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. 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	1,543	24,168,343	993,998	23,700
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,003	11,834,501	637,367	15,109
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	442	10,841,809	327,571	7,864
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	98	1,492,033	29,060	727

Wholesale Trade - by subsector

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. 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

1,543

24,168,343

993,998

23,700

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,003

11,834,501

637,367

15,109

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

442

10,841,809

327,571

7,864

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

1,492,033

29,060

727

Wholesale Trade - by industry

Data based on Geographic Area Series reports. Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. 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	1,003	11,834,501	637,367	15,109
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	140	5,759,428	110,313	2,953
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	39	5,269,807	61,488	1,404
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(500-999)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	85	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	44	D	D	(500-999)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	40	D	D	(500-999)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	63	168,797	21,805	571
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	38	D	D	(250-499)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	92	D	D	(1000-2499)
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	60	1,666,527	64,599	1,054
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(100-249)
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(100-249)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(500-999)
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(250-499)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(20-99)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	116	512,700	70,740	1,469
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(250-499)
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(250-499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(250-499)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	19	69,131	8,081	153
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	54	D	D	(1000-2499)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	52	D	D	(1000-2499)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	43	D	D	(500-999)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(500-999)
4235102	Nonferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
42351021	Nonferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(20-99)
42351022	Nonferrous metal sales offices merchant wholesalers	3	61,862	6,632	160
4236	Electrical goods merchant wholesalers	99	710,163	49,243	1,160
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(500-999)
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	9	332,280	10,033	255
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	46	D	D	(250-499)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
4236902	Electr parts (exc comm equip) merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(100-249)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	79	475,723	42,062	1,152
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	24	117,628	14,693	425
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	246	1,195,169	156,005	3,629
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	31	D	D	(500-999)
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(100-249)
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	2	D	D	(100-249)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	124	498,072	75,788	1,672
4238302	Hydrlc & pneumatic mach & equip merchant wholesalers	28	108,489	12,186	287
42383022	Hydrlc & pneumatic parts & supp merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
4238303	General-purpose ind mach & equip merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(500-999)
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	20	54,784	7,504	174
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	54	195,135	27,666	628
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	8	25,578	6,673	119
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
42385	Service estab equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
4238502	Custodial equipment & supplies merchant wholesalers	9	20,674	4,045	106
42386	Trans equip & supp (exc mtr veh) merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(100-249)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	114	D	D	(1000-2499)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	34	D	D	(500-999)
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	15	D	D	(250-499)
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	10	D	D	(250-499)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	34	100,734	10,843	346
4239903	General merch (durable goods) merchant wholesalers	11	D	D	(20-99)
4239904	Prerecorded media merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	442	10,841,809	327,571	7,864
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	62	847,087	56,333	1,118
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	23	D	D	(250-499)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	28	474,257	27,931	453
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(500-999)
42431	Piece goods, notions, oth dry gd merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
42433	Women's & child clthng & access merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(20-99)
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(250-499)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	121	2,304,932	93,271	2,760
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	16	D	D	(100-249)
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	26	D	D	(1000-2499)
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(500-999)
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(250-499)
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(100-249)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(100-249)
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(500-999)
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	42	D	D	(250-499)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	20	2,185,934	19,272	367
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	9	D	D	(100-249)
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	9	D	D	(100-249)
42471012	Petroleum bulk terminals (exc LP)	5	D	D	(100-249)
4248	Beer, wine, & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	19	D	D	(1000-2499)
42481	Beer & ale merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(250-499)
42482	Wine & alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(500-999)
4249	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	81	D	D	(500-999)
42491	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4249101	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	3	D	D	(20-99)
42493	Flowers & florists' supplies merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(100-249)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	98	1,492,033	29,060	727
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	98	1,492,033	29,060	727
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	74	1,211,128	22,643	575
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	7	D	D	(100-249)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	15	D	D	(100-249)
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	10	D	D	(20-99)
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	15	90,015	2,820	64
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	12	D	D	(20-99)
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	24	280,905	6,417	152
42512044	Grocery & related products agents & brokers	4	D	D	(20-99)
42512045	Farm products raw materials agents & brokers	2	D	D	(1-19)
42512049	Miscellaneous nondurable goods agents & brokers	7	82,362	2,940	69

Wholesale Trade - by industry