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	1,666	24,753,892	1,039,504	25,030
	423	Durable goods merchant wholesalers	1,078	11,975,474	658,116	15,717
	424	Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	479	11,256,827	351,042	8,493
	425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	109	1,521,591	30,346	820

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

1,666

24,753,892

1,039,504

25,030

423

Durable goods merchant wholesalers

1,078

11,975,474

658,116

15,717

424

Nondurable goods merchant wholesalers

479

11,256,827

351,042

8,493

425

Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers

109

1,521,591

30,346

820

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	1,078	11,975,474	658,116	15,717
4231	Mtr vehicle & parts & supplies merchant wholesalers	152	5,811,373	113,567	3,020
42311	Automobile & other mtr vehicle merchant wholesalers	45	5,292,380	62,677	1,437
4231101	Automobile & motorcycle merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
4231105	Heavy truck & tractor merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(500-999)
42312	Mtr vehicle supplies & new parts merchant wholesalers	88	D	D	(1000-2499)
4231201	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - wrehse dist	46	D	D	(500-999)
4231202	Mtr veh supp & new parts merchant wholesalers - jobbers	41	D	D	(500-999)
42313	Tire & tube merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(20-99)
4232	Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers	65	169,928	21,922	583
42322	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers	41	D	D	(250-499)
4232203	Floor coverings merchant wholesalers	22	97,909	11,778	281
4233	Lumber & other const material merchant wholesalers	105	1,914,867	90,141	1,661
42331	Lumber, plywood, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	68	1,684,386	65,905	1,084
4233101	Lumber without yard merchant wholesalers	28	D	D	(250-499)
4233102	Lumber with yard merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(250-499)
4233103	Plywood, millwork, & wood panel merchant wholesalers	32	D	D	(500-999)
42332	Brick, stone, & const material merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(250-499)
4233201	Brick, block, tile, & sewer pipe merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(250-499)
42333	Roofing, siding, & insul mat merchant wholesalers	12	101,039	9,113	181
42339	Other construction material merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
4234	Prof & commercial equip & supp merchant wholesalers	128	541,112	75,413	1,688
42341	Photo equip & supp merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
42343	Comp & perphl equip & software merchant wholesalers	37	D	D	(250-499)
4234301	Computer & peripheral equip merchant wholesalers	30	D	D	(250-499)
42343012	Computer & perphl equip for end use merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
42344	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
4234401	Restaurant & hotel equip & supp merchant wholesalers	16	54,237	6,430	167
42345	Med, dental, & hosp equip & supp merchant wholesalers	23	70,877	8,558	169
4234501	Surgical, medic, & hospital supp merchant wholesalers	18	D	D	(100-249)
42349	Other professional equip & supp merchant wholesalers	8	D	D	(100-249)
4235	Metal & mineral (exc petrol) merchant wholesalers	55	D	D	(1000-2499)
42351	Metal service centers & other metal merchant wholesalers	53	D	D	(1000-2499)
4235101	Ferrous metal serv ctrs & sales off merchant wholesalers	44	D	D	(500-999)
42351011	Ferrous metal service centers merchant wholesalers	33	357,664	34,440	821
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	103	D	D	(1000-2499)
42361	Elec appar & equip & wiring supp merchant wholesalers	49	227,131	21,342	567
42362	Electric appliance, TV & radio merchant wholesalers	9	332,280	10,033	255
42369	Other electronic parts & equip merchant wholesalers	45	D	D	(250-499)
4236901	Communications equipment & supp merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(100-249)
4237	Hrdwr, plumb & heat equip & supp merchant wholesalers	82	478,899	42,852	1,152
42372	Plumbing & heating equip & supp merchant wholesalers	25	120,225	15,300	418
42373	Warm air heating & AC equip merchant wholesalers	22	252,802	12,450	315
4238	Machinery, equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers	261	1,224,460	161,753	3,786
42381	Const & mining machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	32	351,181	36,587	857
