2499)
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	33	D	D	(500-999)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	19	85,149	15,581	363
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	86	376,895	49,434	1,197
42371	Hardware merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(500-999)
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	32	152,834	18,575	384
42374	Refrigeration equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	292	1,458,657	181,119	3,863
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(500-999)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	171	642,120	95,012	1,900
4238301	Food-processing mach & equipment merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(100-249)
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	65	193,511	26,613	548
4238304	Metalworking machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	24	90,464	14,740	288
4238306	Oil well/refinery mach & equip merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(250-499)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	70	538,936	46,621	1,075
4238401	General-line industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4238402	Mechanical power transmsn supp merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4238404	Industrial containers & supplies merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4238405	Industrial valves & fittings merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(250-499)
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(100-249)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	103	D	D	(1000-2499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	24	513,037	9,683	233
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	9	D	D	(20-99)
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	35	D	D	(250-499)
4239901	Musical instruments & supplies merchant wholesalers	1	D	D	(20-99)
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4239905	Fire safety equipment merchant wholesalers	4	D	D	(100-249)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	458	9,845,723	444,814	9,768
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	88	626,878	50,253	1,056
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	17	285,426	13,258	231
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(500-999)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
4242	Drugs & druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	32	2,150,639	99,397	1,464
4242102	Specialty-line drugs merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(500-999)
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	32	221,244	10,982	355
42432	Men's & boys' clothing & access merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	115	4,298,862	168,757	4,249
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	10	504,949	14,679	404
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(500-999)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	44	2,715,941	62,070	1,806
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4244903	Soft drinks merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(500-999)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	18	2,272,573	32,900	759
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	7	395,218	3,918	81
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	75	899,655	49,244	942
42461	Plastics materials & basic forms merchant wholesalers	21	207,800	6,403	123
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	54	691,855	42,841	819
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	8	D	D	(100-249)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	7	D	D	(100-249)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	3	D	D	(20-99)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(500-999)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(250-499)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	88	D	D	(500-999)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	18	48,605	5,297	181
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	20	D	D	(100-249)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	241	4,083,189	91,245	1,966
42511	Business to business electronic markets	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	240	D	D	(1000-2499)
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	172	D	D	(500-999)
42512032	Furniture & home furnishings agents & brokers	15	130,543	2,987	56
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	8	D	D	(1-19)
42512034	Professional & commercial equipment & supplies agents & brokers	14	180,833	7,555	89
42512035	Metal & mineral (exc petroleum) agents & brokers	11	86,437	1,610	39
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	32	488,546	12,655	240
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	7	D	D	(20-99)
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	68	288,106	13,704	261
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	13	191,550	3,625	94
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	68	2,573,415	45,237	1,115
42512041	Paper & paper products agents & brokers	14	167,857	3,929	57
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	30	2,262,849	37,931	963
42512046	Chemical & allied products agents & brokers	6	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	7	D	D	(20-99)

Wholesale Trade - by industry