42382	Farm & garden machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	8	74,203	4,768	198
4238201	Farm machinery & equip merchant wholesalers - farm dealers	4	D	D	(100-249)
42383	Industrial machinery & equipment merchant wholesalers	130	505,106	78,039	1,739
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	50	255,444	41,591	853
4238305	Materials handling equipment merchant wholesalers	14	D	D	(250-499)
4238307	Oth industrial machinery & equip merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(100-249)
42384	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	56	198,447	28,244	639
4238403	Welding supplies merchant wholesalers	8	25,578	6,673	119
4238406	Other industrial supplies merchant wholesalers	18	58,808	8,383	202
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	14	D	D	(100-249)
4239	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	127	D	D	(1000-2499)
42391	Sporting & rec goods & supplies merchant wholesalers	25	D	D	(250-499)
42393	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers	35	D	D	(500-999)
4239301	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - processors & dealers	16	D	D	(250-499)
42393011	Iron & steel scrap merchant wholesalers - (power) processors	11	D	D	(250-499)
4239303	Other recyclable materials merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(250-499)
42394	Jewelry, watch, prec stone, & prec metal merchant wholesalers	17	D	D	(20-99)
42399	Other misc durable goods merchant wholesalers	39	102,716	11,001	351
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	479	11,256,827	351,042	8,493
4241	Paper & paper product merchant wholesalers	66	886,834	58,411	1,164
42411	Printing & writing paper merchant wholesalers	12	D	D	(100-249)
42412	Stationery & office supplies merchant wholesalers	24	D	D	(250-499)
42413	Industrial & personal serv paper merchant wholesalers	30	481,217	27,594	453
4243	Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers	47	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	14	D	D	(100-249)
42434	Footwear merchant wholesalers	7	D	D	(250-499)
4244	Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers	133	2,462,322	103,788	3,016
42442	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers	18	309,538	16,431	403
42445	Confectionery merchant wholesalers	6	D	D	(100-249)
42448	Fresh fruit & vegetable merchant wholesalers	29	329,780	37,095	1,220
42449	Other grocery & related products merchant wholesalers	46	1,356,850	29,610	748
4244902	Bread & baked goods merchant wholesalers	8	126,743	8,922	266
4244906	Other grocery specialties merchant wholesalers	21	D	D	(250-499)
4245	Farm products raw materials merchant wholesalers	18	2,137,057	11,873	175
4246	Chemicals & allied products merchant wholesalers	58	732,334	24,706	563
42469	Other chemicals & allied prods merchant wholesalers	47	D	D	(250-499)
4247	Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers	22	D	D	(250-499)
42471	Petroleum bulk stations & terminals	10	2,117,862	12,732	218
4247101	Petrol bulk stations & term (exc LP)	10	2,117,862	12,732	218
42471011	Petroleum bulk stations (exc LP)	5	D	D	(20-99)
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	88	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	17	D	D	(100-249)
42494	Tobacco & tobacco product merchant wholesalers	3	D	D	(20-99)
42499	Other misc nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	28	282,231	16,846	397
4249901	Art goods merchant wholesalers	9	D	D	(100-249)
4249902	General merch (nondurable goods) merchant wholesalers	5	D	D	(20-99)
4249904	Other nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	13	D	D	(100-249)
425	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	109	1,521,591	30,346	820
42512	Wholesale trade agents & brokers	109	1,521,591	30,346	820
4251203	Agents & brokers, durable goods	83	1,274,668	25,503	692
42512031	Motor vehicle & motor vehicle parts & supplies agents & brokers	8	D	D	(250-499)
42512033	Lumber & other construction materials agents & brokers	1	D	D	(1-19)
42512036	Electrical & electronic goods agents & brokers	17	155,271	5,331	103
42512037	Hardware, plumbing, & heating equipment & supp agents & brokers	11	D	D	(20-99)
42512038	Machinery, equipment, & supplies agents & brokers	15	90,015	2,820	64
42512039	Miscellaneous durable goods agents & brokers	15	66,758	2,388	49
4251204	Agents & brokers, nondurable goods	26	246,923	4,843	128
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	6	D	D	(20-99)

Wholesale Trade - by industry